Podcasts about business leadership lessons

One of our Core Values here at Contractor Dynamics is Extreme Ownership. In this episode, Joseph details a few examples of Extreme Ownership in action, and shares some tips on how you can implement this value in your life and business as well. What are your Core Values? ‌ #businessstrategy #corevalues #values

Kevin Cherilla, co-founder and owner of K2 Adventure Travel, leads groups to summit mountains like Mt. Kilimanjaro. His team guides groups of 30-40 individuals to surmount their fears and limitations and climb higher. He and his colleagues teach their clients to put forth the efforts needed for success, be present in the moment and work together in teams, and instill patience in people who otherwise run in various rat races of life. But Kevin's and K2's successes go well beyond. He led various disabled individuals, including those with blindness and no hands or feet, to reach higher than they could imagine. His proudest achievement led 8 individuals with blindness (and 25 in total) to summit Kilimanjaro together. And these achievements helped various non-profits raise funds to support their work. Kevin, an accomplished climber himself, first summited Mt. Everest in 2007. He discusses how he achieved that, including his 11 months of training and living and climbing for many days at high altitude. Those accomplishments helped K2 survive and have its own successes, even after Covid 19 almost cratered its business in 2020. He expects 2022 to be a record year. In addition, K2 founded a non-profit (“K2 Adventures”) to give back to those communities that share their resources to support K2's adventurers.

Cal Newport talks about running an office like a factory Episode 393: On Running an Office Like a Factory by Cal Newport on Workforce Management & Business Leadership Lessons Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms. He previously earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 2009 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004. In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age as a professor, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work. His most recent book, Deep Work, argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the knowledge economy, and that individuals who cultivate their ability to concentrate without distraction will thrive. The original post is located here: https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/06/03/on-running-an-office-like-a-factory/  Laika goes beyond integrations. Their platform connects to your everyday applications and applies actual human expertise to a robust software that powers your compliance. OSD listeners get 20% off when joining at Heylaika.com/osd  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalStartUpDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cal Newport talks about running an office like a factory Episode 393: On Running an Office Like a Factory by Cal Newport on Workforce Management & Business Leadership Lessons Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University, who specializes in the theory of distributed algorithms. He previously earned his Ph.D. from MIT in 2009 and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2004. In addition to studying the theoretical foundations of our digital age as a professor, Newport also writes about the impact of these technologies on the world of work. His most recent book, Deep Work, argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the knowledge economy, and that individuals who cultivate their ability to concentrate without distraction will thrive. The original post is located here: https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/06/03/on-running-an-office-like-a-factory/  Laika goes beyond integrations. Their platform connects to your everyday applications and applies actual human expertise to a robust software that powers your compliance. OSD listeners get 20% off when joining at Heylaika.com/osd  Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com  Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalStartUpDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we make the transition to Free Agent, we take on the added responsibility of leadership. Driving the business forward and making sure it thrives rests squarely on our shoulders. Every outcome, both positive and negative, can be attributed to our decisions and actions.   If we don't understand our responsibility as leaders, the culture we want will never take hold, and ultimately our businesses will fail. It's our job to keep our eyes fixed on our long-term vision so that we can stay on our mission and achieve continued success.   My guest today is a successful leader and free agent who credits his business leadership to his time in the military. What are the most important lessons and systems he learned from the military, and how is he applying them to his business? How do we build and promote a positive culture and work environment?   In this episode, owner of AdvantaClean of Suburban Milwaukee, Barry Hintz shares his important insights on business and how he executes on his vision.   Three Things You'll Learn In This Episode What Barry learned about leadership from the military In the military, systems are documented and drilled into everyone on the team to ensure the success of the mission. This ensures that even the weakest link on the team is able to carry the mission forward. Even though business is a different field, we also need to have our systems and processes documented so that everyone is trained to execute at the highest level.   How to make our team culture a reality Talking about our culture is one thing, but making it a reality in our business is vitally important. Until your culture is drummed in at the employee level and everyone on your team has bought into it, it's hard to keep any promise we make to our clients and truly deliver on it.   Where our focus needs to be as leaders As a leader, our job is to set the vision, steer the culture, and ensure the long term viability of the business. At some point, our job comes down to running and leading the business. That means hiring people who excel at what they do, and getting out of their way so they can execute at a high level.   Guest Bio  Barry Hintz is an entrepreneur, veteran, and the owner of AdvantaClean of Suburban Milwaukee. AdvantaClean of Suburban Milwaukee is an independently owned and operated business that provides essential indoor air quality services to residential and commercial customers. They offer professional services that include 24/7 emergency water removal and drying, mold inspection and removal, air duct cleaning, dryer vent cleaning, environmental air sampling, and other related services. The commitment to Barry's customers is to provide honest, meaningful service at a fair & reasonable price.   For more information visit https://www.advantaclean.com/milwaukee-wi or call (414) 312-5999.

When we make the transition to Free Agent, we take on the added responsibility of leadership. Driving the business forward and making sure it thrives rests squarely on our shoulders. Every outcome, both positive and negative, can be attributed to our decisions and actions.   If we don't understand our responsibility as leaders, the culture we want will never take hold, and ultimately our businesses will fail. It's our job to keep our eyes fixed on our long-term vision so that we can stay on our mission and achieve continued success.   My guest today is a successful leader and free agent who credits his business leadership to his time in the military. What are the most important lessons and systems he learned from the military, and how is he applying them to his business? How do we build and promote a positive culture and work environment?   In this episode, owner of AdvantaClean of Suburban Milwaukee, Barry Hintz shares his important insights on business and how he executes on his vision.   Three Things You'll Learn In This Episode What Barry learned about leadership from the military In the military, systems are documented and drilled into everyone on the team to ensure the success of the mission. This ensures that even the weakest link on the team is able to carry the mission forward. Even though business is a different field, we also need to have our systems and processes documented so that everyone is trained to execute at the highest level.   How to make our team culture a reality Talking about our culture is one thing, but making it a reality in our business is vitally important. Until your culture is drummed in at the employee level and everyone on your team has bought into it, it's hard to keep any promise we make to our clients and truly deliver on it.   Where our focus needs to be as leaders As a leader, our job is to set the vision, steer the culture, and ensure the long term viability of the business. At some point, our job comes down to running and leading the business. That means hiring people who excel at what they do, and getting out of their way so they can execute at a high level.   Guest Bio  Barry Hintz is an entrepreneur, veteran, and the owner of AdvantaClean of Suburban Milwaukee. AdvantaClean of Suburban Milwaukee is an independently owned and operated business that provides essential indoor air quality services to residential and commercial customers. They offer professional services that include 24/7 emergency water removal and drying, mold inspection and removal, air duct cleaning, dryer vent cleaning, environmental air sampling, and other related services. The commitment to Barry's customers is to provide honest, meaningful service at a fair & reasonable price.   For more information visit https://www.advantaclean.com/milwaukee-wi or call (414) 312-5999.

Business Leadership Lessons Learned from Tony Hsieh What You Will Learn: What key business leadership lessons Brett learned from Zappos founder Tony Hsieh that helped Brett and his colleagues grow Infusionsoft (now Keap) How, in October 2010, Brett and Infusionsoft CEO Clate Mask traveled to Zappos HQ in Henderson NV, and how meeting Tony Hsieh became a highlight of Brett's career How the Zappos Culture Tour made a lasting impression on Brett and Clate, and how Infusionsoft borrowed from Zappos the idea of offering new hires money to quit Why offering new hires $5000 to quit from Infusionsoft helped Brett and Clate avoid the huge cost and innumerable headaches caused by retaining wrong-fit employees How Zappos replaced standard office and cubicle nameplates with custom automobile license plates that showed the month and year the employee joined the company How Infusionsoft learned from Zappos that single-word Values leave too much room for interpretation and don't offer the clarity of longer Values How Zappos's in-house life coach impressed Brett with the company's dedication to its employees' wellbeing Why allowing every employee to contribute to the annual Zappos Culture Book became a powerful way to cement their commitment to their company Values How implementing the business leadership lessons learned from Tony Hsieh allowed Infusionsoft to grow into one of the best places to work in America Why it is more important than ever to learn the business leadership lessons Tony Hsieh shared as we move into 2021 Business Leadership Lessons Learned from Tony Hsieh of Zappos Tony Hsieh created a legendary workplace at online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos, and since his passing in November of 2020, it is important to take time to remember the contribution Tony made to our understanding of the impact of shared Values and a great company Culture, and to review the many business leadership lessons Tony taught us through his humility and his passion for his employees. In this episode of Elite Entrepreneurs, Brett Gilliland shares personal stories of how meeting Tony Hsieh impacted the Culture and growth of Brett's company Infusionsoft (now Keap). Invaluable Business Leadership Lessons Tony Hsieh touched countless lives through the examples he shared and the powerful Culture he built at Zappos. Importantly, the business leadership lessons he shared work for companies of any size and industry, and they can serve as a powerful growth catalyst and a magnet for attracting top talent. From offering new hires money to quit at the end of their training period, to building clear, memorable, and impactful shared Values, to asking every employee to contribute their thoughts to Zappos's annual Culture Book, Tony worked hard to build a workplace Culture that his employees could be truly proud of. Adapting Tony Hsieh's Business Leadership Lessons to Your Own Workplace The important business leadership lessons Tony Hsieh taught us can be adapted to your own company, regardless of where you are in your growth journey. Zappos offered an in-house life coach to help support and motivate employees. While your business may not be of a scale where you can do the same, the important lesson here is that you can find other ways to demonstrate your support and dedication to your team members. You can move beyond a transactional employer-employee relationship and create a Culture that supports a Vision everyone on your team can work toward, with shared Values that resonate and help align everyone to the same goals for the company. Tony Hsieh's legendary leadership serves as an example that we can all follow as we grow and scale our companies beyond seven figures. About Brett Gilliland Brett Gilliland is Founder and CEO of Elite Entrepreneurs, a company that specializes in giving $1M+ business owners the knowledge, processes, and tools to grow to $10M and beyond. Brett is an expert in organization development, leadership, and strategy and spent 10 years helping Infusionsoft grow from $7M in revenue to over $100M. Brett was involved in the foundational work of Purpose, Values, and Mission at Infusionsoft and facilitated the strategic planning process for many years. One of Brett's favorite professional accomplishments is co-creating Infusionsoft's Elite Forum along with Clate Mask and building the Elite business inside of Infusionsoft. As the leader of the Elite business, Brett has helped hundreds of struggling seven-figure business owners overcome their biggest challenges and achieve new levels of success. He also played a central role in the development of Infusionsoft's Leadership Model and was serving as the VP of Leadership Development when the decision was made to spin the Elite business out of Infusionsoft. As the new owner of Elite Entrepreneurs, Brett can't think of anything else he'd rather be doing professionally. When Brett isn't busy helping $1M+ businesses succeed, he is a family man who enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, Sharon, and their 8 children. Resources: The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly: https://amzn.to/3p7DXHQ Additional Resources: Elite Business Health Assessment: https://growwithelite.com/health Email: info@GrowWithElite.com Website: https://growwithelite.com/

