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Striking out on your own and launching a business so you can do what you love for a living is a dream come true for most of us.
Yet many entrepreneurs get so caught up in all the creative exhilaration they forget to watch their numbers, putting off financial discipline and systems for another day.
It’s hard to find an entrepreneur who loves nothing more than to watch their numbers. Of course, it’s great when the cash is just rolling in – but we all know the devil is in the detail when it comes to knowing your cost of customer acquisition, your churn rates, the lifetime value of a customer, or other financial KPIs that tell the daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly story of how well your business is doing. And I haven’t even begun to talk tax.
Listen to our WINGS of Inspired Business episode...
--->https://bit.ly/Wings623
because today we learn how to stop dreading our finances and let the numbers guide our growth.
Anne Gannon Kitcaster is a Certified Public Accountant and principal at the Largo Group, specializing in providing a monthly accounting and tax service that works for the business owner. You could think of her and her company as a “CFO in a box”.
Listen to learn:
* What you need when your business is just starting out
* How to stop avoiding your numbers
* How to balance how much money you put into the business and how much you’re taking for yourself
* Why it’s important to have a salary as a business owner
* Why so many business owners struggle to really look at their numbers
* What golf and business have in common
* And much more!
Storytelling is the DNA of humanity's expertise and wisdom. When you listen to a story or watch it on video, it can engage your whole being. And yet a lot of entrepreneurs truly struggle to share their stories in a way that makes them stand out and reach the people who need to hear them.
Listen to WINGS of Inspired Business #podcast to learn about the science behind storytelling, and how to cut through the information overload to deliver your message to your audience.
>> Listen here: http://bit.ly/Wings622
Aurora Winter left her lucrative career as a TV executive decades ago to become a full-time author, trainer, and entrepreneur. Using storytelling for business, she created a life of freedom, creativity, and contribution. She helps her clients turn their words into wealth, wisdom, and wonder. Now, she would like to help you.
Aurora's clients win hearts and minds with their communication skills. They have started new chapters, escaped 9 to 5, and made a difference. They have written bestselling books, given TEDx talks, appeared on TV, raised venture capital, and won awards. Why not you?
Listen to learn:
*The science behind storytelling
*The three scientific elements to communication
*How to cut through the information overload and deliver your message to your audience
*Why “If you build it, they will come” is a MYTH
*7 different ways you can make money by creating books
*3 things you can do in less than 15 minutes that will transform your life
*And much more!
No one ever said owning a business was easy.
Our work as entrepreneurs is never done and it never seems like there are enough hours in the day to check off that growing to-do list. It’s easy to fall into the trap of being a “human doing” instead of a human being, getting burned out and frustrated with the very business meant to manifest our dreams.
Sound familiar?
So, it may seem counterintuitive to learn that when we slow down, we actually speed up our progress.
Listen to WINGS of Inspired Business #podcast to learn about the negative impact “Hustle Culture” has on female entrepreneurs, how we can focus more on attraction rather than pursuit, and why slowing down leads to greater productivity.
>> Listen here: http://bit.ly/Wings621
Sarah K Peck is the founder and CEO of Startup Parent and the host of The Startup Parent Podcast, an award-winning podcast featuring women in entrepreneurship, business, and parenting. She runs The Wise Women’s Council, an annual leadership program for women to come together honestly while navigating the challenges of working and parenting.
Sarah is also a 20-time NCAA All-American swimmer and has successfully swum the Escape from Alcatraz nine separate times, once doing the swim totally naked as a way to raise $33k for charity: water. Her writing and work has been featured on Forbes, Inc, Fast Company, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and more. She lives in New York City with her family.
Listen to learn:
*What it means to be an accidental entrepreneur
*How to feel fulfilled in your work life, while still being present in your kids’ lives
*The negative impact “Hustle Culture” has on female entrepreneurs
*How slowing down can lead to greater productivity
*Why it’s important to have a set time you stop working every day
*How to understand your full value as a female entrepreneur
*And much more!
Entrepreneurship is an art, its very essence the art of creation and innovation.
So when a financial whiz, banker, and entrepreneur transforms into an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist, should we be surprised?
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn about the conscious artistry of #entrepreneurship, the karma of money, and what it takes to play full out to fully realize all the many facets of our talents.
