Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
Amber De La Garza, The Productivity Specialist For Small Business Owners
If you’re a small business owner who wants to learn effective business strategies, improve time management, and elevate productivity to maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most, this podcast is for you! Amber is a sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer and the creator of Leverage Lab®. Amber gives business owners the straight talk on what it takes to reduce stress, be productive, and grow your business. Tune in and subscribe to get the straight talk on what it takes to be productive and grow your business. In addition to dishing out her own favorite business strategies, time management techniques, and productivity tips, Amber interviews experts and business owners just like you about their top business strategies, their toughest challenges, and how they overcame them to take their business to new levels. No B.S., fluff, or over-used jargon. Amber is passionate, direct, and sometimes a little sarcastic but always gives you actionable strategies to get results and succeed in business! Want one-on-one business support? Get coached on productivity, time management, business systems, team building, strategic decision making, and mindset so you can reduce stress, reclaim time, and increase profits during private coaching sessions with Amber tailored specifically to help you and your business succeed! Head on over to https://www.AmberDeLaGarza.com/Coaching for more info!
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158 | How To Be A Better Boss To Your VAs So They Can Make The Magic Happen
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
06/29/20 • 33 min
I sit down with the Founder and CEO of the VA agency, The Launch Guild, Tasha Booth. We discuss strategies for getting on the same page and communicating effectively with your VAs so they can best support you and your business!
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ How A VA Can Support You And Your Business
✔ Best Practices For Communicating With Your VA
✔ How You Being A Visionary Could Sabotage Your VA’s Work
✔ Why An Onboarding Packet Is Necessary To Set Your VA Up For Success
✔ So Much More!
And now, let’s get to the straight talk!
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162 | Onward To $1 Million: A Client Case Study With Vita Vygovska
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
07/24/20 • 58 min
I sit down with Vita Vygovska, the owner of window treatment company Vitalia, Inc. We take an in-depth look at how she went from being a corporate dropout to a successful small business owner on track to make $1 million in revenue.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ The Non-Negotiables For Business Owners
✔The Challenges Vita Faced Building Her Team
✔ How Business Owners Should Emulate Athletes
✔ The Mantra That Keeps Vita Learning And Productive
✔ Why She Embraces 50/50 Coaching Partnerships
✔ So Much More!
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145 | PIVOT
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
03/16/20 • 22 min
I dive into the topic of navigating COVID-19 as small business owners so we can all make the tough decisions, embrace the necessary pivot, and move our lives and businesses forward during this time of uncertainty.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ Ways I’m Navigating COVID-19 In My Business
✔ How I’m Communicating With My Team
✔ Why You Should Be Leaning On Your Trusted Advisory Council
✔ How I Prepared My Family And Made Some Difficult Decisions
✔ Advice On Transforming Your Thoughts
✔ So Much More!
And now, let’s get to the straight talk!
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FREE Mastermind: PIVOT: Navigating COVID-19 As Small Business Owner
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143 | Rev Up Your Practice Of Recommitting
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
02/24/20 • 11 min
I dive into the powerful practice of recommitting to your goals when you fall off track (and we all do!), so you can get right back on and work toward achieving them.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ The Importance Of Recommitting
✔ A Great Way To Close The Productivity Gap
✔ How Negative Self-Talk Plays A Part
✔ The Greatest Gift You Can Give Yourself
✔ So Much More!
And now, let’s get to the straight talk!
Important Resources & Links From This Episode:
Take Back Your Time Mini Training
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142 | Impactful Storytelling To Make Your Message Stick With Kindra Hall
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
02/17/20 • 53 min
I sit down for an entrepreneurial case study interview with the President and Chief Storytelling Officer at Steller Collective, Kindra Hall. Kindra pulls back the curtain on her life as a jet-setting public speaker, delivering her message about strategic storytelling, while leading a double life as wife, mom, and business owner. We talk about establishing balance, boundaries, and how she pushes herself to be more productive.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ Why Storytelling Is Important For Small Businesses
✔ The Advantage Small Businesses Have Over Big Brands
✔ Strategies Kindra Uses Get Her Highly Creative Work Done
✔ How Her Fitness Journey Impacts Her Productivity
✔ What High Mar/No Pants Means And Why It’s Important
✔ So Much More!
