Female Founders Breaking Boundaries

Tracking metrics is a great tool to set your team members up for success through accountability and taking the guesswork of questioning if your team is doing the right tasks. That’s why episode 45 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about tracking and keeping score!

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In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, I’m sharing the importance of making sure that the business plans and goals you put in place are actually being reached and actionable steps you can take right now to use this tool as a new approach to looking at and tracking your numbers while keeping everyone on the right path. Some of the things I cover in this episode are:

• Celebrating Amber Kroeker, co-founder and Cheif Innovation Officer of Pip and Grow who doubles as a Child Injury Prevention Coordinator at the Randall Children’s hospital for co-creating the Smitten Baby Box that has its hand in drastically reducing infant mortality rates. 
• Why metrics are either scary or not helpful to so many women entrepreneurs. 
• Prioritizing the overwhelming amount of metrics you can track in your business. 
• The difference between leading and lagging indicators and why they are important to look at on a regular basis 
• Building your ideal scorecard through experimentation. 
• Using what you’ve learned from your metrics to track progress towards your goals and business growth. 
• My deep thoughts on selling vs. offering when you’re confident and working from your zone of genius.  

What you’re going to track is what’s going to improve, so start small and don’t overcomplicate it from the start. It is better done than perfect. 

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Female Founders Breaking Boundaries Episode 38: Foolproof Your Business Plans

Female Founders Breaking Boundaries Episode 39: Accountability is Key

Female Founders Breaking Boundaries Episode 22: Using HR for Long-Term Success with Niki Ramirez

Female Founders Breaking Boundaries Episode 15: Thought Leadership as a Revenue Stream with Carol Cox 

As the visionary of your company, there are a few things you might be unintentionally doing that are not only taking your team off track but taking your company off track as you’re trying to reach your goals. That’s why episode 44 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about ways in which you might be sabotaging your team!

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, I’m sharing the importance of letting the systems and processes you have put in place work for you and actionable steps you can take right now to get your team on track to achieving the company’s goals. Some of the things I cover in this episode are:

• Celebrating Rhonesha Bing, founder of her agenda that is here to bridge the gap between ambition and achievement for millennial women.
• Tips to stay focused when your visionary keeps rolling in with new ideas that can set the project off track. 
• Check capacity before committing to a project that might turn out to be bigger than it appears at first. 
• Allow your team to step into strategy and decision-making roles by giving up control in some areas of the business.
• Keep your systems in order and cut out that desire to circumvent the process with the hopes of getting something done quicker. 
• My deep thoughts on the rise in alcohol consumption among women and whether or not this is a big deal.

I just want to encourage you today to build your team, support your team, have trust in your team, and embrace your role as a leader.  

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Episode 5- Why You Need a Business Blueprint

Episode 38- Foolproof Your Business Plans

Episode 40- Should You Hire to Hit Your Goals?

Episode 41- 2022 Trends to Prepare For

Episode 42- No More Team Meetings That Could Have Been Emails 

Although we are making progress, money and financial literacy is still a huge boundary that is holding women entrepreneurs back. That’s why episode 43 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about taking control over your finances!

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, my guest Nicholle Overkamp shares the importance of truly understanding your finances and actionable steps you can take right now to evaluate, re-allocate, and strategize with your money to break the boundary that is the fear of finance. 

Some of the things Nicholle and I cover in this episode are: 

• Nicholle’s personal experiences as a woman in finance turned out to be the mission behind founding companies that focus on empowering women through money.
• How dangerous it can be letting your partner and/ or your financial team solely handle your finances without having a basic understanding of your own.
• Reclaiming decision making power in your business by understanding where your money is allocated into your business and if it is in alignment with your goals. 
• The major things women are not looking at (but should) when it comes to their business finances. 
• Building the right team of people that will not only stick up and do the right thing with your finances but will educate you on what the numbers actually mean.
• De-compartmentalizing your personal and business finances to see how they connect with one another in your life. 

It is as simple to start as picking one thing you want to focus on this week and keep going from there.

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Female Founders Breaking Boundaries: A Simple Strategy to Pay Yourself First

FemaleFounders Breaking Boundaries: 2022 Trends to Prepare For

If you are simply holding team meetings just because you have a team, you are helping no one unless you come prepared for these meetings with the right people and the right agenda items. That’s why episode 42 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about how to stop having team meetings that could have been an email!

