Empire Building

What do you do when faced with an upset client? And how can you guide your team so that not only does it never happen again but so that you turn that client into your biggest fan? Being a leader is often glamorized, but one of the most challenging aspects of being a leader is that the buck stops with you. Everything rises and falls on leadership—both the good and the bad. Part of your job is putti...

Ellen Curtis is the Vice President of Operations at Keller Williams International, the largest real estate company in the world. We’re going to go through her journey and the lessons she’s learned as one of the youngest female senior executives in the real estate industry — who also happened to have an incredible journey of motherhood at the same time. She talks about her successes, her failures,...

Are you as good a communicator as you think you are? We’re going to go over 8 communication skills that will change your world. If you work towards mastering these 8 skills, it will truly increase your success and make you better at everything you do in your personal life and your professional life. Make it about them, not you Listening Less is more Be a purposeful communicator and don’t fear the...

Time is not your most precious resource—energy is. We’re going to talk about energy hacks to help get you through the day. Together, we’re going to take control of your energy and take back control of your time, set up your priorities, and take action on what moves you forward. Our 5-Step Energy Plan to get done by 11 AM is: Meditate and pray Exercise and eat Hug, kiss, and laugh Plan and calendar...

Protecting your energy is one of the most important things to master when you are building an empire. We are going to cover four things when it comes to personal energy: What is personal energy? Why protecting your energy is so important A morning routine to set your energy for the day Practical hacks to protect your energy throughout the day There are five key areas where your energy is important...

Here’s the truth: work/life balance and relaxation don’t always come naturally to empire builders. As a result, it can be tough being married to an entrepreneur. Sometimes our partners might even  think we care more about our business than we do about them.  This can be hard for people who aren’t goal-setters to understand, and that can create a real strain when those people are our romantic or li...

When you’re starting to get comfortable, it’s a sign that you’ve stopped growing. So, when Sarita Dua realized that she was stagnating, she started doing the work to turn things around. She outlines the steps she took to redefine and discover her best life, what she went through, and how this shift helped her get to where she is today: a profitable business owner finishing up her MBA at MIT. Resou...

Last week, we went through five of our top 10 productivity hacks. Today, we’re going to go through the last five. If you just take one of these tips and really apply it in your life, you will see huge improvements and so much stress relief. Get clarity Priorities, not tasks Manage your energy, not your time Focus on habits, not discipline Block time for planning Get rid of unfinished loops Product...

Our mission at Empire Builders is to help you lead big lives. And in order to lead big lives, you have to be productive. Even if productivity doesn’t come naturally, it is a skill that can be learned, and it’s essential that you do. We’re going to talk about the little things you can do every single day to be more efficient with your time with these 10 hacks: Get clarity Priorities, not tasks Mana...

The cat’s out of the bag! In our episode on forming your own tribe, we promised we would share the secret format of our tribe retreats. So, now that you know how to go about forming your own tribe, we’re going to outline exactly how we structure, organize, and run our own retreats. Start with a leader to spearhead the planning Finding the right location Deciding on the timing Bringing the right su...

The relationship we have as co-hosts began long before the show ever did. We all come from a tribe of 11 women called The Dolls” — a group of like-minded women who are strong, fierce, loyal, positive, and unapologetically honest. By being in each other’s lives over the past five years, we’ve seen careers take off, lives improve, net worths skyrocket, and relationships flourish (or unhealthy relati...

Women make up 50.8% of the world’s population — but we make up only 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs. While we have made strides towards representation in business, we still have a long way to go. We’re going to cover the 6 things holding you back from building your empire—that men need to hear, too: You can’t do it all Mom guilt Not building your tribe Not acknowledging that sexism exists and that you need...

Here’s a sobering truth: one in three Americans have saved nothing for retirement and 56% of Americans have saved less than $10,000. Most of us want it all right now — and we’re not willing to give up the small pleasures today to have what we want in the future. Today, we’re going to talk about all the things every millionaire knows but the rest of us don’t really have a clue about. The Six Wealth...

This is Part 2 of our retention series, and we’re talking about what you can do in the first 90 days in order to retain your best talent. Last week, we talked about the importance of building a 30, 60, and 90-day plan for your new hires. But what do you do to create these plans? You want to break down into the operational tasks that you no longer want to be fulfilling in your business and give the...

Richard Branson famously said, “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.” So how do you create a business that employees love to work for? Employee retention is important for four key reasons: Cost, Momentum, Clients, and Culture. Today, we’re going to be discussing the importance of retention, what to do the first 90...

You’re sitting in your office. It’s a busy week at work and you’re preparing for an important meeting. You receive word that two of your team members just submitted their two week notice. Your phone rings. It’s a client panicking about their social media campaign. A few minutes later, the phone rings again. It’s the nurse from your kid’s school, who got hurt on the playground. You look at the cale...

Over the last two episodes, we’ve guided you through the first five steps of The Empire Building 8-Step Hiring Process. This week, we’re covering the last three phases of hiring, and as always, sharing stories about how we failed forward to become better versions of ourselves along the way. The Empire Building 8-Step Hiring Process: Step 1 - Job Fit Verification Step 2 - Thought Process Step 3 - L...

In the last episode, we shared the first three steps of the eight-step hiring process that has helped all four of us find the right people to grow our businesses. Today, we’re going to continue working through the process, sharing stories of our successes and, more importantly, failures along the way. The Empire Building 8-Step Hiring Process: Step 1 - Job Fit Verification Step 2 - Thought Process...

We know that, if you’re listening to this, you have big dreams for yourself and for your organization. And if we take Oprah’s advice — and why wouldn’t we? — “it’s only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.” So, over the next three episodes, we’ll be diving into the how—the process—of hiring talent. We know that hiring is one of the most difficult parts of running a bu...

Regardless of your industry, regardless of the size of your company, there’s one thing that’s going to make or break your business: hiring and training talent. Who you’re in business with matters. It’s that simple. Unfortunately, this is also where we make the most mistakes! So, we share tactics and exercises that you can use to evaluate yourself as a leader, evaluate who is on your team, and adop...

How do you become the best version of yourself? A lot of people might say hard work discipline, and that’ll get you a good chunk of the way there — but, eventually, you’ll start to burn out and experience overwhelm. The answer is actually surprisingly simple, although it can be hard to make a practice of it: say NO! A lot of the time, it’s easier to say yes to something than to say no; saying no c...

In the last episode, we did a deep dive into the first step of the vision casting process: figuring out what you actually want. This week, we’ll be looking at how to build a business that helps you make this vision a reality. We will talk about questions you can ask to uncover your organizational mission, why vision is absolutely crucial in business, how to determine your mission as an organizatio...

When we talk about casting a vision of your future, we aren’t just talking about the future of your business — we want you to envision your absolute best and biggest life. You might wonder, “Why does this even matter? Isn’t this just a waste of time?” And the truth of the matter is that you can’t effectively work towards something until you can see it; you can’t create a plan for where to go next...

Brought to you from Family Reunion, Keller William's largest annual conference, this live recording features the first-ever panel of all-female rainmakers, with an income totaling $144 million. And emceeing this discussion is Gary Keller, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Keller Williams and bestselling author of several books, including “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent” and “The ONE Thing: T...

In the last episode, we started a conversation about what “your numbers” are and why you need to know them before you can build a bigger business and a better life. Today, we’re digging into what is the single most important number in your business, and the one that so few people really want to talk about. That’s right, we’re talking about the P word: Profit. Connect on Instagram: Seychelle Van Po...