Lessons Learned From Rapid Business Growth & Letting go of Employees with Michael Bauman
09/08/22 • 50 min
Struggles, we all face them. In school, in work, in our personal lives, and in our relationships. If we use the lessons we learn from the struggles we face to inspire the rest of our choices, there’s no saying what we can’t achieve.
Join me in this episode as I speak with landscaper, entrepreneur, and opportunist, Michael Bauman, about the lessons he’s learned from starting a business, the dangers of achieving rapid business growth, and how he’s recovering after recently firing several valuable employees.
I connected with Michael through TikTok where he’s been interviewing his team members and creating content from the discussions. Michael embraces discomfort and talks to his employees about real life stuff. From marriage advice to real exit interviews, he and his team are providing insightful entertainment for days! So, I welcomed Michael on LnM to discuss some of his own personal insights he’s gained along his entrepreneurial journey.
“Having a team around you to especially make up your weaknesses is how you succeed.”
– Michael Bauman
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
· Why Michael started creating content on TikTok & His content creation goals for the future.
· How to overcome fear and overwhelm and gain momentum in starting a business.
· Why business plans aren’t necessary to create a successful business.
· How it feels to let go of employees & What Michael is doing to recover from the major loss.
· You can’t do everything and you can’t do it alone! Make sure your team’s strengths compensate for your weaknesses.
· Michael’s Learning and Misstep: In business, fast growth isn’t easy on anyone.
Watch this episode on YouTube:
Connect with Michael:
Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bauman-83b796124
Follow him on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lionslegacy
Subscribe to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEuQGvnB6VpTdNrJKJvOyQ
Make yourself a priority and get more done: https://www.depthbuilder.com/do-the-damn-thing
Download a PDF copy of Becoming the Promise You are Intended to Behttps://www.depthbuilder.com/books
Struggles, we all face them. In school, in work, in our personal lives, and in our relationships. If we use the lessons we learn from the struggles we face to inspire the rest of our choices, there’s no saying what we can’t achieve.
Join me in this episode as I speak with landscaper, entrepreneur, and opportunist, Michael Bauman, about the lessons he’s learned from starting a business, the dangers of achieving rapid business growth, and how he’s recovering after recently firing several valuable employees.
I connected with Michael through TikTok where he’s been interviewing his team members and creating content from the discussions. Michael embraces discomfort and talks to his employees about real life stuff. From marriage advice to real exit interviews, he and his team are providing insightful entertainment for days! So, I welcomed Michael on LnM to discuss some of his own personal insights he’s gained along his entrepreneurial journey.
“Having a team around you to especially make up your weaknesses is how you succeed.”
– Michael Bauman
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
· Why Michael started creating content on TikTok & His content creation goals for the future.
· How to overcome fear and overwhelm and gain momentum in starting a business.
· Why business plans aren’t necessary to create a successful business.
· How it feels to let go of employees & What Michael is doing to recover from the major loss.
· You can’t do everything and you can’t do it alone! Make sure your team’s strengths compensate for your weaknesses.
· Michael’s Learning and Misstep: In business, fast growth isn’t easy on anyone.
Watch this episode on YouTube:
Connect with Michael:
Connect with him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bauman-83b796124
Follow him on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lionslegacy
Subscribe to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEuQGvnB6VpTdNrJKJvOyQ
Make yourself a priority and get more done: https://www.depthbuilder.com/do-the-damn-thing
Download a PDF copy of Becoming the Promise You are Intended to Behttps://www.depthbuilder.com/books
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Struggles, we all face them. In school, in work, in our personal lives, and in our relationships. If we use the lessons we learn from the struggles we face to inspire the rest of our choices, there’s no saying what we can’t achieve.
Join me in this episode as I speak with Jennifer Longoria, VP of Sales, about her uniquely challenging life and how she got inspired to climb the corporate ladder of the construction industry.
Jennifer and I actually grew up together and after living two very different lives, we both ended up in the trades with memorable learnings to look back on. Tune in to this amazing conversation to hear some of those learnings and more!
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
· How Jennifer climbed the corporate ladder of the construction industry to become VP of Sales.
· The dynamics of working as a sales representative in the trades industry.
· How to gain skills, grow, and succeed in your career from an entry level position.
· The mindset it takes to overcome struggles we face in school and in the workforce.
· How the isolation of getting pregnant as a teenager influenced Jennifer’s life.
· Valuable lessons learned from working in customer-facing roles.
· Advice for tradespeople on cultivating respect in the industry (for all genders and all people).
· Jennifer’s Learning and Misstep: Being the best you can be and understanding what your customers value.
Watch this episode on YouTube:
Connect with Jennifer:
Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-l-madden78073/
Resources Mentioned:
Lean & Love by Jesse Hernandez Jr. and Jennifer Lacy: https://www.depthbuilder.com/5s
Make yourself a priority and get more done: https://www.depthbuilder.com/do-the-damn-thing
Download a PDF copy of Becoming the Promise You are Intended to Behttps://www.depthbuilder.com/books
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Learnings and Missteps - Lessons Learned From Rapid Business Growth & Letting go of Employees with Michael Bauman
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it kind of came organically. We wanted to start a podcast, you know, I've been talking. Been to several different, like networking events and stuff, and people are super interested in what I'm doing. You know, they're always asking me questions and some of the stuff that we've been talking about has been it just come up, like, have you ever thought about doing a podcast? And I was like, yeah, but you know, I want to do it right. And I want to do something strong. But
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