The CEO Sage

Kris talks with Kelly Roach, THE BUSINESS CATALYST, who helps elite business owners become game changers in their field and achieve million-dollar+ breakthroughs in their business.

What you'll find in this episode:

1) The biggest differences between leading in a company versus leading your own company. 2) Kelly's thoughts on finding the ideal employee for a female entrepreneur or founder. 3) What "Look in the Mirror Leadership" is. 4) What is a "franken-business." 5) The danger of personalizing your business. 6) Things we need to think about when growing the business to be bigger than us. 7) What the "Four-Times Model for Profitability" is. 8) The biggest challenge Kelly experienced when scaling her business and adding employees. 9) The main characteristic Kelly brings to leadership that has helped her business grow.

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Are you comparing other people's perceived success to your own and feeling terrible about yourself? That shame can trigger paralysis in your business - which stimulates further shame. Let's talk about your own compass and how to honor that instead.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. Knowing the "steps" to take is not the only part of success. The other part in achievement of outcomes is your brain and mindset.
2. When learning from top performers: "Don't just look at what they do. That's just their action. Ask them why they do it."
3. "Comparison is the thief of joy." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
4. Are you building what you want, or have you spent so much time focusing on what everyone else has that you don't even know what that is anymore?
5. My favorite question I ask people at my Hawaiian retreat - "What do you really, really, really want? YOU."
6. Stop comparing and start really savoring and enjoying your own journey.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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Two of the most common things I hear clients say in moments of total frustration are "Who does that?" & "You would think." As your coach, I'm not going to indulge your confusion and perplexity, because it's not serving you. Here's what let's do instead.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. "Who does that?" It doesn't matter. The question to ask is, "What are you going to do about it?"
2. "You would think…" No need losing valuable time staying perplexed and confused about what someone did. Your job is to evaluate whether or not you've been clear about the expectation.
3. "Being in someone else's family is like being in a foreign country." You have people who were raised in totally different environments than yours.
4. Instead of saying – you would think – say, I think…" Instead of "who does that" – say "I want this done."

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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Are you feeling overwhelmed with decision fatigue and emotionally exhausted? Either you haven't built a business brain, or you have, but you don't consult with her. Here's a way to build that relationship and to deal with those unexpected situations.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. The role that vision, values and expectations play in building a business brain.
2. Brooke Castillo's Thought Model as a tool. It's "the secret of the Universe."
3. Why having a business brain is so important.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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Do you have an actual relationship with money, or are you just having a one-night stand? Let's talk about money and how your thoughts about it are affecting your business.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. The five key relationships you have in your business – time, money, yourself, your team, your business. Today we talk about money.
2. The common relationships I watch my clients have with money.
3. Two of my favorite statements about money – one from Christine Kane and one from Brook Castillo.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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Being able to identify the types of people to hire is key to your success. Here's how to create a hiring manifesto that describes the types of people who can hang, and thrive, with you.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. Examples of the types of people who can, and cannot, hang and thrive with me.
2. How to make a list of people on your team who you love to work with and those you struggle with.
3. It's my goal to give you the things you need to improve – like being able to hire people, manage people, hold people accountable, to fire people, and to manage your time.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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When you have someone on the team who isn't performing, there's a gap between the outcome you expect and the results you're getting. Here's the formula for fixing that problem.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. Reason 1 that performance problems occur – The expectation was not clear.
2. Reason 2 that performance problems occur – You're not holding them accountable to your crystal-clear expectations.
3. Let's not run our business by hoping people will just miraculously change. It doesn't help you get exceptional results.
4. I know that you plan to give exceptional results to your clients, which is why you went into business in the first place. Hold that same level of expectation for others.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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If you're a CEO, you've got to get good at being able to fire someone. You don't have to love it. It's a superpower, and once you have it, you won't feel bound by someone's poor performance again.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. There should always be an evaluative measure, that's outside your opinion of someone, that helps you know if this person is contributing so that the business is benefiting.
2. Once you get good at this, you're never intimidated by what people do or don't do in your business. You're never held hostage.
3. Your business is only as good as your poorest performer.
4. Once your values are dialed, this becomes an objective part of what you do. Values are not subjective.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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Being able to give feedback for a female entrepreneur is not negotiable. You HAVE to get good at this. Here is what your responsibility is and a few tools to help you improve at this critical skill.

What you'll find in this episode:

1. Your only responsibility in regard to feedback is just to give it.
2. Don't give it when you're angry or don't have all the information yet, and don't base it on other people's opinions.
3. Step one – be direct and teacher-like.
4. Step two - engage them and get them to talk. Determine if it's a mindset issue or a skill set issue.
5. Advice on what to do with new employees.
6. Third step – now you must transition into performance conversations (we'll talk about this in another episode).
7. Another reason why getting good at feedback is super powerful for a female entrepreneur.
8. The goal of feedback is to give someone perspective that will help them change their performance so they get a different and better result.

© 2019 Kris Plachy

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Kris talks with Kim Hall, founder of Physio2U, the largest in-home physical therapy company in Western Canada. As a trained physical therapist, Kim has worked hard to develop her business acumen and her leadership and entrepreneur skills.

What you'll find in this episode:

1) What Kim's business growth has required she learn about herself.

2) Advice for those who feel they don't have time to build out the various systems in their business that allow them to move into an overseeing role.

3) "You have to live it to give it." – Kris

4) The unexpected thing that Kim learned.

5) Why Kim thinks it's challenging to manage adults/professionals.

6) "Until you clear your mind and emotions of this extra stuff that we all bring, you won't be able to be an effective manager." – Kim

7) "I've learned that other people don't work as hard as the founder does." – Kim

8) "You have the choice, and you can create the life you want." – Kim

9) "A lot of people quit because of the people part." – Kris

10) "Continue to dream big and imagine the life you want to create for yourself. Then make sure you create step by step goals in order to get you there." - Kim

© 2019 Kris Plachy

Visit: KrisPlachy.com for show notes and available downloads Email: [email protected] Kris on Facebook @KrisPlachy on Twitter @krisplachycoach on Instagram Kris on LinkedIn Produced by Podcast Prowess