Stacking Your Team: Growing Teams And Team Building For Female Entrepreneurs | Women In Business | Small Business Owners

Colleen Ganjian is a seasoned educational consultant and a nationally-recognized authority in the field of college admissions. Her company, DC College Consulting, works with students and parents to navigate their way through today’s college admission process. She is also a member of Leadership Lab. In today’s episode, she shares how the pandemic has affected her revenue and how goodwill has been the key to her incredible success during the pandemic. Join the BizChix Community Connect With Colleen Ganjan: DC College Counseling Educational Advisory Group Instagram Facebook Books, Tools or Events Mentioned: Profit First by Mike Michalowicz Other Links Mentioned: Acuity Scheduling Asana Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab This podcast was first published on BizChix.com/syt-114. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

No one enjoys hosting tough conversations but as a business owner, you know that it’s not only important but a requirement to effectively lead your team.  In this episode, I share about how opening up about your frustrations during those tough conversations can lead to progress for you and your entire team. Be sure to check out the tips and language prompt to get you started. Join the BizChix Community Connect With Shelli: Instagram Linkedin Sign up for the Newsletter Tools or Events Mentioned: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey   A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara  One Family by George Shannon and Blanca Gomez Dream Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison  Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson Other Links Mentioned: Brene Brown Unlocking Us Podcast Dr. Traci Baxley Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 93: We All Feel S

For most entrepreneurs, having a waitlist is a dream come true. But what do you do when you have more clients than time, and you find yourself working longer and longer hours to accommodate your client? One solution is to delegate. But how do you ensure the same level or service and maintain the same goodwill and relationship? Natalie Eckdahl is my co-host this week. She and I have a unique insight into this process, as we have gone through it ourselves. Tune in to get a behind-the-scenes look at how Natalie brought me on to the BizChix team.  Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 32: The Cost of Hiring a Team with Hannah Smolinski Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab This podcast was first published on BizChix.com/syt-112. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

Jessie Ginsburg is joining me today as my co-host and together we are sharing our recommendations.  We are going deep into a revealing conversation about personal development including fun stuff like documentaries, candles, speed reading, apps and more. Join the BizChix Community Jessie’s Book Recommendations: Are You Fully Charged? By Tom Rath Limitless by Jim Kwik Essentialism: Your Guide To The Power Of Less: Set Your Mind With Practical Tips To Make Your Life More Manageable And Become A Happy Essentialist (The Power of Habit) by Mark Creed Shelli’s Book Recommendations: The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities by Patrick M. Lencioni  Know What You're For: A Growth Strategy for Work, An Even Better Strategy for Life by Jeff Henderson Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business by Donald Miller and Dr. J. J. Peterson Connect With Jessie Ginsburg: Website Pediatric Therapy Playhouse Instagram Jessie’s Facebook Pediatric Therapy Playhou

Los Angeles native Stephanie Pitts is a podcaster, a traveler, mom to two wildly popular furbabies, and she’s been building her team. She also happens to be my longest client, since January 2019.Listen in to this week’s episode as we talk about how she’s leaning into providing feedback to her team and expanding her capabilities to serve even more clients all while keeping a keen eye on hitting her revenue goals. Join the BizChix Community  Connect With Stephanie Pitts:  Website  Facebook  Instagram  Podcast  Work with Us:  Programs Overview  VIP Day  One:One Coaching  Leadership Lab  Six Figures Lab  This podcast was first published on BizChix.com/syt-110. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

During this pandemic, you’ve been taking care of your family and your business, but now that the restrictions are starting to lift in your area, are you ready to welcome everyone back to your business? We’re talking more than PPE and hand sanitizer here. Use this primer to kickstart you into creating your doors open plan. I’ll also give you a visualization technique to help you find the gaps in your plan, how to close those gaps, and get ready for the influx of people who have been missing you and your team. Join the BizChix Community Links Mentioned: Marsha Hansen / Mindease Billing DeAnne Mitchell / Official Guides of Savannah Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 103: Creating Your Stability Plan  SYT 22: Preparing to Fire a Team Member Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab This podcast was first published on BizChix.com/syt-109. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com.

Have you ever seen someone you know featured on TV and wondered how you too can up your publicity game so you can elevate your brand presence?  On today’s show, we have a mass-market media expert, Amanda Berlin joining us. She helps people craft their stories and position themselves as someone people need to know across a variety of media platforms.  Are you wanting to expand your reach beyond your city, maybe outside your state or province or even go national? If so, you’re invited to tune in to find out how.  Join the BizChix Community  Connect With Amanda Berlin:  Website  Instagram  Facebook  Empowered Publicity Podcast  Pitch School Live  Other Links Mentioned: Shelli’s Episode on the Empowered Publicity Podcast Episode with Amanda Berlin  Sue Mohait’s Website  Work with Us:  Programs Overview  VIP Day  One:One Coaching  Leadership Lab  Six Figures Lab  This podcast was first published on BizChix.com/syt-108. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

