Google products have been a game changer for my business; Google Calendar especially.

Periodic evaluations of whether I have the right tool for delivering the best service at Rethink You leaves me satisfied with all that Google Calendar offers, and much more than my team can do with it.

You might think it is all about scheduling. For a staging business owner, it’s more than that! It’s about seamless team collaboration and coordination on the go. Imagine having a complete overview of your team's availability, client bookings, and appointments—all in one place on the cloud. That is a mind blowing safe and easy way to free up brain space for more important details.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on all the ways Google Calendar powers the smooth running of my business.

Hopefully, you see it as a valuable tool to streamline your operations too.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• All the ways we use Google Calendar at Rethink Home Interiors
• Creative ways to utilize Google Calendar beyond simple scheduling.
• How to seamlessly integrate Google Calendar with other tools to enhance your workflow.
• How incorporating Google Workspace can revolutionize your staging business

RESOURCES:

• Sign in to Google Workspace 
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

How do you ensure that every one who represents your business conveys the vision you have for it? Maybe before they even become employees, do you have guiding principles that help to attract and lock in like-minded people? If not, now is the time to create the Core Values that guide your staging business operations. A key foundation to improved and uniform business culture, apart from coming in handy when hiring the right team member, core values can help align your team and guide decision-making - just like my Accelerate student and I have had to do. 

Sharing insights from the book "Traction" and how our core values are set up at Rethink You, I’ll walk you through the process of developing core values for your business. Undoubtedly, the ripple effects of the benefits are too numerous to not have.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What core values are.
• How establishing core values can be beneficial to your business operations.
• The steps to creating core values for your business 
• Our core values at Rethink Home Interiors

RESOURCES:  

• “Traction” by Gino Wickman
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

I first came across Human Design a few years ago and was instantly intrigued. But then, I was quite skeptical “is this just another trend or something genuinely valuable”.

Guess what? It is. And Stacey Rowan from Custom Built Life has been a pivotal guide for me in navigating how these concepts can be applied to my business.

With my special guest and friend, today, we will be exploring why not all business advice is created equal and how understanding Human Design can give you the edge in growing your business.

Perhaps a “proven” viral strategy for marketing your staging business has never worked for you. 

Our discussion will shed light on the why, and give you insights into how  you can transform your approach for better success.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What Human Design is
• Why a lot of business advice may be wrong for you
• Why aligning your business practices with your design type can make everything run smoother
• How to get started learning about your Human Design

RESOURCES:  

• Free Human Design Chart & Short Report:  http://bit.ly/BG5FreeShortReport
• Stacy's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/custombuiltlife
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

Imagine having a personalized "bouncer" for your business, whose only role is to ensure that only the best-fit clients enter and stay in. How dreamy?

Yes, that's what a Client Filter does.

Whether you are in the growth or accelerate phase, client filters are an important component of establishing and running a dependable clear cut low maintenance business for your team and clients.

Just as your realtors and clients try to handpick the right stager for themselves, you can also choose whom to work with, ensuring that your quality services are delivered to exactly those who need and appreciate them.

With the strategies and examples I share today on hanging this Red Velvet Rope around your business, I hope you will begin to proactively attract ideal clients who make your business more enjoyable and effortlessly filter out those who aren't a good match.

After all, it is important for your staging business success and wellbeing.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What are Client Filters and why they will help make your business experience so much more enjoyable.
• How Client Filters help your business work with the very best clients who value what you do and get the best results from your work together.
• The Client Filters we have at Rethink Home Interiors
• Why your Client Filter is a protective measure for your business, your team and your client.

RESOURCES:  

• Episode 5: How to Create Boundary Alignment For Your Home Staging Business
• Episode 6: How to Create Grounded Communication In Your Staging Business
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

On the beats of the soundtrack added by the lawn mower next door, we’re tackling a biggie: comparison. Right! A sneaky little monster that can mess with our minds and our business growth. I’ve seen it come up in my coaching sessions and even experienced it myself—just this morning at the gym!

Seeing someone do something different that I perceived as higher than mine made me doubt my own routine.  But then I had to remind myself why I was doing what I did, while considering my own fitness journey. And here’s the deal: we're all on different stages of our own journeys. In life and in running a staging business.

To help you navigate comparison, I’m breaking down the four stages of competence and how they apply to your staging business.  Rather than feel little, understanding this can help  focus your attention on what time,energy and expertise it took them to get there, consequently extending grace to yourself for where you are and want to be.

So, what do you do when comparison hits? Listen in to learn the strategies to navigate this downer and how to use it to propel your business forward.  Remember, everyone’s journey is unique, and it’s all about progress, not perfection.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What comparison is like in a staging business.
• How to know you are stuck in a comparison trap.
• The four stages of competence and what they mean for your staging business growth.
• Practical strategies for shifting from a comparison mindset to a motivating mindset.

RESOURCES:  

• Episode 1: How to Take Waaaay Better Action In Your Staging Business 
• Episode 58: Optimizing Growth: Strategic Moves and Strategic Halts in Your Staging Business
• Apply for Private Coaching: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

If there's one thing that stuck with me from my undergrad classes, it is the application of FORMULAs. They are the cheat code for solving equations and they also function for simplifying business operations.

I know my team is not more magical than anybody else's team, but we have, over the years, done a pretty good job of implementing systems. How?  By making the process as seamless as possible with memorable formulas, acronyms, and quirky nicknames. This unconventional method has not just helped us stay organized, but it has significantly cut down on decision fatigue, making up for when our brains are tired and consequently boosting our efficiency.

