The CEO Shift with Leanne Meiser

116. Why You’re Avoiding Evaluating Your Business (And How to Do It Like a CEO)


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If you’ve been avoiding evaluating your business because it feels heavy, emotional, or overwhelming, this episode is for you.

In today’s episode, business coach Leanne Meiser breaks down why most women avoid evaluating their business, what that avoidance is actually costing them, and how to evaluate your business strategy without shame, spiraling, or starting over.

Most entrepreneurs don’t skip evaluation because they’re irresponsible or uncommitted.
They skip it because their brain is already convinced it will be painful.

This episode reframes business evaluation as neutral data, not a verdict on your worth, discipline, or ability.

  • Why avoiding business evaluation keeps you stuck in the same cycle year after year

  • The difference between emotional evaluation vs. CEO evaluation

  • Why “January was a mess” is often a story, not a strategy

  • How to evaluate your marketing and sales without making it mean something about you

  • The real reason women avoid looking at numbers (and why it’s not fear of failure)

  • Why CEOs don’t ask “What does this say about me?” They ask “What’s the data telling me?”

  • How to separate your identity from your business results

  • The 3 CEO evaluation questions that lead to clarity instead of burnout

  • Why starting over kills momentum and how to tweak instead

  • How to build emotional capacity to evaluate your business consistently

  • Why evaluation creates clarity, confidence, and calm decision-making

If you want to evaluate your business like a CEO (not emotionally), start here:

  1. What is working?

  2. What is not working?

  3. What needs to be tweaked, not overhauled?

These questions help you evaluate your business strategy, marketing plan, and sales process without spiraling or quitting.

Most solopreneurs:

  • eyeball their results

  • assume they’re behind

  • pause instead of evaluate

  • restart instead of refine

This episode explains why evaluation feels personal, especially for high-achieving women, and how to build the skill of evaluating your business without burning out.

Because avoiding evaluation doesn’t keep you safe.
It keeps you stuck.

If evaluating your business feels scary, heavy, or emotional, you don’t have to do it alone.

Leanne works with clients through a Business Review, where she helps you:

  • understand what’s actually working

  • identify where momentum already exists

  • evaluate your strategy with neutral data

  • decide the next best move... calmly and confidently

This is the first step into CEO-level thinking.

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