Managing Made Simple

By Lia GarvinBusiness Management

Managing Made Simple episodes

September 19, 2023 Save $2000 a month by optimizing your meetings
Ah meetings. Love them or hate them, they're a part of working life. Depending on what industry you work in, you might even find yourself spending MOST of your week in meetings, making it paramount to ensure the time is being spent effectively.
That is why in this episode of Managing Made Simple, I talk about three simple shifts to make to your meetings to prevent them from going over, resulting in saving an average of 5 hours a month to reinvest in your business.
Referenced in this episode:
Wall St Journal - Workers Now Spend Two Full Days a Week on Email and in Meetings

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For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
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Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
10 min
September 14, 2023 The connection between healthy team operations and healthy finances with Bridgette Boucha, Fractional CFO
We know conceptually that inefficiencies in our team can cost us money, but we don’t always dive into see what this really looks like. But as fractional CFO Bridgette Boucha calls out in this episode of Managing Made Simple, “minutes are money.”
In this conversation, we dive into how streamlining your team operations improves your bottom line as a business, the power of knowing your money story to achieve your financial goals, and the reality that “no revenue goal is ever worth your peace.”
Check out Bridgette’s book, Money Queen, available THIS WEEK! https://a.co/d/1ujIgGb
Learn more about Brigette and her work: https://www.bridgetteboucha.com/
Schedule your Money Mapping Session: https://www.bridgetteboucha.com/money-mapping-session
About Bridgette:
BIO Bridgette Boucha is a speaker, writer and fractional CFO. Her soulful approach to money has helped hundreds of business owners simplify their numbers so they can confidently build aligned financial strategies.
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
31 min
September 13, 2023 Your “doing everything yourself” is crushing your team
We know we can't do *everything* ourselves in our teams and in our businesses, but sometimes doesn't it just feel like things would go faster if we could?
Spoiler, not only does this belief actually slow us down, it makes our team members think we don't trust them, which leads to low morale and even lower productivity.
In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I talk about the reasons why we fall into the trap of wanting to do everything ourselves, and how to break free of it.
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Ready to become a better manager THIS MONTH?! Get the Thriving Team Scorecard and join my 20-day challenge to become a better manager to your team in just 20 days: liagarvin.com/scorecard
Looking for support for your team? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about one of my four core focuses for teams:
For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
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Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
15 min
September 12, 2023 How “doing everything yourself” lowers your bottom line
We know we can't do *everything* ourselves in our teams and in our businesses, but sometimes doesn't it just feel like things would go faster if we could?
Spoiler, not only does this belief actually slow us down, it makes our team members think we don't trust them, which leads to low morale and even lower productivity.
In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I talk about the reasons why we fall into the trap of wanting to do everything ourselves, and how to break free of it.
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
15 min
September 05, 2023 How to save money and time every week by tracking work
To track or not to track? That is the question so many business owners and team leaders ask me when wrestling with how to have a better sense of the status of work on their team.
In a word: yes, track your work. But it's more nuanced than that, especially if we want it to save us time and money. In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I talk about WHY we need to track work, and how to do it in a way that doesn't overburden your team.
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Ready to become a better manager THIS MONTH?! Get the Thriving Team Scorecard and join my 20-day challenge to become a better manager to your team in just 20 days:
liagarvin.com/scorecard
Looking for support for your team? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about one of my four core focuses for teams:
For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
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Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
13 min
August 31, 2023 How to unlock high performance mindset with Danya Douglass Hunt, Money mindset coach for entrepreneurs
Remember that time when you got super frustrated about something that happened on your team that had NOTHING to do with that situation? We've all been there.
In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I'm joined by Danya Douglass Hunt, money mindset coach for entrepreneurs, where we talk about how mindset impacts your behaviors and actions; and strategies for reprogramming your subconscious in order to reach your full potential as a leader.
About Danya:
Danya is a Mindset Performance coach who draws on her experience as a former Olympic Athletic Therapist and Strength and Conditioning coach to help visionaries, thought leaders, entrepreneurs & experts get out of their own way, bust through income and impact plateaus and become unstoppable.
If there is a credential to have, Danya has it - from NLP to EFT, to REIKI - Danya brings a wide range of tools to help entrepreneurs and athletes reach their goals faster. She coaches in masterminds and has been featured in a number of publications including, MSNBC, NBC, CBS and others.
Learn more about Danya and her work: danyadouglashunt.com
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Ready to become a better manager THIS MONTH?! Get the Thriving Team Scorecard and join my 20-day challenge to become a better manager to your team in just 20 days: liagarvin.com/scorecard
Looking for support for your team? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about one of my four core focuses for teams:
For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
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Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
33 min
August 29, 2023 How to have effective performance reviews
Ah the performance review. It means well, but in reality it often created a whole lot of stress for both managers and team members without a ton of benefit. That is unless you build or deploy a system with more intention around the behaviors you want to track and measure.
