I have grown many a team member in my time, with my team currently sitting at about 23 people across all of my businesses. Today I'm talking all about how to build a winning team along with the secrets to attracting and retaining top talent in your business. I've had a lot of ups and downs over the years, and perhaps have not been the best leader at times, which I have learned a lot from. I love that I am now in a position where I can share my mistakes and lessons with you so that you can approach building your team in the best way possible.

In this episode I cover:

• The importance of knowing your values and what you stand for
• All things company culture
• How to find the right team members for your business
• Ways to support your team and their growth as a leader
• Giving regular and constructive feedback to your team members

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I am very excited to be introducing you to today’s guest, who is Steph Zahalka. She is a branding expert and she specialises in helping businesses go from being average to becoming premium brands, which is absolutely incredible. Steph has had her business for 18 years, so she is very experienced and has so much to offer, I know you guys are going to absolutely love this episode.

In this episode we cover:

• All things branding and what it actually is
• How to move towards being a premium brand
• Why discounts can hurt the perception of your business
• The essentials to building a premium brand

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Today I am so excited to be chatting to Ally, who is the founder of The Cheers Squad, a social network for small business owners. She created The Cheers Squad alongside her VA business to disrupt the networking world, and has recently made a big pivot with her business that we chat about in this episode. If you are feeling a little lonely in business at the moment, you are really going to enjoy this one.

In this episode we cover:

• Ally’s business journey and why she created The Cheers Squad
• The power of a likeminded support network in business
• What lead Ally to making this huge pivot with her business
• Creating a business that works for you and letting go of what no longer serves you

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I have been feeling very overwhelmed of late and I know many of my clients have been as well. I don't know if it's because 2023 was a bit of a strange year but I felt like it was a hard year in business for a lot of people, myself included. I think this is potentially leading to the general sense of overwhelm because we're all working hard to get our businesses back to where they were during or pre-Covid. I hope that this episode can help you approach your overwhelm the next time that it arises.

In this episode I cover:

• Why feeling overwhelmed isn’t a sign of failure
• Some ways that I have felt overwhelmed in my businesses lately
• What I do when I feel resentment towards my business
• How you can shift your mindset to handle your overwhelm

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I am so excited to have my next guest on the podcast today. Her name is Christine Corcoran and she is a Business Mindset Master Coach. She is also a speaker, a podcast host, and the creator of the Thrive Retreat & ELEVATE & NEXT LEVEL Masterminds. Christine knows her stuff when it comes to mindset and transforming your mindset in business, she's a qualified practitioner in NLP plus has an extensive background in human behavioural profiling and leadership coaching. We had such a great conversation and I shared some personal things that I've struggled with in my business and ways that I've been able to overcome them. I really hope you guys enjoy this episode, let's get into it.

In this episode we cover:

• Christine’s career journey and how she came to be in business today
• Self-sabotaging behaviours and how they can manifest in your business
• Ways to work through imposter syndrome 
• What NLP is and how it can be used

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Early on in my business I was so focused on getting more clients, growing my team and enhancing my skills as a hairdresser that I didn't actually stop to consider that there were areas of the business that I was neglecting. Of course, there were definitely areas that I was not paying nearly enough attention to and my focus was completely in the wrong areas. I was first exposed to learning all of the different areas of business that need attention from the book The Five Pillars of Business Success. This helped me implement systems into my own business, that I have turned into a free guide for you that will walk you through the six areas of a business that you need to be auditing in order to grow and scale your business.

In this episode I cover:

• 8 reasons why you would want to audit your business
• Ensuring that your business goals are aligned with your overall vision
• The importance of understanding where your business is currently at
• Questions that the Blueprint asks you to dive into to analyse your business

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In today's episode I am interviewing Laura O'Hagan, who is a Profit-First Specialist. I was introduced to Profit-First quite a few years back, it's a book by Mike McCallowitz and it is all about how to gain more profit in your business, pay yourself first and make your business just overall more profitable. This is such an interesting chat and I really enjoyed talking with her. She has so much to offer and I know you are going to love this one.

In this episode we cover:

• What the profit-first system is
• How to implement this system into your business
• The difference between a traditional tax accountant and an advisor
• Challenges that we have faced iin our businesses and how we overcame them

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Today is a bit of a different episode and it's all about my coach and our recent full day coaching session. My coach is not just a business coach, he is also a business advisor and an accountant. Not only does he help me with working out all of my business stuff in terms of strategy and places that I could improve and things like that, but he also helps me with my business finances as well, which is amazing. I have learned so much from him and he's such an inspiration to me. So I thought I would share what we went through and take you on a little behind the scenes of my businesses.

In this episode I cover:

• The productivity trend we uncovered in my salon businesses
• How we are tackling the challenges that have come with my e-commerce wholesale business’ fast growth
• Ways that I manage the tasks in my business that I don’t love to do
• Why I loved Tony Robbins’ Time To Rise Summit recently

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Today's episode is all about visions and systems in your business. This is what will really help you get clear on your brand’s mission and the direction in which your business is going plus help you to communicate all of this to your team. Implementing these things is the secret sauce to my success so I’m here to share it all with you, there is so much value packed into this episode.

In this episode I cover:

• My first experience with processes when I was 15 years old
• Why I am so passionate about creating systems in business
• How I communicate my vision and processes with my team
• Tips to help you craft the vision for your business

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Today’s episode is all about how to find a supplier in China if you have an e-commerce business or sell physical products. I've been importing from China for about 12 years now, so I’m going to teach you everything I know because it’s not always easy. I've had custom-made products, custom-made hair extensions, tools, boxes, packaging, hair products - you name it, I have tried it. So I want to share everything I know with you guys to help the process for you guys to be a little bit easier.

In this episode I cover:

• Why you would want to choose a supplier from China rather than locally
• How to find a supplier and what to look out for
• The importance of sampling every product before ordering
• My experiences of working with suppliers from China

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