Business on Top with Kaeli Lindholm

On the heels of so much tragedy, uncertainty, and instability I've been hearing stories upon stories of people who are really using this era as a life reset and I had a conversation recently that took me back to losing my brother (almost 5 years go) and remembering those last 3 months with him.  He was in the hospital after suffering from liver failure which led to kidney failure and I was by his...

One thing I know for certain is that the only thing certain is change…. AND evidenced by conversations I had this week, I think change happens to be at the forefront of a lot of people's minds. Have you ever heard the phrase "Be careful what you wish for"?  It seems like in some ways SOCIETY creates our roadmap for our success.  Get married, have babies, grow old.  Get a job, get a promotion, beco...

This week I had what I would call an "intervention" training with my academy. Basically, many of our members are dealing with unexpected personnel issues, patient issues, and shuffling of staff… I realize covid has changed a lot of things for many people. And our clients who are powerhouse MDs and leaders don't have time (nor should they) take on even more tasks or responsibilities in their busine...

In today's episode I share a bit about my background and inspiration behind our flagship program POP Aesthetic Leadership Academy. I was on a mission to solve a major gap in our industry and built this program to design a step-by-step blueprint to help aesthetic practice owners and leaders achieve a category-of-one leadership in their markets. I am proud to say that this program is an innovative,...

If there's one thing I learned through the pandemic it's that there is a lot of lip service in the "Leadership" category.  Many people want to talk about being leaders or trail blazers but when push comes to shove they only want to lead if it guarantees others will follow. In fact, true leadership takes having the courage to do and say difficult things or make challenging decisions that will likel...

Welcome to The FF podcast, you are tuning in to episode 44: and what I am going to share with you today will radically transform your relationship to "sleezy selling" in 5 minutes. PS- I have created a PDF to accompany this training called "21 ways to follow-up with clients without being salesy".  You can grab your copy by sending me a DM on Instagram.  Just type "sales".  Or you can send me a nic...

Ever thought to yourself?: "My business would be successful if I just didn't have humans working in it" Regardless of the phase of business you are in, this quick and to the point episode will likely resonate for you. I want to share this critically important lesson I've learned through my years of mentoring and advising business owners and leaders across the continent, and lessons I've learned as...

I have been racking my brain to remember a time when someone called me and asked me to help them become average. But if I had a dollar for everytime I'm asked "What do most people do"? I'd be a gajillionaire. I am routinely asked by clients where their business "should" be? If you haven't listened to episode 11, you may want to cruise back and listen to "The cure for comparisonitis" where I addres...

I was recently asked, "what does my team have to do with my brand strategy"? When I think back to that initial question of what does a brand have to do with a team, It's almost laughable.  I see many entrepreneurs obsessed with building their brand personality, making cute perfect filtered instagram feeds and curated posts rather than investing time, money, and education into building a people str...

It's hard to believe we are at the half-way mark of the first month of the year. And while it seemed like 2020 was moving slow as molasses, I don't know about you, but I feel like this year is flying by. Today I want to discuss the upside of a turbulent year.  How chaos has forced many of our clients to evaluate what's essential, updating outdated systems, disjointed teams, and shoring up a founda...

It's hard to believe we are at the half-way mark of the first month of the year. And while it seemed like 2020 was moving slow as molasses, I don't know about you, but I feel like this year is flying by. Today I want to discuss the upside of a turbulent year.  How chaos has forced many of our clients to evaluate what's essential, updating outdated systems, disjointed teams, and shoring up a founda...

As we start to accelerate into 2021, one universal wound that doesn't seem to heal is the desire for strong, passionate, and capable team members.  I've found through my years in corporate management to running a plastic surgery practice, to owning my own business that this need never goes away.  This is not one thing on our checklist that ever gets fully furnished.  In fact, from where I'm sittin...

