The CEO Help Desk from Run Like Clockwork

Do you ever get to the end of the week, or even the end of the day, and think "wow! I really dropped the ball!"? Of course you have. We all have! Nora Roberts said "the key to juggling is to know that some of the balls you have in the air are made of plastic and some are made of glass."

In this episode of the Run Like Clockwork Podcast, Adrienne expands on Nora Robert's powerful analogy to help you reframe your perspective on "dropping the ball" through a lens of prioritization + efficiency.

Topics Adrienne covers in this episode:

• A powerful quote by author Nora Roberts
• The connection between juggling, prioritization, and the QBR
• How to know when it's okay to drop the ball

This episode also gives you an insider's view into the weekly Monday Mindset calls we have for our students inside our Accelerator program. We got such a flood of feedback on how powerful this particular topic was that we decided to share it with you all, too, on the podcast!

If you would like support in prioritization and efficiency in your business, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

What got you here, to your current success, growth, and team, won't get you to your next level of efficiency, autonomy, profitability, and vision.

This week we start a new series called Breaking the Cycle. In this series on the Run Like Clockwork Podcast, we are going to address common culprits that keep business leaders stuck in cycles: burnout, firing + hiring, short-term vs long-term thinking and motion vs action. We want to address them and give actionable strategies for breaking the cycle that will get you closer to clockworking your business.

Topics Emily + Gabbi cover in this episode:

• 3 signs that your business fosters burnout
• Clockworking tips + strategies to break the cycle of burnout
• Places to look for burnout on your team, business, and life

It's easy to get stuck in a rhythm of business + life, just because. Identifying signs your business fosters burnout is the first step in breaking that cycle. The tips shared will help alleviate you, your team and your business from staying stuck.

If your business operates in cycles of burnout, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

Don't miss the opportunity to get LIVE coaching from Mike Michalowicz on September 22, 2021.

Coaching with Mike is a special event that only happens a few times each year, so if you've got some super-visionary questions for the author of the Run Like Clockwork book, grab your spot ASAP. Apply at www.clockworkaccelerator.com

One question that comes up a lot from business leaders we work with who are embarking on a new project, product, experience, or event is "does my team have the skills + capacity for this fill in the blank or do I need to hire an expert?" This is a fantastic efficiency question!

Our guest on the Run Like Clockwork Podcast is Emily Murnen, CEO of Wild Elm Events. Emily has become a special part of our Run Like Clockwork team as she is the mastermind behind our Clockwork virtual events! In this episode, Erica + Emily talk all things events, efficiency, and ultimately how to know when to DIY a project, event, or experience or when to call in the expert.

Topics Erica + Emily cover in this episode:

• Taking inspiration for your business outside your industry
• Tips for creating an engaging event that you can apply to every business experience
• How to decide when to DIY a project, event, or experience… or when to call in an expert
• Emily's must-have efficiency tools
• Are in-person events making a comeback?

Even if events aren't in your business future, this conversations is packed full of tips for combining content + community into your business projects, experience, and team. This is such a great conversation! We would love to hear your favorite take-away! Share it in our Run Like Clockwork Free Community and connect with other like-minded business owners.

If you're ready to Clockwork your life and business, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

One of our favorite books here at Run Like Clockwork is Atomic Habits - so we're revisiting it with a Clockwork twist. Clockworking is really about establishing habits that support efficiency. In this week's episode, Adrienne + Emily cover 7 habits of highly efficient business leaders.

Topics Adrienne + Emily cover in this episode:

• 7 habits you can embrace as a business leader striving for efficiency
• Why habits based in identity is stronger than those based in performance
• How efficiency habits are a team effort
• The one habit that surfaces in almost every Run Like Clockwork podcast

A powerful quote from Atomic Habits that we love is "Habits are not about doing something, they're about becoming someone." Which of the habits we covered stood out to you most? Share it in our Run Like Clockwork Free Community and connect with other like-minded business owners.

If you're ready to build a business + team that runs itself and get support with implementing efficient habits, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. If you are accepted, you will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

What got you here won't get you there. The systems, team (culture and/or members), and mindset that got you to the success or mess you're in now, won't get you to the next level. Efficiency requires an open mindset of refining + rebalancing.

Our guest on the Run Like Clockwork Podcast is Clockwork superstar, Andrew Royer! Andrew is a Profit First professional, the CEO of Royer Accounting, and the winner of our Clockwork People's Choice award! Andrew shares how Clockworking through the busiest season gives a powerful perspective for refining systems + rebalancing your team.

Topics Erica + Andrew cover in this episode:

• Refining systems to make future seasons smoother
• Lessons from clockworking through busy seasons
• How rebalancing the team often requires difficult conversations
• What to do if your doing is high but you're not getting everything done

This is such a great conversation! We would love to hear your favorite take-away! Share it in our Run Like Clockwork Free Community and connect with other like-minded business owners.

If you're ready to Clockwork your life and business, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

In this episode of the Run Like Clockwork Podcast, Erica + Emily talks through several common scenarios that occur to every business owner, whether you want it to or not. It's not a matter of if these things will happen, it's when and how prepared you and your business will be.