She’s a mom of two toddlers, an advocate for children on the autism spectrum, a Quickstart, and a book lover. Jessie Ginsburg talks to Shelli about her journey, the ups and downs, and how she is repositioning her business during the pandemic.  Jessie started her practice right after grad school going against the advice of her professors. Six years into operating her practice, she was all set to make 2020 her best year yet for revenue, and then the virus hit.  She’s a great example of how to shift away from the delivery of your services into more of a thought leadership role to expand your brand’s visibility.  Join the BizChix Community  Connect With Jessie Ginsburg:  Website  Pediatric Therapy Playhouse  Instagram  Jessie’s Facebook  Pediatric Therapy Playhouse Facebook  Books Mentioned:  5AM Club by Robin Sharma  The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz  Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz  Other Links Mentioned: Product Launch Formula Masterclass  Work with Us:  Programs Overview  VIP Day  One:One Coaching  Le

Leading through change can be tough. I imagine you’re having some good days and some bad days, and some days where you don’t even know how you’re doing. All of this change and the notion that you have to be the one with answers is so draining on your mental health, your physical health, your spiritual health and of course the health of your business. On today’s show, Shelli serves up some discoveries that have greatly impacted the next best step of my 1:1 clients and members of the Leadership Lab as they are all trying to stay sharp as they lead through change. Join the BizChix Community Books, Tools or Events Mentioned: Download the ‘Know Your Discoveries Worksheet’ Other Links Mentioned: The Newsworthy Podcast Leadership Lab Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 52: Can you be both Leader and Friend to your Team? SYT 97: What if I’ve Never Hosted a Team Meeting? SYT 102: Pivoting to Virtual Leadership SYT 103: Creating Your Stability Plan Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coach

When your three-year-old twins are only 10 months older than your business, you’re mostly a solo mom, you’ve surpassed the multi-seven figure mark, your team needs some restructuring, and you need to sleep, what should you do? Well, you ask for help. On today’s show, you’ll meet a one-to-one client of Shelli’s who is leading an incredible Pediatric Therapy clinic in San Diego. She’s young, she’s brilliant, she’s a quick-start and she’s not afraid to learn as she goes. Shelli and Corey discuss team structure, core values, the growing pains of adding non-billable team members, how she’s not getting stuck about leading people who are older than her, and how she’s leveraging team members who have unique talents. Join the BizChix Community Connect With Corey Roan: Website LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This episode was first published at BizChix.com/syt-104. Listen to ou

Readjusting your business model, your team, and how you lead has been the forefront of your focus lately, but what do you do with all this new information and new insight? On today’s show, Shelli walks you through a method that we use extensively in the Leadership Lab. This tool provides clarity and a roadmap to follow, even during these unpredictable times where everyone is doing the “pandemic pivot”, no that’s not a new dance move or a TikTok video, it’s our current challenge that business owners are facing around the globe while they try to stay positive! Join the BizChix Community Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 34: How to Create an Accountability Action Plan for Your Team SYT 100: Why Your Team Members Need a Core Role Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This episode was first published at BizChix.com/syt-103. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

How are you fairing right now? Are you feeling like you’re walking around with wobbly knees because of this disruptive shift in your business that you did not ask for? Are you exhausted trying to juggle eldercare, childcare, customer care, and suddenly, virtual team care? It’s a fact that some businesses are thriving, while some businesses have been turned on their head. People are buying, people are even starting businesses while others have temporarily closed and laid off team members. There’s so much to think about and so much to do. It can be so overwhelming. On today’s show, we walk through the most important things you need to be focusing on right now in four categories of your business. Join the BizChix Community Books, Tools or Events Mentioned: RESET Your Mindset: Silence Your Inner Mean Girl by Natalie Eckdahl Other Links Mentioned: Unlocking Us podcast Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 63:[On Air Coaching] How to Begin Building Culture Within a Virtual Team with Deb Howard Greenleaf

Has the current pandemic hit your bottom line and now you find yourself in that uncomfortable situation where you believe you need to downsize your team? It’s not what you planned for. You’ve hung on as long as you could. You may even have gone into debt to cover payroll for a while now, and it’s time to make changes to your team. On today’s show, Shelli talks about a variety of ways you can reduce payroll spending temporarily as you weather the storm of this worldwide pandemic. Join the BizChix Community Other Links Mentioned: The NewsWorthy Podcast Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 69: Stacking the Perfect Size Team for Your Business BizChix Episodes Mentioned: 411: How to Pivot Your Small Business Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This episode was first published at BizChix.com/syt-101. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

