RUN LIKE CLOCKWORK: SMALL BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Play is transformative. 

And it's essential for our personal and professional growth that we take regular breaks to play.

I know from personal experience that when I incorporated more play and whitespace into my life, my business increased exponentially. 

I had more “million dollar” ideas, bigger business growth, came up with better strategies, strengthened my relationships, and found a deeper connection with myself.

On today's episode of the Run Like Clockwork podcast, I'm joined by Shannon Claire, an international branding photographer who has worked with entrepreneurs all over the globe, creating unforgettable brands and marketing campaigns that *actually* get attention.

We discuss:

• how playfulness fosters creativity, innovation, and problem-solving skills.

• the misconception that constant work will lead to success

• why breaks are essential for sustainable growth

• why capturing transformational experiences makes for the best photos

PLUS, we announce that Shannon will be offering a limited number of mini-branding shoots while at camp!

Are you struggling to free up time, increase efficiency, and reduce key person dependency in your business?

In this episode, Adrienne Dorison interviews Alexis Kingsbury, the founder of AirManual, about his journey to creating his solution to those issues. 

Alexis discusses the challenges he faced with traditional process documentation methods and how Air Manual was born out of the need for a tool that makes it easy for teams to create and follow processes. 

This conversation explores:

• The challenges of organizing digital workspaces and the benefits of using AirManual.
• Setting realistic expectations for finding information and improving client onboarding.
• Delegating hard tasks and making better decisions.
• How to support team members and create an incredible workplace.

Clockwork and AirManual are partnering to provide a one-of-a-kind online masterclass that will guide you from feeling stuck in your operations to achieving life-changing freedom. 

So… join us Wednesday, May 8th @ 10 am Eastern for our free webinar "Clunky to Clockwork: How to Make it Easy For Your Team To Do Things The Way You Want Them Done", and get our blueprint for scalable success.

In this training you’ll learn how to:

• Unlock Efficiency: Discover how the "weakest link in the chain" method can resolve your most pressing inefficiencies.

• Empower Your Team: Learn empowering techniques and tools that foster autonomy and reduce micromanagement.

• Blueprint to Freedom: Step-by-step guidance on making your business self-sustaining for growth without constant oversight.

• Achieve Life-Changing Results: Hear real success stories from businesses that have been transformation.

• Get Immediate Impact: Leave with actionable knowledge and resources for quick, valuable changes.

To find out more and secure your space, head to airmanual.link/clockwork

This is our final episode in the Clockwork Book Club, and today we are talking to the Author of  “Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself”… Mike Michalowicz!

In this episode, we discuss:

• What Mike wishes everyone knew about Clockwork

• The biggest updates to the system since the first edition of the book

• Why people resist the Four-Week vacation, and how to combat that!

Every time we talk to Mike we always glean some new insights, and this episode is no different!

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠

Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 13 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why we encounter pushback

• How Design can be just as taxing as Doing work

• Why you need to show up more when building trust 

We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 237-250.

If you would like access to our FREE Study and Discussion Guides, and the ability to binge the podcast instead of waiting for weekly episode drops, you can opt into a private feed here → http://www.runlikeclockwork.com/bookclub

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠

Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 12 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss our takes on Roberto’s story!

We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 227-236.

If you would like access to our FREE Study and Discussion Guides, and the ability to binge the podcast instead of waiting for weekly episode drops, you can opt into a private feed here → http://www.runlikeclockwork.com/bookclub

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠

Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 11 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How key metrics help you determine the health of your business

• What to feature on a high-level dashboard

• The ACDC bottleneck framework

We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 200-226.

If you would like access to our FREE Study and Discussion Guides, and the ability to binge the podcast instead of waiting for weekly episode drops, you can opt into a private feed here → http://www.runlikeclockwork.com/bookclub

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠

Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 10 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How key metrics help you determine the health of your business

• What to feature on a high-level dashboard

• The ACDC bottleneck framework

We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 172-199.

If you would like access to our FREE Study and Discussion Guides, and the ability to binge the podcast instead of waiting for weekly episode drops, you can opt into a private feed here → http://www.runlikeclockwork.com/bookclub

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠

Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 9 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How to complete a Job Trait Analysis

• Hiring for strengths instead of skills

• Using Clockwork as a retention tool on your team

We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 149-171.

If you would like access to our FREE Study and Discussion Guides, and the ability to binge the podcast instead of waiting for weekly episode drops, you can opt into a private feed here → http://www.runlikeclockwork.com/bookclub

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.

Welcome to our breakdown of Chapter 8 of Clockwork, Revised and Expanded: Design Your Business to Run Itself.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How to get systems out of your head

• Why we don’t believe in written SOPs

• The value of continuous improvement

We suggest that you read the chapter and then come listen to this episode covering pages 128-148.

If you would like access to our FREE Study and Discussion Guides, and the ability to binge the podcast instead of waiting for weekly episode drops, you can opt into a private feed here → http://www.runlikeclockwork.com/bookclub

You can share your reflections with us over on Instagram --> ⁠@rlclockwork⁠

If you don't have your copy of the book yet, you can grab a ⁠physical, kindle, or audible version here.⁠