Tag: team-building

092: 7 Surprising Ways a Bookkeeper Can Help Grow Your Business – Part 1

092: 7 Surprising Ways a Bookkeeper Can Help Grow Your Business – Part 1

In this episode, Melissa Baggett, the senior client success consultant at BELAY, and Melissa Tidwell, solutions consultant, will team up to talk about the surprising ways a business can use a bookkeeper to grow their business while saving money along the way.

080: Surprising Ways Leadership Is Changing

080: Surprising Ways Leadership Is Changing

Clay Scroggins is an outstanding speaker and author of a new book called The Aspiring Leader’s Guide to the Future: 9 Surprising Ways Leadership is Changing. In this episode, he’ll join Lisa to help our listeners understand what some of the changing trends are in leadership and how they can prepare for them.

068: How to Implement What You Learn from Business Books

068: How to Implement What You Learn from Business Books

In this episode, Lisa and BELAY’s Director of Marketing, Amy Appleton, are joined by Bryan Kelly, a strategic advisor, investor, and founder of Stroke of Genius. His Stroke of Genius program provides busy leaders with key ideas to execute from popular business books. Today, he’ll chat about how leaders and readers can identify the right books for them, then quickly identify and retain the advice they need to become better leaders.

065: Building A Great Brand Experience

065: Building A Great Brand Experience

Dorian is a master at using visual expression as a way to communicate a marketing message. So we’re going to talk to him about that, as well as what leaders need to know about creating a great brand experience for their company – and how to use that to really move the company forward.

064: The 8 Pillars of Trust

064: The 8 Pillars of Trust

In this episode Tricia and LZ are joined by David Horsager, CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute and the best-selling author of The Trust Edge. He’s here to discuss his 8 pillars of trust and how you can practically become more trustworthy as a leader.

063: What to Do … When You Don’t Know What to Do

063: What to Do … When You Don’t Know What to Do

In this episode, Tricia and LZ talk åwith Jeff Shinabarger, CEO of Plywood People, a former leader at Catalyst, and a successful author. He’ll talk about how to be better at decision-making as leaders, including understanding how to make the right choices even in difficult circumstances, discovering our decision-making style, and using that style to benefit our teams and organization.

062: Integrated Marketing — Combining Offline & Online Marketing for Better Results

062: Integrated Marketing — Combining Offline & Online Marketing for Better Results

In today’s episode, Tricia will be joined by our friend, Michael Taggart, the COO of Envoy Media Group, an award winning direct-response marketing company. He’ll talk with us about how he uses online and offline marketing channels for his clients so they can better market their organizations.

061: Lydia Fenet on Finding Your Voice, Owning Your Power, and the Art of Persuasion

061: Lydia Fenet on Finding Your Voice, Owning Your Power, and the Art of Persuasion

Joining us this episode to talk about this topic is one of the best communicators in the country – Lydia Fenet. She’s the global managing director and lead benefit auctioneer at Christie’s in New York City. She’s also a gifted speaker and the author of the widely acclaimed book, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You. She’ll talk with Tricia and LZ about how to communicate your message in a way that captures and holds your audience’s attention.

059: Using Gifts & Generosity to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Client Retention

059: Using Gifts & Generosity to Cut Through the Noise, Increase Referrals, and Strengthen Client Retention

In this episode, Tricia and LZ chat with Ruhlin, a gifted speaker, author of Giftology, and founder of The Ruhlin Group, a gift strategy and logistics company. He’ll talk about how he uses high-end gifts customized to his clients to cut through the noise, increase referrals, and strengthen retention. He tells you how to give, what to give, when is the best time to give, and how to make a giving strategy that has the most impact on your clients.

058: How to Promote Yourself & Your Business Without Feeling Sleazy

058: How to Promote Yourself & Your Business Without Feeling Sleazy

In this episode, Tricia and LZ will talk with Debby Stone, the founder and CEO of Novateur Partners and author of The Art of Self-Promotion. Debby will share her great ideas on how to get over the discomfort of self-promotion and how to promote in a way that’s tasteful, professional, and connects with others – instead of turning them off.

057: The Power of Story and How to Leverage It

057: The Power of Story and How to Leverage It

He’ll show you why story matters – and how by leveraging the right words you can grow your business and attract the right people. By implementing some simple changes, you’ll be able to keep your story alive.

