What’s the favorite type of time travel for Kim and Kerry? In this episode it’s hitching a ride in their red and blue hellcats and starting before the beginning. Yep, you heard it right…starting before the beginning. When it comes to team members as entrepreneurs and small business owners this component can be a game changer when you’ve figured this part out. While it might seem a little backwards, hop in your time machine and join Kim and Kerry as they travel around the conversation and talk about:

• The human side of starting a team. Unfortunately, it doesn’t go as the fairytale suggests. There are several reasons why it doesn’t go to plan, gets messy and the reasons why starting a team become blurry. Our overwhelm, low bandwidth, lack of understanding of processes does not disappear immediately when hiring a team as we had hoped. Knowing how to manage people in order to help work through processes takes patience and practice.
• Delegation and team members. Is it a match made in heaven? Is it simply best to delegate tasks and leave it at that? What do you want to delegate for? Or can you build something together as a team? When we are delegating tasks for the very first time to team members and there isn’t a process or system. There’s an important difference between delegation and togetherness which is part of the starting before the beginning learning process.
• How we work versus how others work. Start by looking for repeatable tasks that are done every day. Systems and processes can feel different between contractors, employees, team members when it comes to consistency, cost, opportunities, feedback, and mindset. There is a level of leadership versus going along with the flow and different levels of ‘want to’ in business and why getting specific matters.
• How getting things off our plate in a hurry can impact results for the team and the end vision. Are we able to translate the map in our mind when trying to hurry through the delegation process or don’t have a full understanding of how to do the tasks?
• You can hire character, or you can hire talent, or you can hire both. In reality, we often get what we pay for and even if you are hiring someone who doesn’t have the skills yet it can be a great opportunity for them to expand their horizons while you also lighten your task list as well.

Both Kim and Kerry have stories and experiences when it comes to hiring team members for their businesses. From starting out at 10 hours a month, to having multiple team members and managing the ebbs and flows of humanness. The importance of being upfront and honest to work better within a team. Taking the pressure off to have all the answers and having those out loud conversations with all the cards on the table. If you are interested in finding out more about managing team members and how to grow your business you can join us for the join Fire Up Groundwork Brigade where you can find weekly meetings, accountability and more to set yourself up for success.

We hope you enjoy this experience 🙏

Kim & Kerry