The CEO Help Desk from Run Like Clockwork

Despite how desperately we all wish it were true… you aren't one magic hire away from solving all the problems in your business.

But that doesn't mean you shouldn't hire anyone, especially if you're looking to grow your business this year!

In this episode Adrienne and Emily are joined by a live audience on zoom to dive deep into all things building, leading and mentoring a team through growth, like:

• The top 4 challenges that come with a team

• The S-Curve concept

• Addressing challenging situations

Plus answer they answer a few listener questions.

Wish you could have joined us live? Don't worry, we're recording part 3 live on March 23rd at 1pm Eastern. Click here to add our final part in this series to your calendar!

Want to grow your business this year? Grab our free training, 6 Ways To Grow Your Business here!

Ready to talk to Gio from our team about joining Clockwork? Book a call with him here!

And keep your eye out for a special announcement on next week's episode!

We are not creating oxygen!

You've heard it before, you love it, and hopefully you live it…

But if you aren't quite living into those words just yet, maybe that's because you need to listen to this episode. In this episode, Adrienne shares:

• Why she lives by this motto

• What it means in the day-to-day life of a clockworked business

• How you can adopt this into your business now!

You can join in this conversation with us anytime over on Instagram → @rlclockwork

Or if you want to work with us find more ease in your business, check out the Clockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.com

As Mike and I were looking for the most efficient organizations on the planet…we found bees.

Everything they do + the very way they operate takes EFFICIENCY into the equation.

They do many different things to leverage efficiency, but most importantly…is their understanding of their resource use in relation to their highest priority goal.

The goal of a bee colony is to survive — that's nature, right?

They've used this principle to identify the SINGLE most important activity inside their colony, and because nature knows best, we stole the idea

We call it the Queen Bee Role. Adopting this one concept can change everything.

So that's why we're revisiting this episode again.We should talk about this every day, to be honest.

Want to chat more about it? Come share your thoughts with us on Instagram → @rlclockwork

Want to learn more about the work we do?Clockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.com

Many of our conversations with our clients these days are centered around how to grow and scale their businesses while still remaining as lean as possible.

In order to grow, there are three major shifts you're going to have to focus on, and today we are talking about the first one: your leadership.

In this episode, Adrienne and Emily are joined by a live zoom audience to talk about why you need to focus on your leadership skills, and what kind of obstacles you might need to overcome along the way, from the perspective of both the business owner and a team member. They also share insights and answer questions from the live listeners.

As you're listening ask yourself these questions:

• Is your leadership growing at the same rate as your business?

• What's been the most challenging thing for you as a leader?

• What leadership skill are you focusing on growing?

If you want to participate in the conversation for part two, our next live recording is February 23rd at 1pm ET. Click here to add the event to your calendar.

Enjoyed this format?

We definitely want to know! Come share your thoughts with us on IG

Clockwork Instagram → @rlclockwork

Want to learn more about the work we do? Clockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.com

We've got a brand new format for the RLC Podcast today, Clockworkers, and we can't wait to hear what you think about it.

We're sharing 3 recent "big news" stories, and breaking down just how applicable they are to small business owners. (Spoiler alert… they aren't at all) Too often we see entrepreneurs model their decisions on the dangerous or impractical actions of larger corporations. But we want to make sure you're focused on running your business with efficiency at all times, and not getting bogged down worrying about made up trends like "quiet hiring". On this episode Adrienne and Emily discuss:

• "Resenteeism" and why it's not a thing

• "Quiet hiring" and how it's actually rebalancing your team

• The big layoffs and why you should never do it this way…

Enjoyed this format?

We definitely want to know! Come share your thoughts with us on IG

Clockwork Instagram → @rlclockwork

Want to learn more about the work we do? Clockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.com

We've reached our 200th episode!

Now, that is a milestone worth celebrating, and what better way than reflecting on all of the wins that got us to this point. In this episode, Adrienne is joined by the entire Run Like Clockwork team to share, reflect and celebrate a handful of our most impactful wins over the past four years.

As a thank you to all of you, we're celebrating 200 episodes by giving away 5 copies of Clockwork Revised and Expanded!

To enter our random draw all you have to do is leave us a podcast review, and send us an email at [email protected] with a screenshot of it.

If you've already left us a review, just share that with us!

We'll be choosing 5 random people who email us by Tuesday, February 7th at 5pm ET.

Enjoyed this episode?

Listen to Nathan Foeller's episode here: https://www.runlikeclockwork.com/podcast/ep196 Check out Brenda's story here: https://www.runlikeclockwork.com/podcast/ep161

Want to learn more about the work we do?Clockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.comClockwork Instagram → @rlclockwork

"I can't Clockwork my business because if I'm not working there is no business".

