Entrepreneur to Employer

Are you constantly battling with a revolving door of employees and anemic hiring pools? In this episode I pull back the curtain to reveal the subtle, yet detrimental signs of a faltering company culture and its dire effects on your business's appeal to potential talent. A strong employer brand isn't just about attracting top-notch candidates—it's about keeping them. 

This episode zeroes in on the tell-tale symptoms of a cultural crisis, from the sting of high turnover to the frustration of a dwindling applicant stream, and the hidden costs that can bleed your business dry. It's time for a crucial reality check to redirect your ship away from the iceberg of cultural decay.

Next week, we'll keep the momentum with Claire Chandler of Talent Boost, who will shed light on rejuvenating a withered work environment. But for now, I'm laying out a lifeline for small businesses: our signature Hiring and Retention Blueprint. Imagine having streamlined hiring processes, from pinpointing the ideal job criteria to implementing onboarding systems that stick. Envision cultivating a workplace where coaching, feedback, and clear expectations are the norm, not the exception, and where employees aren't just present—they're engaged and invested. 

If you're ready to transform your HR framework and empower your team's potential, this conversation is the hammer to break the glass ceiling of retention woes.

I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

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Have you ever wondered how to turn feedback into a powerful tool for team growth, sidestepping the dreaded performance reviews? Join me as I unravel the art of delivering impactful feedback, ensuring your leadership not only resonates but also cultivates a thriving team culture. This episode is stacked with 18 strategies designed to integrate feedback into daily interactions, balance the scales between positive and constructive criticism, and build a foundation of psychological safety that encourages open, honest dialogue. By asking the right questions and setting collaborative goals, you'll learn how to refine your feedback approach to not only boost team performance but also to reinforce a shared vision for success.

Meanwhile, the coaching playbook extends beyond mere feedback as we delve into personalized strategies for each team member, recognizing their unique styles and preferences. I'll guide you through simplifying your message without losing its essence, ensuring your feedback is genuine and well-prepared for a truly transformative two-way conversation. By the end of our journey together, you'll be equipped to foster continuous professional growth and potentially make those structured performance reviews a thing of the past. 

So, thank you for tuning in – and if you're hungry for more, our coaching services are just a click away for those keen to sharpen their leadership skills and revamp their HR toolkit.

I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

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Ever wondered what it's like to bring family into the fold of your growing business? It's a dance of delicate balance that we unpack in today's discussion, where I pull back the curtain on the complexities of turning your entrepreneurial venture into a family affair. As we transition from solo freelancers to employers, the question of whether to hire relatives is more than just a matter of convenience—it's about aligning with shared visions and values, establishing trust, and the intricacies of relational dynamics in a professional setting. Tune in as we dissect the statistics, weigh the pros and cons, and offer you a roadmap for making these critical, often personal decisions.

Navigating the entrepreneurial journey requires us to make tough calls, and this episode doesn't shy away from the hard questions that accompany the expansion of your team. Whether you're contemplating your first family hire or managing a network of kin in your company, we expose the realities of nepotism, the benefits of innate trust, and the potential for creating a robust, unified team.

With real-world insights and stories from the front lines of small business ownership, this episode is a must-listen for any entrepreneur poised to make the leap from a one-person show to a family-run enterprise. Join us as we explore the hurdles and triumphs that come with blending the personal with the professional in the quest for business growth and success.

I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

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 Let’s build a business that doesn’t run you.

👉 Ready to stop running your business on chaos and gut instinct?

Take the free People, Operations & Finance Scorecard — a 5-minute diagnostic to find out where your business is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.

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Ever wondered how to magnify the impact of your goals and turn them into the engines of your business's growth?  Celebrate with me as we mark the vital leap from entrepreneur to employer, and learn how the enhanced SMARTER framework—adding motivation and contextual relevance—can revolutionize your objectives. 

We'll break down the importance of crafting goals with precision and the necessity of having measurable outcomes, all while ensuring these targets align with your business's overarching storyline. Get ready to reflect on your past wins, set your sights on new horizons, and lay out the stepping stones for a thriving business narrative.

Buckle up for a journey into the world of strategic planning as I highlight the merits of crafting SMART goals that balance both personal and professional development. With a nod to the consistency of our weekly episodes and the invaluable input from you, our listeners, I extend a heartfelt invitation to spread the secret sauce of goal setting. 

