In this episode of Don’t Waste the Chaos, Kerri Roberts pulls back the curtain on one of the most overlooked and potentially business-ending - blind spots for leaders: failing to audit your HR. Whether you think HR is just “paperwork” or you’re not even sure what it’s supposed to do, this conversation will change how you see your people operations forever. From compliance gaps that could trigger lawsuits to cultural missteps that drive away your best talent, Kerri walks you through a simple, DIY HR audit framework that helps you identify risks, build trust, and protect your bottom line. Packed with real-world examples, actionable questions, and a reality check on what “good HR” really means, this episode is your wake-up call before it’s too late.

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1. Discover the #1 HR blind spot that quietly drains profits and puts your company at legal risk.
2. Get a practical, DIY HR audit checklist you can run through in under 10 minutes to uncover your gaps.
3. Learn how strong HR strategy fuels culture, retention, and trust  - not just compliance.
4. Hear real client stories that prove why a proactive HR approach saves money and headaches.
5. Understand the difference between tactical HR tasks and strategic HR leadership (and why both matter).
   
   

Referenced Resources in the Episode

• Free DIY HR Audit Checklist → saltandlightadvisors.com/hraudit
• Contact Kerri Roberts for an HR Audit → [email protected]
• Salt & Light Advisors Website → saltandlightadvisors.com

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Denise Tallcott spent years in the spotlight as a successful radio host - until life shifted, and so did her definition of success. Now, she’s a speaker, business coach, and host of Working Moms Redefined, helping women stop people-pleasing, start leading with purpose, and show up boldly in their lives and work.

In this episode, we talk about the hard-won wisdom behind her platform: how she reclaimed her voice, embraced motherhood without losing herself, and reframed chaos as the proof of a full life.

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• You can love the spotlight without needing it.
• People-pleasing is just another form of chaos.
• Public speaking isn’t about you - it’s about service.
• Gratitude grounds you when anxiety creeps in.
• Chaos isn’t the enemy - it’s the evidence.
  
  

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In this episode of Don’t Waste the Chaos, host Kerri Roberts welcomes Emily Holdman, Managing Director at Permanent Equity a Missouri-based private equity firm investing 30-year committed capital into businesses that care deeply about what happens next.

This isn’t your typical business conversation.

Emily reveals how she leads during seasons of complexity without compromising care prioritizing clarity over comfort, long-term value over short-term wins, and people over posturing. From redefining leadership and decision-making to navigating motherhood, burnout, and contentment, this conversation is a rare blend of strategic thinking and human honesty.

Emily currently serves on the boards of Ace Fence, Presidential Pools & Spas, Selective Search, Rylee + Cru, and Ad Advance. She’s an unapologetic optimist about the power of small-but-strong companies to transform lives and communities and her track record proves it.

Whether you’re a founder, executive, or someone rethinking the kind of leader you want to be, this episode will challenge and inspire you to build the business without breaking the people.

Tune in to hear:

• Clarity Is Kindness
• Do No Harm ≠ Do Nothing
• Real Leadership Requires Unlearning
• Your Team Deserves Autonomy, Not Artificial Safety
• Contentment Isn’t Laziness - It’s Maturity
  
  

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Burnout. Detachment. Disengagement. You’re seeing it - but are you fixing it?

In this episode of Don't Waste the Chaos, Kerri Roberts unpacks the alarming stats around low morale and employee burnout and why perks and pay raises won’t solve it. If trust is crumbling and your team feels “off,” this is your wake-up call.

Tune in to hear:

• Why “quiet quitting” is really quiet hurting
• The top 3 causes of morale collapse—and how to reverse them
• What most leaders get wrong about engagement surveys
• The simple move that rebuilds trust without spending a dime
• How to read burnout before it breaks your business
  
  

If your people feel flat, distracted, or just done… this conversation is the mirror every leader needs.

Don’t ignore the signs. Lead through them.

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Is your business scaling with strategy or reacting in survival mode?

In this unscripted episode of Don’t Waste the Chaos, Kerri M. Roberts delivers a brutally honest gut check for business owners and leaders facing tough decisions. With 20 years in HR and zero tolerance for sugarcoating, Kerri breaks down what right sizing really means and why most leaders confuse it with layoffs done in panic.

If you’re a founder, CEO, or team leader who wants to run a values-driven business without tanking your culture, this episode is for you. Packed with truth, data, and practical tools, it’s a must-listen for anyone who refuses to lead like everyone else.

Tune in to hear:

• The difference between layoffs and right sizing and why most leaders get it wrong
• What intentional workforce planning actually looks like (and why almost no one does it)
• How to lead through hard conversations with clarity, compassion, and legal integrity
• Why silence…not change, is the #1 killer of morale
• The inside story of how and why Kerri ditched the script for this episode
  
  
  

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https://kerrimroberts.com/dontwastethechaos/rightsizingvslayoffs

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We had the dream life. Big house in the suburbs. Private school tuition. Country club status. Two high-powered careers. On paper, it looked like we had arrived.

And then we walked away.

In this episode of Don’t Waste the Chaos, Kerri sits down with her most-requested guest (and husband), Terry Roberts, to unpack why they chose to leave behind everything they had built…money, comfort, success, for something radically different. This is the most personal, unfiltered conversation yet.

They talk about growing up broke, building wealth from scratch, burnout, marriage dynamics, ambition, faith, and the hard decisions behind leaving city life and starting over in the country. If you've ever wondered what success actually costs or what it really takes to protect your marriage, your peace, and your future, you need to hear this.