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, I’m sharing the importance of having team meetings to remove the barriers between the different divisions in your business so that together you can work together to resolve issues and reach your goals and actionable steps you can take right now to rework your team meetings so that they can become a very lucrative part of your business growth. Some of the things I cover in this episode are:

• Celebrating Jess Ekstrom, founder of Headbands of Hope for using her company to provide headbands to children with chronic illnesses and bringing more good into the world through her charitable contributions. 
• Why a majority of team meetings are unproductive and actually cause more stress on your team members. 
• The purpose that a recurring team meeting should be held in the first place. 
• Practical tips for conducting a productive and successful meeting with your team.
• Breaking down the agenda of items you should be covering during your team meetings and how much time should be spent on each.
• Prioritizing your issues list to resolve things in a productive and timely manner. 
• My deep thoughts on having a word of the year and finding creative ways to keep it top of mind. 

Your team meetings are one of your major players when it comes to accountability because every single element that goes into these meetings are about keeping everyone accountable for their own tasks. 

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Female Founders Breaking Boundaries: Should You Have Recurring Revenue with Jessica Principe

Female Founders Breaking Boundaries: Accountability is Key

Female Founders Breaking Boundaries: Breaking Barriers Within Your Business

Female Founders Breaking Boundaries: A Simple Strategy to Pay Yourself First (where we highlight the Little Words Project)

There’s no doubting that there have been some economic factors that have shifted the way businesses are operating and by getting ahead of these trends yourself, you can set yourself and your team up for a profitable and productive year.  That’s why episode 41 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about 2022 trends to prepare for!

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, I’m sharing the importance of paying attention to the shifts in the business environment and actionable steps you can take right now to get ahead of these trends and keep up with the shifting landscape so that you can keep serving your clients. Some of the things I cover in this episode are:

• Celebrating the beloved Betty White and highlighting her accomplishments during her 80 years in the entertainment industry and her 99 beautiful years on earth. 
• The employee-focused market that we started shifting into last year and will continue to grow during this year will cause businesses to review their benefits and competitive wages to retain and hire valuable employees. 
• The increased spending that started at the beginning of the pandemic has caused a shortage of supplies, is driving inflation and will begin to affect businesses who are not preparing ahead of time.
• Now more than ever, customers are paying attention to social responsibility and buying from companies that are socially driven and authentic. 
• More and more businesses are going to be diversifying their revenue and hint: you should too! 
• My deep thoughts on rethinking your to-do list and prioritizing it based on what is in most alignment with your highest vision and values.

By getting ahead of these trends, you can set yourself up to make 2022 a great year of business. 

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When looking over your 2022 goals, you’ll need to look at your existing team in a new way to find the gaps that might be keeping you from hitting these goals. That’s why episode 40 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about figuring out if you should hire to hit your goals?

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, I’m sharing the importance of evaluating who is already on your team crossed with the responsibilities needed to be covered to hit your goals and actionable steps you can take right now to fill in the gaps and round out these functions in your business. Some of the things I  cover in this episode are:

• Celebrating Allyson Felix, a six-time gold medalist track runner who continues to fight for the rights of mothers after Nike cut her contract following her life-saving c-section. 
• Listing the major functions and the responsibilities within that function of your business that are required to operate day-to-day.
• Filling your current team members into the open seats, assigning responsibilities, and noticing where there may be gaps. 
• Assessing all of the options that are available to you and cross-checking them with your budget in order to fill the gaps within your business. 
• My deep thoughts on how women are speaking with their dollars against Victoria’s Secret and other companies alike by demanding the representation of real women of different shapes and sizes. 

By using this exercise, you can release the fear around hiring and do so in a smart and intentional way.

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Ep 38: Foolproof Your Business Plans 

Ep 39: Accountability is Key

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Accountability is the one thing in your business that is going to let you know if your people are in the right roles, doing what they are supposed to be doing, and making forward progress. That’s why episode 39 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about accountability is key!

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, I’m sharing the importance of keeping your team accountable by setting clear expectations and actionable steps you can take right now to set and track the goals and responsibilities within your business. Some of the things I cover in this episode are:

• Celebrating British vaccinologist Sarah Gilbert, one of the original people that helped develop the Covid-19 vaccine and is now being honored with a Barbie doll made with her likeness. 
• Practicing accountability in a way that is backed by tangible evidence. 
• Assigning ONE person to the goal/ task/ responsibility so that you have clear boundaries around who is responsible for what. 
• Organizing your team meetings in a way that focuses on accountability and gets you and your team in the habit of checking in on your goals week after week.
• Utilizing a scorecard to essentially “give your employees the answers to the test” by setting clear expectations on what their efforts should be focused on.
• Sharing a personal life update, why I missed an episode last week, and the importance of listening to your body and taking care of yourself. 

