If you’re the visionary leader of your business but have found yourself bogged down with operational tasks for too long, you might find yourself neglecting your role or even forgetting what your role entails. Reclaiming your focus and transitioning back into being the visionary can feel challenging but is essential for the long-term success of your business. This week’s episode 105 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about essential activities for high-impact visionaries! Have you ever...

I typically find my clients in one of two camps. Either they avoid looking at metrics OR they look at every possible piece of data available. Here at C-Suite Boutique, we prefer to take a middle approach, looking at only the key pieces of data you need as a leader to give you a snapshot of your business without wasting precious time and energy. This week’s episode 104 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about the top 10 metrics to pay attention to in your business! Have you ever felt...

We are constantly striving for improvement here at C-Suite Boutique and one of the ways we practice this is by looking back to see what has been working for us and what’s no longer serving us. Although the start of the year is not the only time you should reflect on your habits, it can be a great time to prepare yourself for a successful year ahead. This week’s episode 103 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about what’s in and what’s out for 2024.  Have you ever felt like you were...

Does everything in your business feel like an emergency? More often than not, there is no real emergency yet we find ourselves operating in this constant crisis mode. Why? When operating in crisis mode for long enough, we develop a sense of comfort and emotional addiction to the chaos. This familiarity can cause us to unintentionally seek out or create crises in our lives and in our business. This week’s episode 102 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about breaking free from operating...

Company culture is not built overnight. It is ingrained into every aspect of your business making sure that everyone on your team is working towards the same goals, feeling satisfied and fulfilled in their roles, and having consistent expectations when they show up to work. And if your company is missing the mark on company culture, it can lead to some very costly employee turnover. This week’s episode 101 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about your company culture and debunking the...

Bringing someone new onto your team is a significant investment in both time and money. Not only in the financial compensation you give them but in the benefits and the time it takes to onboard and train them. Because of this, it is so important that you take your time when hiring and hire intentionally. And if it doesn’t work out it is equally as important to let them go quickly as to not waste additional time and money. This week’s episode 100 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about...

Time tracking is a great tool for understanding efficiency. It can be helpful in finding places where you can reduce the time it takes to do certain tasks or reduce the transition time between tasks. Time tracking is NOT the tool to use when determining if your staff is doing what they’re supposed to be doing. This week’s episode 99 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about why I don’t do time tracking! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and...

It’s not often that when you think about bourbon, visual art comes to mind. That’s what has made our guests nonprofit so successful. She’s married two things that have meaning and have impacted the culture of her community in a way to give back through charity work. This week’s episode 98 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about leading a successful nonprofit organization with Morgan Hancock! Morgan Hancock is a commercial real estate agent, entrepreneur, US ARMY veteran,...

Perhaps you’ve done your quarterly planning, your staff understands their accountability, they understand the functions of their role, they have ownership over their responsibilities and yet your inbox is still overflowing with messages and questions from your team. So what gives? Today we’re going to dig into why this might be happening even if you feel like you’re doing everything to empower people to operate and function autonomously in their roles. This week’s episode 97 of Female...

There seems to be a lot of confusion for founders when deciding which position to hire next to support them in the business. This week, we will discuss the difference between an integrator, a DOO (director of operations), and an Executive Assistant. We’ll also discuss what point you’ll need to hire someone for these positions. This week, episode 96 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries asks if you are ready for an integrator! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out,...

We have a retention issue. Our good, hardworking people are leaving. The first thought tends to be that we must have a company culture issue, but it actually goes well beyond that. We spend time trying to add things to improve company culture, but it doesn’t create an environment that makes our employees feel appreciated. The truth is this–if you want to keep people, you must stop exhausting them. This week’s episode 95 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about how to boost employee...

There’s a lot of fear and overwhelming for business owners because of the current climate of the economy and impending recession. The recession doesn’t affect all of us the same way and this is something we definitely learned during the pandemic. The best thing we can do is to see how far forward we can look in the market, economy, industry, etc., and do our best to predict what will happen. This week’s episode 94 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries includes tips for maintaining your...

A lot of my clients find themselves with team members who are really good at doing the tasks within their role but they are not good at owning the bigger milestones or goals those tasks play into. This week’s episode 93 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about what could happen when you enforce accountability! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed, so you were advised to delegate some tasks to take things off your plate and free up...

One thing I see happening across the women-led companies I work with is that they have reached a place where they realize they can’t manage all of the people anymore so they have to start filling some leadership or management roles, either internally or externally. And what is happening when they fill these roles is that they are finding that they are not getting the desired effect and the work still isn’t getting done. This week’s episode 92 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about...

There was a point in time where it clicked for me that the entrepreneurial operating system (EOS) was not geared toward the women entrepreneurs who are shouldering the home responsibilities while running their business, but rather to the male counterpart who are encouraged to work long hours and travel away from home. That’s why episode 91 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about why I don’t drink the Kool-Aid (in regards to EOS)! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed...

I cannot stress enough how important it is to bring the right people into your business that understand the expectations of the role they are being hired for. It can be incredibly frustrating and a waste of time when you hire someone who waits around for their hand to be held and to be told what to do. This week’s episode 90 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about how to build a team who “gets it.” Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and...

Change is inevitable and sometimes it comes without us asking for it so instead of fearing change, we must embrace it and ask ourselves what we can start to do differently to not only survive but to thrive through this time. This week’s episode 89 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about staying flexible through failure! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed, so you were advised to delegate some tasks to take things off your plate and...

I’ve recently had an influx of clients feeling frustrated that their business tasks are not getting done and their business is failing to move forward because of it. More often than not I am finding that it is not a matter of ill-fitting employees but rather a lack of accountability. This week’s episode 88 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about why stuff is not getting done! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed, so you were advised...

Starting a business comes with its own set of obstacles but starting a taboo business is often met with pushback and disapproval. Today’s guest proves that despite these added challenges, perseverance and persistence can ultimately lead to success. This week’s episode 87 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about persisting through a taboo launch! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed, so you were advised to delegate some tasks to take...

When we bring on team members, they are bringing value into the business and in order for us to attract and retain them, we must provide value in return. Rewards structures are just one way we can provide that value and motivate employees to help the company reach its goals. This week’s episode 86 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about misplaced reward structures - rewarding for performance that drives unethical activity! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out,...

Not every business owner can do all the tasks their business requires without burnout. This brings up the opportunity to find out what type of person you might need to fill these gaps and bring your strengths together to thrive. That’s why episode 85 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about Integrator / COO / DOO / OBM - What’s the difference and which do you need right now? Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed, so you were advised to...

Gone are the days when it was discouraged to talk about our personal lives, feelings, and overall well-being in the workplace and although it has been difficult to reverse some of our toxic habits, we at least understand there is a correlation between mental health and productivity. This week’s episode 84 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about banishing toxic workplace culture!   Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed, so you were...

Your job description is the front line marketing tool that is going to attract candidates into the role you are hiring for but if you’re following traditional job description frameworks, you may be attracting talent that looks good on paper but doesn’t end up working out in the long run. This week’s episode 83 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about using job descriptions to attract the right talent! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and...

As female entrepreneurs, we are often balancing so much more than our male counterparts, and therefore, require much more free time and flexibility in our schedules in order to manage it all. Luckily for us, a project management system can do just that. This week’s episode 82 of Female Founders Breaking Boundaries is about managing your business operations! Have you ever felt like you were WAY too busy, stressed out, burnt out, and overwhelmed, so you were advised to delegate some tasks to...