Organizing Chaos

In this episode, I cover how your team can effectively document the processes your business needs to ensure that things run smoothly and consistently.

Now that we've gotten clear on what you want from you business, what you need to delegate, and then subsequently delegated those things, it's time to share what you've found with your team.

In this episode, I teach how you can roll out these changes to your team. Getting their feedback and input is 100% required if you want to be successful moving forward.

This week, I'm picking back up on explaining my 8-step "Organizing Chaos Process". Step 3 is where the rubber starts to meet the road. During this step, we begin to delegate the activities you'd put on your "Stop Doing" list that we created during Step 2.

We create "Position Agreements" which are similar to job descriptions. These are the "hats" people will be wearing - and if you're like most small businesses, you'll have people wearing multiple hats. These agreements are how you hand off those items on your "Stop Doing" list to various members of your team.

In today's interview, I sit down to talk with Chris Weninegar. Chris is a classic visionary - a series of jobs that just didn't seem to take, an idea, and taking massive action to make that idea a reality. In this episode, you'll learn about how Muletown Roasted Coffee came to be, how it inspired a community to rediscover its heritage, and how a business owner can create a business without staying its employee forever.

I'm a huge Simon Sinek fan and the concept he preaches about, which is finding your "Why."

No one cares about what you do; they care about why you do it.

Tyler Steigelman is the owner and operator of WorthWhile Brands - a custom clothing brand with a message. I love the positive message of Tyler's brand and I want to see everywhere.

His story is inspiring and I highly recommend you check out this interview and find a way to make your business' message worthwhile.

Every small business has a unique story. Today, I got to hear Pete Provost of Briarworks tell his. There is an amazing theme I've been uncovering as I interview small businesses about their stories: authenticity is the biggest advantage a small business can leverage. Get inspired by today's interview and work towards becoming your authentic self.

In the last step of my Organizing Chaos process, we talked about getting clear on what you want out of life and where your business should be taking you. During step 2, we'll figure out how to spend your time in order to get there. In this next step, we figure out what all needs done in your business. We then lay out everything that needs done and determine who should be responsible for it.

(Your time is valuable and the only way to grow your business in a way that allows you to retain your sanity, is to understand exactly where you should be spending that time.)

Over the last several years, I've developed an 8 step process that allows me to step into any business and instantly understand why the business isn't working like it should. Check out Step 1 of my process, which I just released today - and stay tuned for the rest!

In this episode, I interview Nick Ercolano who taught me that anyone can monetize their passion. You'll not only learn about how he did that, but you'll get some great tips on developing yourself as an entrepreneur, learning how to deal with competition, and getting insight into how you can create an exceptional experience that your customers will pay for over, and over, and over.

Many times when a business is started or a new product/service is being developed, we feel like everything must be perfect and complete before we release it to the world.

speak with Joshua Merrill of Legacy Coffee Company who started his beloved Spring Hill, TN coffee company even after a failed Kickstarter campaign and numerous other setbacks. Check out Joshua's interview packed full of inspiration, hope, and raw entrepreneurial spirit.