>> Listen here https://bit.ly/WINGS620
Patricia Gagic, whose art is regularly showcased in prestigious galleries and shows around the world, even Time Square’s NASDAQ Jumbotron, is also a serial entrepreneur in finance, a bestselling author, visionary, philanthropist, and the Co-founder of Help Heal Humanity and the Karmic Art Experience. She is President of Patricia Karen Gagic Art Enterprise Inc., Co-founder of Help Heal Humanity and the Karmic Art Experience. Named Artist of the Year 2020 by Art Tour International Magazine, Patricia is represented by the Paul Fisher Gallery in West Palm Beach and Miami, 13th Street Gallery in St. Catharine’s, and Gallery on the Bay in Hamilton, Canada, Artworld Fine Art in Toronto, and FACEC in France.
Listen to learn:
*How to be open to receiving inspiration to guide you to your true purpose
*Why our growth happens when we dare step out of our comfort zones
*How to overcome fear and unworthiness – and leverage misfortune or challenge as an opportunity for learning and reinvention
*The karma of money
*Why conscious entrepreneurs are best placed to solve the world’s most pressing challenges
*How women can overcome remnants of scarcity, jealousy, and other emotions that prevent women from lifting each other
*The connection between creation and the spiritual realm
*And much more!
What is it about the word “sales” that triggers so much fear and dread for so many female founders?
We may fear rejection, we may think sales is pushy, that inner bully voice may tell us we’re not enough. Whatever the mindset block, it’s impossible to grow your business without being comfortable selling our own products and services.
After all, you’re solving a problem for your customers and meeting a need.
So what if we sold not from a place of fear, but from love?
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn all about the magic that manifests when we “Sell from Love”, how you can attract clients magnetically, and build a business you love.
>> Listen link: http://bit.ly/Wings615
Finka Jerkovic is the bestselling author of Sell From Love: Love Yourself, Love your Client, Love your Offer who has coached more than 10,000 business leaders in leadership, sales, customer experience, employee engagement and personal branding as President of FINKA Communications Inc. - helping them to value themselves in alignment with their true selves with a mission-aligned approach to business. It’s an approach that translates into sales and profits - and an inner fulfilment with that outer success.
Listen to learn:
*What it means to “Sell from Love”
*Why it’s difficult for us as entrepreneurs to celebrate our achievements
*How to know when you are out of alignment in your business
*Why having compassion for yourself is necessary as an entrepreneur
*What it looks like to lead from love
*How “Playing Big” can impact your business and your life
*What “How to Fascinate” is and how it can revolutionize your life
*And much more!
What is your most precious asset as a business owner? Your product? Your IP? Your systems? Your community?
Sure, those are all assets, yet it is the people on your team that spell the difference between success and failure.
So again, your most precious asset? It’s your people.
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn how to be a great team leader, why “superheroes suck at leadership”, and why shaping culture is a collective responsibility across the entire team.
>> Listen link: http://bit.ly/Wings614
Entrepreneurship is a roller-coaster, requiring almost a narcissistic level of confidence in yourself and your abilities to overcome all the naysayers and scale into a profitable business. Yet your confidence can get in the way if it morphs into a mindset where you think you have to “do it all” yourself simply because your confidence tells you you can.
Tevis Trower is known as a “corporate mindfulness guru for the new millennium”, helping major corporations from Disney to Morgan Stanley optimize their teams and culture. CEO and Founder of Balance Integration Corporation, Tevis has been heralded as a “breath of fresh air in leadership development” by Forbes Magazine – and she focuses her work on helping executives find work/self-integration, wholeness-based leadership, mindfulness, resiliency, mastery, innovation, and radical success.
Listen to learn:
*How to avoid “us and them” culture and empower your team
*How to balance being confident in yourself and trusting your team enough to delegate and inspire their leadership
*Why shaping culture is a collective responsibility across the entire team
*Why it’s vital to find a balance between your masculine and feminine energy as a leader
*The secrets of creating a great company culture in virtual and hybrid working environments
*How to create an “economy of energy” focused around key goals
*How to overcome your fears and imposter syndrome
*The importance of having a fr
2020 was the year that changed everyone’s world, shaking us out of our routines, forcing us into uncomfortable, uncertain and in some cases tragic situations, and providing much opportunity for innovation and growth.
And while we aren’t entirely past Covid yet, the world won’t be going back to the way it was. So what does this mean for company culture?
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn how to build a great culture around remote, virtual and hybrid work.
>> Listen link: http://bit.ly/Wings613
These days successful entrepreneurs and business owners must build strong working relationships with team members you may never actually meet in person.
