Andrea is very proud that she has started to set time boundaries - and they worked! Cue a wide ranging conversation about the difference between Leadership and Management, plus what you need to think about next. This seemed to involve toilets and the Kennedy Space Centre.......

Julia and Andrea decided to go all educational this week - looking at two key pieces of business jargon and why they might help business owners be less unintentionally daft with how they run their empire.

And the answer is yes - you do need these 2 things in your life.......

Andrea and Julia have both put their prices up and are loving the results. This week they talk about what they did and how it changed things in their business.

There are many different reasons why business owners lose the plot. Julia & Andrea decided to explore this topic because they both had these feelings. Given that most people do not enjoy feeling like this, and it impacts how the rest of the world see us, they thought it was a good topic.

Networking - sometimes known as not-working can be an incredibly powerful business tool.  It can also be a massive waste of time, effort and money.  Which is why Julia & Andrea decided to make it the subject of this weeks podcast.  And pretty much just managed to tickle the surface.......

Andrea and Julia spend this week talking about how our appetite to risk is actually is quite nuanced - we can be really brave in some parts of our lives and absolutely chicken in others.  Understanding this helps with our business and life strategy.  And in working out which comfort zones we should be pushing.

Andrea and Julia got inspired by a Linked In post they spotted last week from a business owner feeling guilty about taking her kids to work during half term.  Unsurprisingly they had an opinion about that........ 

Revenge is sweet!  Last week Andrea tormented Julia over her knowledge of how to manage teams.  This week it's Julia's turn to grill Andrea - on all the things businesses get wrong when trying to do their own PR.....

Andrea came up with what she thought was a brilliant plan this week.  Ask Julia a load of questions about managing remote teams and see if she cracks........  Since Julia has over 20 years experience of managing every type of team there is you can decide if Andrea was on to a winner.

We use IT to run every aspect of our businesses to one extent or another.  But that does not mean we are making good decisions about what to use or who to trust with something so business critical - to your customer service, reputation, and profitability......

All of which Julia & Andrea talk about.