Bossy, Brilliant, & Badass

This week the ladies are joined by Shannon Weinstein, CPA to discuss the mistakes to avoid when starting up your business. 

Shannon is a CPA and fitness professional based in Connecticut. Her company, Fitnancial Solutions, provides tax and accounting services for small business owners, specializing in online businesses. She also offers educational workshops and coaching catered to new entrepreneurs.

As you start up your business, defining your niche is one of the most critical decisions you can make. This week, Liz and Lisa talk with Greg Faxon all about the who, what and how of finding your niche.  

This week, Liz & Lisa talk with Lauren Lapointe, a business coach and Canadienne (yes - that's very important).  They discuss how to start and keep your business inspired by understanding your why and they provide tips for keeping your stress levels low when things get tough. 

Find Lauren at her website - www.laurenthecoach.com or on Instagram @laurenlapointecoach

Turnabout is fair play.  This week Lisa interviews Liz. They discuss the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset, how to know if you have a fixed mindset and how it impacts your ability to be successful in business. 

Check out these two episodes for some context.

This week, the ladies try something new. Liz interviews Lisa.  They cover a few different topics related to building your team.

They discuss:

• Lisa's background and career in HR.
• Understanding whether it is time to hire your first employee, and
• A few alternatives to hiring full time staff.

This week, Liz and Lisa speak to Leslie Zane, Founder and CEO of Triggers Growth Strategy about the ways in which you can gain an advantage over your competitors by building positive connections to your brand. 

This week Lisa and Liz chat about some of the things they wish they knew before starting their businesses.  Entrepreneur life is tough going and if we knew then what we know now, then they we would have been better prepared to tackle the challenges and enjoy the rewards.

This week, Liz and Lisa are joined by Matt Mise.  This practical conversation dives into the strategies that small and medium business owners can use to build their brand, find their unique selling proposition and create lead generating content. 

The ladies return with season 2! Catch up to learn what they did during the break and learn all about the things they have planned for the season, where they will be discussing all things entrepreneurship.

This week, Dr. Terri L. Horton, joins us to discuss the ways in which COVID-19 has propelled us into the future of work, highlighting the way technology has and is impacting the way we work now.  Additionally we delve into how women can invest in themselves and their own sustainability so that they can get ahead and thrive win this new era. 

In part 2 of our interview with Francesca Rossi, LCSW, we discuss her tips to help you protect yourself and your business from online predators using COVID-19 to take advantage of unsuspecting individuals.  Don't worry we had some suggestions as well. 

CONTENT WARNING:  This episode contains depictions of intimate partner violence and domestic terrorism that some people may find disturbing. If you want to avoid this content, skip to the second half of the episode.

Statewide stay at home orders have forced us to move our lives and our businesses online.  For many of us that's a simple shift in behavior, but for the countless survivors of digital violence, the internet and the shift to online activities can be traumatizing. This week, Francesca Rossi, LCSW, therapist and activist joins us to share her tips to help you protect yourself and your business from online predators using COVID-19 to take advantage of unsuspecting individuals.  In part 1, Francesca shares an unbelievable story of survival.

CONTENT WARNING:  This episode contains depictions of intimate partner violence and domestic terrorism that some people may find disturbing. If you want to avoid this content, skip to the second half of the episode.

Besides trying to figure out how to live through a pandemic, there is simply a lot of things not going right, in our businesses and in our careers. As a result, there is a lot of failure and it feels like a death sentence.  This week, we talk about how to manage those feelings of failure, re-frame failure as an opportunity by changing your mindset and recognizing that failure builds strength and character. 

As we continue to live through Coronavirus (COVID-19) and a shutdown of the economy, many businesses need to adapt to a new way of doing things.  This week, Rick Maher, CEO of Turning Point HCM joins us to discuss how to pivot your business by 

• leveraging your data to understand the best next moves;
• assessing risks and identifying opportunities;
• Taking care of your employees while you make necessary business changes. 

When faced with personal challenges, career disruption, or the current economic landscape, how does one remain confident and up to the challenge, and call on their “better selves?”

Taking a personal inventory of one’s “Accomplishments,” personal and professional, can instill a sense of inner calm and confidence when faced with new challenges.

This week we talk with Mary Connelly, who shares her process for taking a personal inventory of accomplishments which elicits a remembrance of individual courage -tapping into a memory of success that often gets forgotten with each new challenge as vulnerability sets in.

You know that voice in your head... the one that tells you that you aren't good enough, that calls you fat or asks you constantly who do you think you are?  Meet you inner critic.  Often, the things your critic says aren't true but there is a reason it exists.   This week we talk to Chris Burris, LPC, LMFT about how to understand the value of your inner critic and tame it, so it doesn't  take a toll on you and all of the goals you are trying to reach. 

Taylor Jones of Taylor Made Tasty joins us week to discuss how we can stop quitting on our wellness goals and the importance of developing healthy habits especially during this time. 

This week we welcome our first guest, Louise Lipman, LCSW-R who walks us through some of the ways that we can protect and maintain our mental health during these trying times. We discuss what is driving the fears, we are feeling right now, how the lessons from our past that can help us through and the importance of connections.

This week we talk about the thing that's on everyone's mind right now: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on our lives and businesses.  We also discuss what we think you can be doing right now to help you manage through this pandemic. Whether you are are solopreneur, employee, doing a job search, we share how you can take care of yourselves professionally and personally. 

This week we discuss the reasons behind choosing Bossy, Brilliant & Badass as the name of the podcast.  In our conversation, we chat about having courage and how being a badass is sometimes simply about saying yes to the opportunities that come your way.

In this episode, we introduce ourselves to you, tell you a little bit about who we are and let you know what you can expect from the podcast each week. 

We also want to hear from you.  This podcast is a space for you to ask any questions that you might have about coaching, career and professional development, business issues or anything like that.