I know all about this personally, building my interactive podcasting app https://bit.ly/3hyVurx from 2 to 25 people this past year over Zoom and Slack - and what it takes to build a culture where people love the mission, the work, and each other.
Lorna Watkinson was an executive at Proctor & Gamble for 20 years before she set out on her own as the CEO and founder of Vibrant Thinking. Today Lorna shares how to build a great team culture, the challenges of remote and hybrid working environments, and how to profit from all the fast-pace change.
Listen to learn:
*What workplaces will look like post-Covid
*How an increase of flexibility in the workplace will affect women in corporate businesses
*How FOMO can lead to meeting fatigue
*The dynamic difference between Zoom meetings and in person meetings
*How to use Zoom for social interactions, and not just meetings
*What successful hybrid, virtual and digital team building looks like
*Why creativity is key to reimagining the future workplace
*And much more!
Most of us were taught at a young age that if you want to make money, you have to work hard for it.
So as an entrepreneur it's easy to fall into the mindset trap of “busyness equals business success” keeping us on a task treadmill of hustle and grind and leaving us no time for ourselves, our friends and family to enjoy the journey.
Sound familiar?
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to get the inside skinny on how to leverage passive income streams in your business so you can do less and have more.
>> Listen link: http://bit.ly/Wings611
Lisa Johnson is a multi 7 figure business strategist that specializes in passive and semi passive income from memberships and courses.
Lisa Johnson is a multi 7 figure business strategist who specializes in passive and semi-passive income from memberships and online courses.
After a tough childhood spent in social housing, Lisa went on to have successful careers in law, banking and the entertainment industry, before leveraging her ability to overcome obstacles to become a multimillion coach with launches as big as $2mm. Also a Thrive Global contributor busy on her first TedX talk this October, Lisa has been featured on the BBC, The Guardian and Red. A recent feature on Lisa in Forbes magazine garnered over a quarter of a million views in a week.
Listen to learn:
*Why you should prioritize your to-do list
*About busyness VS success
*The difference between passive and semi-passive income
*About different types of passive income
*What the “CASSH” system is
*How to keep people from losing interest in your online course
*Why people don't follow through with having a passive income stream
*And much more!
After almost 30 years founding and growing businesses and mentoring other female founders, I’ve come to the conclusion there should be an “AA” for perfectionists.
Seriously.
We can all get so caught up in this idea of perfectionism that we fail to delegate even the most menial tasks. It’s a trap that prevents most women from scaling their businesses to a million and beyond, and leaves us overwhelmed and spent.
It doesn’t have to be that way.
What if there was a way to delegate tasks and know that your team will get them done exactly the way you want?
It would be transformational right?
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn how to balance your perfectionist urge with delegation, and what tools can help you control the chaos in your business… because when we think we’re heroes for “doing it all”, we’re actually short changing our businesses - and ourselves. It creates chaos, slows your growth, and stands in the way of scale.
>> Listen link: http://bit.ly/Wings610
Susan Fennema is the Chaos Eradicating Officer (CEO) of Beyond the Chaos, a consultancy helping entrepreneurs and small business owners to simplify their operations and manage their projects so they can grow their businesses and get their lives back.
Listen to learn:
*How to avoid overwhelm
*How to balance the “chaos” of innovation with the “chaos” of poor delegation and “doing it all” perfectionism
*How to establish clear processes, good communication, and get everyone aligned on your mission
*How to harness your inner control freak and learn how to delegate
*How to know when it’s the right time to hire
*Why perfection gets confused with mastery and how to know the difference
*What tools can help you control the chaos in your business
*And much more!
Did you know 67% of all employees are actively disengaged in the workplace?
For entrepreneurs, that is an opportunity to attract great talent that is underutilized or demotivated elsewhere by creating a great culture of empowerment for your team.
Yet all too often we fail to seize that opportunity. So where do many entrepreneurs go wrong and what steps can you take to make sure your hiring, onboarding and culture maximize your results and enable your team members to reach their full potential?
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn what makes a GREAT company culture, how to hire, onboard and engage the right team members, and when to fire fast.
>> Listen here: http://bit.ly/wings609
Chances are if you’re like many entrepreneurs you may make the mistake of thinking your brand new team member can read your mind, that they know right out of the gate what is expected of them, the results you want to see, and how you want them to contribute to your culture.
Here’s the thing: They can’t read your mind. When we fail to align expectations, get clear on what it means to live our company values, and take the time to onboard our new hires, we set everyone up for disappointment, including you.