053: Leading Beyond Your Circumstances

053: Leading Beyond Your Circumstances

In today’s episode, we’re joined by Amy Balog, the CEO of Connextion Point, who has worked with Fortune 500 executives and their teams to help these highly talented folks find a clear pathway for higher return leadership behaviors that directly impact business performance. She’s here to help us understand how we can have those same results.

051: How to Have Productive Employees Without Micromanaging

051: How to Have Productive Employees Without Micromanaging

So, whether you’re new to this whole remote work thing or a seasoned veteran, how can you make sure your employees are productive without being all in their business? In other words, how can you be a good leader without micromanaging? Tricia and LZ will talk about this and more in this week’s episode.

050: Business Accelerator: The Best Next Steps from the First 50 Episodes

050: Business Accelerator: The Best Next Steps from the First 50 Episodes

You’ll hear from Daymond John from Shark Tank, Michael Hyatt, Megan Hyatt Miller, Colleen Stanley, and the founders of BELAY, Bryan and Shannon Miles, as they talk about topics like the biggest barrier to work-life balance, the most important part of your strategic plan, why salespeople underperform, and how delegation empowers team members and drives performance. So settle in and enjoy this special episode.

049: The Myths of Remote Work

049: The Myths of Remote Work

In this episode, Lisa and Tricia will address the new myths of remote work, especially for those leading organizations, so leaders can lead well remotely without burning out personally.

048: True Life Stories: I Have An Amazing Assistant

048: True Life Stories: I Have An Amazing Assistant

Joining us will be Katie Lantukh and her virtual assistant, Ari Adler, to share their insights from working together for the last year. Katie is the CEO of Murphy Marketing, a messaging agency that helps its clients find the right ways to communicate their message. She and Ari will walk us through some best practices on how leaders and their virtual assistants can make the most of their time together.

044: How to Navigate A Loss of Revenue

044: How to Navigate A Loss of Revenue

In this episode, we’ll talk about how to navigate a significant loss in revenue so your business can survive and soon return to the place where it thrives.

041: Pants Optional: How to Zoom Your Way to Your Best Hire

041: Pants Optional: How to Zoom Your Way to Your Best Hire

In this week’s episode, we’re going to discuss this issue with Krisha Buehler, BELAY’s VP of Human Resources. She’ll share a few tips on how you can more effectively identify the right people, avoid the wrong people, and safeguard your company culture so you get the help you need without comprising the help you have.

039: When to Swipe Right for Your Forever Hire

039: When to Swipe Right for Your Forever Hire

Brooke and her team oversee our client experience. A large part of their role is matching more than one thousand executive assistants, bookkeepers, and website specialists with business leaders all over the country with different needs and different situations. She knows how to help business leaders identify the right fit for their team. And she’s here to share a few tips on how you can more effectively identify who’s right and who’s wrong for your organization.

036: The Enneagram at Work: Part 2

036: The Enneagram at Work: Part 2

As a pioneer in the contemporary Enneagram movement, Ian is a highly sought-after speaker for large conferences and corporate boardrooms alike. In this first of a two-part interview, Ian will share highlights of Enneagram numbers 1 through 5, what motivates them, and what it’s like to work with them.

035: The Enneagram at Work: Part 1

035: The Enneagram at Work: Part 1

As a pioneer in the contemporary Enneagram movement, Ian is a highly sought-after speaker for large conferences and corporate boardrooms alike. In this first of a two-part interview, Ian will share highlights of Enneagram numbers 1 through 5, what motivates them, and what it’s like to work with them.

030: How to Leverage Your Executive Assistant Part 1

030: How to Leverage Your Executive Assistant Part 1

We’re honored to have our assistants, Kate Sawtelle and Melissa Lawrence, join us for this podcast​ where we​’​ll unpack the ways in which their support has made a difference in our leadership. We’ll also ​share ways to effectively leverage your EA so​ ​you​,​ too, can become more organized and lead with more freedom.

024: Opposites Attract: How We Leverage our Differences to Work Better Together

024: Opposites Attract: How We Leverage our Differences to Work Better Together

We want you to win in your organization. In order to win, you must work well with others who don’t think or process the way you do. And whether you are working from home or back in an office setting, the key is putting forth the effort to learn how to work better together, even if that is using helpful resources like the Enneagram.