We are celebrating 100 episodes by sharing a behind the scenes look at BizChix and how we’ve leaned into defining core roles for everyone in our team, and why you should too. It’s a mini-training on core roles today that answers that age-old question of “how can I get my team members to stop thinking like employees and start thinking like business owners?” Don’t forget, you can now listen to the podcast by shouting out, “Hey Alexa, play Stacking Your Team podcast” ...and she will!! Join the BizChix Community Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 34: How to Create an Accountability Action Plan for Your Team SYT 60: How to Create High Performing Teams SYT 95: How an Executive Assistant Can Save You Time with Tiffanie Jordan Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This episode was first published at BizChix.com/syt-100. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

We’re going to talk about the simplest way to give feedback to your team members. Our clients often tell us that not knowing what to say is usually the first stumbling block that keeps them from giving feedback and confronting their team members. So, in this episode, Shelli shares a few examples of real-life situations where the leader needs to give coaching to their team member. You’ll learn what to say, when to say it, and what to do next! Join the BizChix Community Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This episode was first published at BizChix.com/syt-99. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

You’ve got a business, you’ve got a team helping you grow the business, you’ve got things you need to tell your team, and they have things to share with you and their peers. Conversations, project plans, customer problems, staffing issues, questions and answers, follow up from action plans… it can all be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. There are tools that can help you nurture self-sufficiency in your team and buy back your time. In this episode, Shelli is joined by Jordan Gill, an Operations Consultant and Founder of Systems Saved Me. She helps overworked one-woman shows become streamlined solopreneurs. Her jam is creating a cohesive operating system for managing your tasks, files, and inbox. Listen in to discover the best communication systems available right now for your team! Join the BizChix Community Connect with Jordan Gill:  Website LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Pinterest Books, tools or events Mentioned: Voxer Slack Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 88: Growing Pains [Leadership

Hosting your first team meeting can be scary, especially if you have been "making it all happen" through emails, voice recording apps, or quick conversations in the hallway. But how effective are those “drive by” meetings? Our guess is not very! Well, don’t worry. Shelli is here to help you with a mini-training session just for YOU, that leader who has not yet hosted a team meeting… but you’re ready to start! Join Shelli and discover some simple steps to plan for and then execute great team meetings including three standard topics for every team meeting you host! Join the BizChix Community Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 14: How to Host Impactful Team Meetings SYT 35: How to Host a Weekly Touchpoint Meeting SYT 55: How to Dedicate Time to Your Team SYT 49: How to Host a Team Retreat SYT 86: Create More Predictability for your Team with Drumbeats Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This

What should you listen for when interviewing a candidate? What kind of questions should you ask? Shelli is serving up some of her favorite, compelling interview questions. These questions will help you use facts along with your intuition to shortlist your candidates. She also shares some insights about what you should be listening for in the interview – what your candidates don’t tell you is just as valuable as what they do tell you! Hosting an interview is really hosting a conversation where your job is to prompt the person to open up and talk, and Shelli has just the tips for that. Join the BizChix Community Other Links Mentioned: Get your FREE download of Interview questions! Work with Us: Programs Overview VIP Day One:One Coaching Leadership Lab Six Figures Lab Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This episode was first published at BizChix.com/syt-96. Listen to our sister podcast, BizChix, on your app or at BizChix.com. 

Have you ever wondered why some business owners seem to have more time and are more at ease than others? Well, in this episode, Shelli is joined by our Executive Assistant, Tiffanie Jordan, and shares one very impactful way you too can have more time and more ease. We’re also celebrating Shelli’s two years of hosting the Stacking Your Team podcast! Let’s celebrate together! Join the BizChix Community Books, Tools or Events Mentioned: Download our guide on how to best leverage your executive assistant! Other Links Mentioned: Kolbe Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT 4: How to Hire a Virtual Assistant SYT 9: How We Hired an Executive Assistant SYT 42: Delegate Like a Pro SYT 53: How to Break Thru Your Fears of Delegating SYT 55: How to Delegate Time to Your Team BizChix Episodes Mentioned: 349: How to Delegate Your Calendar 405: The Best Systems Checklist with Jordan Gill Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizChix Community This episode was first published at BizChix.com/syt-95. Listen to o

We’re back with another episode of our Leadership Growth Series and this time, Shelli coaches Jenny Stemmerman, who owns two entertainment businesses in separate locations. Jenny is having a hard time deciding if it makes sense to invest more in a regional role versus developing the talent of her store managers. Shelli helps her see some choices for how she can structure the design of the store manager core duties differently from the core duties of a regional manager, how to construct pay for both of these leadership roles, and so much more! Join the BizChix Community Connect With Jenny Stemmerman: Escape The Room Oregon Oregon Axe YourLifeRocks LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Books, Tools or Events Mentioned: Built to Sell by John Warrillow Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman Other Links Mentioned: YourLifeRocks Podcast YourLifeRocks Mobile App Stacking Your Team Episodes Mentioned: SYT69: Stacking the Perfect Sized Team for Your Business Listen to The BizChix Podcast Join the BizCh