On today's episode of Monetize the Mic, Jess and Margy share more about their journey of transforming Interview Connections into a fully agile company using the Scrum methodology! 1. Working As A Team Makes It Easier for Individuals to Take Time Off with Less Stress 2. Interdepartmental Games of Telephone Waste Valuable Resources 3. Removing Individual Performance Metrics Lowers Stress and Allows Team Members to Focus on What’s Actually Important 4. Adjusting How Teams Approach Work Frees You From the Expensive and Ineffective Trap of Solving Problems With Addition 5. Working in Sprints Creates Rapid Improvement and Makes Big Changes Less Risky 6. Eliminating Top Down Decision Making is Good for Everyone

7. More Role Fluidity Helps Teams Thrive and Individuals Stay Engaged 8. Happiness Matters   Want to learn more about leading an agile company? Read Margy's blog where she writes frequently about the journey!

On today's episode of Monetize the Mic, Margy and Jess discuss why entrepreneurs with decent schedules and pretty normal workloads are so tired. Things that appear small on the surface but really need to be talked about, toxic positivity, people pleasing, avoiding tough conversations and obstacles are all energy sucks that you should explore to see if they're draining you. When you're authentic and self expressed, you'll find that you feel way less drained.

On today’s episode of Monetize the Mic, Margy and Jess are talking about how to know when it’s the right time to demote yourself (even if you’re a business owner or founder). When Jess founded the business, she called herself CEO, as most business owners and founders do. However, CEO is a very specific role and a lot of people who call themselves the CEO are not actually doing the work of a CEO, nor do they have the skills to. With Margy being the visionary and strategist in the business, it made much more sense for her to take on the title as she was already in the role and had the skills. In your business, it’s more important to have the right people in the right seats than to just look like you’re in a glamorous role. Margy also talks about how easy and trendy it is to be a business owner in general right now and how if you’re starting a business, you should ask yourself why you’re doing it and if you’re doing it for the right reasons.

On today's episode of Monetize the Mic, Margy shares the season 3 premiere episode of her podcast We Get It, Your Dad Died. The episode features an interview with entrepreneur Suzy Ashworth about how losing her parents impacted her life and career. Season 3 of We Get It, Your Dad Died goes live today, May 2, 2022! To listen to the rest of the season, find the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon.

On today’s episode of Monetize the Mic, Jessica host Day 1 of the last ever masterclass. In this session, Jessica talked about the first and most important steps to take before you guest on podcasts and the importance of building a strong foundation so you don’t waste time on the WRONG shows.

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On today’s episode of Monetize the Mic, Jess is joined by Interview Connections’ client Anne Hill. Anne has noticed there is a correlation between the health of a person and the health of their business and has founded Hilltop Virtual Solutions to help busy entrepreneurs automate and improve their systems so they can spend more time in their zone of genius. Anne discusses how she works with business owners to create new systems to improve their business’ health and function. She also goes into onboarding new team members, delegating tasks, and how she became an expert in operations and systems.

To work with Anne, visit hilltopoperations.com

 

On today’s episode of Monetize the Mic, Jess is joined by Interview Connections’ client and founder of AMA Publishing, Adriana Monique Alvarez. Adriana talks about creating impactful relationships in order to maximize your collaboration opportunities. Adriana gives tips for getting a broader perspective when it comes to getting to know potential clients, having patience and discipline to grow as a business owner, and implementing the value of relationships into everything you do.

To learn more about Adriana’s work, go to her website adrianamoniquealvarez.com

On today’s episode of Monetize the Mic, we are featuring a special replay of a Facebook live panel that Margy recently hosted on Leadership and the Nervous System. Joining Margy on the panel are Elisabeth Kristof and Brandi Olson. Elisabeth is the founder of Brain-Based Wellness, who helps entrepreneurs heal their past trauma by working with the nervous system, and Brandi, CEO of the Olson Group, who helps companies integrate agile strategy and organizational design into their organizations so they can thrive in times of change. This discussion is centered around the relationship between leadership, the nervous system, and how people can better understand their nervous system and its responses in order to become more effective, happier leaders.

 

Check out Elisabeth’s work at brainbased-wellness.com and Brandi’s at helloolson.com

On today’s episode of Monetize the Mic, Jess is giving you some prompts to help you simplify your call to action. These prompts include listing out 5 of your best clients, how they found you, what their journey was like signing up with you, what the next intentional step is for a host or listener to take to ultimately sign up with you, and whether or not you are utilizing your email list. Listing out the answers to these questions will lead you to create your perfect call to action!

Find all the replay videos at https://interviewconnections.com/mc-replay/ before they expire on Monday at midnight!