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Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of The Women in Business podcast, TEDx speaker, and a nationally-recognized authority on women's leadership. She's been featured on Fox News, Forbes, iHeartRadio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor, business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney Baker is also the author of the best selling book The 10 Dos and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She was named the 2016-2017 Texas Businesswoman of the Year and the top 100 in HealthCare in America. She's the Founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado and Idaho. She holds a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. In this episode… When a young lady approached Dr. Cortney Baker after an event and asked Dr. Baker to be her mentor, she readily agreed because she is a big advocate of women supporting other women. Dr. Baker mentored the young lady who ended up achieving much success in her career and eventually starting her own business. And so being an award-winning entrepreneur and leader, Dr. Baker decided to take up coaching to be able to help other women in their entrepreneurship and leadership roles.  In this week's episode of the Lead Like a Woman Show, Andrea Heuston talks with Dr. Cortney Baker about the importance of women mentoring and supporting each other, the before and afters in Dr. Baker's life, and why women don't need to have it all to be happy and successful. Stay tuned.

Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney is the author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year, and the Top 100 in Healthcare in America. She’s the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado, and Idaho. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. Dr. Cortney resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, daughters, dogs, and rescue kitty. To try Honeybook, click HERE To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash Click To access Marketing in an Economic Downturn Click To access From Side Hustle to CEO Click To access the Scaling Master Class If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts

Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney is the author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year, and the Top 100 in Healthcare in America. She’s the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado, and Idaho. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. Dr. Cortney resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, daughters, dogs, and rescue kitty. To try Honeybook, click HERE To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash Click To access Marketing in an Economic Downturn Click To access From Side Hustle to CEO Click To access the Scaling Master Class If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts

Amanda Walker is a Health and Life (Healthstyle) Coach who empowers women to feel amazing naked.  She is the creator of the Feel Amazing Naked Program and the Feel Amazing Naked Podcast. Amanda uses a “WHOLE”istic, no B.S., approach to coaching and blends strategy, skill and mindset to help clients unearth the root causes of their struggles with food, body and mind to help them create the life they crave. She is passionate about challenging clients to create more time in their life for healthy living and giving them tools to get out of their own way to lead their fullest life possible. Contact Amanda HERE   Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney is the author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year, and the Top 100 in Healthcare in America. She’s the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado, and Idaho. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. Dr. Cortney resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, daughters, dogs, and rescue kitty. To try Honeybook, click HERE To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts  

Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney is the author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year, and the Top 100 in Healthcare in America. She’s the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado, and Idaho. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. Dr. Cortney resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, daughters, dogs, and rescue kitty. To try Honeybook, click HERE To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts  

Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney is the author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year, and the Top 100 in Healthcare in America. She’s the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado, and Idaho. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. Dr. Cortney resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, daughters, dogs, and rescue kitty. To try Honeybook, click HERE To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts  

Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney is the author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year, and the Top 100 in Healthcare in America. She’s the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado, and Idaho. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. Dr. Cortney resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, daughters, dogs, and rescue kitty.

Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about empowering women to close the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship. Dr. Cortney is the author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year, and the Top 100 in Healthcare in America. She’s the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health, a multi-million dollar healthcare organization with 11 locations across Texas, Colorado, and Idaho. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated her studies on understanding and advancing women to the highest levels of leadership. Dr. Cortney resides in Dallas, Texas, with her husband, daughters, dogs, and rescue kitty.

Adrienne Finch is a digital content creator, entrepreneur, and host of the Self-Made CEO Podcast with a social media following of 400k+. With over 32 million aggregate views, her YouTube channel "Adrienne Finch", was born from her love of storytelling and filmmaking, and the desire to make videos that positively influence others.  To register to win an on-air coaching opportunity with Dr. Cortney: www.cortneybaker.com/WIBcall To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

To register to win an on-air coaching opportunity with Dr. Cortney: www.cortneybaker.com/WIBcall To access your Cash Flow System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Having a life-altering experience can lead to some big changes in your destiny. Perhaps the most important thing to consider is that you are actually in control of how the rest of your life will pan out. I’m joined by Devika Dandona who shares how having thyroid surgery motivated her to change her life and career. Devika is a philanthropist and blogger who’s using her influence to raise money for charities. After having thyroid surgery, she knew there was more to life than what she was doing. Devika now uses the experience as fuel for her fire, knowing that she can achieve everything she wants to.  When Devika was first learning about blogger and influencer marketing, she attended blogger’s brunches to find out as much as she could. While it’s a saturated market, she knew she had a place in it. That’s when she decided to combine her love of blogging with philanthropy. She dedicated her blog to raising money for a charity in honor of a friend who had recently passed away. Before her surgery, Devika didn’t feel herself and she didn’t feel comfortable expressing herself. She tells us how sharing her true, authentic self has attracted an audience who truly relates to her. Devika believes in creating her own destiny. She knows what it’s like to feel like you’re watching life from the sidelines and that is not what she’s about. She explains how her thyroid surgery fueled her to achieve more and how you can, too. Her philanthropy projects inspire her to encourage charity in others. That’s why she started 4 Philanthropy, a platform that helps influencers give back. Devika thinks that influencers have the best platform for raising money for important causes. Finally, Devika shares how she balances building her business and motherhood. For her, the most important concept is learning to give herself grace. Devika believes allowing yourself grace is vital for creating a life on your own terms. How do you treat yourself with kindness and grace? Have you had an experience that has shown you there’s more to life? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: How to live your life believing you can achieve everything What happens when you create something different in a saturated market Why there is magic when you express your true, authentic self How to create your own destiny Why you should shop for a cause What the importance of giving yourself grace is   Quotes: “My thyroid surgery motivated me. So if I have an idea, I just go for it. I just do it. I don’t want to ever feel like that again. I never want to see or feel like my ideas are unattainable.” (9:58) “It really taught me to trust my own self and my intuition. I regained confidence in myself. I know my body, I know when something’s wrong. Illness lit a fire under my butt.” (22:34) “I don’t know why this concept hasn’t caught on more in the influencer marketing world. If you can convince 50 people to buy a t-shirt that you have on just by saying, ‘I like the way it’s stitched, I like the shape of it’, take 30 seconds of that time on your stories and talk about a way to give back. Talk about a way to build a community up around you.” (25:23)   Links Find Devika Dandona and The Devi Collective Online Find Davika Dandona on Instagram Find The Devi Collective on Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter Find 4 Philanthropy on Instagram Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Susie Carder, a globally recognized profitability coach and inventor of the Predictable Success Method, joins Dr. Cortney Baker to discuss sound strategies to navigate business decisions in times of crisis.  For more information on Susie, go to: Susie Carder To access the Manage your Cash System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

The perfect path to entrepreneurship doesn’t exist. All entrepreneurs have gone through their own journey. They’ve experienced success and failure, and have changed direction in their business. My guest, Scout Sobel, is no different and she joins me to talk about mental health, entrepreneurship, and finding her goldmine. Scout is the founder of Scout’s Agency, a PR firm working with female podcasters to help them find guests and guest appearances. But Scout’s journey hasn’t been smooth. With a Bipolar Disorder diagnosis, Scout left school to figure out what her destiny was. She also had to learn how to balance that with her new mental health diagnosis. Scout explains how she discovered entrepreneurship by creating a magazine that got picked up by Barnes and Noble. Even though she realized that this wasn’t the right direction for her, her entrepreneurial spirit was born. Her journey has taken her through different iterations of what her business is. Now that she’s found something that makes her heart sing, she’s thriving. In her own words, Scout explains what the Entrepreneurial Spirit is. Each entrepreneur has their own definition of this phrase and I love Scout’s simple explanation. Ultimately, it’s having that drive and determination to work for yourself above anyone else. She shares the journey she’s been on into her own business. It’s not been without difficulties, especially when paired with her mental health, but the journey has been part of the adventure. With Scout’s Agency, Scout knows she’s created a winning business because she’s passionate about it every day. Now that she’s created a physical office space, Scout has to decide how to grow her company’s culture. When you’re intentional about the direction you want to take your office culture, you can create an amazing, welcoming, and thriving work environment. One of Scout’s values is the self-employed approach where she lets her employees have a certain sense of autonomy. Scout believes that the most important part of entrepreneurship is learning to trust and love yourself. When you believe in yourself and you love yourself enough to trust everything you’re doing, you will succeed in business. Has your business idea changed and grown over the years? Tell me about your entrepreneurial journey! Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: Why your business might go through a few iterations before you find the perfect fit for you What the Entrepreneurial Spirit is What the entrepreneurial journey looks like What happens when you create something that you’re truly passionate about How to intentionally grow an office culture Why you need to believe in and love yourself in order to succeed in business   Quotes: “I think that’s what entrepreneurs do. You do as many things as you can until the right thing comes and you hit the goldmine.” (13:37) “If you work 8 hours a day for someone else, believe me, you can put that same amount of time into your dream.” (15:15) “I think that as an entrepreneur, you have such an amazing opportunity to create something that’s never been around before.” (24:48)   Links Find Scout Sobel Online Find Scout Sobel on Instagram Find Scout Podcast on Instagram Find Scout’s Agency on Instagram | Online  Find Okay Sis on Instagram Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Amidst an economic downturn, Ashley Monk, founder and CEO of It Media discusses the most important aspects of running her successful business in a shaky economy. In this interview with Dr. Cortney, Ashley discusses what she sees as the greatest challenges facing business owners right now and how to overcome those challenges. For more information about Ashley, go to: www.byitmedia.com To access the Manage your Cash System: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

