Transform My Dance Studio – The Podcast For Dance Studio Owners

Unlock the joy of dance with the perfect parent-studio relationship! This episode of the podcast is all about keeping your clients happy, as Patti and Heather share how they learned how to cultivate the ideal dance parent and how to make (and keep) them happy. During this value-packed episode, you'll hear Patti and Heather's best strategies for customer happiness - including being preemptive with communications, showing appreciation, and understanding, and the importance in being mindful of the words used in advertising to attract the right clients for your studio. "Finding the ideal client is so worth the time investment." In this episode, you will learn: 1. How to use core values to identify and attract your ideal dance clients. 2. Strategies for communicating with and appreciating dance parents. 3. The importance of providing feedback and surveys to get a better understanding of what makes YOUR dance parents happy. -- Over 6 value-packed weeks, you're invited to join us every Monday for our 'CEO Coffee Chat' series featuring guest hosts and Inner Circle members, Heather Buelow and Patti Johnston! Join this dynamic duo for some real-talk over coffee each week, and share an inside-look into their world as successful dance studio owners, and DSOA studio growth captains. Heather and Patti will be sharing a deep insight into the important people in and around your business, and sharing the innovative strategies that they have implemented over the years to be among our industry's most inspiring leaders.

Reimagining Your Studio Environment in a Challenging World with Heather Younger Do you feel like the dynamic in your team has changed as the result of a tulmultuous few years in business? Is your head spinning trying to define paths forward for your studio and employees in a world where change is happening at a faster pace than ever before?

This special episode is an Inner Circle retreat sneak-peek, where keynote speaker Dan Martell shares how to strategically buy back your time to unlock painless growth and to scale a studio you don't grow to hate one day.

You don't have time to do everything; only time to do what matters! As professionals and leaders, we wear many hats and it is easy to be constantly distracted, overwhelmed and not achieving the results we want and need to grow our business.

If we develop systems to increase our productivity and streamline our businesses we can focus on growing our sales and teams. This exclusive Inner Circle retreat sneak-peek is perfect for leaders who want more control so they can manage their time, focus their attention and manage their energy.

It's the FINAL week of our 'Work Less, Make More' series with the incredible Annie Leese Thistle, and in this week's podcast Annie shares the impact that working less has had on her life, both at the studio and outside of it in her personal life. In this heartfelt and value-packed episode, Annie shares:

• Her tips for building relationships with colleges and why this has been a game-changer for buying back her time
• Practical strategies for telling your unique story, and using it to attract the right people into your world who truly "get" it
• The importance of listening to the whispers in your life

About the Work Less, Make More podcast series, with guest host Annie Leese Thistle. For the next 6 weeks, we couldn't be more excited to be introducing a brand new host here on the podcast. Annie Leese Thistle is an extraordinary Studio Owner and Inner Circle member who will be leading from behind the microphone for a 6-part podcast series, 'Work Less, Make More"

Annie is the CEO and Artistic Director of Performing Arts Academy of Marin - also known as PAAM - in Mill Valley, California. Annie established PAAM in the summer of 2009, facilitating its growth with the help of dedicated faculty and staff from humble beginnings in a church hall to a thriving community with state-of-the-art facilities and premier training in dance and the performing arts.

In this limited series, Annie will be your guide to achieving more freedom and balance in your studio life as she walks you through her 6 Secrets to a Profitable 20 Hour Work Week.

This week we are going to talk about the 4 key people you need to assemble as you build your Rally Team for 2023 and beyond!

Throughout our journey's as Dance Studio Owners, we need people by our sides who can support us, love us, and be our biggest cheerleaders . So how do we find those crucial and amazing friends and confidants that really keep the wheels turning in our lives, and bring us happiness and joy in this journey so that we don't feel quite so alone?

Over the next 30 minutes, Annie Leese Thistle shares;

• What happens when you don't surround yourself by people that mirror, support and uplift you
• Where to find people who are like-minded in motivating themselves, and wanting the best not only for themselves, but for you as well
• The mentors and communities that have supported her in various way throughout her business journey
• How she discovered that it had to be HER decision to be inspired and move forward in order to achieve her version of success

Sometimes, being a dance studio owner can feel like an island, and Annie knows first-hand how critical your Rally Team is to your success and longevity in business.

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." Jim Rohn

About the Work Less, Make More podcast series, with Annie Leese Thistle For the next 6 weeks, we couldn't be more excited to be introducing a brand new host here on the podcast. Annie Leese Thistle is an extraordinary Studio Owner and Inner Circle member who will be leading from behind the microphone for a 6-part podcast series, 'Work Less, Make More"

Annie is the CEO and Artistic Director of Performing Arts Academy of Marin - also known as PAAM - in Mill Valley, California. Annie established PAAM in the summer of 2009, facilitating its growth with the help of dedicated faculty and staff from humble beginnings in a church hall to a thriving community with state-of-the-art facilities and premier training in dance and the performing arts.