Accountability can be made simple when you give your team the autonomy to be accountable without having to come to you to ask questions.

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As a business owner, it is so important to take the time to evaluate where you’ve been and where you want to go in order to build out the roadmap to achieving your business goals. That’s why episode 38 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about foolproofing your business plans!

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, I’m sharing the importance of routinely reviewing and evaluating every aspect of your business and actionable steps you can take right now to build your annual plan with the right systems and accountability to track, measure, and achieve your goals. Some of the things I cover in this episode are:

• Celebrating Dr. Nicole LePera, the Holistic Psychologist who developed a united philosophy of mental, physical, and spiritual health recourses that are FREE to equip people with the right tools needed to heal themselves. 
• Look at your past performance to understand where you’ve been so that you can determine where you want to go.
• Review your business blueprint and reflect on where there was a misalignment between either the decisions made or the blueprint itself, and refresh as needed. 
• Brainstorm and brain dump every goal you can think of in every aspect of your business. 
• Prioritize this list into the important next steps for your business with built-in accountability and progress checks. 
• Break this list down even further into quarterly plans and milestones that will keep you focused and on track.
• My deep thoughts on understanding what is most important to you and if you have yourself set up to focus your attention on these things and remove anything that doesn’t matter. 

This planning is a full-day, big task, but by doing it, you are setting yourself up for one of your most successful years in 2022 and will be impressed by the success that comes with it.

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Ep 5: Why You Need a Business Blueprint

Ep 6: Toss Your Traditional Mission & Vision Statement Out The Window 

Ep 7: Re-think How You Communicate Company Values 

Ep 8: Is My Business Salable?

Ep 9: The Story Behind Brand Story

Ep 10: Do You Really Understand Your Ideal Buyer?

Ep 11: Are You Chasing Your Competition? Do This Instead.

Ep 12: It’s the Market, Not the Marketing

Ep 33: A Simple Strategy to Pay Yourself First

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As women, we are too often shouldering so much extra stuff that we don’t have the extra time for us to have hobbies, businesses, and, generally, success. That’s why episode 37 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about how to un-busy your CEO life!

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, my guest Neill Williams shares the importance of learning to stop measuring your value by the number of hours you work and actionable steps you can take right now to scale back your workweek to find more time for the things that really matter to you. Some of the things Neill and I cover in this episode are:

• Defining what “enough” means to you as a “jumping-off” point in reducing your working hours. 
• Doing a time audit and creating a strategic 6-month plan to achieve your ideal workweek without sacrificing income.
• Prioritizing the important non-work things in your life and learning to delegate tasks where possible.
• Allowing yourself to block off time to think and be the visionary in your business. 
• The negative effects that wishing we had more time can have on us.

It takes effort to find the time to make the time, but once you do, the improvements in your life will be significant. 

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Female Founders: Boundaries That Hold Women Entrepreneurs Back 

Female Founders: An Easy Button for Easily Distracted Entrepreneurs with Amber Hawley

Female Founders: Should You Have Recurring Revenue with Jessica Principe

Female Founders: Using Time Blocking to Save Your Sanity

Four Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss

Women often start businesses to get out of the patriarchal systems we hate only to unintentionally reinvent them in smaller ways and call them feminist businesses. That’s why episode 36 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about running your business by a new set of rules! 

Have you ever felt like your customers and your team just don't get what it is you're trying to do with your business? Download your free Company Persona Template that we use with clients to get them started with bringing everyone on to the same page. It’s designed to get you and your team thinking about your purpose, your focus and your values; and documenting them so that you can get everybody on the same page.

In this episode of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries, my guest Eleanor Beaton shares the importance of embracing your sacred femininity and actionable steps you can take right now to reinvent the way we, as women, view business in terms of money, systems and processes, and goal setting. Some of the things Eleanor and I cover in this episode are:

• What it is like for women to exist in a business environment that was designed for men. 
• Defining sacred femininity and linking it back to business.
• Calling out toxic approaches to feminism and shifting the narrative on how we approach the topic. 
• Touching on how we can hold space for lifting up women even when we don’t agree with them.
• Reinventing the ways in which we view and practice growth in our businesses. 

The only way to begin making a change is by opening the door to more conversations about it.

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Female Founders Breaking Boundaries: Boundaries Holding Women Entrepreneurs Back

The Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd