Love to Lead

Every business owner wants to build good, basic financial strategies like creating a budget, tracking income and expenses, and paying ourselves and our team. But are you not ready for a full-service bookkeeper even though you want to pay closer attention to your financial numbers?

In today's episode, Jillian Dolberry speaks with Erika Millard, bookkeeping coach, about mastering your own bookkeeping. Erika helps those who are diy-ing their bookkeeping and need that expert support "in their back pocket." They discuss what factors will help you decide the best route to take for your business and the three things you need to do to achieve success in your own bookkeeping.

Resources and Links: Quickbooks, quickbooks.intuit.com Xero, www.xero.com Wave Accounting, www.waveapps.com Erika Millard: Bookkeeping Coach website, erikamillard.com Erika Millard's free checklist, "6 Simple Steps to Be Your Own Bookkeeper" found here Erika Millard on Instagram, @Erika_Millard Erika Millard on Facebook, @erikamillard Schedule a strategy call with Jillian Dolberry here: www.jilliandolberry.com/strategy-call Reach out to Jillian Dolberry on Instagram, @jilliandolberry

Returning from a much needed vacation or scheduled time-off can add a lot of pressure and overwhelm when you're running your own business. Team members, email, direct messages, the business tools... they all seem to require our attention, and immediately right?

Listen as Jillian Dolberry gives insight on what has to be true for you to take off time, and how to get that time away scheduled in a smart way. She shares how having the right plan, people and systems in place will make you feel confident about stepping out for a time, to set yourself up for success when you return and how you can find peace in the process.

Resources and Links: Ep. 17: Three Must-Haves for Planning for Time Off in Your Business with Madison Brown, www.jilliandolberry.com/episode-17-3-must-haves-for-planning-for-time-off-in-your-business-with-madison-brown/ ClickUp, www.clickup.com (affil. link) Zapier, www.zapier.com Dubsado, www.dubsado.com (affil. link for 20% off) Flowdesk. www.flodesk.com (affil. link for 50% off) Schedule a strategy call with Jillian Dolberry here: www.jilliandolberry.com/strategy-call

As entrepreneurs, we don't have the luxury of scheduling paid vacation, but life will still demand time away. Whether it's for a vacation, a sabbatical, or a family need like maternity leave, when we want time away from our businesses, we have to be diligent in financially planning that (sometimes difficult) step away from work. There has to be a smart and efficient way for your business to thrive while you take time off, right?

In today's episode, Jillian Dolberry welcomes Madison Brown of Madison Dearly, who shares what she's found to be a successful way to financially plan for scheduled time off. With a good combination of smart bookkeeping and projections on expenses you already know are ahead, you can develop a plan and even strategize for success while keeping your business going strong during your time off.

Resources and Links: Contact Madison Brown at her website: www.madisondearly.com/contact, on Instagram at @madisondearly, or on TikTok @madisondearly

For GFCEO listeners, see The Maternity Leave Financial Plan Spreadsheet Template. This template will assist you in creating a plan for any kind of leave, help you evaluate your profit and loss report so you can see good projections, provide space to list and examine expenses, and offers a robust calculation section ($47, at www.madisondearly.com/maternityleave)

Follow Jillian Dolberry on Instagram at @jilliandolberry or for a one-on-one strategy session, visit jilliandolberry.com/strategy-call.

Ever wish you could sit down and chat with some other CEO moms? In today's episode, Jillian Dolberry does just that in this candid conversation with two of her "business besties," Madison Brown and Lane Simian. They talk about leading in business as moms and CEOs, common goals and struggles, and all of it sprinkled with an extra dose of grace!

To schedule with Jillian Dolberry for a one-on-one strategy session, visit jilliandolberry.com/strategy-call or email [email protected]

Madison Brown is the owner of Madison-Dearly Bookkeeping, offering monthly bookkeeping responsibilities for creative online business owners. Find her at madisondearly.com

Lane Simian is the owner of Lane Creative Boutique, a digital marketing agency dedicated to female-owned small businesses. Find her at lanecreativeboutique.com

Have you been thinking about making a change in your business? Are you maybe right smack in the middle of something changing around you? So many times "pivoting" in our businesses makes us want to run in the opposite direction!

Today, Jillian Dolberry speaks with Abby Martinez of Abby Martinez & Co. about money, mindset, fear and how to realign yourself to where you need to be in order to successfully pivot in your business!

Find Abby Martinez on Instagram at @abbymartinezco or at her website, www.abbymartinez.co

To schedule with Jillian Dolberry for a one-on-one strategy session, visit jilliandolberry.com/strategy-call or email [email protected]

For information on Jillian's upcoming "Building Your Business as an OBM" masterclass, sign up at JillianDolberry.com

Teamwork is so important to being successful in your business. Even as a Grace-Filled CEO it can be challenging to juggle all the personalities, strengths and roles of your team, let alone find ways to help them best work together.

In today's episode, Jillian speaks with Elizabeth Cook, a productivity and team collaboration consultant who works with entrepreneurs to fast track their understanding of their team using a tool called the Kolbe A™ Index. Listen as they discuss how it compares to personality tests, the kinds of results you can see, and how to leverage those results in our businesses.

Be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts or at www.jilliandolberry.com/podcast. You can also continue the conversation with Jillian on Instagram at @jilliandolberry. Resources and Links: Reach Elizabeth Cook at www.elizabethcookconsulting.com or Linkedin at @elizabeth-cook- Kolbe A™ Index, www.kolbe.com ClickUp, Jillian's favorite PM tool {affiliate link}

To schedule with Jillian Dolberry for a one-on-one strategy session, visit jilliandolberry.com/strategy-call or email [email protected] Free "Managing Your Boundaries Energy and Time Like a CEO" training from Jillian Dolberry

Balancing everything when you're running your own business can be tough; we all can feel a lot of pressure to achieve that elusive balance of work, life, family as the chief decision-makers in our businesses! In addition to what we currently have going on, we also desire to continue to grow as women and as business owners. The pressure and the heaviness of that can sometimes feel overwhelming.

Today's episode is going to walk you through how to do business on your terms and do it well. Listen as Jillian teaches you how to operate your business from your personal and professional values.

The Grace-Filled CEO is an honest conversation about how to balance being a CEO and the woman you were created to be outside of that CEO title. The name of the podcast says it all … it takes a lot of grace!

Sponsored by: The One-on-One Strategy Session with Jillian Dolberry (https://jilliandolberry.com/strategy-call)

In this strategy session, you and Jillian will dig into where your business stands today, where you want it to go, conflict areas, and places where you feel stuck or have concerns. You'll then work through some creative ways to overcome these obstacles! You'll also think through the next steps for your business and leave the call with a recording and an activation plan to get moving toward your goals.

Special offer for June 2022! Send an email to [email protected] requesting a special code for a $150 discount off your first Strategy Session with Jillian Dolberry (good for new schedulers only.)

Leading people in your business isn't easy. As grace-filled CEOs, we've been given this gift of our businesses and we have been charged with this opportunity to steward the people in our business, properly and wholeheartedly.

In today's episode, Jillian shares the top three ways to be the best leader for your team, how they can help your growth as a leader and how good leadership isn't really about us as a leader at all, but more about the people that we lead and how we serve them.

The Grace-Filled CEO is an honest conversation about how to balance being a CEO and the woman you were created to be outside of that CEO title. The name of the podcast says it all … it takes a lot of grace!

Resources:

Are you ready to scale, but not sure where to start? Overwhelm is real! Check out Jillian's "Strategy Boost" program, with monthly 90 min strategy/coaching calls, monthly activation plan, accountability check-ins, access via Voxer/Slack and access to JDOBM Resources. Find more information at JillianDolberry.com/strategy-boost

Be sure to subscribe to The Grace-Filled CEO wherever you listen to podcasts or here at JillianDolberry.com/podcast. You can also continue the conversation with Jillian on Instagram at @JillianDolberry.

Are you feeling a little guilty or even perhaps fearful for raising your prices, sharing your rate or even for getting more for your work? These should not trigger guilt or fear and if they do - that is not from God! He has blessed you with your business, to build it in a way that serves Him best and He wants you to be successful in it!

Listen as Jillian shares three tips in today's episode to help you understand the importance of valuing your skills and getting paid what your services are worth, with practical advice on how to approach your clients about raising your rates while changing your mindsets about the worth of your work.

The Grace-Filled CEO is an honest conversation about how to balance being a CEO and the woman you were created to be outside of that CEO title. The name of the podcast says it all … it takes a lot of grace!

Resources:

Be sure to subscribe to The Grace-Filled CEO wherever you listen to podcasts or here at JillianDolberry.com/podcast. You can also continue the conversation with Jillian on Instagram at @JillianDolberry.

Elizabeth McCravy's Show It templates

"Manage Your Boundaries, Energy and Time Like a CEO," an audio lesson with a transcript and guided diagram to walk you through the areas where you're feeling the tension in your business.

Episode 2 of The Grace-Filled CEO podcast, "The Top 3 Boundaries You MUST Set With Your Clients and Your Team and How To Do It"

Need help writing an email to raise your prices with a client? Email Jillian at [email protected]

Wondering what to focus on first as the CEO of your business? There are so many things demanding your attention it can be difficult to know which should come first!

Some of those things should be nonnegotiable and in today's episode, Jillian explains what they are and how to make that priority list come to life as the CEO of the business you love.

The Grace-Filled CEO is an honest conversation about how to balance being a CEO and the woman you were created to be outside of that CEO title. The name of the podcast says it all … it takes a lot of grace!

Be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts or here at JillianDolberry.com/podcast. You can also continue the conversation with Jillian on Instagram at @JillianDolberry.

Resources:Jillian's "Quarterly Planning Resource" Ep. 7: 4 Non-Negotiables You Need on Your Calendar as a CEO (or working) Mama Online Business Manager Services at JillianDolberry.com