You may know Sharon Beason as the established “Kick*ss Sustainable Business Strategist” she is – someone who empowers women to build soul-and-sanity-supportive   businesses. 

As a fellow sustainability-sommelier, I fully co-sign both her mission and her methodology – but especially her unwavering insistence for womeneurs to unapologetically take up space. 

If your biz needs a little authenticity reboot, this is THE episode to get you fist-pumping your way there.. 

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• Which types of clients Sharon gives you permission to say, “To the left, Girlfriend, you GOTTA GO!”
• How the Power of One (framework, membership, offer, client) creates sustainability like nothing else
• How to avoid being dragged into other people’s chaos (aka,  the quickest way to tank your biz)
• “Give up the control, girlfriend!” (Sharon tell us when it’s time to go from working IN your biz to working ON your biz)
• Why your biz knows if you’re ‘bullsh*tting, or BOSSIN’ UP’ way before you do
• How to live by this mantra → “Intentional Habit or it won’t happen”
• Why JOMO (joy of missing out) mentality is where sustainability thrives
• How personality testing lets you avoid “B*tch, what you doin’?!” moments with your team 
• Why Sharon’s newest sustainability blueprint Masterclass  is her best offer ever

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

CONNECT WITH SHARON: 

• Follow Sharon: @womeneur
• Click here for her Simplified Offers Sell™ (S.O.S.) Challenge at the end of month
• Click here for her Masterclass: Design Your K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple And Sustainable)™ $100K Year 
• Click Here for her FREE Profit Like A CEO worksheet

Sharon Beason is a Kick-Ass Sustainable Business Strategist, Keynote Speaker, and Author. She’s been referred to as “a beast”’ for her workflow, a ‘phenomenal leader’ for her community building, and ‘super knowledgeable’ for her business consulting which propels businesswomen forward. Sharon is known for ‘telling the hard stuff that you don’t want to he

Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

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We love a good boundary, but do you know the ones that reliably lead to positive change?

If you struggle with the ‘know better, do better’ side of business building, this episode will give you practical steps to reel yourself in – clearing the way for higher efficiency and *actual* downtime – while at the same time, giving you permission to let the things that don’t serve you, fall away. 

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• The one (simple!) practice to help to soften your tech addiction 
• Why ‘energy’ ought to be considered as precious a resource as time and money
• When to Do The Thing and when to Fall Back on the Boundary
• How ‘Cycle Synching’ informs your superpower (and if this term is new to you as a menstruating person – go ahead and schedule this rabbit hole detour NOW)
• The two parts of your schedule to get super specific about
• Why blocking off time off to THINK is the best way to practice BVE (Big Visionary Energy)
• Why it’s vital to limit the content you consume as  a spongy biz business builder 
• What the answer to, “Do my people hold me back, keep me stagnant, or propel me forward?” will tell you about inner circle boundaries..

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

• Adriane's Instagram
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• Adriane's LinkedIn
• Visit the Visionaries website

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For the third and final episode of the Team Beadon:  Visionary/Integrator series, I had the pleasure of speaking with both CEO, Alex Beadon, and COO, Laura Marston. 

At the age of 9, something deep in their core brought them together – and their working relationship now is definitely the stuff Visionary/Integrator dreams are made of.

They both exude extraordinary gratitude for one another’s zone of genius and their shared experience offers the kind of behind-the-scenes wisdom that so many of us business builders can’t get enough of. 

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• Why Laura describes herself as a box, and Alex as a cloud
• How Alex came to the realization that her Big Picture Dreaming needs to be respected for the Visionary/CEO WORK that it is 
• Why Laura includes ‘Protector of Alex’s Time’ as central to her COO role
• Why CEOs need to be careful not to delegate away the business tasks that spark joy and creativity
• Who each other name as ‘The Boss’
• What the heck ‘Good Energy Hygiene’ is (and why it’s key to holding supportive space for each other)
• Why emotional intelligence development improves their business forecast
• What clients see as Alex’s intuitive fluidity within the business is actually due to highly structured operational processes working behind the scenes 
• What “It doesn’t have to be perfect to be profitable” looks like from both Visionary + Integrator POVs

ALL THREE EPISODES IN THE VISIONARY / INTEGRATOR SERIES: 

• Part 1: The Reality Behind Growing Your Business and Team with Alex Beadon
• Part 2: How a COO Supports a CEO (Finding Your Actual Biz Bestie) with Laura Marston
• Part 3: Behind the Scenes of Two Lifelong BFFs Scaling a Business with Alex Beadon + Laura Marston

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website:

Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

• Adriane's Instagram
• Visionaries' Instagram
• Adriane's LinkedIn
• Visit the Visionaries website

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Most of my clients find their way to me when they realize their businesses are unable to grow past what their time and energy will allow. In other words, they’re only generating leads and making sales when they’re putting in the time to do those things themselves. 