If the world of venture capitalism and investment seems foreign to you, you’re going to love this episode! I’m joined by Minni Ingersoll, Partner at venture capitalist firm TenOneTen, to talk about what VCs are currently looking for. Minnie has been in the business of scaling since she started in Silicon Valley - at Google, no less - back when it had only 500 employees! She used her 11 years experience at Google to build and scale her own start-up company, Shift.  Then she followed her higher vision to transition into venture capitalism. In this episode, Minnie gives us some useful insight into investment. If this is something completely new to you, you’re going to learn a lot! First, she explains what the different levels of investment are - trust me when I say there are so many! Minnie explains what type of companies venture capitalists are currently investing in. They’re not only looking at the type of start-up, but who’s running in, what team is in place, and what the future projections are.  As someone who “learned on the go” how to raise money for her start-up, Minnie is perfectly equipped to explain this process. She details the difference between the seed and pre-seed rounds of pitching for investment. Minnie also explains the three biggest things VCs are looking out for in a pitch. We talk about communication style and why it’s important to understand what type of communicator you are. When you’re more confident in how you communicate, you’ll have more effective conversations.  Finally, Minnie shares some insight into how she manages to be the most productive version of herself. Minnie creates an “Enough List” where she lists out a handful of tasks per day that she has to get done; anything else is a bonus! She also believes in the value of knowing exactly what you want for your life and business because this lets you know what type of help to ask for. Have you thought about seeking investment for your start-up? Do you know your communication style? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: What the different levels of investment are Who VCs are investing in right now How to raise money for your start-up company What the difference between seed and pre-seed rounds are What the three things that Venture Capitalists are looking for in a pitch How to be more in line with your communication style What an “Enough List” is and how you can implement it to be more productive in your business Why knowing what you want out of your business and your life will help you clarify where you need assistance   Quotes: “Getting our top-line revenue numbers to a few hundred thousand a month, maybe even half a million, we were able to build that pretty quickly so that we had a couple hundred $K in revenue monthly. That opened the conversation. People became more eager to talk to us once we had something that we could show was working… or at least happening” (14:05) “It’s not just about getting customers, it’s about building something that people love.” (16:20) “Maybe what surprised me about growing my own company was the communication, but it was that the job was less about the business and more about people.” (26:06)   Links Listen to the LA Venture Podcast Find Minnie Ingersoll and TenOneTen Online Find Minni Ingersoll on Twitter | LinkedIn Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

In this episode, Dr. Cortney discusses steps to take to maintain your business success even in an uncertain economy. Although the economy is always uncertain, these key principles are excellent to implement at any time.    - Cortney To access the Cash Flow Projector: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs narrow the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Living big and supporting the women in your network and community are some of the most important parts of building a thriving business. Gail Davis from GDA Speakers joins me to talk about how she took a measured risk and built her own speaker’s bureau. Gail is the founder and CEO of GDA Speakers. She shares the story of how she started organizing speakers and her first success. This prompted her to explore starting her own speaker’s bureau which has grown exponentially over the decades. Gail explains why she had to shift her identity from entrepreneur to business person in order for GDA Speakers to actually grow. When she made that conscious decision to scale the company, she had to change her mindset. As she’s grown as a business person, Gail developed a sense of humility towards her former entrepreneurial self. This has played an important role in her business growth. Gail’s marriage ended in divorce when she was 6 years into her entrepreneurial journey. This forced her to decide whether to take her casual business seriously or to abandon it altogether. She decided it was time to go all-in. By working hard, she altered the company culture and outlook into that of a growing business.  Gail also shares what it was like being a single mother while growing her business. It’s all about balance. It’s essential to find hobbies and interests outside of your business - you never know how stepping away will help you work through problems. The most important aspect of any business is having a passion for what you’re doing. You can learn the skills, but passion comes from the heart. Gail explains how her passion is driving GDA Speakers. Finally, we talk about how women need to be more willing to stepping out of their comfort zones. Us women need to play big and stop minimizing ourselves. We can do it all, ladies! How can you step out of your comfort zone today? Are you passionate about your business?  Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: Why you need to shift your identity from entrepreneur to business person What role humility has in business How quickly you can change your company culture and outlook when faced with a huge life change How you can balance being a single mother with growing your business Why you NEED to develop interests that are outside of your business Why passion is the most important aspect you can have for your business Why it is so, so important to support and encourage other women to step out of their comfort zone and play big   Quotes: “The challenges I’ve faced are just learning how to shift from this entrepreneurial idea to becoming a business person and making decisions that are scaleable.” (14:42) “Some problems that seemed insurmountable at work all of a sudden become so clear because you walk away from it. I think when we’re too heads-down we get lost.” (24:44) “We’re all women, there are many different paths, and I think we need to support each other. Thank goodness for those women who did not have a job and were able to take care of my kids and support me while I was building my business. It takes a village!” (29:35)   Links Find Gail Davis and GDA Speakers Online Find GDA Speakers on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Today I lay out a step by step plan for you to follow to help you plan your next business pivot and stay afloat through this economic uncertainty. A plan is crucial, now more than ever before, and we discuss real-life scenarios of business pivots that will help businesses stay on top of their game.   - Cortney To access the Cash Flow Projector: www.cortneybaker.com/cash If you need business guidance: Email here   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs narrow the gender gap through the power of entrepreneurship! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Leaders need to be self-aware, able to make effective decisions, and prepared to grow their network to succeed in their careers. Laurie Baedke joins me to talk about how she helps build high-performance teams and keeps leaders at the top of their games. Laurie transitioned from a background in healthcare administration to self-employment by helping physicians create their own clinics. She developed her own career even further and now works as a speaker, educator, and author. Laurie is also the host of The Growth Edge Podcast. Laurie starts by explaining how she grew her own business through referrals. She is the perfect example of your network being your net worth. We also talk about how women face a double-bind at many points in their careers. Laurie explains why she started to dial back her personality depending on who her audience is. As women, we’re often told to hide aspects of ourselves and it is absolutely infuriating. Yet, there are times when toning it down can be beneficial in our careers. Making effective decisions is part of what being a good leader entails. But it’s not only about saying yes - your no can be just as important and impactful. And, even more than this, it’s knowing what your decision is that makes the most difference. Laurie shares why “hard” is simply an expected aspect of the entrepreneurial journey. She gives some examples of her own learned experiences that have been humbling for her. We all have them and sharing these experiences is vital for ours and other’s growth. You already know what a big believer in having a mentor is. Laurie confirms this when she talks about how many mentors she has and what roles they’ve played in her career. For Laurie, it’s about curating her circle to be the most supportive and effective - and playing that role for other women. How are you growing an effective circle? What learned experiences are the most humbling for you? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: Why your network is truly your net worth How women are faced with a double-bind in their career Why leaders need to know their audience and dial back their personality when it’s appropriate How you can make more effective decisions Why hard is part of the entrepreneurial journey How your learned experiences can be very humbling Why you should make mentors a consistent source in your career How you can start to curate your circle   Quotes: “As leaders, we need to be self-aware and we need to understand where certain attributes are an asset to us and where they can be a liability to us.” (9:00) “The more that you have clarity on who you are and what you need, the more that you can either be the leader that you needed and attract people around you who you find community with or intentionally seeking out those people who you learn from their journey.” (21:28) “When you are giving to someone several steps behind you the things that you were given is so meaningful and validating.” (31:04)   Links Listen to The Growth Edge Podcast Find Laurie Baedke Online Find Laurie Baedke on Twitter | LinkedIn | Vimeo Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

We are currently living in a world that has been hit with a global pandemic, and fear and uncertainty abound all around us. In this episode, I discuss practical tools to help you assess your situation and give you a game plan to decrease your fears and focus on moving forward. I pray this episode gives you hope and clarity, personally and professionally. Cortney   Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about narrowing the gender gap by ambitious female entrepreneurs lead as CEOs of their own organizations. Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com   