I have seen how useful a creative and memorable approach to streamlining business operations is. By applying this strategy, I hope you'll be able to say the same.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• How to Create Memorable Systems using quirky names and formulas
• Examples of acronyms from different operations in my staging business
• How formulas and acronyms can help simplify your processes
• The best way to come up with formulas for your systems

RESOURCES:  

• Episode 67:  How to be Ridiculously Easy to Work With
• Apply for Private Coaching: https://www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

Whatever level you are in right now, you are filling a job description inside of your staging business. It could be a low level, but I am absolutely sure that as you strategically market and grow your business, you graduate into a high level experienced employee who takes on less technical roles.

But the hierarchy is not one to be jumped. To transition into the hands off ownership status and lifestyle, understanding the evolution of leadership roles within your staging business is very important.

Using the case study from my private coaching client who was feeling burnt out and stuck in the Technician role,  I explain what the four levels of business ownership are, how to recognize when it's time to ascend to the next level, and strategies for transitioning to the highest leadership role.

Hopefully, this episode spurs you to reflect on your current business stage and consider the necessary steps for strategic growth and leadership development.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• The four key roles in your business and their characteristics.
• Why your role in your staging business changes.
• Signs you're stuck in a role and that you need to ascend to a higher level.
• The ultimate role of staging business leadership and how to get there.

RESOURCES:  

• Take the Staging Sips Survey: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/sipssurvey
• Download Your Free Digital Swag Bag: https://www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/swag
• Apply for Private Coaching: https://www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/privatecoachingapp
• Episode 58: Optimizing Growth: Strategic Moves and Strategic Halts in Your Staging Business
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for the Staging Business School Accelerate Track. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

The news got to me. That you find the Staging Sips podcast so valuable, eagerly watching out for and consuming all new episodes as soon as they are released.

But I also heard that you sometimes feel frustrated at not being able to fully apply all the good stuff that you learn. 

Not to worry, because today, I'm here to help.

I'm reviewing one of the frameworks I use in my business, the FIX IT protocol, to help you pinpoint the exact challenges facing your business and then find those episodes in Sips to best help you resolve those challenges.

By the end of this episode, you will understand how to identify key problems, and more importantly, how to organize your thoughts and actions into profitable strategies.  

My goal? To ensure that every resource and insight shared here isn't just heard, but effectively utilized by you for your staging business success.

Listen in to learn how to make the best use of the information that you hear on the Staging Sips.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• The role of reflection writing in defining your goals
• The best way to identify patterns and areas for improvement in their business
• How the "FIX IT" protocol helps to address issues and inconsistencies in your business
• How to prioritize and implement the ideas and strategies learned from the podcast

RESOURCES:  

• Download the Priorities and Boundaries worksheet
• Take the Staging Sips Survey www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/sipssurvey 
• Episode 26 - How To Change Course When Systems Are Not Working In Your Business
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for Rethink You Accelerate. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

Just like you someday have to have your best friend's back (maybe not hit someone in the face for them cos we are past that age), one day and everyday, you will have to have your business’s back no matter what.

As our staging services revolve around people, there will be difficult situations. There will be times where you have to make tough decisions, set boundaries, and communicate effectively - all while staying grounded and professional.

For all such instances; either it's responding to a ridiculous change request or dissatisfaction with your operational policies, I have got your back with non conflicting, confident approaches from real-life situations from my business.

Are you advocating for your staging business? I hope that this is your motivation to do it the way that you should.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Understanding advocacy in business and its benefits.
• Real-life examples of advocacy in action and their positive wins
• Tips for communicating effectively, without being confrontational
• Resources to help you develop your advocacy skills (like our COMM PLAN download)

RESOURCES:  

• Download COMM PLAN: rethinkhomeinteriors.com/commplan
• Episode 7: How To Create Client Filters For Your Home Staging Business
• Episode 34 : 5 Ways To Protect Your Staging Business
• Episode 35: The Absolute Best Way To Handle A Change Request
• Episode 37: How To Say No But Sound Like You’re Saying Yes 
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for Rethink You Accelerate. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.

Dealing with grief is hard enough. But going through it when you have to take responsibility for the running of a business could not be harder. 

Today, we have Matt Mittman, a real estate business owner with over 20 years of experience, shares his heart-wrenching story of losing his 20-month-old son, Julian, and how he managed to navigate his grief while keeping his business afloat during the pandemic. 

He discusses the importance of seeking help, building resilience, and finding support in unexpected places. In addition to the resources that helped him, he also shares the mindset makeup that made going back to run his business easier. 

If you are experiencing grief right now, I hope that this episode reassures you that you are not alone.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

• How Matt's athletic background helped him develop mental toughness to cope with grief.
• The value of therapy and group therapy in building mental and emotional strength.
• How he was able to re-engage back with business after being away
• Business systems in place that helped Matt during the grief period.

RESOURCES:  

• Matt Mittman's email: [email protected]
• The Center for Loss and Bereavement: Nello's corner
• Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood Foundation website
• Join the Staging Business School Growth Track Waitlist: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/growth
• Enroll in Staging Business School Accelerate Track: www.rethinkhomeinteriors.com/accelerate
• Follow Lori on Instagram: www.instagram.com/rethinkhome
• Follow the Staging Business School on Instagram: www.instagram.com/stagingbusinessschool

If you want to learn how to market and grow your staging business, enrollment is open for Rethink You Accelerate. This is a year-long mentorship program, where I help you and other staging business owners plan, grow, flow, and thrive with the results that you’ve always wanted. The doors are open and I would love to see you in the classroom!

ENJOY THE SHOW?

• Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts so that more Staging CEOs find it. Also, include links to your socials so that more Staging CEOs can find you.
• Follow over on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, or Audible.