If that's a thought that has run through your head, this is your episode!

Julie is joined by Darcy O'Daniel, Executive Director of Noteable Progressions, and recent recipient of our Clockie award!

After starting her business by accident in 2011 (a family friend needed support), Darcy was able to grow her practice enough to leave her full time job and fully commit to the business in just one year. And the growth just kept coming.

After reading Clockwork in 2018 she convinced herself, like most service based entrepreneurs, that while it was nice in theory there would be no way to fully implement this in her business because all of the actual services depended on her. However, in Spring of 2021 after her husband had unexpectedly lost her job, it became more apparent that Clockworking was not a "some day" thing anymore… it needed to happen NOW for the security of the business and her family.In this episode Darcy shares:

• Why she no longer wants to have all the answers

• The struggle of leaninging into continuous improvement

• How clockworking has has helped her grow the business while doing less

Want to learn more about the work we do?Clockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.comClockwork Instagram → @rlclockwork

Want to learn more about Darcy?

After developing an early love for music, Darcy knew she wanted it to be a part of her career path. She hated performing (still does!) and didn't feel that being a music teacher was right for her. When she had the opportunity to go to a presentation about a music therapy program at an adult day center, she knew she had found her future profession!

Darcy has completed advanced training in Neurologic Music Therapy and Sprouting Melodies. Her areas of specialty are early childhood, older adults, and neurologic music therapy. Her model of practice focuses on community music therapy, working with people in context with social and cultural factors and serving as a forum for advocacy and community awareness. In addition to supervising the team of music therapists at Noteable Progressions, Darcy is an active presenter providing workshops and in-service opportunities to teach and support agencies and families to use music purposefully in the centers, classrooms, and homes.

Find her here:

https://www.instagram.com/noteableprogressions/

https://www.noteableprogressions.com

Motivational speaker Jim Rohn says that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. Why? The law of averages.

At the end of the day, a successful clockworked business is dependent on upholding a culture of efficiency, and that starts with you.

To show up as the leader you want to be, you need to be intentional with who you spend your time with.

In this episode, Emily asks Adrienne about the 5 people she spends the most time with, and how that influences her leadership style here at Run Like Clockwork.

As always, this is an open book conversation about the realities of life being a wife, mom, and entrepreneur, and how the different seasons of life can (and will) impact them all.

We encourage you to listen to this episode and then take inventory of the 5 people you're spending the most time with. Are they helping propel you forward?Do they balance you out in the ways you need?Or are they keeping you stuck at your current level? Ready to introduce a new top 5 person to the mix? The Accelerator community may be the perfect fitClockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.comClockwork Instagram → @rlclockwork

I have 2 questions I need you to answer...

1- Is one of your goals for 2023 to grow and scale your business?

2- Do you know the most efficient way to make that happen?For many people, the answers are "Yes!", then "…. No?"

And that's why we turned our live training from December 2022 into this podcast, the info was just too good for it not to have a place on the pod! In this episode Adrienne summaraizes her research on the 6 strategies you can use to grow your business, ranked most to least efficient.Plus ideas to allocate your budget to make it all happen.So if you are looking to grow your business by even 1% but aren't sure the best way, give this one a listen, and then let us know which of the 6 you're trying!Clockwork Accelerator → www.clockworkaccelerator.comClockwork Instagram → @rlclockwork

Do you want your business to be better?I don't know a single person who would ever say no to that question… so assuming you said yes, this is the podcast episode for you. Today Emily is joined by recent Clockie winner Nathan Foeller of Minuteman Press of Stroudsburg.We're eager to share this episode because Nathan represents a niche of our Clockwork students that have been underrepresented on the podcast… manufacturing, in-person services, and franchises.

And he also has a lot of valuable insights to share in this episode about how to make Clockworking work for your business, including:

• Getting your team on board when they don't typically work at a computer
• How to continue evolving in your own role as the CEO + leader of the company
• The positive impact focusing on efficiency will have on your revenue and profit margins

In Nathan's own words, "I can't even put into words fully the difference this has made in our business, and I hope that everybody out there listening gets to experience the same thing we've been able to."

If you want to learn more about how to work with us to Clockwork your business too, visit www.clockworkaccelerator.com

Nathan lives in Northeast PA with his wife, Laura and their three daughters. What initially started as some graphic design for his church turned into a side business that eventually led to buying a failing local print shop (a Minuteman Press franchise).

Over the next nine years, they acquired three other local printing companies and rolled them into the business. They've now grown to a team of seven and the business has become very successful.

You can learn more about the amazing services Nathan and his team are offering at mmpstroudsburg.com and at rafflesforless.com

Connect with Run Like Clockwork on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rlclockwork