This week we speak to Georgia Halston, Group CEO of the Halston Group. Georgia tells us about launching her own business, buying another one to add on to it, how she established her company culture pillars BEFORE she employed any staff, all about ‘green hushing’ and some incredible stats about our Very own NHS. The business surgery answers the question; "One of my key members of staff is causing a bad atmosphere in the team. She’s too important to sack. What can I do?" For more information on our sponsors, YFM Equity Partners, please visit www.yfmep.com (and when you contact them tell them Phil from Leeds Business Podcast sent you!) INTRODUCING GEORGIA HALSTON Georgia Halston is the Group CEO of Halston Group. The Group consists of Halston B2B, a B2B marketing agency and Sustainability Partnerships, a company bringing about sustainable change within healthcare. Georgia is also co-founder of No Code Lab, a group looking to raise the profile of the no code movement. She has eight years’ experience running businesses and 15years in the marketing industry. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS [00:01.45] Georgia’s early career up [00:04:00] Launching a business [00:09:15] Hiring staff and company culture pillars [00:11:00] The first bump in the road [00:15:00] Acquiring another business [00:24:30] Sustainability Partners [00:30:00] How to tell your green story [00:37:00] Key learnings from your career [00:40:00] Business Surgery [00:44:00] The future of the business 6 KEY TAKEAWAYS & BUSINESS LEARNINGS Put your ego aside as the business owner; it’s not about youNo-one is irreplaceable in your teamBetter to have a hole in the team than an arsehole in the teamYou’re not Chief Executive Officer; you’re Chief Energy OfficerLeave the business purchase process to the expertsYour headcount is not a key metric 4 BEST MOMENTS “3% of all of the carbon in the UK is from the NHS “The first company I worked with was a $15b, Fortune 500 company “Even before I had staff I wrote down my core principles “Have you ever heard of green-hushing” VALUABLE RESOURCES FOR YOU Website: www.leedsbusinesspodcast.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/leeds-business-podcast/ Work with Phil - www.philfraser.co.uk * Website - https://halstongroup.co/ * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgia-halston-7b353128/ * Shout outs; https://imagecoltd.com/ https://www.thebiskery.com/ Use code ‘LBP20’ for 20% off your order DON'T FORGET THE LEEDS BUSINESS PODCAST ‘FAIR DEAL’ My half of the agreement; Every week I bring you inspiring Leeds Business people FOR FREE. Your half of the deal has two simple steps; 1) Share this episode with just ONE person who you think will get value from it 2) Post a review of the show or give this episode a ’thumbs up’ YOU MAY ALSO LIKE (as...