If that scenario sounds familiar, then it begs the question – Are you running your business, or is your business running YOU?

If you’re not sure about your answer, then this is an episode you can’t afford to miss!

PS - if you do come to the conclusion that your biz is the boss of YOU that just means you need to give some love to your business’ operational capacity (and I know juuuust the gal who can help with that! 😉)

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• Why your nervous system is begging you to challenge your dysfunctional “But I LOVE spending every waking minute on my business” thinking 
• Why your ego needs you to believe “I’m the only one who can do ____” (and how that solidifies Perfectionism-aka-FEAR as your not-so-silent biz partner)
• How to identify if the ongoing feast/famine cycles you’re experiencing are normal fluctuations or time/energy/financial red flags
• What to do if you spend a large part of your time feeling stressed +/-  anxious +/- paranoid +/- comparing yourself to others
• Why the freedom to take a legit vacay from your biz is not only *deserved* but the biggest tell about its long-term sustainability
• How to reprioritize paying yourself +/- not outspending your profits 
• Why spending all of your time on public-facing tasks (like selling/marketing/client delivery) = fast track to Plateausville
• Why your biz would DELIGHT in you singing ‘Baby got back(-end logistics)’

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

• Adriane's Instagram
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• Adriane's LinkedIn
• Visit the Visionaries website

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Shifts in market behavior are an inevitable part of business. When that shift happens to be forecasted as any kind of economic downturn, people can get a little squirrely. 

You know what squirrels can’t stand? Information!

Today, we’re talking about the ways in which your business can continue to grow – even thrive – during a recession. And it all comes down to understanding DAVE.

No, this DAVE is not your friendly, and mildly helpful next-door neighbor. 

It’s an acronym for: 

• Discern
• Adapt
• Value
• Empathize

Learning to integrate these skills into your business is key to thriving in an economic downturn.

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• Why looking for opportunity vs. disaster is your discernment tell 
• How to kick confirmation bias to the curb using data analysis and objective intuition 
• How to tell if you’re thinking with your Magic Brain or your Logic Brain
• How to find more ways for people to say, ‘yes’ (and why this does NOT mean lowering your prices)
• Why adaptation → innovation → trendsetting
• How adding value, valuing your people, and expressing your own value changes in a recession
• When to use “I understand” statements to influence purchasing (and when they come off as icky manipulation)
• The important ways DAVE informs your #Why

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

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• Adriane's LinkedIn
• Visit the Visionaries website

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Finding a second-in-command to execute the vision of a growing business may well be the most integral part on the path to sustainability.

For the second installment of the Visionary/Integrator series, I interviewed an incredible ‘integrator’ – COO, Laura Marston. Fair warning – Laura’s episode is packed with clutch-your-pearls moments of tenderness. Her insights on what support a CEO actually needs (compared to, say, what they’re asking for) are dead-on. For someone who self-proclaims, “I’m back-end, and I prefer it that way,” she absolutely nails what it takes for a CEO to thrive. 

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• Why every visionary needs an integrator
• How Laura transitioned from being Alex’s lifelong BFF to the COO of her dreams 
• What someone’s CV indicates about their COO potential (even if it never before included the term ‘COO’)
• Why taking on the role of COO in a start-up looks like building the plane while flying it
• How Laura defines sustainability from a COO POV – aka – how long Alex’s business can run…without Alex
• Why Laura’s role as COO sometimes makes her the Debbie Downer in the room 
• The ways that Laura chooses to be client-facing, and how that has helped their clients find their ‘own Laura’
• How to pivot your business’ focus…and not lose your business in the process
• Why Laura insists that “giving them the space to dream” is a CEO job requirement 

ALL THREE EPISODES IN THE VISIONARY / INTEGRATOR SERIES: 

• Part 1: The Reality Behind Growing Your Business and Team with Alex Beadon
• Part 2: How a COO Supports a CEO (Finding Your Actual Biz Bestie) with Laura Marston
• Part 3: Behind the Scenes of Two Lifelong BFFs Scaling a Business with Alex Beadon + Laura Marston

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency
• Click here for Launch Expansion Method Training! Learn how to scale your online course to six, multi-six, or even SEVEN figures with this FREE training

Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

• Adriane's Instagram
• Visionaries' Instagram
• Adriane's LinkedIn
• Visit the Visionaries website

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My Least Favorite Thing to See on the Internet is when a business coach posts something about how they were able to grow their business (or what they’d be doing if they had to start over again) – and inevitably –  they say, “Hiring the coach is the thing that made ALL THE DIFFERENCE.”

I call BS on that. 

Coaches coaching coaches to be coaches on the internet gives alllllll kinds of MLM vibes. 