Share this episode with fellow founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs to empower them on their journey of business expansion. Tune in for a treasure trove of actionable advice peppered with relatable stories, all aimed at guiding you to your aspirations for the coming year. 

Let’s kickstart this goal-setting adventure and transform aspirations into tangible achievements.

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As we continue to look at the future of work, we can expect to see a rise in a hybrid work model as many employers who want employees to return to the office are trying to balance out remote and in-office schedules. The days of working in an office Monday-Friday are fading out and a more flexible work model is being adopted across many industries. 

This week’s episode of the Entrepreneur to Employer podcast is about 3 steps to make hybrid work a success in your business!

In this episode, Brian talks about the proven productivity statistics of a hybrid work model and how hybrid work might just be the solution you need to keep up with the times while still reaping the benefits of in-office collaboration. 

The 3 steps Brian recommends you take to make hybrid work for your team are:

1. Conduct a work audit. 
2. Invest in your technology. 
3. Train your managers. 

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode or found any of the information helpful, check our website to learn more, and be sure to follow, rate, and review the podcast!

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I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

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 Let’s build a business that doesn’t run you.

👉 Ready to stop running your business on chaos and gut instinct?

Take the free People, Operations & Finance Scorecard — a 5-minute diagnostic to find out where your business is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.

🎯 Perfect for first-time founders who want to grow without burning out.

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As you bring new employees into your business, HR becomes a necessary part of your business foundation. Whether you have 1 or 100 employees, having an HR program is going to be essential to keeping updated documents, onboarding, and offboarding team members, setting appropriate expectations, and navigating any issues that come up. This week’s episode of the Entrepreneur to Employer podcast is about 3 ways that startups can build a cost-effective HR program. 

The 3 steps Brian covers in this episode include:

1. Build an employee handbook to answer common questions and set expectations with your team.
2. Hire an assistant or VA to help with onboarding, upkeep of documents, and spearhead the tactical HR requirements. 
3. Invest in a cloud-based Human Resource Information Software (HRIS) to keep everything organized and in one place.

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode or found any of the information helpful, check our website to learn more, and be sure to follow, rate, and review the podcast!

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I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

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 Let’s build a business that doesn’t run you.

👉 Ready to stop running your business on chaos and gut instinct?

Take the free People, Operations & Finance Scorecard — a 5-minute diagnostic to find out where your business is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.

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Setting expectations for your employees is critical if you want them to be successful. By setting clear expectations, you’re essentially giving your team a cheat sheet or a direct roadmap to success. Unspoken objectives and expectations are never going to be met. This week’s episode of the Entrepreneur to Employer podcast is about a simple approach to setting clear employee expectations in under 1 hour.

In this episode, Brian shares the strategy he uses in his own business to set his team up to achieve exceptional performance and reach their goals.

The 5 things you as a leader need to do in order to set clear expectations are as follows:

1. Author the expectations together. 
2. Agree on the overarching goals.
3. Get aligned on the HOW.
4. Amplify the upside to achieving the goals.
5. Act on the data. 

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode or found any of the information helpful, check our website to learn more, and be sure to follow, rate, and review the podcast!

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I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

🎯 Save your seat at https://bit.ly/4l9orb6

 Let’s build a business that doesn’t run you.

👉 Ready to stop running your business on chaos and gut instinct?

Take the free People, Operations & Finance Scorecard — a 5-minute diagnostic to find out where your business is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.

🎯 Perfect for first-time founders who want to grow without burning out.

📩 Get your score instantly + a personalized follow-up with actionable next steps.

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Last week on the podcast, I shared the importance of taking a proactive approach to employee retention by holding stay interviews with your employees. This week, I wanted to share some of the questions you can ask to get helpful insight from your employees that will influence the decisions you make as it applies to employee retention. This week’s episode of the Entrepreneur to Employer podcast is about 21 stay interview questions you can use to proactively approach employee retention. 

In this episode, I will share the library of questions you can pull from for your stay interviews. I will also share what the answers to these questions can tell you about your business and the insight and actions you should consider taking based on the trends that come up.  

Category #1: Questions about the employee

1. What do you look forward to most about coming to work?
2. What do you dread most about coming to work?
3. When was the last time you thought about leaving our company?
4. What situation occurred that made you consider leaving?
5. Would you recommend our company to job-seeking friends? Why or why not?
6. What would tempt you to leave the company?

