What happens when your best people walk out the door? For many small businesses, it’s not just a staffing issue, it’s an operational crisis. Are you one of them?

In this episode, I share Maria’s story, a bakery owner whose staffing changes triggered far more than a few job postings. Recipe failures, broken supplier relationships, and overwhelmed teams quickly followed. If you’ve ever felt like your business is only as strong as the people behind it - you’re right.

Tune in for a practical guide to building a people-first culture that strengthens your business resilience, improves customer loyalty, and helps you sleep better at night.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

• Why small businesses may actually have the edge in attracting great talent
• The real cost of turnover (hint: it’s more than money)
• The 5 R’s Framework: Right-size, Reach, Retain, Relate, Results
• Early warning signs of talent trouble
• A 30-60-90 day plan to attract, engage, and retain the right people

👀 Red Flags to Watch For

• Sudden disengagement or attitude shifts
• Increased sick days or tardiness
• A spike in quality issues

🛠️ Your 30-60-90 Day Talent Strategy

30 Days: Check-ins + job description audit
60 Days: Create growth plans + referral systems + process documentation
90 Days: Evaluate hiring strategy and team culture

💌 Questions? Feedback?
Reach out at [email protected] - I’d love to hear from you.

🎧 Listen now - and take the first step toward a more resilient business.

I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times. 

💻 Learn more about my work at www.3pimpactconsulting.com/services
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Are Your Suppliers Helping or Hurting You?

Your business depends on other businesses, but do you really know if your suppliers are supporting your goals… or quietly undermining them?

In this episode, I share the story of a bakery owner blindsided by a last-minute supplier collapse, just as her busiest season was kicking off. And then I zoom out to look at the bigger picture: how to evaluate, strengthen, and even rethink your supplier and vendor relationships as part of your business resilience strategy.

Whether you buy ingredients, packaging, or use services like janitorial support or software providers, this episode gives you the tools to spot risks, assess values alignment, and build stronger partnerships that help your business thrive.

📦 What You’ll Learn

• Why suppliers and vendors are often your biggest hidden risks
• How to tell the difference between a reliable partner and a vulnerability
• A 5-category Supplier Scorecard you can start using this week
• Early warning signs that a supplier relationship may be failing
• A 90-day action plan to evaluate and strengthen your supplier ecosystem

🧾 Quick Tool Highlight: The Supplier Scorecard
Evaluate your top suppliers in five categories:

• Delivery & Reliability
• Quality & Consistency
• Values & Standards Alignment
• Communication & Responsiveness
• Financial Health & Backup Readiness

📉 Any partner scoring below 7? Add them to your resilience radar.

💌 Questions? Feedback?
Reach out at [email protected] - I’d love to hear from you.

🎧 Listen now - and take the first step toward a more resilient business.

I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times. 

💻 Learn more about my work at www.3pimpactconsulting.com/services
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You lock your front door at night, but is your business data just as protected?

In this episode, I share why cybersecurity is a sustainability and business resilience issue every small business owner needs to take seriously. Through real-life stories I walk you through the six most common cyber threats and five essential “digital door locks” you can install, even if you don’t have an IT department.

🔐 What You’ll Learn

• Why 43% of cyberattacks target small businesses
• Six common digital threats, from phishing emails to insider risks
• Five cybersecurity basics you can implement without an IT team
• How to start building a cyber incident response plan
• The connection between cybersecurity and your business continuity plan

✅ This Week’s Quick Action Checklist

• Identify your 3 most sensitive digital tools
• Test a file backup (don’t just assume it’s working!)
• Enable multi-factor authentication on one key account
• Have a 10-minute team huddle about phishing emails
• Pick a Cybersecurity Champion on your team

🎧 Don’t Miss This If…
... you’ve ever thought, “We’re too small to be targeted.” Or if your customer data, orders, or supplier portals live online, which they probably do.

💌 Questions? Feedback? Ready to build your plan with a guide by your side?
Reach out at [email protected] - I’d love to hear from you.

🎧 Listen now - and take the first step toward a more resilient business.

I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times. 

💻 Learn more about my work at www.3pimpactconsulting.com/services
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How to focus your time, energy, and resources where it counts most - for your business and for the world around you.

💡 In This Episode:
... I introduce a powerful concept called double materiality - a simple, strategic way to set your business priorities by looking at what affects your business, and what your business affects.

We’ll explore:

• The difference between business continuity, risk management, and materiality—and how they work together
• What “financial materiality” and “impact materiality” actually mean (in plain language)
• How to use both views to find your true focus areas
• How to bring stakeholder voices into the process with stakeholder engagement
• How to map out the business-specific topics in a basic materiality matrix
• What to do with your priorities once you find them

🛠️ Quick Start This Week:
Try the 3x3 Priorities Grid
Take 20 minutes to write down:

1. What’s stressing your business right now
2. What your team or customers care about
3. Where they overlap

→ That’s your materiality starting point. No spreadsheets needed.