Tune into Hear:

• The backstory you never hear: From poverty and military service to building wealth without handouts or shortcuts.
• A real look at burnout: The hidden toll of chasing more and why walking away was the only option.
• Marriage under pressure: How their partnership survived the grind, the growth, and the hard resets.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode: https://kerrimroberts.com/dontwastethechaos/walkingawayfromitall

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What happens when a creative CEO refuses to play by the old rules of business? In this raw and revelatory episode of Don't Waste the Chaos, host Kerri Roberts sits down with Kristin Graham Brown, founder and CEO of Hoot Design Company, to talk about building a values-driven agency from the inside out. From offering unheard-of 12-week paid maternity leave to flipping gender roles at home, Kristin is boldly rewriting what it means to lead with both a backbone and a heart.

If you're a founder, female entrepreneur, HR leader, or anyone craving a more human approach to work, this one’s for you.

Tune in to hear: 

• Why Kristin offers 12 weeks of paid maternity leave (and how she actually makes it work)
• How “on-brand benefits” can shape employee loyalty and retention
• The impact of flipping traditional gender roles in her marriage and leadership
• Her strategic risk moves including buying and building out a custom agency HQ
• Why AI and personal branding must coexist in today’s marketplace

This episode is a masterclass in doing business differently and doing it well.

Checkout All Resources & Mentions - https://kerrimroberts.com/dontwastethechaos/mostceoswouldntdare

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You already know the wellness basics. So why aren’t you doing them? In this episode, Kerri pulls back the curtain on her own routines. From hydration to movement to mindset, and exposes the deeper reasons so many of us stay stuck. It’s not laziness, it’s your nervous system asking for safety. And it’s time we started listening.

Tune in to hear: 
You don’t have a strategy problem, you have a safety problem. Real change starts when your nervous system feels safe enough to shift.

• Self-sabotage is often unresolved trauma in disguise. Your body will always choose what feels familiar over what’s “better.”
• Tiny, identity-based habits trump big dramatic changes. Your routines should feel like you, not a punishment.
• Emotional freedom techniques like EFT can clear the internal blocks. Mindset rewiring isn’t woo, it’s science-backed.
• You can’t build new rhythms on top of old noise. Necessary endings of habits, beliefs, or relationships…make space for growth.

For the Resources mentioned in this episode, check out our recent blog post: https://kerrimroberts.com/dontwastethechaos/itsnotaboutwhattodo

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Kerri Roberts opens up about the heart and strategy behind her newest offering: The Collectives, four curated membership communities built to support HR pros, small business owners, women of faith, and aspiring entrepreneurs. These aren't cookie-cutter courses; they’re containers for real growth, connection, and clarity.

Whether you’re an overwhelmed HR lead, a founder craving direction, or a woman navigating ambition and alignment, Kerri shares exactly how she built these programs from scratch. From pricing and platforms to curriculum and community.

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• Why recurring revenue models are essential for sustainable growth
• The data behind community-led business models (and how to start one)
• The exact structure and pricing behind Kerri’s four membership programs
• How to build a membership that actually serves, not just sells
• What it means to scale impact without sacrificing intimacy

Resources & Mentions:

• SHRM – Society for Human Resource Management
• NFIB – National Federation of Independent Business
• Harvard Business Review
• LinkedIn Learning
• MetLife
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Kajabi
• Circle.so
• Microsoft Teams
• Go High Level
• Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
• Salt & Light Advisors

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In this episode, Kerri Roberts pulls back the curtain on her journey from corporate executive burnout to building her purpose-driven consulting firm, Salt & Light Advisors. Through raw storytelling, spiritual insight, and lessons from human design and gene keys, she invites listeners to embrace sacred alignment over superficial success.

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• Burnout is Sacred Data- Kerri reframes burnout not as a failure, but as a divine signal pointing to deeper purpose and necessary change.
• Your Resume Holds Clues to Your Calling- Reviewing past roles through a lens of alignment, not achievement, can uncover the consistent thread of your true purpose.
• Structure Can Strengthen You, But Freedom Will Free You- Corporate life offered Kerri discipline and systems; entrepreneurship offered her freedom, creativity, and wholeness.
• Human Design + Gene Keys = Powerful Self-Understanding - Kerri explores how understanding her manifesting generator profile and key gene keys helped her step into alignment, not just efficiency.
• Faith is Fuel for Reinvention- Trusting God’s whispers over hustle allowed Kerri to launch her firm with clarity, boldness, and peace.

Resources & Mentions: 

Salt & Light Advisors – Kerri’s HR consulting firm
https://www.saltandlightadvisors.com

Gene Keys: Unlocking the Higher Purpose Hidden in Your DNA by Richard Rudd
https://amzn.to/43YW35K

Human Design: Discover the Person You Were Born to Be by Erin Claire Jones
https://amzn.to/45zjhAM

Human Design System (Manifesting Generator, Sacral Authority)
https://www.myhumandesign.com
https://www.jovianarchive.com

Kelly Howe – Human Design + Gene Keys Mentor
https://www.instagram.com/kellyhoweco

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
https://www.nist.gov/baldrige

Missouri Quality Award
https://excellenceinmo.org/quality-awards

Lean, Kaizen, Six Sigma – Operational excellence frameworks
https://www.lean.org
https://www.isixsigma.com

Billie Eilish - "What Was I Made For?" (Barbie Movie Soundtrack)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8VLC9nnTo

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