Living an intentional life absolutely can and should translate into how you run your business. When you treat your business and employees like you treat your family, the way Courtney Caldwell does with ShearShare, you’re going to create an incredible company culture that will help your business thrive. Courtney explains the power of mindset and how what you tell your brain, your brain is going to believe. Your brain can’t determine what’s true and what’s false, so when you consciously choose to only tell yourself that which is true, you set yourself up the best. This is where practicing affirmations can be really powerful. Being open to receiving new opportunities and possibilities is a skill that will get you far in business. Whether the call comes from your network and connections, your current business partners and relationships, or a call directly from God to guide you to where you need to go in your life, listening and acting on these possibilities can take you and your business to new heights. Courtney knows the value of keeping yourself fit, healthy, and thriving. She says that the state of your body and mind has a knock-on effect on the health of your business. This falls along the same lines of living intentionally and making conscious decisions always. For Courtney, she has learned what happens when she treats her employees as part of her family. Employees shouldn’t be just a number, as so many larger corporations and potential partnering investors seem to think. Employees that feel valued and cared for will absolutely perform better, be more loyal to you and your company, and will be happier - which will positively impact the success of your business. How do you show up with intention daily? What can you do today to create conscious truths and awareness in your brain? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: How you can make a conscious choice to tell yourself truths What happens when you’re open to new possibilities How God appears in your life to guide you when you need it Why you need to keep yourself healthy and thriving in order for your business to do the same How to live an intentional life What happens when you treat your employees like your family Why you have to partner with people who have similar values to you   Quotes: “You really have to focus on doing all the things that people don’t ever see in order for your business to truly be able to thrive.” (23:02) “Culture is something that you’re not going to create by accident. It has to be something that you’re focused on building from day one.” (27:46) “If that’s the worst that can happen then you have to take the risk. Because in that moment when God says, “I need you to do this,” you don’t have a lot of time to think about if you’re going to turn right or turn left, you just have to go.” (34:47)   Links Find Courtney Caldwell and ShearShare Online Email Courtney Caldwell at courtney@shearshare.com  Find ShearShare, Inc on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

When sh*t hits the fan in a global crisis, it's imperative to keep a level head and make sound business decisions. In this episode, Dr. Cortney Baker gives easy strategies to stay in business during times of uncertainty.   Links The True Cost Calculator Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Finding your passion and asking for feedback are two of the best qualities to have when you’re starting and building your own business. Especially when you find yourself an accidental entrepreneur, like Angela Jia Kim, owner of Savor Beauty, who joins me today to talk about how she discovered her true passion for self-love. Angela explains how she became an accidental entrepreneur and the decision she made to leave professional music for skincare. She shares the qualities she learned from playing the piano and how these characteristics helped drive her success in business. These, combined with her habit of asking for feedback, has been a catalyst for Angela’s continued success in building a household brand name. On the same now, Angela encourages anyone who’s been turned down for a job to ask for feedback on their application and interview. This goes for online pitches, too! More than anything, Angela attributes her success to being passionate about what she’s doing. When she started treating her skin like the most expensive piece of silk, she revealed within herself a deep longing for self-love that has led her on a whole new journey. Now, Angela is living as her true, authentic self, sharing her journey and rediscovery along the way.  Because Angela has been treating herself with the kindness and love she knows she deserves, her confidence has been increasing, along with her happiness and presence around others. She encourages you, too, to practice self-love to help build your confidence, as these two characteristics truly go hand-in-hand. Have you developed a self-love routine that lets you feel more confident in your own skin? How can you encourage others around you to feel more confident in their abilities? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: How you can become an accidental entrepreneur What the great characteristics of success are Why you need to be passionate about your business Why you should ask for feedback if you don’t get a job How to include your growing children in your business to encourage their entrepreneurial spirit and success mindset What the journey for authenticity can look like Why you should treat yourself to build your confidence and self-love Where to find confidence in what you think   Quotes: “Pour passion and love into what you’re doing because eventually if you keep doing that and getting the word out, people are going to feel that love. It’s contagious.” (15:44) “I think feedback is such an important piece of the puzzle that can help you grow exponentially if you just ask.” (17:08) “I don’t do anything unless I’m passionate about it. Because I feel it. When there’s passion missing, and there’s love missing, my heart’s not in it. And when your heart’s not in it, there’s no magic.” (31:42)   Links Find Angela Jia Kim Online Find Angela Jia Kim on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