Topics Erica + Emily cover in this episode:

• How long would your business survive without you? An hour? A day? A week?
• The first step for breaking out of the hustle + grind cycle
• Real examples of Clockworkers whose businesses thrive without them

If you're not sure how your business would do if you were pulled away by a broken leg, took off on a road trip, had a family emergency, it's time to find out. The first step is understanding where you are right now.

Take this quick quiz to see if your business would survive (or grind to halt) if you took a nap, took a vacation, or took a personal leave! Go to clockworkaccelerator.com/quiz

We'd love to hear your results! Share them in our Run Like Clockwork Free Community and connect with other like-minded business owners.

Here at Run Like Clockwork, we talk a lot about helping you take a fully unplugged vacation… but it's really not about you. It's really about your business taking a vacation from you! A vacation is the litmus test to see if your business + team can run without you, really.

Our guest on the Run Like Clockwork Podcast is Clockie winner and Clockwork superstar, Christi Diamond! Christi and her husband, Rick, are the power couple behind The Healing Coach. When they joined Clockwork at the beginning of the year, they didn't feel like they could ever take an unplugged vacation because they serve the QBR of coaching. Now, they have taken a fully unplugged week vacation and will be on a two week vacation when this airs! Christi shares what shifted between joining and their vacation and how to make the most of your vacation so your business benefits!

Topics Christi + Erica cover in this episode:

• Working with your spouse + getting clarity around ownership
• Giving yourself permission
• How hiring was key to Christi's vacation
• Listen in on a live vacation debrief

This conversation is about so much more than vacation! It's really about who you become as a leader in the process of preparing to step away, the opportunity your team has to rise to the occasion, and the value of your business taking a vacation from you. So many mindset + strategic gems dropped in this episode! We would love to hear your favorite take-away! Tag us on Instagram @rlclockwork and @thehealingcoach

If you'd like to start taking more time off now and make the most of your vacation, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

If we asked you if you value your time and talent, you'd likely reply with "of course I do!" But would your calendar, bank statements, and time tracking data say the same? In order for our calendars and bank statements to reflect the value of our time and talent, it starts with our mindsets around time + talent.

In this episode of the Run Like Clockwork Podcast, Erica + Lacy from Team RLC address the mindset shift needed around valuing time + money. It's a great conversation as we wrap up our summer Clockworking Your Life series!

Topics Erica and Lacy cover in this episode:

• Busy is the enemy of most valuable
• The mindset shift needed around valuing time + money
• A big mistake we see when it comes to hiring + paying team members
• A pep-talk to help you quit doing the things you shouldn't be / don't enjoy

How you value your time + talent shows up in your life as much as in your business. When you free up your time + resources from doing busy things just because you've always done them, you then have more design time and can contribute higher-value input in your life + business.

What is something you will quit doing this week - in your business + personal life? We'd love to hear from you! Tag us on Instagram @rlclockwork or share inside our free Run Like Clockwork Facebook Community.

Ready to value your time + talent more and do less of what drains you, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

Busy is the enemy of valuable. Can I get a hell yeah?!

How many times do we get caught up in busy work that takes us away from the most valuable and important work? Busy is also the enemy of growth.

Our guest on the Run Like Clockwork Podcast is Clockie winner, Alexandra Sim, CEO of Chiropractic on Unley. After opening a chiropractic practice, she quickly identified massive growth potential, which led her to Clockwork. She shares what she has done to leverage growth potential efficiently while also trading busy for higher value time.

Topics Emily + Alexandra cover in this episode:

• Running a brick and mortar practice during the pandemic
• How time tracking reveals busy vs valuable time
• If you increase Doing time, make sure it's higher value Doing
• Rolling out Clockwork to your team

Alex has shown a lot of dedication to work through their delivery bottleneck, has already taken multiple test vacations and booked her 4-week vacation! She shows up, asks good questions, offers support and takes action! Model clockworker!

If you have identified growth potential but find yourself stuck in the busy cycle of doing, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.

We talk a lot about the big picture vision of taking a 4-week vacation. #dreamy But what about now. We are in the middle of the Clockwork your life series and we really want to talk about how you can start taking more time off now, you know, for your life.

In this episode of the Run Like Clockwork Podcast, Adrienne + Giovanni + Danielia give 7 strategies for taking more time off now. These are all tangible, actionable strategies that will benefit you and your team as you clockwork your life.

Topics Adrienne, Gio and Dee cover in this episode:

• Strategies for being intentional with your time + boundaries
• Staying aware of buffers, capacity, and data
• How to stop treating your life as a distraction
• Valuing your own priorities
• A bonus tip

We hope that you take at least one or two of these strategies and start implementing them into your life so you can truly treat your life, not as a distraction, but as the main thing. You don't have to wait until you get to that 4-week vacation to get more time off. Let us know which of these strategies you will start to implement right away. Tag us on Instagram @rlclockwork

If you'd like to start taking more time off now, we'd love to work with you! Apply for our Accelerator program. You will also get instant access to a free, private training all about "How to take your 4 week vacation in the next 12 months" which dives deep into how to design your business + team that runs itself.