Small Business Straight Talk | Time Management, Productivity & Business Strategy

I sit down with Fractional COO and The Online Integrator, Raquel Castillo, to dive into the role of a Fractional COO, what an Entrepreneurial Operating System is, and how both can support you in running your business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Fractional C-Suite Executive Is

✔ Why & How Raquel Became A Fractional COO

✔ What Her Role Entails & What Her Day-To-Day Looks Like

✔ What An Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)

✔ The 6 Main Components Of An EOS

✔ Why A Business Would Hire A Fractional Vs. Full-Time COO

✔ The Role Of An Implementer & The Benefits Of Having One

✔ Raquel's Motto Of "Care & Candor" Explained

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/337

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into making smarter client scheduling decisions so you can prevent the negative costs poor client scheduling has on your business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Poor Client Scheduling Looks Like

✔ Amber's Scheduling Story That Ended Badly

✔ Krystle's Scheduling Story That Ended Well

✔ How Those Business Owners Both Failed & Succeeded In Their Communication

✔ The Hidden Costs Of Poor Client Scheduling

✔ What You Can Do To Improve Your Client Scheduling

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/336

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with John McClain, the CEO & Creative Director of John McClain Design, to dive into creating systems and processes for your business so you can gain peace of mind knowing that every project will run like a well-designed machine and attain greater success.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Not Having Systems Almost Cost John His Business

✔ What Version 1.0 Of His Processes Looked Like

✔ How John Documents His Processes & Delegates Diligently Now

✔ The Three Phases & 18 Steps He And His Team Rely On

✔ John's 3-Step Process For Creating Essential SOPs

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/335

I dive into the heavy mental load business owners carry and discuss four specific activities worth making time for to help you reduce stress, improve your productivity, and better manage your mental load.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What A Mental Load Is

✔ How It Impacts Business Owners

✔ What You Should Be Focusing Your Time On

✔ The Activities That Are Causing Undue Stress

✔ What To Strategically Do About It

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/334

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with income growth strategist Marion Wagner to dive into the major lead generation mistakes many business owners are making and discuss what to do instead to generate leads that convert!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Lead Generation Mistakes To Stop Making Today

✔ What Hole You Shouldn't Allow Yourself To Get Stuck In

✔ When You Should Consider Using Paid Ads For Your Offer

✔ How Often You Should Be Sending Emails

✔ The Highest Converting Lead Generation Strategy

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/333

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into the specific time management strategies, skills, and policies you can implement in your business immediately to get the most of your team members' time without overwhelming them.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Your #1 Job As A Leader Is

✔ What Skill You Must Train Your Team Members On

✔ My 12 TimeMaximizers To Help Your Team Implement

✔ Ways You Can Encourage Your Team By Leading By Example

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/332

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with business mentor and health coach Molly Asplin to dive into the importance of living in alignment with your personal priorities and not just your business goals, so you can feel more in balance and find fulfillment beyond traditional measures of success!

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Molly's Definition Of Success

✔ The Powerful Castle-Moat Analogy

✔ The Benefits Of Setting Goals Outside Your Business

✔ Strategies For Attaining More Balance

✔ The Gratitude Practice That Bookends Molly's Day

✔ The First Step To Expanding Your Vision Of Success

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/331

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into how you can take action to respect and value your own time because if you don't, no one else will and your business will suffer because of it.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Ways Others Might Be Disrespecting Your Time

✔ What Not Valuing Your Own Time Looks Like

✔ Which Adjustments Will Have The Greatest Impact

✔ The Steps To Valuing Your Own Time

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/330

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I sit down with the co-founder of the Lefkoe Institute, Shelly Lefkoe, to dive into the topic of eliminating the beliefs sabotaging your growth so you can stop hitting that wall and attain greater success in business.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Beliefs Really Are & Where They Come From

✔ How To Know If You Have Self-Limiting Beliefs

✔ A Simple Test To Know If You Believe You're Not Good Enough

✔ Where & How Meanings Originate

✔ The Common Beliefs That Sabotage Small Business Owners

✔ What All Of Your Pain And Suffering Really Stem From

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/329

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

I dive into how to create a schedule that more effectively supports your ideal work/life balance so you can actually achieve it.

What You'll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Thing You Must Get Clarity On

✔ What You Should Be Tracking & Auditing

✔ What Gaps Are Important To Solve For

✔ 4 Steps To Create A More Supportive Schedule

✔ The Nuisance That Can Sabotage Any Schedule If Left Unchecked

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/328

P.S. Want to discover what's most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level!

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I'd like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call