🎯 Perfect For:

• Small business owners feeling overwhelmed by too many “shoulds”
• Purpose-driven entrepreneurs who want to focus energy where it counts
• Anyone wondering how to connect impact with business value
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💌 Questions? Feedback? Ready to build your plan with a guide by your side?
Reach out at [email protected] - I’d love to hear from you.

🎧 Listen now - and take the first step toward a more resilient business.

I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times. 

💻 Learn more about my work at www.3pimpactconsulting.com/services
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This won't come as a surprise to you - something always goes a little sideways when you run a business. But that doesn’t mean you have to stay in reaction mode.

In this episode of The Green Ledger, we take a big step toward building true business resilience by breaking down risk management into a simple, 3-step framework made for small businesses (no corporate-speak here). Whether you run a café, a food manufacturer, or a growing CPG brand, this episode will help you spot what could go wrong before it becomes a crisis.

We’ll cover:

• How to identify and categorize risks specific to your business (with real-world examples)
• How to use a simple heat risk map to prioritize what matters most
• Four ways to respond to risk (avoid, reduce, transfer, accept) and when to use each
• Why some risks that look “low priority” today could become urgent later - and how to keep your map dynamic
• How benchmarking can reveal hidden risks from consumer trends, climate impacts, and industry shifts
• And why managing risk isn’t about being paranoid - it’s about staying competitive

We also talk about how this risk work ties directly into your Business Continuity Plan - making both stronger.

💌 Questions? Feedback? Ready to build your plan with a guide by your side?
Reach out at [email protected] - I’d love to hear from you.

🎧 Listen now - and take the first step toward a more resilient business.

I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times. 

💻 Learn more about my work at www.3pimpactconsulting.com/services
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When disaster strikes, will your business be ready - or scrambling?

Wildfires, tariffs, equipment failures, a sick employee, even a lost shipment - small businesses face disruptions all the time. But here’s the thing: most don’t have a real plan to deal with them.

In this episode of The Green Ledger: Tips for a Sustainable Small Business, we’re digging into one of the most underrated but essential tools for small business resilience: the Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

A BCP isn’t just for big corporations. In fact, small businesses benefit the most—because every hour of downtime hurts more, and every disruption feels more personal. Whether you're a food manufacturer, coffee roaster, or apparel producer, this episode will help you get clear on how to protect your operations, team, and customer relationships when the unexpected happens.

💡 Here’s what we cover:

• What a Business Continuity Plan really is (and what it’s not)
• The 8 steps to create your own BCP - simple, clear, and totally doable
• How to identify critical functions, assess risks, assign roles, and keep stakeholders in the loop
• Common pitfalls 
• A real-world example of how a small chocolate manufacturer tailors their BCP
• Recommendations to strengthen your plan

📌 Why this matters:
This episode is about more than disruption prep - it’s about protecting your progress and building a business that can bounce back stronger. A good continuity plan doesn’t just help you survive a crisis. It helps you lead through one - with confidence.

🎯 Whether you’ve never created a BCP or have one gathering dust in a drawer, this episode will give you practical tools to take action today.

🔧 Tools and frameworks mentioned in this episode (contact me for a free copy):

• Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
• Risk Heat Mapping
• Stakeholder Communication Planning
• Post-Incident Reviews for continuous improvement

💌 Questions? Feedback? Ready to build your plan with a guide by your side?
Reach out at [email protected] - I’d love to hear from you.

🎧 Listen now - and take the first step toward a more resilient business.

I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times. 

💻 Learn more about my work at www.https://3pimpactconsulting.com/services
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Welcome to The Green Ledger - Tips for a Sustainable Small Business

What if your business could do more than just survive uncertainty - what if it could thrive because of it?

In this opening episode, I share the real story behind why I started this podcast and how I came to believe that sustainability is not just a feel-good add-on; it’s a smart business strategy. You’ll hear about my personal journey (speech bumps, language barriers), why small businesses deserve the same tools as big corporations, and how frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) can be simplified and made practical - just for you.

Whether you’re juggling supplier calls or dreaming of a stress-free vacation, this show is here to help you build resilience through small, sustainable steps that create long-term impact.

🎧 Tune in and let’s get started on creating a business that’s resilient, responsible, and ready for anything.

I am the founder of 3P Impact Consulting and I help small businesses build long-term resilience through sustainable practices. I adapt tools used by big corporations to fit the reality of purpose-driven small business owners - so they can grow with confidence, even in uncertain times. 

💻 Learn more about my work at www.https://3pimpactconsulting.com/services
📬 Subscribe to my blog and newsletter at https://3pimpactconsulting.com/resources
📩 Want to get in touch? Email me at [email protected]

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