As great as it would be, becoming a millionaire is not an overnight achievement... unless you’ve won the lottery. Self-made millionaires all have a set of habits they stick to in order for them to be successful. In this episode of Women in Business, I share what they are. First of all, you absolutely need to set up multiple streams of income. Think side hustles, affiliate marketing, employment, book sales, speaking engagements… it doesn’t matter where the revenue comes from, make sure you have at least a few sources coming in. Millionaires have a good grasp on what their budget is and what their books look like at all times. And, this is the most important part, they stick to the budget. Don’t forget as well that in order to avoid burning out, you should be working self-care necessities into your budget, too. I’m sure you already know the importance of your network, right? But do you know that you should be taking the opportunity to build your circle at every single opportunity? It’s true what they say, that your network is your net worth. Having confidence, even learned confidence, is a vital part of becoming a millionaire. Being confident in who you are, what your expertise is, and what decisions you’ve made to get to where you are. You also need to have the confidence to take risks. Risks are an important part of getting ahead in business. Millionaires also invest in coaches and mentors. Who better to learn from than someone who’s already walked where you’re walking and done what you’re doing? Make the investment. Trust me. Lastly, practice gratitude every single day. Gratitude has so many benefits, including boosting your mental, physical, and emotional health! When you take the time to be grateful for what you already have around you, you’re more likely to be in the right frame of mind for success. Do you already have some of these habits? What ones are you going to start doing right away? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: Why you need to have multiple streams of income What the long-term reason for knowing your budget and books is How to avoid burning out by investing in self-care. Why you should build your network at every available opportunity What the benefits of being confident are Why you should take risks in business Why millionaires invest in business coaches and mentors in order to be more successful What role gratitude has in millionaire success   Quotes: “It’s crucial that we be aware of our incoming and outgoing funds of the total of your fixed and variable expenses, and then from there build a budget. But a budget is only good if you’re going to stick to it!” (8:00) “Ladies, if you have a business coach who’s not looking at your finances and helping you keep that in check, your business could be in danger! I cannot stress that enough. Your finances and your cash flow are the number one thing in your business.” (8:50) “The most successful people in the world have strong connections around them.” (12:01) “It’s so important to be confident in who you are, your expertise, and your decisions.” (14:52) “Procrastination and laziness won’t build an empire. Entrepreneurship is no joke and there are going to be long days, long weeks, months, and years and, yes, maybe even short maternity leaves, but with goal-setting, acting on those goals, and being efficient, you will absolutely make progress.” (19:13)   Links Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Knowing what you want to do with your life from a young age is a rare gift, but when it happens, you’re absolutely unstoppable. Elizabeth Ward Creel, the owner of high-end fashion boutique Elizabeth W, joins me to talk about following your passion, excelling in your career, and opening your own store. Elizabeth tells us about how she started in retail and worked her way up to working in the buying department of Walmart. Sure, it wasn’t exactly where she wanted to be, but she got so much experience that she was able to use when she decided to build her own store. For Elizabeth, it was a lack of high-end fashion in her city that led her to ultimately decide to open Elizabeth W. By taking advantage of a gap in the marketplace, she has built a successful business with a large, national customer base. However, despite knowing so much about how to run a fashion business, Elizabeth didn’t know how to get started running her own store. She turned to business books for guidance, especially regarding a business plan, and her friends for support and advice where she lacked mentorship. Elizabeth shares some of the first hurdles she came across in her first year of business. Sometimes, these hurdles are in totally unexpected areas, such as hiring! But Elizabeth learned from these experiences and has used them to grow as a woman in business. Finally, we discuss how to strike that work/life balance that entrepreneurs are always talking about. Because it can definitely be a challenge to not be glued to your new business baby at all hours. Elizabeth gives some excellent advice about how she set herself a physical challenge to stick to during her first year in business. Are you ready to transition from your career to owning your own business? How are you striking the balance between work and life? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: How you go from having a career to opening your own store Why you should take advantage of gaps in the marketplace What the advantage of investing in business books is Who can take the place of a mentor when you don’t have one What some of the unexpected hurdles are in the first year of business What you can do to help strike that balance between business and life   Quotes: “There are things when you start a business that you can never anticipate.” (16:40) “It’s difficult to strike that balance between home and social life and owning a business. It’s never perfect. I think it’s always a journey and an evolution.” (19:11) “Be flexible. Have your plan but figure out what changes you need to make as you go along.” (25:02)   Links Find Elizabeth Ward Creel & Elizabeth W Online Find Elizabeth W on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Happy International Women’s Day, you beautiful, driven souls! This episode is dedicated to you. To making waves, taking seats, and standing up for what you believe in. Because, ladies, the tide is changing. This is only our beginning. How many times in your life have you been called a bitch? It’s a fairly regular occurrence. But tell me what is wrong with standing up for yourself and others, what you believe in, and being that bold voice in the workplace? Nothing, that’s what! One thing’s for sure. We need to keep speaking up. Speak up for yourself, for other women, for anyone struggling with diversity. Women reaching gender equality in the workplace is set for over 100 years away! We can do better if we speak up. I know that it’s not always the easiest environment, being a woman in the workplace. You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t, right? This is called a double-bind - it’s similar to a double standard but applicable in the workplace. Let’s talk about how we can stop it. Finally, I’m giving you the low-down on what the rules of our new playbook are, ladies. These are the steps and actions we need to take in order to step up and speak out about gender bias in the workplace. Define what matters to you. Be committed to diversity and inclusion. And be the voice for those who aren’t able or ready to speak for themselves. Help your sisters up. Help other women thrive. We’re all in this together! How are you supporting other women on International Women’s Day? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: Why you shouldn’t be offended to be called a bitch What will happen when we continue to speak up What the double bind is and how we can stop it What the rules of the new playbook are Why you have to define what matters to you What it means to be committed to diversity and inclusion   Quotes: “Ladies, we are worth way more than having to wait 100 years to have a seat at the table. Together, let’s build our own damn table.” (2:24) “Women! Now is the time for us to stand up, use our voices, and be bold for workplace equality.” (6:05) “You don’t have to like everyone, but respect for others and dignity for yourself will carry you farther than alienation and disdain every day of the week.” (12:08) “Remember where you came from but be committed to putting your hand out and pulling up the next in line.” (15:01)   Links Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Discovering what sets your soul on fire and living every day working towards that purpose makes even the hard days that bit easier. Because when you’re walking in line with your passion and purpose, you become even more driven and determined. Dr. Sharon Spano is here to talk about how becoming an advocate for her disabled son lit a passion in her to help other women bring their family life in line with their business goals. Sharon created a life where the advocacy work she was doing for her son when she was speaking up on his behalf for his healthcare and life turned into a career coaching other women on how their family needs to be considered when pursuing their business. For many in business, balancing family and work simply wasn’t done. But she’s inspired by this new wave of CEOs emerging that exist without the stress and pressures their predecessors experienced. While Sharon has been in this line of work for many years, when she first started, career speaking wasn’t really done. But speaking about her adversity, standing up for what she believed in, and exploring options ignited a career spanning decades - and one that allowed her to be present for the last years of her son’s life. The thing that helped Sharon cope with the loss of her son was being clear about her purpose. She knew that the work she was doing was important to other women. But, more than this, it was the drive and passion that Sharon held for her career that kept her going over these many hard years. Sharon urges women to be confident in their abilities. So many of us shy away from compliments, brush off how good we actually are at something, and, let’s just say we’re the masters of deflection. But when we own what we’re good at? Accept it and embrace it? Women, we are unstoppable!! One tool that Sharon is adamant about is creating a mission statement. By detailing exactly what your mission in life and business is, you work every day to get you one step closer to your highest potential. Are you living in your highest purpose? Do you have a mission statement that drives what you do? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: What the new wave of CEOs looks like How adversity and speaking what you believe in can ignite a career Why you need to be clear about your purpose What happens when you own what you’re good at  How a mission statement helps you reach your highest potential   Quotes: “There are many amazing, great things happening in this country. From the very small mom and pop or woman business owner, into these people that are building these platforms and it’s just a very exciting time. You can basically take your idea and be whatever you want to be.” (8:40) “Every family system has its story. I really believe that when you just lean into what is, that is how we move through it with grace and then have a better opportunity to grow from it and come out the other side in greater service to humanity as a result of that experience.” (13:28) “I stay focused on how can I, as one woman, do my part to make the world a better place every day?” (32:23) “I think that the world is waiting for us to step up into leadership roles. The world needs us to do that.” (34:13)     Links Find Dr. Sharon Spano Online Find Dr. Sharon Spano on LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Starting your own business is such an incredible feeling! I want you to start on the best footing possible: by giving you give business tips every female entrepreneur needs to know. These tips will help you avoid the common mistakes many women in business make while scaling! First things first - you NEED to have a contract for every single business interaction you have. Trust me. You don’t need to be embarrassed or feel awkward about getting your work agreement in writing. Nine times out of ten it’s just a formality, but there could be a time when you need to refer back to your contract, so make sure you have one! Next, we’re talking about how you can start your business off on the right foot from day one. This means registering your business and setting up a separate bank account so you can start trading the right way. And, as easy as it is to put another business on blast for some BS they pulled with you, I really, truly, honestly recommend NOT doing that. Burning bridges is not the way to handle sour relations. Keep your head up, take the high road, and, if that’s not enough, take them to court. But don’t drag them through the mud - that just reflects badly on you. You also definitely need to face your fear and get comfortable asking for what you want. This goes for both asking for your WORTH and for potential opportunities and networking. Not only will your business relationship improve, but I guarantee so will your confidence and bank balance. Finally, I urge you to believe in yourself. When you do, and when you respect yourself, your business, your work, and what you stand for, guess what? So will other people. Are you ready to pursue the business you’ve always dreamed of? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: Why you should always use a contract How you can get your finances straight from day 1 of your business Why you absolutely need to have a separate business bank account What happens when you burn bridges in your business journey How to face your fear and ask for what you want What happens when you’re confident of your worth Why you need to stand up for what you believe in and earn respect   Quotes: “You contract, and more importantly your client’s signature equates to nothing but pure gold. And without having a written, agreed upon, and mutually signed agreement in your hot little hands, you’re better off holding pixie dust.” (4:55) “You cannot control other people and their poor ways of handling situations. But the one thing you do have complete control over is how you handle yourself and your business.” (15:03) “We need to be it til we believe it. Your worth and your confidence will come from taking baby steps or huge leaps, whatever you’re comfortable with, to be the woman you admire.” (17:28) “Don’t be afraid to speak up because earned respect starts with YOU respecting your first.” (21:32)     Links Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Launching and growing a virtual assistant agency is the perfect study of why it’s so important to have your process and SOPs in place. Tasha Booth, founder of The Launch Guild, joins me to talk about how she’s achieved the incredible success she’s had since becoming a full-time virtual assistant in 2017. First, Tasha briefly explains what a virtual assistant is and what types of tasks they can help busy business owners with. Tasha also lets us in on the secret to using Facebook groups to find your clients and how it works when you’re a solo entrepreneur and a successful agency owner. When it came time for Tasha to bring in more people to her team, she had to go through some big mindset shifts. Creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) has been essential to the success of The Launch Guild as these have allowed the virtual assistants she’s hired to have more autonomy over the way they work. Tasha says that over the years, she has learned to be proactive with her hiring, rather than reactive. This has alleviated a lot of the stress of the hiring process, which means that more business owners are happy with the onboarding process The Launch Guild uses.  Allowing your staff to take ownership of their mistakes, deal with clients directly, and learn to be better leaders is something Tasha has had to educate herself on - and take a step back from micromanaging. But Tasha trusts her team implicitly, and this is evident in the company culture that she’s building. Lastly, Tasha gives some advice on how any entrepreneur can grow their business: virtual coffee chats!  Are you ready to grow your team? Have you already laid out your standard operating procedures? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: What a virtual assistant is How you can use Facebook groups to find your ideal clients as a virtual assistant What mindset shifts you need to make when you’re moving from a solo entrepreneur to an agency How creating SOPs can help your team be more independent Why you need to be proactive rather than reactive Where problems arise when you take ownership of your employee’s mistakes How to cultivate a company culture when you have a remote team Why you need to be consistently visible How you build relationships with online coffee chats   Quotes: “When I’m having a hard conversation with any team member I like to lead with the Brene Brown quote, ‘clear is kind, unclear is unkind,’ and explain the key times in my own corporate career where I wish my supervisor would have talked to me or let me know if things weren’t going well and given me the opportunity to change gear, explain, or whatever the case may be instead of waiting until it was irreconcilable.” (17:37) “You’re not allowing your team to grow as people if you are not allowing them to grow as leaders when they know that you’re just going to swoop in when something goes wrong.” (20:07) “I love that you said it’s lonely at the top because what I’ve found is that as I do gain more success, there are fewer and fewer people who have been as successful as I am with my agency model. And you don’t want to sound as though you’re bragging when you have a problem that seems small to other people who haven’t been there yet. I definitely think it’s important that you create community that are in your same income and business sphere.” (30:30) Links Find Tasha Booth and The Launch Guild Online Follow  The Launch Guild on Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest  Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Succeeding in business isn’t just about the service or product you provide. It’s about the kind of woman you are. Are you someone that can G.S.D? Today, I’m talking about the 5 habits of successful women you HAVE to cultivate. As women, saying no doesn’t come easy to us. But, and let me repeat this loudly for everyone in the back, “NO” is a complete sentence. If an opportunity, meeting, or piece of work doesn’t feel like a big ol’ yes to you, you need to protect yourself and just say no. It doesn’t make you a bitch, it doesn’t make you a bad businesswoman, and it definitely doesn’t make you a bad person. So start practicing saying no to what doesn’t serve you! Hands up who tends to procrastinate? It could be over the easiest task, maybe not finding the right words, or over something you really just hate doing. I’m here to tell you that you need to break up with procrastination. Successful women don’t procrastinate. And if you find yourself procrastinating over some work that doesn’t fulfill you, I’ll let you into a little secret: outsource it. You also need to protect yourself in order to avoid burnout. Are you doing too much all the time and feeling no joy in it? That’s not okay, girl! Take a step back and practice some of that self-care we’re all talking about right now. It’s vital for our mental health which, of course, impacts the health and success of our business. Mistakes happen to literally everyone. Own yours, learn from them, and then move the hell on. You won’t succeed if you’re trapped reliving your worst mistakes, trust me! Finally, you need to stop focusing on putting out the fires as they pop up instead of focusing on preventing them from ever happening! What are you procrastinating on right now? And what are you going to do to change it? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: What habits of highly successful women you absolutely need to know and implement this year Why you need to guard your yes How you can stop procrastinating right now What you need to do to stop burning out Why you need to own your mistakes, learn from them, and move on How to be proactive to any possible change in your business   Quotes: “Do you think there are highly successful men out there - or highly successful women out there who are saying yes just to be accommodating? Because I promise you, Oprah is not!” (5:32) “If you continue making the same mistake over and over, it’s no longer a mistake. It’s a choice.” (11:49)  “Drop the ego and recognize where you can improve. Once you can get ego out of the way, you’ll see tremendous growth within your self and as a result of your company. Because of your growth, your company will grow, too.” (12:40)   Links Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

