The C-Suite Mentor - Business Growth for Small Business Leaders with Theresa Cantley

Culture is something that every business owner needs to think about when creating and running their business. But what is a company culture exactly? In simple terms, it boils down to the set of behavioral and procedural norms set and carried out by a given company. Not every business has a healthy company culture, however, and that is where they run into problems maintaining both a good staff and...

Mel Abraham: The man who has been my mentor for several years, pushes me out of my comfort zone, and believes in me even when I don't believe in myself. He's helped me discover strengths in myself that I never even realized I had. I wanted to replay this episode for many reasons, but the main one being the topic we discussed: Legacy. What is it that you want to be known for? What difference do you...

An interview with intuitive business advisor, Paul Davis, of Dublin, Ireland. Finding your purpose can be a difficult journey. Sometimes we think we know what our purpose in life is, and along the way, we realize we were wrong. We took a path that seemed right at the time, but no longer serves us how it once did. So how can we begin that path to finding what our true purpose really is? It begins w...

What does it really take to beat the odds no matter what? It takes courage, confidence, and an unwavering discipline to fight no matter what. Tune in for a refresher on this interview with my best friend and business partner Vanessa Good. Originally recorded in 2019, you'll hear wisdom and insights from one of the strongest women I've ever known, who left me life-changing lessons from her five-yea...

Sometimes our own anxieties can get the better of us. We avoid and make excuses for the things we see as difficult, even if the result mean potentially good things for us and our businesses. The truth is, we can do these difficult things if we really wanted to. And we must do them if we want our business to go to that next level of success. The only thing standing in your way is coming to the real...

Being in the business of owning your own business can feel heavy. With the current inflation, lack of staff, products on back order, it's feeling heavier than ever. Exhaustion, frustration, and overwhelm can get the better of us. But it doesn't have to.

Anytime there is a disruptor in an industry, or industries as a whole, it tends to open up a lot of what is wrong in our businesses. Whether it's a pandemic, a recession, or whatever else may come our way, it always helps to show us the areas that aren't resilient enough to withstand adversity and that need work.

Mary Bicknell, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, speaker, author, host of the Lead a Life Uncommon podcast , and former psychotherapist turned personal development coach and leadership mentor for women who want more out of life and out of themselves, joins me today for a quick chat about leading a bold life unapologetically.

More and more prevalently, businesses of all kinds are finding the need to implement technology into all parts of their functions. From POS systems, to websites and online stores, chip readers, social media, and on and on, it can be difficult to learn each individually and integrate them with ease. In this episode I talk about 4 common problems that small business owners often run into with these...

The important piece to focus on during your path to success is the lessons that are taught to you along the way. If you aren't looking for those lessons and learning from what they are there to teach you, you'll be doomed to make the same mistakes and remain in a place of stagnation instead of growth.

The failures we endure throughout life set us up for something we might not even know is coming our way. Too often do we instead see these failures as a set back, instead of a chance to learn from them and use them to be better future versions of ourselves.

The most crucial time we can give ourselves as entrepreneurs is the time to sit back and think. Unless you take the time to reflect and figure out what your next best step is, you'll always feel overwhelmed and stressed. In fact, times of reflection will actually lead to you having more time for creativity and rest. 

A few clients and good friends of mine, Kenny Fisher and Victoria Brunner, are partners and cofounders of FattE-Bikes, an electric bicycle company out of Denver, CO. Though their company is growing by the day, it wasn't an easy feat to start up and keep running a successful and profitable business.

Ever since I was younger, anytime somebody told me that I couldn't do something, I always wanted to try and prove them wrong. It's one of my biggest pet peeves, to be told that I'm not capable of something. But instead of listening to that notion, I want to go ahead and do it anyways. And over the years, I've found this to be true in all aspects of my life.

Figuring out what exactly it is that we are good at and what we should be doing can be achieved through a few simple personality tests you can find online or in books. Knowing the strengths that you personally have as well as the people you hire to work for you is key for a sustainable, functioning business. When everyone has their role and everyone is happy in their role, the ship sails a whole l...

In business and even life in general, the most valuable asset is one that you can never get back; Your time. To waste that asset on something meaningless or that doesn't serve you and the goals you have for your business and life would be tragic.

"If I just have more sales coming in, I'll feel better and be less stressed and more successful." I cannot tell you the number of times I have heard this comment. Business owners who are frustrated, overwhelmed, and overworked think that if more revenue was coming in, things would be easier. The truth is in order to see growth, your business must first be built in order to sustain it. Work on the...

Working one-on-one with business owners over the past decade plus some, I've noticed that the same questions seem to arise. Most of them centered around three main topics: marketing , employees , and increasing sales .

Do you have a mission statement? Recently, I discovered that, while it may seem like common ground, not everyone does. Myself included, there are many of us who tend to focus just on the top line when first opening our business. We know what we want to do and why we want to do it, but can't quite put it in to words when we're only thinking about more sales, the next sale.

Industry to industry, there is one thing they all have in common: the need for stability. No matter what business you're in, they key to building a successful one is having a strong foundation at the core of it that will keep you standing through thick and thin.

In times of complete disruption, we must make room for grit and gratitude. We must take the time to dig deeper into ourselves and really ask the difficult questions. It's easy to blame outside sources when things aren't going to plan, but more often than not, the problem lies within.

Throwing money at people and the problems in your business will only continue to keep you stuck. Many believe the opposite to be true, however. They think that if they spend more money on running ads, offering more pay for someone to try and get them to do their job better, or whatever issue your business has will fix it. But if the issues are systematic and stem from the core of your business, yo...

Ten years ago I made the decision to become a professional badass. What is that exactly, you might ask? It's making the decision to take hold of your life, create the future you've always wanted for yourself, and not let anything stop you or stand in your way. It's becoming a resilient.

I know it sounds crazy and completely backwards, but more revenue is not what is going to save your business. People want growth and financial stability which is great and the goal we are working towards, but in order to get our businesses to that place, even more than money, we need this one thing built into them: resilience.

Your business has been struggling. You're frustrated, revenue is down, trying to hire and keep decent employees seems impossible, and you're trying desperately to do all the things to stay afloat. If this sounds like you lately, you need to ask yourself this one question: Does this make my boat go faster? What? Boat? I know, we're not sailors here, we're entrepreneurs. But your boat is your busine...