I want to kick off 2021 with a little kick in the butt for my female leaders out there. This episode was inspired by a classic book I am reading "Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office" in which Dr Louise Frankel lays out a series of unconscious mistakes women make that sabotage their careers. We are working with women who are looking to build real companies, lead powerhouse teams, and do iconic w...

In this final episode of 2020 I reflect back on the biggest lessons learned in our business and also share a little bit of what I went through personally this year and how I am going to take these new lessons (and set new strategies) in 2021. When I started this year I had 3 big goals and while I'm proud to say that I did tackle all of these goals and I am gratified by these accomplishments, looki...

We tend to underestimate the power our mind has on our business strategy. This week I had an "aha" moment as I was cooking bacon and I realized that the relationship we have with our business and the day to day activities we subscribe to are a collection of habits we create based on stories we tell ourselves.  In my case cooking bacon it was feeling "stressed" while not being in a stressful situat...

I'd like to discuss with you how a tunnel-vision focus on a financial goal can actually stall or even become destructive for your business by keeping your vision too short-sighted or "reactive". There are essentially two ways to protect your money- spend less or make more.  And when we have a lack of clarity or certainty, we tend to revert to what is safe and comfortable.  But here's the problem w...

Hello there Fierce Factor listeners! I decided to share a little snippet of our Iconic Influence Bootcamp with those of you who were maybe not able to attend a 5 day bootcamp but are thinking of how you can create a strategic plan going into 2021 to create Iconic Influence in your business, life and marketplace. Essentially, that is what this whole bootcamp was designed around. I hope you enjoy th...

Today Kaeli shares a very special episode with a high-growth client of hers who has made some extremely difficult (and in some ways counter-intuitive) decisions during covid and has flat out reaped the benefits by doubling down in some of the "intangible" areas of his business. A typical over achiever, after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Southern California, Dr. Waltzman attend...

Today's episode #31 goes out to all of you rockstar practice managers and industry employees who are feeling strained in their role… Listen, this is a very polarizing time for high impact employees who are essentially either 1. Working in a less than gratifying environment or 2. Working in a great company but carrying the weight of 3 employees. I received a call from a client about this very topic...

For those of you who are traditional long time listeners of the podcast, you may remember back 15 episodes I made the decision to record a "Reflections" episode every 15 podcasts.  I thought of how impactful it would be to review the last 15 episodes and give a theme to what the past 15 weeks meant for us. I go back to my college days with an experience I had in relation to being my authentic self...

Can professional wellness medicine help you differentiate your aesthetic practice? Join me for an insightful interview with former billion dollar brand Pharma & Aesthetic industry executives: Chad Collins and Reggie Gatewood to discuss why they believe high quality clinical CBD has become the powerful gateway to the $4.2 Trillion wellness industry. Chad and Reggie's passion shines through as we ta...

If you surround yourself with people who drain your energy, who steal your joy, or who make you resent your work, the WHY quite frankly doesn't matter. Are you accepting any patient or customer who calls? Are you giving your time to someone who is unappreciative of your incredible talents? When you focus on the principle of Who you will Indefinitely Take control of your personal brand and reputati...

Let's talk internal marketing strategies! We spend a lot of time talking about patient acquisition, online marketing, and social media marketing but there is just one piece of marketing in our industry that is massively overlooked and so incredibly important- and that is the kind of marketing that stimulates upsells, cross-sells, and reactivations. This is the kind of marketing is happening for pa...

I'm really thrilled to share this absolutely badass episode with you today. I had the honor of interviewing one of the aesthetic industry's favorite nurse injectors, Traci Andreason and I picked her brain on all the hot questions from growing an IG following into the tens of thousands to converting social media leads to patients, to staying authentic and true to herself when her industry current i...

It's time for you to stand for something. It's time for you to stop "thinking" about what's wrong out there and step up and lead unapologetically. In this episode of the Fierce Factor I'd like to share a story about a client who had to overcome her own impostor syndrome to step out with a differentiated message that would set her apart in a sea of sameness in her industry. She went from being worr...