You don’t have to be a naturally confident person when you start your business, but you do need to learn how to be more confident in order to have true success. Julie Reisler, CEO of Julie Reisler International and host of The You-est You podcast, joins me to talk about how to find true confidence by stepping into your highest purpose. For Julie, it was a journey of years that took her through many self-help and support group programs that led her to the realization that she absolutely loved helping and advising other people. She describes how she was able to tap into herself and discover that her highest potential is to help guide others in finding their own path. Julie is a firm believer in trusting her intuition. She explains the process she uses to question hers and what results this has brought her and her career. She also shares the importance of being over doing, even though as humans, we’re far more comfortable doing. As Julie has published her meditations on the Insight Timer app, she believes that meditation is a big part of finding our true alignment. She explains how even those of us with the busiest of minds can learn to find the calm that meditation brings.  By finding her true calling, Julie has found out what actually happens when your entire heart and soul go into your business. Her business is in six-figures after just a handful of years and she owes this success to following her intuition. By trusting herself and her intuitive guidance, Julie stepped into her confidence to own what she teaches. Julie shares the steps you can take to find your own confidence, even if you’ve never been a naturally confident person. She explains why walking in your purpose doesn’t come naturally to us and what happens when we do. Julie also guides us through creating a routine that encourages our state of being. Are you ready to find the confidence to walk in your true purpose? What do you know your calling is? Or if you’re not sure, what do you think is blocking you from your truth? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: How to tap into yourself and find your highest potential Why you should ask your intuition if you have a question about your direction Where being exists compared to doing How to quiet your mind in order to meditate What happens when you put your entire heart and soul, intuitively, into your business What steps you can take to start your own business when you have no idea How your intuition will help you step into your confidence Where you can find your confidence Why it’s difficult to walk in your purpose How to create a routine to encourage being overdoing   Quotes: “I really think this inner wisdom, this intuition, is something that is within and is more of a listening and receiving, less of a doing and a pushing. You have to be in that mode in order to hear it.” (14:40) “Once you start to really understand, feel, and sense how to work with your intuition, it will never steer you wrong. A lot of my confidence is in this sense of knowingness.” (30:29) “A great way to build confidence is to keep evidence of what’s working and what people want from you, what’s natural, where you thrive easily. That’s often the place that we’re meant to be.” (31:42)   Links Get Your FREE Copy of Get a PhD in YOU! Find Julie Reisler Online Follow Julie Reisler on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Investing in a mentor to help you transition and scale is one of the best ways you can start having massive success with your business. Kara Weaver of Weddings by Weaver joins me to talk about how working with a mentor(me!), changed the course of her business. Kara shares how working with a mentor helped her achieve the goals she set out for her business. She also opens up about how lonely it can be as an entrepreneur and how finding an online community of other women in business really eased that. Community is vital when you’re an entrepreneur as it can help you move forward, air your frustrations, and offer advice. The best advice Kara can give a small business, especially if you want to reach a level where you’re not working 60 hours a week, is to hire employees or contractors. When you have more people, who you trust and are trained, your customers will have their needs taken care of easier, without you having to face the very real threat of burn-out. Another tip for growing your business is to put systems in processes in place early so that when you do hire, your employees and contractors have something straightforward to work with and learn from. Kara explains how she worked with her mentor on her D.A.M.M. goals, and getting these processes in place was one of the first goals she achieved. Kara’s company is growing at such a steady pace. She’s been able to step back out of her business more, allowing herself and her husband to regularly go on trips. She couldn’t have achieved this without working with her mentor to help her scale her business the way she has. In this episode, we also talk about company culture and why you need to treat your employees with love and respect. When your employees love working for you and your company, they truly are your best advocates… which means your conversion rate will be higher than ever before. Kara leaves us with the best piece of advice: “Spend the time, spend the money, get the investment into yourself because your company’s not going to succeed if you don’t believe in yourself.”  Are you ready to make an investment in your future through mentorship or coaching? Have you set your D.A.M.N. goals for 2020 yet? What can you do to start scaling your business this year? Let me know in the comments on the episode page.   In This Episode: How working with a mentor can help you reach your business goals Why you need to connect with an online community of like-minded entrepreneurs to feel less lonely and more inspired How hiring employees and contractors can let your business provide a better service for your clients Why putting systems and process in place is essential for allowing your company to grow What happens when you set your D.A.M.N. goals Why you need to scale if you want to live your dream life What happens to your conversion rate when your employees love to work for you Why investing in your personal and business betterment is the best thing you can financially do for your company   Quotes: “My goal sheet is a lot smaller [than last year] and has a larger impact than having multiple goals with smaller impacts.” (14:05) “When you write down your goals, like pen and paper, write them out, you are 42% more likely to achieve them than if you just think about them.” (17:15) “If anybody’s listening to this and they have ever thought to themselves, ‘I want to create a company and I want a sustainable company that’s going to allow me to live the life that I want, and a life that is going to be manageable for me,’ you have to start with scaling. There’s no other way around it. You’re going to have to ask for help.” (22:54) “Spend the time, spend the money, get the investment into yourself because your company’s not going to succeed if you don’t believe in yourself.” (32:30)   Links Buy the Wedding Planner by Kara Weaver Find Kara Weaver & Weddings by Weaver Online Follow Weddings by Weaver on Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

In this age of digital disconnection and overwhelm, making personal connections with your audience is more important than ever. After smashing into the online business scene back in 2007, Amber Vilhauer has seen all the shifting trends of the industry, and personal connections top her list of the best advice. Amber shares with us some stories of dark days from her childhood; but rather than using these experiences to feel sorry for herself, she’s learned and grown from then to become the woman she is now. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, and all that. Since she’s been in the online business space since 2007, Amber has seen so many trends come and go. The worrying thing that’s happening now, however, is that influencers report feeling disconnected from their audiences and that social media doesn’t have the reach and impact it once did. This is why Amber is passionate about showing up as your true, authentic, and vulnerable self and making personal connections with your community. It’s no longer about your follower count, but your community engagement that impacts your business growth. For Amber, she thinks of personal connection in how she can elevate each individual experience to be the best possible, making the person she’s connecting with feel truly appreciated and special in those moments. One of the best ways to make personal connections easier is to utilize video. Put all your effort into creating videos! These videos can be used to welcome and guide people through your website, explain to your audience what action you want them to take, streamline your sales process, and more. When your face is in video and you’re showing your unique personality, your audience will feel more connected with you pretty instantly. How do you connect on a personal level with your audience? Have you started putting your energy into video and video marketing?  Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: How the darkest days of our lives mold us to be the people we become Why you need to build personal connections with your audience How the quality of your community impacts your growth What the importance of personal connection is Why you should think about how you can elevate each experience What happens when you step into who you actually are rather than who you think you should be Why you should put your efforts into video marketing How video helps your clients feel like you’re there without having to physically be present  How using video can streamline your sales process Why your website should be a unique experience   Quotes: “What I’m seeing is that we’re in the midst of a major connection crisis. And we now have to now figure out ways to develop personal connections with each person that learns about our work, regardless of expectation of that working or networking relationship is going to look like. It really is about building personal connection.” (14:09) “When you have personal connection with people, they want to give back to you because it feels good to give.” (19:02) “If you’re not suggesting to people how they move through your organization, they likely won’t know what to do and will just leave.” (30:40)   Links How to Attract Qualified Buyers and Grow Your Following Find Amber Vilhauer Online Follow Amber Vilhauer on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | LinkedIn Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

When you organize your business, there’s no limit to how much you can get done. In this episode, I’m sharing the 5 steps you need to take in order to G.S.D. (Get Sh*t Done) so you can take control of your business and bring in the revenue you know you can. I’m a firm believer that you need to be organized to reach your maximum business potential. Most women I know pride themselves on being multi-taskers, but studies have actually shown that multi-tasking makes you LESS productive.  That’s why you need to learn how to time-block. Time-blocking helps you figure out where your time is going each week and what you’re actually wasting time on. When you’ve figured that out, you can block all your tasks together. So, for example, you spend 1 hour in the morning replying to emails, then don’t look at it again until the next day. When you organize for time-blocking, you should also label your tasks, based on how important it is that YOU complete them, how big a priority they are for your business, and how much you enjoy them.  Trust me when I say that organizing your schedule by time-blocking will have a profound impact on your level of productivity. Plus, once you’ve figured out which tasks take a lot of time and take you OUT of your zone of genius, you can start building standard operating procedures so you can outsource them! You also need to learn to love automation to take over repetitive and time-consuming tasks, like onboarding a new client. Are you ready to Get Sh*t Done? What is the first task you’re going to outsource? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   In This Episode: Why you need to be organized in order to make more money What steps you need to take to be ultra-organized and GSD How time-blocking makes you more productive What happens when you organize your schedule Why you need to set your business priorities When you should consider outsourcing How automation can save you time running your admin   Quotes: “Studies have shown that you are actually 30% less productive when multi-tasking because you aren’t truly focusing on the task that you are working on.” (3:45) “What are you working on and spending your time and focus on that will actually bring in revenue? And what are you doing that really is just a time suck in your day? Because so many business owners get caught up in their own “busy work”.” (12:56) “So let a CRM take your repeatable processes off your plate and handle them for you. Trust me, it’ll be a breath of fresh air.” (17:20)   Links Try HoneyBook for yourself Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