Category #2: Questions about the job

1. What is the best part of your job?
2. What part of your job would you eliminate if you could?
3. Which of your talents are you not using in your current role?
4. What would make your job even more satisfying?
5. Do you feel that you’re getting clear goals and objectives for your role?
6. As your manager, what can I do more or less?
7. What do you think of the learning and development opportunities available to you?

Category #3: Questions about the company culture

1. Do you feel valued and recognized in the company?
2. How would you like to be recognized for the work you do?
3. What are we currently not doing as a company that you feel we should?

Category #4: Questions about the work environment

1. What do you feel we should change about or add to our offices?
2. Are you satisfied with our current work-from-home policy? What would you change?

Category #5: Questions about the technology your company uses 

1. Do you have enough tools and resources to do your job properly? If not, what is missing?
2. How satisfied are you with the tools you use to communicate with your colleagues when working remotely?
3. What software or tools should we stop using right away?
4. What software or tools should we stop using right away?

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode or f

I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

🎯 Save your seat at https://bit.ly/4l9orb6

 Let’s build a business that doesn’t run you.

👉 Ready to stop running your business on chaos and gut instinct?

Take the free People, Operations & Finance Scorecard — a 5-minute diagnostic to find out where your business is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.

🎯 Perfect for first-time founders who want to grow without burning out.

📩 Get your score instantly + a personalized follow-up with actionable next steps.

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Employees are asking themselves the question “Should I stay or should I go?” more than you’d like to believe. 

If you avoid having stay conversations with your employees and wait until they’ve already decided to quit, it’s going to be too late to change their minds. 

Once the employee has decided to leave the company, they already have one foot out the door and aren’t likely to turn back. 

This week’s episode of the Entrepreneur to Employer podcast is about the power of stay conversations and how they positively impact employee retention. 

In this episode, Brian shares the importance of taking a proactive, instead of reactive approach to employee retention by implementing regular conversations that gauge why your employees are staying with you. 

He also covers:

• What is a stay interview and 3 reasons why it's worth your time to conduct them.
• How stay interviews differ from exit interviews. 
• 2 conditions are required for the stay interview engagement strategy to work. 
• Practical aspects are needed to conduct a successful stay interview. 

Stay tuned for next week’s episode where I cover 21 questions you can utilize in your stay interviews. 

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode or found any of the information helpful, check our website to learn more, and be sure to follow, rate, and review the podcast!

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I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

🎯 Save your seat at https://bit.ly/4l9orb6

 Let’s build a business that doesn’t run you.

👉 Ready to stop running your business on chaos and gut instinct?

Take the free People, Operations & Finance Scorecard — a 5-minute diagnostic to find out where your business is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.

🎯 Perfect for first-time founders who want to grow without burning out.

📩 Get your score instantly + a personalized follow-up with actionable next steps.

🔗 Take the Assessment now → https://forms.gle/m65U1GZBoneXvXDM8

Episode # 61 - Assembling your dream team is like crafting a winning recipe for success and this means looking past the “perfect” resume and looking for the specific traits that will allow you to find an employee that will be a phenomenal addition to your team. This week’s episode of the Entrepreneur to Employer podcast is about the top 5 traits to look for when hiring employees!

In this episode, Brian shares the specific traits you should be looking for during the interview process and famous examples of successful people that reflect these traits. 

The 5 traits to look for include:

1. Independent thinkers
2. Curious & humble 
3. High standards
4. Energy raiser
5. Focused

Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed this episode or found any of the information helpful, check our website to learn more, and be sure to follow, rate, and review the podcast!

Tune in to more episodes to keep up with the latest trends in HR leadership and organizational effectiveness and tips on how to develop and lead a high-performing team!

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I’m hosting a free workshop called “Fix the Foundation: How First-Time Founders Can Stop Running on Chaos and Start Scaling with Clarity.”

In less than 45 minutes, I’ll show you the six areas most business owners overlook — and the exact systems you need to get your time back, hire smarter, and lead with confidence.

🎯 Save your seat at https://bit.ly/4l9orb6

 Let’s build a business that doesn’t run you.

👉 Ready to stop running your business on chaos and gut instinct?

Take the free People, Operations & Finance Scorecard — a 5-minute diagnostic to find out where your business is strong, where it’s stuck, and what to fix first.

🎯 Perfect for first-time founders who want to grow without burning out.

📩 Get your score instantly + a personalized follow-up with actionable next steps.

🔗 Take the Assessment now → https://forms.gle/m65U1GZBoneXvXDM8