Laura Treonze, an executive coach who specializes in behavioral understanding to enhance company culture, maximize executive talent and boost employee engagement. Today on Wings we talk about how we can be sure we’re making the right hire, set team members up for success, and how to let go of those who are not a good fit.
Listen to learn:
*Why skills or past performance elsewhere is not the only thing to assess when hiring
*How to assess intrinsic or behavioral data in the interview process
*What questions you should be asking to find the real attitude of your interviewee
*What makes a GREAT company culture
*How to make the mission and values on your website spring to life in your company in what team members are doing and who they
Business is often seen as a cut throat game and that perception is not entirely wrong. Business IS and will always be competitive, and in a society of short-termism, it can be tempting for companies to shortchange investment in creating an empowering culture that truly values their team members.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn why kindness should be a core value for every company and how to build an inspiring team culture.
>> Listen link: http://bit.ly/Wings608
Today we talk about why investing in the well being and personal growth of your team members, while leveraging kindness and “soul connection” to build a collaborative and creative culture, leads to transformational success in business.
Cole Baker Bagwell is an unconventional blend of businessperson, trained mindfulness practitioner and yogi. Cole believes attention to the soul of business creates unimaginable possibilities, and is teaching entrepreneurs and business owners how to live mindfully with kindness as a key value so they can transform their lives, relationships, and businesses.
Listen to learn:
*What kindness really means in business, and why it’s so important
*How to get rid of a toxic company culture
*What happens when you hire with kindness in mind
*How to inspire kindness in others
*Why companies with great cultures outperform everyone else
*And much more!
As children, we’re told that sex is something we aren’t supposed to talk about, and when our parents have “the talk” with us it’s usually very awkward and rushed. Add to all that the pressure to suppress our sexuality, lest we not be taken seriously in business.
Is it any wonder so many women entrepreneurs struggle to balance sexual fulfilment with business success?
Listen to Wings of Inspired Business #podcast to learn how to thrive in your business as you have more fun in the bedroom.
>> Listen here http://bit.ly/Wings607
Maybe it's a generational thing, back when I was most often the only woman in the room, because I remember consciously suppressing any hint of my sexuality - in my struggle to be taken seriously for my brains. There was a deep fear there somewhere triggered by talk of women “sleeping their way to success”, even when they hadn’t, and that was not going to be me.
Then I started to meet other female entrepreneurs who were standing firm in their full power, and when one told me her sales had grown, her business started thriving with fast scaling - once she committed to at least one orgasm a day, I had to rethink things.
Vanessa Marin has made it her mission to help women in business embrace their sexuality. Vanessa is is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in sex therapy, with a host of online courses for the busy female entrepreneur. You can find Vanessa’s articles in The New York Times, Allure, and Lifehacker, and she has been featured over 1,000 times in major publications like O, The Oprah Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Refinery29, and Real Simple.
With her courses like ‘The Passion Project: A Couples’ Blueprint To Rediscovering Desire And Reigniting The Spark’ and ‘Finishing School: Learn How To Orgasm and Orgasm With A Partner,’ Vanessa says she finds immense joy in spreading the message that we all deserve more from our sex lives.
Listen to learn:
*What stops female founders from having great sex live
What is a Virtual Assistant?
With so many businesses moving online in the last couple of years, Virtual Assistants are being talked about now more than ever. And a lot of people want to know: Can Virtual Assistants really help you grow your business?
Listen to WINGS of Inspired Business #podcast to get the inside skinny on why Virtual Assistants have become indispensable tools in creating real momentum for businesses around the globe.
>> Listen here : http://bit.ly/Wings606
Kathy Goughenour is the founder and CEO of Expert VA® and Virtual Expert® Training, where she trains and coaches women who want to build their own Virtual Assistant home-based businesses.
After finding the courage to say "bye-bye" to her corporate marketing career, Kathy Goughenour built a 6-figure virtual assistant business teaching professional women how to create their own work-at-home VA businesses. Kathy runs her virtual empire from her dream home -- which is a tiny home in the middle of a Missouri national forest. She can be found sporting a tiara 98% of the time. And she wears PJs (not gowns). Yes, you got it. PJs and tiaras because that’s the type of kingdom she’s ruling. And why not? She knows that when you become a powerful woman, you can make your own rules.
Listen to learn:
*Three P's to a great virtual assistant
*Which VA’s are the most in demand right now
*How Covid has affected the VA world
*When you should hire a VA
*What you should look for when hiring a VA
*How much can you make as a VA
*The differences between a VA and an employee
*What is a VA Agency
*And much more!