When you know you have a winning business idea, you need to stick with it, even if the initial launch isn’t as successful as you’d like. That’s what Dr. Mary Claire Haver discovered when she first started teaching others about her anti-inflammatory way of eating, called The Galveston Diet. Mary went back to medical school as an older student, discovering an interest in OBGYN studies. But when she found out first hand that the diet and exercise advice she was giving her patients going through menopause didn’t work that well, she set about finding the solution. After years of study and self-experimentation, The Galveston Diet was developed and shared with her friends before she started sharing online. Mary describes how inflammatory foods are so common in our diet that we probably don’t even realize we’re eating them regularly. When she first started her journey through inflammatory and anti-inflammatory foods, she shared with the group that she had built online for a direct marketing business. People were incredibly interested in learning what she was doing. When Mary’s first foray into sharing her diet didn’t go as planned, it was recommended she start a course teaching The Galveston Method. This simple act changed the course of her business and brought her to 6 figures within the first year of business. But it wasn’t without hitches, she hired someone for Facebook ads without a contract and did not get what she paid for. One aspect of her day that Mary denotes much of her success is her morning routine that includes meditation and gratitude. By incorporating good habits into our everyday life, you make living healthier, in alignment with the Universe, and at a higher vibration a real possibility. Lastly, Mary shares some of the foods you should eat when you’re following an anti-inflammatory diet are. How can you include a daily gratitude practice in your life? What foods do you eat that don’t serve you living a healthier life? Have you considered starting your own online course?   In This Episode: How you can be eating inflammatory foods without even realizing it What happens when you share your own journey How creating an online course can change the trajectory of your business Why you should always get a contract up-front How practicing gratitude can impact your business and life What you should eat for an anti-inflammatory diet How you can incorporate good habits into your day   Quotes: “I take 10 minutes and I do a guided meditation through an app. I take my little journal and I have things that I give up to the Universe every day and it’s that magical act of just writing it down that lifts it off my shoulders.” (19:58) “The quality of the food that people are eating on a regular basis has decreased so much that the levels of chronic inflammation, long-term, has skyrocketed and it’s leading to obesity, heart disease, stroke, and cancers.” (28:31) “As a society, we have built these insane schedules, busy lives, and kids’ lives around convenience foods. Not having to think about your nutrition and just winging it, and that’s what’s gotten us to where we are.” (31:35)   Links Get $10 off The Galveston Diet with code SAVE10 Find Dr. Mary Claire Haver Online Follow Dr. Mary Claire Haver on Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Confrontation. Even just the word itself can cause some people to break out in a cold sweat, dreading the conversation they have to have. And, I promise, every business has moments of confrontation at some point or another, and not many people actually like it or go about it in a healthy way. In this episode of Women in Business, I’m talking about how we can approach confrontation with confidence. The first thing you need to do is to set boundaries for your business. Who you serve, why you serve them, and what your because is. By knowing these aspects of your business as well as your core values, you’ll have the best sense to know who you want to work with. Next, you need to get real comfortable with saying “no.” And while it is a complete sentence, you can always refer a potential client on to someone else who they’d be a yes for. Trust me when I say that when you say no to opportunities that don’t serve you, you’re opening yourself up for so many others that absolutely scream YES. You also need to be confident in your prices. There will inevitably come a time when a client wants to negotiate on your prices - but you should never, ever do that. If they can’t afford your services, you can consider creating a custom package for them that offers fewer services for less money, but you should never lower your rates. Lastly, it’s all about how to actually fire that bad client. We’ve all been there, where we take someone on only to realize they’re not a great client - and may even be what I call a pain in the *ss (PITA). I give you a couple of tips for how to have those direct confrontational conversations and fire those clients. Have you ever had to fire a client? How have you ensured your business has boundaries? Are you comfortable with saying no?   In This Episode: Why you need to set boundaries about who your business serves Why you need to know your “why” and your “because” in order to grow your business How saying no can help open you up to opportunities that make you scream yes How to stand firm in your rates and prices Why you should adjust the package to fit your client’s budget, but never lower the price for the same amount of work How to fire a bad client   Quotes: “There are times when saying no to people who are willing to pay you will actually help you grow more than saying yes will. It sounds counterproductive, but it’s true” (7:34) “Whenever a situation arises that doesn’t serve your business core values, then your answer should be no. But, if you have a potential referral source for them, then give them that name.” (12:04) “Think of your pricing as just a number. It’s non-negotiable. And bonus, you don’t have to justify it, either.” (18:44)   Links Leave Women in Business a review on Apple Podcasts Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Do you ever feel like you’re walking a tightrope between commitment to your business and commitment to your partner? You are definitely not alone - this predicament is common with entrepreneurs who find so much joy in their business. Anna Osbourn joins me again to talk about how to set healthy boundaries so you can prioritize all the loves in your life. The busier we get with our business, the less we communicate with our partner about what’s going on. Whether they don’t want us to talk non-stop about our business so we don’t share, we get too stuck in our own head, or a combination, clamming up about all aspects of our lives is never the way forward. You should endeavor to share your busy business news with your partner. Anna explains what happens when you identify as your business and struggle to see a separation between the two. It can lead to feelings of resentment, especially if your partner doesn’t want to hear about your business 24/7, you might feel like they don’t want to hear about YOU. That’s why it’s vital that you separate your identity from your business - after all, being a business owner is only a part of who you are. Anna shares one of her favorite pieces of advice, especially during busy business periods. Recognizing when you’ve done enough for the day is an important aspect of setting healthy boundaries. We all need that time to decompress and switch off, so she recommends adopting the mantra, “I’ve done enough for today”. Another important part of setting healthy boundaries is to give yourself space to work ON your business and let your creative streak loose. You might come up with some pretty incredible business breakthroughs! Anna also tells us why you need to set some strict boundaries of when you talk about work. Set yourself a cut-off time - is it at 5pm? After dinner? Dessert? Whenever you decide you won’t talk about work anymore, make sure you stick to that time. Spend the rest of your day with your family and reconnecting with your partner. Lastly, Anna actually tells me off a little bit, because I admitted I felt a certain amount of shame or guilt about setting boundaries. In no uncertain terms should you feel guilt from either your business or your partner for deciding where to set your boundaries. Who’s opinion are you valuing? Do you have a cut off time for when you stop talking about your business? How do you prioritize your relationship with your partner?   In This Episode: Why we tend to be more uncommunicative when we’re busier How identifying as your business can lead to feelings of resentment Why you need to realize when you’ve done enough work for the day What happens when you give yourself time to work on your business, not in your business How to set boundaries between work and relationship talk Why you shouldn’t feel any shame or guilt about setting your boundaries   Quotes: “Our business is not the sole determinant of us as valuable beings. And actually, when we look at boundaries when folks identify themselves as their business will struggle more boundaries when it comes to how that bleeds into or negatively impacts their relationship.” (5:24) “We can’t always be in the grind and the hustle, that’s not sustainable. So it’s looking at the season of our business: are we in growth mode? Are we in maintenance mode? Are we in scaling and leveraging? Where are we at? And what are the set of expectations that we have on that and how do we communicate that and collaborate with our partner so they also have a voice into this, because it impacts the relationship.” (9:39) “Sister, no! Other people’s opinions are none of your business. And if people need you to stay small to keep them happy, that ain’t gonna work!” (29:43)   Links Join the 7 Day Relationship Challenge Find Anna Osborn Online Follow Anna on Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Successful companies consist of more than just one adventurous solopreneur. True success comes from building a trustworthy team around you who can work independently to help your company grow. The most important thing you, as the solo entrepreneur, can do is learn to be a better leader and relinquish complete control over your company. Now, I’m not saying you have to let other people take over and do whatever they want in your business. But when you have a team of people or even just one person to start with, once you’re confident that they are competent at their job, giving them a bit of free reign can be so beneficial to your business. Obviously, the first thing you need to do to grow your business is to outsource. You don’t necessarily have to hire a whole slew of employees right off, you can absolutely hire freelancers and contractors. Outsourcing lets you stay in your zone of genius, working on what you do best while letting your team take on the tasks that they specialize in. One thing you don’t want to do is micromanage your team. No one likes when they have someone breathing down their neck over their work, so trust me when I say that you should let your team have some flexibility in freedom to do the work you assign them. Once they’re clear on the work they need to do, let them get on with it! This is where setting up standard operating procedures is a really smart thing to do, as well. You’ll also come across times when you, your team, or your business hit a stumbling block or maybe even a failure. A good leader approaches this in their stride and uses it as a learning experience and a way to improve the company in the future. You should always strive to be a better leader; it doesn’t always come completely naturally, but you can learn as you go. Are you ready to outsource in order to grow your business? What operating procedures can you put in place so you don’t have to constantly supervise your team? How can you start being a better leader?   In This Episode: Why you need to let go of total control of your business How outsourcing can help your business grow How to make outsourcing an easy process What happens to your employees when you micromanage them Why you should let your team has as much flexibility and freedom to do their work as possible How working through failures will make you a better company How you can learn to be a better leader   Quotes: “You will not grow if you don’t let go and stay in your zone of genius and let others operate in theirs.” (3:09) “Letting go of control and allowing your team to have the direction to know what they need to do but the flexibility to get it done will give your team the independence they need to thrive.” (13:15) “When you’re a business owner, it’s important to position yourself to work on your business and not in the daily trenches, but the only way you can successfully do that is to outsource. Hire well, work on your own leadership traits, and know how you want to proceed and lead your company, and learn to embrace failure.” (18:18)   Links Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