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141 | Step One: Admit You're The Problem
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
02/10/20 • 32 min
I dive into a topic I’m passionate about and that’s taking ownership of whatever is holding you back from success. I talk about not judging yourself, but observing then empowering yourself to change your circumstances for the better, starting with admitting you’re the problem.
Discover:
✔ Why Your Days Seem To Get Hijacked
✔ The Solution To Many Of Your Challenges In Business
✔ What Factors Influence Your Productivity
✔ Which App That Will Make You’re the Most Productive
Show Notes: https://amberdelagarza.com/141
139 | Mind The Gap: Are You Equipped To Take The Next Step?
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
01/27/20 • 13 min
I dive into the topic of identifying what necessary skills and talents you may be lacking so you can make wise investments and hiring decisions that will propel you toward your goals.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ How To Determine What Gaps Exist In Your Business
✔ How To Prioritize Filling Them
✔ What Creates An Unnecessary Pause In Your Business
✔ The # 1 Rule To Closing Your Gaps
✔ So Much More!
And now, let’s get to the straight talk!
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140 | BIG Goals · BIG Fear · BIG Action With Joy Hoover
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
02/03/20 • 61 min
I sit down with the Founder and CEO of the non-profit The Cupcake Girls, Joy Hoover. The Cupcake Girls provides confidential support to those involved in the sex industry, as well as those affected by domestic sex trafficking through holistic resources, case management, and after care. We discuss how Joy realized her calling to help change the world by building a business from the ground up that focuses on offering respect, providing resources, and building relationships, and how she executed on that dream.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ How Joy’s Fears Were Capping Her Growth
✔ The Bridge She Crossed To Become Scaleable
✔ The Biggest Mindset Roadblocks She’s Overcome
✔ How She Enrolls Others Into Her Dream
✔ So Much More!
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138 | How To Stop Your Clients From Trampling Your Boundaries With Melissa Morris
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
01/20/20 • 60 min
In this episode, I sit down with Melissa Morris, a Business Operations Consultant who specializes in client processes, including client onboarding, management and offboarding. Melissa walks us through creating effective boundaries, communicating them in a way that ensures they’re understood and respected, and enforcing them.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ The Crucial Boundaries To Have With Your Clients
✔ How To Communicate Your Boundaries During Onboarding
✔ How To Stay High-Touch With A What’s On Deck Email
✔ Ways To Get Your Clients To Respect Your Boundaries
✔ So Much More!
This was a great discussion with Melissa I hope you enjoy. Now let’s get to the straight talk!
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144 | From Side Hustle To Thriving Business: A Client Case Study With Jenny And Ben Slingerland
Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset
03/02/20 • 51 min
I sit down with wife and husband team Jenny and Ben Slingerland, the Owner & Principal Designer and Chief Operating Officer of Black Ink Interiors, a full-service interior design firm operating out of Scottsdale, Arizona. We take an in-depth look behind the scenes in their business and discuss everything from Jenny being a quick start, naturally having too many ideas and not enough focus or time to see them to fruition, to discovering ways to keep her ADD in check, and everything in between. The episode is full of nuggets of wisdom I have no doubt could be applied to your own business.
What You’ll Discover In This Episode:
✔ Why Jenny Started The Business And Structured Her Team
✔ How The Pomodoro Method Keeps Her ADD In Check And Increases Her Productivity
✔ Ways Designating Lead Designers Helped Curb Her Perfectionism
✔ How She Uses Her “Daily 5” To Achieve Big Wins
✔ Jenny and Ben’s Biggest Ah-Ha’s And Breakthroughs
✔ So Much More!
And now, let’s get to the straight talk!
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