This episode will help you avoid that altogether – and advise you on what you need to think about instead if you are considering what kind of support to seek out for your growing business. 

And, clearly…I have very strong feelings about this topic! (Who’s shocked? Oh no one?)

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• How, on the wild streets of the internet, these terms are used interchangeably (and why that drives me bonkers)
• How to identify what type of support you *actually* need as you grow
• What the important differences are between coaches, consultants, mentors, service providers, and employees
• What specific questions you need to be asking if you’re just starting out (under $100k/yr), when your  ONLY job is to learn how to sell and market (and how to get your brain on board with both)
• How those questions require a mindset shift towards systems, team, and operations when you’re growing
• What types of support come from a place of privilege and what come from a place of necessity

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

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• Adriane's LinkedIn
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When it comes to creating a sustainable business, the goal of building a team seems like a no brainer. But the truth is that it takes a lot of brain power to become a leader. 

Those who prioritize energetic intelligence and emotional intelligence will find their way with a LOT less heartache (and financial loss). In this episode, we dive into what it truly costs to build your team.

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• The reason why contractors cost less up front, but more in the long run
• Why avoiding pricey team member turnover is the goal – but keeping those on board who aren’t the right fit isn’t the way to get there
• Why throwing money at team building problems is not the same as investing in their development
• What savvy business builders need to account for when estimating hiring cost  (spoiler alert: it has *nothing* to do with dollars and cents)
• How choosing hard in the beginning of team building let’s you enjoy “work fam easy” later on
• Why excellent leaders expect those they let go to find bigger and better opportunities (and why that’s so dang hard to reconcile)
• The true energetic cost it takes to avoid bitterness, anger, blame, and “why me” thinking as you build your dream team

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

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Alex Beadon — known to many as the ‘Launch Queen’ and formerly as the ‘Instagram Stories Queen’ — is also a queen of reinvention. Bursting with Big Ideas and launching businesses like no one’s…well, business…this chat is an opportunity to peek behind the curtain and see just how an uber-successful boss lady operates. 

In the first of a three part ‘Visionary/Integrator Series’ Alex shares her key insights for executing successful launches, growing your business sustainably, and leading your team. (With wit and candor, she also explains why sometimes those things happen accidentally, only via patience, and—no matter how wonderful we think they are as people—by way of letting go of those who aren’t a good fit, respectively.) A heart-centered leader at her core, Alex also comes from a place of authority in all that she does, and is just one of those people who doles out wisdom in spades.

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• It’s quite all right to start over…and over…and over
• Sustainable businesses walk like this: create once, update many times
• How to inform future launches from past launches — just as we anticipate seasonal change, each launch offers energy, connection, growth in a new direction. and FUN (yes, really!)
• Why a strategic launch must build anticipation, buzz, and intrigue — even if you don’t know exactly what it is you're launching ’til you get there
• Why terminating employees is especially hard in ‘work family’ environments, and how it’s also an act of genuine kindness
• What it’s really like to run a business with your lifelong BFF
• How building community is the answer to every solopreneurs lonely existence, and why ‘embracing the woo’ gets the right people in front of you lickety split

ALL THREE EPISODES IN THE VISIONARY / INTEGRATOR SERIES: 

• Part 1: The Reality Behind Growing Your Business and Team with Alex Beadon
• Part 2: How a COO Supports a CEO (Finding Your Actual Biz Bestie) with Laura Marston
• Part 3: Behind the Scenes of Two Lifelong BFFs Scaling a Business with Alex Beadon + Laura Marston

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

• Adriane's Instagram
• Visionaries' Instagram
• Adriane's LinkedIn
• Visit the Visionaries website

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Even if you've hired in a corporate setting, nothing can truly prepare you for building your team in your OWN business. The process is extremely nuanced and is a muscle you have to build over time (spoiler alert: you're probably going to get it wrong, and that's okay). In this episode, we're going to be talking about how hiring is as much an art as it is a science, and better ways to hire by using both strategy and intuition in the process.

Quick overview of what we cover: 

• Why it's crucial to know whether you're hiring to innovate or to replicate
• Why SOPs and KPIs are must-haves when you hire (and what to do if you don't already have them)
• My dilemma in figuring out if I wanted to hire a copywriter or a project manager and the thought process behind my decision
• How to think differently about the hiring process than you would if you were hiring in a corporate setting
• How to approach the hiring process whether you're more strategic and structured in the way you think or if you're more intuitive and follow your gut
• Why honouring your energy and needs is crucial... often more so than following what looks right in every way on paper
• Don't forget to give yourself grace when you inevitably don't get it 100% right

RESOURCES: 

• Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
• Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
• Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

LET’S CONNECT: 

• Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
• Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
• Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
• Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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Resources:

• Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
• Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

Connect with Adriane:

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• Adriane's LinkedIn
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