When women live in their truth and share their stories through business, success happens. Connection happens when you share; your audience will feel like they know you and this connection definitely helps your business grow. Eleanor Beaton is here to talk about using your story to fuel your business. Eleanor started sharing her personal story when she lost her father to cancer and found that this vulnerability opened her up to her audience in a much more authentic way. Put yourself first and pursue your own agenda unapologetically. That’s the best way to give yourself permission to take charge of your life and business. When you’re living and speaking in alignment with who you are and your story, you’ll find all the confidence and power you need. Eleanor really drives home the point that women who are unapologetically themselves create more space at the table for themselves and others.  Eleanor also makes a great point that when we’re getting our businesses ready to scale, we should also make sure that WE are scalable as well. Are you in a space where you’re confident to allow yourself to grow? Being comfortable having hard conversations is vital to your success as a female entrepreneur. Eleanor explains how you can contribute meaningfully to these conversations in order to grow.  Finally, Eleanor talks about what you need to do in order to be aligned with your public image and visibility. From showing up authentically online to practicing what you preach, you need to be your true self at all times. It’s for the benefit of, not just you, but for your business. Can you feel at home as yourself no matter where you are? How do you infuse your business with your personality? What can you do today to add more of yourself to your business?   In This Episode: How you can share more of your personal story in your business to connect with your audience Why you should always prioritize your own agenda and give yourself permission to pursue your course of action your way Where confidence and power can be found How you can transition to believe you belong in all the rooms Why YOUR scalability matters as much as the scalability of your business How you can contribute meaningfully to the conversation What you need to do in order to be aligned with your public image and visibility   Quotes: “Women’s stories and women’s voices are missing. We as women in leadership can’t be what you can’t see.” (8:06) “What gets us to the next place is about relinquishing that control, building a team, coordinating people behind that vision, and owning your piece of that, but understanding that owning a piece of it means that you can’t own the whole thing.” (19:55) “What we’re ultimately trying to do is change the face of business to really make it more diverse, to really bring more women to the tables, and I think we’ve got to do that inside our big power structures, which are still major corporates, and we also have to change it from the outside, too, through that movement of women’s entrepreneurship.” (26:03) “When you’re in the arena, it’s so interesting the way the nature of the conversation between two people who are in the arena getting their butt kicked is completely different than the peanut gallery.” (37:45)   Links Sign up for Radical Conviction! Find Eleanor Beaton Online Follow Eleanor Beaton on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube  Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Is there anything worse than running your business for almost two years and hearing that someone else has registered the exact same business name as yours? This happened to one of my clients, and she is, unfortunately, not alone. But examples like this just go to show you why it’s essential that you start your business the right way - the legal way! In this episode of Women in Business, I’m taking you through the five things you need to do when setting up your business. You want your business to be trading legally, with a protected name, and set-up in a way that’s going to allow flexibility, longevity, and maybe even for someone to buy it off you one day. When it comes to naming your business, I always caution against using your own name. Not only does this tie into the lifetime and legacy of your business, but you’ll also be stuck in how your business evolves and grows over time. You also need to make sure that you legally protect your business’s name so that no one swoops in and tries to steal your legacy. You need to legally register your business within your State. There are so many different options for how to start legally trading and if you’re not sure right away, definitely seek out some advice from your CPA. You’ll also want to register for and receive your EIN right away - it’s basically your business’s social security number. Next, make sure that you separate your business finances from your personal ones. Yes, you might be the one running the show, but it’s so important to keep your business money separate, especially when it comes to tax season. And I would always caution about having and using a business bank account. Lastly, whether you know you want to hire down the line or not, it’s always a good idea to understand the legalities around hiring. You will very likely want to grow your business, so setting it up right from the beginning will be a lifesaver. I briefly explain the differences between employees, contractors, and interns and why you might want to hire one over another. Have you registered and trademarked your business name? Are you planning to hire employees for growth? How have you set your business up so that you can eventually step back from day-to-day operations?   In This Episode: Why you shouldn’t name your business after yourself How to name your business in a way that allows growth and flexibility What you need to do to legally protect your business name How to choose which entity you set your business up as What an EIN is and why you need one right away when you start your business Why you need to start a business bank account from day one How to start your business with a view to hiring down the line What the differences between employees, contractors, and interns are   Quotes: “A business is going to be much more valuable when it’s not dependent on you to operate.” (6:53) “Sole proprietorship is going to give you total control of your business. That means you are the sole owner, you have zero, typically, investors. This is just you, by yourself. It also means that all the business assets are tied to you personally.” (10:46) “The contractor has a lot of freedom when it comes to how they perform their craft. Be mindful of this when writing your hiring contracts.” (20:35)   Links United States Patent and Trademark Office Try LegalZoom for yourself Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to https://www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get a copy of my business roadmap. Stop duct-taping ideas together for starting your business. Snag my FREE roadmap to get starting on building a real business today. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

When your business is in making people happy, you know you’re living the good life. Adina Reyter creates beautiful, affordable, high-quality jewelry for the modern woman - even Meghan Markle wears her designs - and it all started with a vision for designing something Adina wanted to wear herself. Adina studied advertising in college and quickly got a job in this industry, but she knew she wasn’t destined to stay here. Adina longed to create, and when she saw another woman had started a jewelry line, she decided to try making her own. She started taking metalworking classes almost immediately with the intention of starting her own business, and before she knew it, her pieces were getting national attention. Strong will and determination are two of the most important qualities you can have when starting your own business. Adina shares what other qualities she thinks made her successful in business in our episode. She also explains why tenacity is so important, and why you should strive to do your best at all times, even when you’re doing something you don’t necessarily see the benefit in. Adina is a strong advocate of learning as you go, as she had the vision to create her jewelry brand - and just started! She didn’t let anything or anyone tell her it wasn’t a good idea, not that they necessarily were going to, and off she went, creating her masterpiece. But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for her; Adina talks about how she navigated her business through difficult times, changes, and recessions over the years. Adina has had to adapt her marketing strategy over the years as social media has become more popular. One of the major benefits of using social media is to react to and post about information and news as it becomes available, which is what she did when Meghan Markle wore Adina Reyter jewelry on one of her first royal outings.  Are you ready to embrace all the craziness that comes from owning your own business? How can you apply your creative talents to making money? What qualities do you have that will make you a successful business owner?   In This Episode: What the most important qualities are when starting a business Why you should always do your best, even when you think it doesn’t matter How you can take classes with the intention of starting a business Why you should just start creating your business How you can navigate difficult times in your business What the power of social media is for breaking news advertising How you can grow but stay true to your business’s core tenants Why you need to expect and embrace the crazy that comes with owning your own business   Quotes: “Sometimes in life, all you have to do is what you said you were going to do. Because so many people don’t do that.” (6:18) “Just doing things and trying is so critical to starting a business.” (14:48) “I don’t believe there’s such a thing as work/life balance. I think when you’re starting a business, you’re all in.” (29:37)   Links Find Adina Reyter Online Follow Adina Reyter on Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest  Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to www.drcortneybaker.com/roadmap to get your free training on what you must know to start your service-based business. Get your free training now! About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.

Scaling your business and building it to the next level doesn’t have to be a scary, daunting endeavor you keep putting off because you don’t know what to do. In fact, as long as you establish a solid foundation and framework, scaling your company couldn’t be easier.  Scaling your business isn’t about hiring a full team of employees all at once, in fact, you can start by outsourcing just one part of your business! So when should you start thinking about scaling? I’d say you should start considering the process before you’re at the point where you’re turning work away - because, for a super successful business, there’s no such thing as too much work! The first thing you need to do when you’re getting ready to scale is to create a framework that will help your company grow. In this episode of Women in Business, I explain what aspects you need to have in your framework in order for it to be successful. Building the right team around you is essential for healthy company growth. And, more than that, your team should have the same level of excitement about your business as you do. The right team will help you scale your business to the next level. Another aspect you need to consider when scaling your business is your company values. Make sure you’re familiar with them from early on, set them out in your framework, and hire your team around them. If the people you hire don’t fit your values when you hire them, you’re sure to have problems along the way. There will also come a time when you’ll want, no - need, to delegate some tasks and leadership to your team. This is such a good thing and you’re going to need to trust them to get the job done their way. In the same vein, you should definitely open a channel for feedback to and from your team - you want them involved in your entire process. A solid workflow will also be beneficial. Are you ready to scale up your business? Do you know how to create a framework that will make scaling easier? How can you open channels of communication that will help create a team you trust?   In This Episode: When you should start hiring in your business Why you need to create a framework for your company to grow What aspects you need to have in your company scaling framework Why you need to share excitement about your business with your team What importance there is in defining your business’s core values How you can delegate some of the leadership in order to scale your business Why you need to ask your employees what they think How to create a workflow that will enable scaling   Quotes: “Scaling is how you set the stage and create the base structure that will enable growth in your company.” (7:04) “Leading a team is essential and all teams need a leader. So, build a team that shares your vision for where you desire the company to go and get the buy-in from your team and lead them to the success.” (10:21) “Making your onboarding process repeatable not only saves you time in the long run, but it also means you can hand off this task to a new hire and it will still be replicable.” (18:00)   Links Try Honeybook for yourself Find Dr. Cortney Baker Online Follow Dr. Cortney Baker on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Join From Side Hustle to CEO on Facebook Subscribe to Women in Business on Apple Podcasts   Are you a female millennial entrepreneur who wants to start or scale your service-based business but not sure where to start? Go to www.drcortneybaker.com/10-secrets to get your free copy of the 10 Secrets Female Millennial Entrepreneurs must know before launching their service-based business. Get your free copy now. About Dr. Cortney Baker... She is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, author, speaker, and advocate for gender equality. As a leadership expert and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to lead with greatness. Dr. Baker is the author of the best-selling books: The Ten Do's and Don'ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling. She is passionate about helping ambitious female millennial entrepreneurs go from side-hustle to CEOs! Feedback? Questions? Comments? For more information or to reserve Dr. Cortney Baker to speak at an upcoming event, please contact her at cortney@cortneybaker.com or 1-469-708-8840.