020: One Factor That Influences Who You Hire with William Vanderbloemen

020: One Factor That Influences Who You Hire with William Vanderbloemen

At BELAY, our clients struggle with “finding the right people.” Being unable to find the right team member is one of the most common challenges business leaders have. Joining us in this episode is William Vanderbloemen, one of the best people to help because he knows how to get it right.

018: Bryan and Shannon Miles on Igniting Leadership Legacy: Developing Your Leaders

018: Bryan and Shannon Miles on Igniting Leadership Legacy: Developing Your Leaders

If you have any desire to grow your business, you’ll eventually have to develop more people capable of supporting the organization. You’ll need people who can confidently and competently step into leadership roles. In this episode, we will help you get more out of your team by developing them as leaders and give you a tiny peek into BELAY’s approach to leadership development.

017: Jenni Catron with 3 Ways to Kickstart Your Company Culture

017: Jenni Catron with 3 Ways to Kickstart Your Company Culture

Organizational culture is critical for our company’s success, but it’s often discussed like it’s a mysterious force that magically makes things awesome (think ‘Best Place to Work’ awards) or toxic (think ‘lots of bad reviews on Glassdoor’). While culture is powerful, it doesn’t haven’t to be mysterious, and there are practical things you can do to shape the environment you and your team work in every day.

016: How to Leverage Authority, Warmth, and Energy to Get Exceptional Results

016: How to Leverage Authority, Warmth, and Energy to Get Exceptional Results

In this episode, we’re going to learn to become aware of how we’re showing up and what we can do about it. We’ll be joined by Steve Herz, President of The Montag Group – a talent agency representing broadcasters on networks like NBC Sports, ESPN, and CNN – to talk with us about how we can use authority, warmth, and energy to amplify the effectiveness of our communication and connection with others. He’ll help us win trust, respect, and influence at work.

015: The Secrets of Businesses that Scale

015: The Secrets of Businesses that Scale

In this episode, we want to help you take the lid off of your business’s potential by helping you identify the processes and systems you need to grow your business. These processes will help you deliver a great customer experience, hire the right people, convert leads, and more. All great organizations have nailed this down so that they ensure a certain level of quality and consistency.

009: How Emotional Intelligence & Soft Skills Produce Hard Sales Results

009: How Emotional Intelligence & Soft Skills Produce Hard Sales Results

In this episode, we’ll be talking about how emotional intelligence and soft skills produce hard sales results with Colleen Stanley, a sales trainer and the president of SalesLeadership, Inc., a sales development firm. She will talk with us about how to build high-performing sales teams through the power of emotional intelligence.

006: Your First 3 Marketing Hires In Order of Importance

006: Your First 3 Marketing Hires In Order of Importance

In this episode, we tackle these questions and share a few tips on how you can fill the first three roles you need on your marketing team without prematurely taking on the financial burden of full-time staff positions. We’ve asked BELAY’s Director of Marketing, Amy Appleton, to join us on the podcast and guide us so we make the right investment in the growth of our organizations.

003: Building Diverse Teams to Build a Stronger Business with HR Consultant Dethra U. Giles

003: Building Diverse Teams to Build a Stronger Business with HR Consultant Dethra U. Giles

As social issues related to inequalities and inequities re-emerge near the top of our national conversation, many business leaders are appropriately trying to leverage their influence to make a difference. However, you must first lead yourself well before you can lead others. Going a step further, we should lead our organizations well before our organizations attempt to influence and lead our communities. For most organizations, this should start with building a diverse and inclusive culture.

004: Going 100% Remote Overnight & Not Missing A Beat with Pushpay’s Troy Pollock

004: Going 100% Remote Overnight & Not Missing A Beat with Pushpay’s Troy Pollock

Discover how the company Pushpay went 100% remote almost overnight and never missed a beat with clients or team members, and we’ll be joined by their Chief Ambassador, Troy Pollock, to guide us through their experience, what they learned, and how it’s changing work at Pushpay permanently.

One Next Step Intro: Welcome to the Most Practical Business Podcast in the World

One Next Step Intro: Welcome to the Most Practical Business Podcast in the World