In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I talk about just that. How to build a performance system that incentivizes the behaviors you want to see, or align your company's performance system around this; and how to relieve the overall stress around performance reviews.
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Ready to become a better manager THIS MONTH?! Get the Thriving Team Scorecard and join my 20-day challenge to become a better manager to your team in just 20 days: liagarvin.com/scorecard
Looking for support for your team? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about one of my four core focuses for teams:
For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
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Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
10 min
August 24, 2023 The power of a great onboarding experience in driving better results on your team with Jess Heller, Executive & Leadership Coach
When someone is new to a role, you’re catching them at their most excited and engaged. Your role as a manager is to keep them there.
In this episode of managing made simple, I’m joined by Jess Heller, Executive & Leadership coach specializing in onboarding, where we discuss the ins and outs of onboarding in building a high performance team. We dive into how onboarding is an extension of recruiting, the time and money savings you gain by having a great onboarding experience, the importance of setting expectations, re-onboarding folks when their role changes, and more!
About Jess:
After 15 years in recruiting leadership, her passion for developing talent inspired the launch of Jess Heller Coaching & Consulting. She partners with execs, leaders, and teams to empower them to step into their full potential with more ease and impact.
Learn more about Jess and her work at: jessheller.com/
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Ready to become a better manager THIS MONTH?! Get the Thriving Team Scorecard and join my 20-day challenge to become a better manager to your team in just 20 days: liagarvin.com/scorecard
Looking for support for your team? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about one of my four core focuses for teams:
For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
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Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
28 min
August 22, 2023 Load balancing work on your team
Load balancing is something we need to continually do as a manager, but are we handling these conversations as effectively as we can be?
When a team member comes to us overwhelmed our first instinct often is to jump right in and fix it, but that can often leave us solving the wrong problem. In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I talk about how to frame the conversation so you know exactly where a team member needs support.
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Ready to become a better manager THIS MONTH?! Get the Thriving Team Scorecard and join my 20-day challenge to become a better manager to your team in just 20 days: liagarvin.com/scorecard
Looking for support for your team? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about one of my four core focuses for teams:
For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
--
Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
13 min
August 17, 2023 Beating burnout and building more resilient teams with Corene Phelps, Hypnotherapist & somatic success coach for entrepreneurs and business leaders
As managers and leaders, we're no strangers to sprinting marathons. But there comes a time when we have to take a step backwards and ask ourselves, is this sustainable?
In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I'm joined by Corene Phelps, hypnotherapist & somatic success coach for entrepreneurs and business leaders, where we discuss overcoming burnout and building resilience on teams, money mindset, and finding your steady state as a leader.
About Corene:
Corene is a Native Washingtonian who left a successful career in luxury real estate for entrepreneurship, investing, and personal development. She became obsessed with combining the power of peak performance, intuition & purpose to harness untapped potential. The last 10 years have been a journey into spirituality, business, wealth creation, and doing what it takes to create extraordinary impact. Her mission as a HypnoBreathwork® therapist is to help others tap into the power of a regulated nervous system & the subconscious to unlock new levels of wealth, success & freedom.
Learn more about Corene and her work corenephelps.com
Get 1 FREE MONTH to Corene's Cultivate Membership with the code 1MONTHFREE
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Ready to become a better manager THIS MONTH?! Get the Thriving Team Scorecard and join my 20-day challenge to become a better manager to your team in just 20 days: liagarvin.com/scorecard
Looking for support for your team? Reach out to [email protected] to learn more about one of my four core focuses for teams:
For Entrepreneurs & Founders - Ready to save 30 hours EVERY MONTH to reinvest into your business? That's getting back about $7500-10k a month without having to do any extra work as a business owner. Ask about "done for you" Ops Playbook system for streamlining your team operations.
For Corporate Managers & Teams - Want to build more effective managers, get better at giving & receiving feedback, solve RTO the right way, or support your team in navigating change and uncertainly? Ask about my "Manager & Team workshops".
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Connect with me!
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/liagarvin
Instagram: instagram.com/lia.garvin
Web: liagarvin.com
Music by Y8S: isaacy8s.com
Download my FREE guide to making hard conversations with your team easier at liagarvin.com/convo
Looking for support for yourself of your team? I've got you covered.
Explore manager training, leaders keynotes & offsites, and 1:1 advisory, or my 90-Day-COO program for business owners who want simple systems that actually work.
I transform teams from cost centers to profit centers with practical tools and research-backed strategies that make managing EASIER.
Get all the details at: www.liagarvin.com
Contact: liagarvin.com/contact
Email: [email protected]
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lia.garvin
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lia.Garvin
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© 2026 Lia Garvin / Managing Made Simple
27 min

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Managing Made Simple is a weekly leadership and management podcast for people managers, business owners, and founders who want to lead high-performing teams without falling back into the work themselves.