Business on Top with Kaeli Lindholm

In this week's episode of the Fierce Factor, I want to talk about the reality that part of making big moves in your business and life requires enrolling the other people who matter in your life into the process. In fact, gaining their buy-in can mean the difference between acceptance, love, support, encouragement OR stress that causes conflicts that it causes at home. Getting your business what it...

This week I am sharing a special Fierce Factor Encore episode with Dr Tiphany Hall as she opens up about her childhood, being a single mom, a college professor, and leading organizations from conception to thriving. Tiphany serves as the Chief Growth Officer at Aesthetic Record, an all-in-one EMR & Practice Management Solution that powers over 3,000 US clinics and serves more than 1.5 million pati...

I've come to the conclusion that not all growth is healthy.  In fact, there is an eminent consequence of growth, a side effect, and an impact that if you are set out to grow you must be vigilantly aware of- and that's what I want to talk with you about today…. How your business growth taking center stage could be the very thing that is holding you back from transforming into the woman you so deepl...

Welcome to episode 122! Today we are going to talk about the reason so many of us just "tolerate" bad behavior from our employees and why it's time to change that asap. I share the top three reasons why I believe we put up behavioral issues in our business: Building and managing a team is not your expertise or ultimately what you set out to do. You are a provider and your expertise is healing peop...

A byproduct of the unstoppable advancements our industry has experienced over the past several years is the rapid growth of clinical coaching & personal training academies in aesthetics. When this week's Fierce Factor Podcast guest opened her training academy there were only 16 independent training institutions in the United States. That number has more than quadrupled in less than 5 years. This w...

This week I have a very popular re-release of a previous episode that I think is so valuable for those of you who love your clients but either you or someone on your team has an aversion to selling. At a time where costs of doing business are growing, your businesses' ability to keep profit margins juicy and also serve patients at the highest level is critical.  In fact, back in episode 98 I share...

So often I have conversations with women who feel guilty or ashamed of being so overwhelmed in their business. As if life itself isn't complicated enough, tack on the pressure of running a sustainable business and the responsibility of supporting a team both energetically and financially, and you've got a recipe for burnout. Our constant drive for more growth can really distract us from investing...

Hello leader, welcome to a very special surprise episode of the Fierce Factor podcast, it's Kaeli here and I decided to plug in an extra episode this week to take a couple of minutes to share with you details of an upcoming virtual event that I will be hosting next week because this might be just what you for your business right now. It's always team building season over here. And we have quite a...

Hello, Fierce Factor! I am so excited to share with you this incredible interview with our very own POP Leadership Academy client, friend, and nurse practitioner extraordinaire, Heidi Hermel from Mankato, Minnesota. Heidi shares her experience transitioning from an insurance-based medical practice to building her own rapid growing medical spa. She talks about some of the challenges she had with se...

This week I decided to revisit a powerful Fierce Factor encore episode with POP Leadership Academy member the brilliant, beautiful, and so relatable Dr Sara Trammell. A business track speaker for multiple industry conferences including AMSPA ans Aesthetic Next, her message is strikingly counterculture; over the past 15 months in thought partnership "Dr T" has made some impressive but not surprisin...

Today I have a basic message that doesn't require a checklist, it doesn't really require much strategy or structure.  This message comes from the heart.  It requires you to open your mind to a new way of thinking and to slow down to really bring into focus the bigger picture of what you're doing here. I can count on one hand the number of clients I've worked with who haven't had that thought "what...

This week's bonus session demonstrates a bit of a core philosophy over here at KLC: "Disrupt the status quo". As we are on a mission to help 100 inspiring and intentional women cross the next million dollar milestone in their business this year, we are supremely intentional about who we link arms with. Meaning, if someone comes to us and is asking questions about how to simply stay afloat they are...

Today I want to flip the script in a very loving and supportive way for you business owners out there who are responsible for supporting a significant number of employees and also for those of you who are thinking about bringing on a manager to oversee staff management and your day to day operations. So often a business owner wears so many hats.  She has built her business doing brilliant 1:1 work...

It's time for us to talk about the REAL reason many of us are having trouble finding great people after the so-called "great resignation". In some cases, it's not because of the sudden lack of qualified candidates, our limited budget to hire world class team members, or our ability to lead. Instead, many of us are stagnant in our hiring because we have become plagued with what I lovingly refer to...

I recently saw a mom of three kids chasing her toddler around while carrying a baby during her oldest son's baseball game. The experience took me back to the days of raising my now 10 and 13 year old boys, and the realization that they have really grown up and the way I parent and interact with them has taken a 180 turn. Not only have they changed, but so have I! And gosh, raising kids through the...

With an influx of private equity seeking investment opportunities in our booming industry, one current hot topic among aesthetic providers is "how do I prepare my business become attractive to a buyer"? Most of the time our clients start their businesses with no thought of their end game. They are following their passion, living out their mission, making a transformative impact on their patients....

According to 2021 data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), approximately 20% of new businesses fail during the first two years of being open, 45% during the first five years, and 65% during the first 10 years. Only 25% of new businesses make it to 15 years or more. And in the aesthetic industry, a hyper saturated market with an influx of business owners selling the same service...

So often a business owner who is also the main service provider of their business has an approach that is so customized that only they can do it. While this customization is so impactful to patient outcomes, it can be very challenging to teach this approach to someone else. The dilemma so many of our clients face when they come to work with us is being able to offer a consistent experience for pat...

This week I am sharing a special Fierce Factor Encore episode with Alisha Rose Merlo, Senior Director of Professional Relations at Colorescience and Founder of The Inspo Zone on LinkedIn. She joins us to share her journey to the aesthetics industry, the importance of elevating others and how to be the most authentic version of yourself. Leaving New Jersey to attend school for a Degree in Speech La...

In this week's episode we have a vital conversation for anyone in any industry who is desiring to expand their output in their business in any capacity.  Meaning, you may be a solopreneur who is wondering "where do I go from here", do I continue as is, do I scale up, or do I sell? Or you may be fully staffed in your current model but preparing for your expansion or exit and thinking about who you...

This week's Fierce Factor podcast episode is a moment to reflect on growth, new milestones, the new outlook for our business and the trajectory for our clients, and how together we have evolved over the past few months through the experience of sharing my own personal and professional journey with you, leader. I've shared quite a bit in previous episodes about my college soccer days.  But I haven'...

So often I have conversations with high growth female business owners who are strapped for time every single day.  They are juggling a million things in their life- motherhood, housekeeping, dog caring, friending, wifing, and fixing.  Oh and all while treating back to back patients while slamming down caffeine and holding their bladder until they can sprint to the restroom for a break. For many ye...

In this week's episode we are going to discuss a defining intersection that can be the make or break of your sustainable success as a business owner. If you are a provider in your business and ALSO the owner of your business, or if you are a technician or service provider who wants to own a business, this podcast episode is for you. This episode will help you understand the key benchmarks anchorin...

Today we are going to discuss the oh so dreaded reality of having difficult conversations with employees. So often as leaders we question our ability to cultivate an environment where our employees respect our authority and let's be real, actually like us and WANT to work for us.  It's sort of this tug and pull between needing to set boundaries, hold employees accountable, and yet also inspire the...

I want to talk with you today about a very profound part of my life and something I believe every business owner needs without question! That's the investment in working with a coach. At some point the questions you ask yourself about your business became less tactical like setting up the basics or attracting clients, but instead move into more high level concerns about the stages of growth, diffe...