In this limited series, Annie will be your guide to achieving more freedom and balance in your studio life as she walks you through her 6 Secrets to a Profitable 20 Hour Work Week.

When you look at the day and week ahead, are you paying close attention to your natural energy peaks? How about your preferred activity or satisfaction levels?

Annie is the CEO and Artistic Director of Performing Arts Academy of Marin - also known as PAAM - in Mill Valley, California. Annie established PAAM in the summer of 2009, facilitating its growth with the help of dedicated faculty and staff from humble beginnings in a church hall to a thriving community with state-of-the-art facilities and premier training in dance and the performing arts.

In this limited series, Annie will be your guide to achieving more freedom and balance in your studio life as she walks you through her 6 Secrets to a Profitable 20 Hour Work Week.

"Freedom" is a word that Dance Studio Owner, Annie Leese Thistle can get behind - and we know its one you can get behind too! This week's episode is all about the 4 key ways that Annie has achieved more freedom and balance in her studio and life as she strives towards the 20 hour work week that enables her to Work Less, Make More.

This week, Annie walks you through:

1. Why you need to create clear job descriptions for your team.
2. Empowering your team to be thinkers and come up with new ideas.
3. Planning for your team's productivity as well as your own.
4. Discovering what are your "loss leaders".

Annie also shares her tips for laying out your days and weeks for maximum producitivity and freedom, AND the #1 financial tip that has transcended into her leadership and empowered her employees to take initiative confidently in their roles.

We hope you enjoy this week's episode of Work Less, Make More with Annie Leese Thistle, powered by the Transform My Dance Studio Podcast.

About your Host, Annie Leese Thistle! For the next 6 weeks, we couldn't be more excited to be introducing a brand new host here on the podcast. Annie Leese Thistle is an extraordinary Studio Owner and Inner Circle member who will be leading from behind the microphone for a 6-part podcast series, 'Work Less, Make More"

Annie is the CEO and Artistic Director of Performing Arts Academy of Marin - also known as PAAM - in Mill Valley, California.

Annie established PAAM in the summer of 2009, facilitating its growth with the help of dedicated faculty and staff from humble beginnings in a church hall to a thriving community with state-of-the-art facilities and premier training in dance and the performing arts.

In this limited series, Annie will be your guide to achieving more freedom and balance in your studio life as she walks you through her 6 Secrets to a Profitable 20 Hour Work Week.

What are the things that are currently holding you back from reaching your full potential? If you are a studio owner who wants change; if you want more, if you want better than your average; you need to change some things in order to get different results. And that is exactly what this week's episode of "Work Less, Make More"on the Transform My Dance Studio Podcast with guest host, Annie Leese Thistle. In this episode, you'll unlock:

• How to define what you really want in life so that you can be empowered to go after it
• Practical strategies for taking inventory of your current work week
• Tasks can you offload right now, and those you can look forward to offloading in the near future
• The importance of having clear training processes and systems in place

"You have to start with YOU in order to fix anything in your business or quality of life."

For the next 6 weeks, we couldn't be more excited to be introducing a brand new host here on the podcast. Annie Leese Thistle is an extraordinary Studio Owner and Inner Circle member who will be leading from behind the microphone for a 6-part podcast series, 'Work Less, Make More"

Annie is the CEO and Artistic Director of Performing Arts Academy of Marin - also known as PAAM - in Mill Valley, California.

Annie established PAAM in the summer of 2009, facilitating its growth with the help of dedicated faculty and staff from humble beginnings in a church hall to a thriving community with state-of-the-art facilities and premier training in dance and the performing arts.

In this limited series, Annie will be your guide to achieving more freedom and balance in your studio life as she walks you through her 6 Secrets to a Profitable 20 Hour Work Week.

In this six part podcast series 'Work Less, Make More', workaholic studio owner Annie Lesse Thistle discovers her true values and transforms her life to achieve a balance of work, family, and self that she never thought possible.

During this podcast mini-series, Annie will be your guide to achieving more freedom and balance in your studio life as she walks you through her six secrets to achieving the highly profitable 20 hour work week. In this series premiere, you'll discover: 1. How Annie Leese Thistle went from working 72 hours a week to a 20 hour work week 2. What it was like for Annie during the pandemic and how it changed her perspective 3. How to identify and let go of things in your life that are holding you back

And SO much more.

"Everything you want is on the other side of fear." About Your Host: Annie Leese Thistle is an extraordinary studio owner and Inner Circle member who will be leading a six-part series on working less and making more. Annie is the CEO and artistic director of Performing Arts Academy of Marin (PAM) in Mill Valley, California. She established Pam in 2009 and has grown it from humble beginnings in a church hall to a thriving community with state-of-the-art facilities and premier training in dance and the performing arts.