Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset

"Small Business Productivity Straight Talk", hosted by Amber De La Garza.

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327 | Preparing To Sell Your Business: Practical Approaches With Malcolm Peace

327 | Preparing To Sell Your Business: Practical Approaches With Malcolm Peace

I sit down with the founder of Tsetserra Growth Partners, Malcolm Peace, to dive into how you can best prepare yourself and stabilize your business now to ensure you’ll be able to sell it down the line when the timing is right and should you wish to do so.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Malcolm Got Into Buying Businesses

✔ Why You Might Want To Consider Selling Your Business Down The Line

✔  What Metrics Business Buyers Look At

✔ Malcolm’s Framework Evaluating A Business

✔ The Importance Of Being Centralized Vs. Decentralized 

✔ Why Constant Recruiting Is A Necessary Part Of Business Ownership

✔ Where To Sell Your Business

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/327

 

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

 

326 | Simple Tech Upgrades To Maximize Your Efficiency

326 | Simple Tech Upgrades To Maximize Your Efficiency

I dive into eight simple upgrades to the technology you use in your business every day that can help you maximize your efficiency.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ How Tech Upgrades Can Impact Your Business & Workflow

✔ Which Simple Tech Upgrades You Should Consider Implementing

✔ My Task Management Program Evolution

✔ My Thoughts & Warnings About Using AI

✔ What Tech Upgrades You Should Prioritize & How

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/326

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

325 | Burnout Prevention & Recovery With Charlène Gisèle

325 | Burnout Prevention & Recovery With Charlène Gisèle

I sit down with Charlène Gisèle, The Burnout Prevention Adviser, to dive into burnout prevention strategies, as well as tools to help you heal from burnout.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Habits & Behaviors That Lead To Burnout

✔ How To Know When An Intervention Is Needed

✔ The Mindshift That Needs To Happen To Course Correct

✔ The Healing Tools You Can Use To Combat Burnout

✔ How Long It Takes To Pull Yourself Out Of Burnout

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/325

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

 

324 | 5 Steps To Developing A Strong Team

324 | 5 Steps To Developing A Strong Team

I dive into what it takes to develop and maintain a strong team so you can maximize the benefits of having a team who supports you in achieving your business goals.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ The Smart Alternative To Micromanaging Your Team

✔ Why It’s Important To Invest In Your Team

✔ Necessary Steps To Build A Strong & Effective Team

✔ What Audits Should Be Performed Periodically

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/324

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

P.S. If you’re a small business owner who wants to run your business more efficiently, improve your time management, build and lead your team confidently, and make the right strategic decisions to lower your stress and be more profitable, I invite you to join us in Leverage Lab® => https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/LeverageLab

 

323 | Leveling Up Your Email Management With Yaro Starak

323 | Leveling Up Your Email Management With Yaro Starak

I sit down with the co-founder of email management company InboxDone.com, Yaro Starak, to dive into an effective email management solution that could reduce chaos, keep you from drowning in emails, and get you to inbox zero every single day.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Is Making It Hard For You To Grow

✔ Why Yaro Hired His First Email Assistant

✔ The Self-Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Delegating Your Email

✔ The Phases Of Delegating Emails

✔ Strategies To Make The Handover Successful

✔ How To Handle Tasks That Come In Via Email

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/323

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

 

322 | How To Stop Micromanaging Your Team

322 | How To Stop Micromanaging Your Team

I dive into the root causes of why you’re micromanaging your team so you can stop doing so and instead, empower your team to grow in their roles and invest more of your time in your own high-value activities.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Micromanagement Is

✔ How It Might Be Showing Up In Your Business

✔ Why You Might Have The Tendency To Micromanage

✔ How To Stop Micromanaging Your Team:

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/322

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

 

321 | Lessons In Leadership & Building A Strong Culture With Jaime Taets

321 | Lessons In Leadership & Building A Strong Culture With Jaime Taets

I sit down with the Founder and CEO of Keystone Group International, Jaime Taets, to dive into the leadership role a business owner plays in building culture and how a strong culture is the foundation for scaling.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ Why Strong Cultures Help Businesses Grow

✔ How To Get Out From Under The Founder’s Dilemma

✔ Ways To Reduce Cultural Confusion Within Your Business

✔ How Having Great Culture Helps With Hiring & Firing

✔ What Must Be Done In Order To Scale

✔ The  Key To Allowing Flexibility & Autonomy While Building Trust With Your Team 

✔ Our #1 Job As Strong Leaders

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/321

 

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

 

320 | 6 Tips To Manage Your Time Blindness

320 | 6 Tips To Manage Your Time Blindness

I dive into the topic of time blindness so you can learn how it might be affecting you and your business, then take action to minimize its unintentional costs.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ What Time Blindness Is

✔ Who It Affects & Why

✔ Common Symptoms & Costs of Unintentional Time Blindness

✔ Ways To Tell If You Struggle With It

✔ How To Manage Your Time Blindness

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/320

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

319 | How Intentional Action Leads To Exceptional Results With James Brackin

319 | How Intentional Action Leads To Exceptional Results With James Brackin

In this episode of the Small Business Straight Talk Podcast, I sit down with personal coach James Brackin to discuss how intentional action can fuel your growth and lead to exceptional results.

What You’ll Discover In This Episode:

✔ James’ Background That Significantly Influenced The Way He Lives

✔ What Specific Event Led Him To Bet On Himself

✔ How James Defines Intentionality

✔ How To Be Intentional With Your Time

✔ Why We Should Optimize For Enjoyment Insteads Of Progress

✔ How To Use Anticipation To Fuel Your Growth

✔ The Results That Come Out Of Living With Intentionality

✔ So Much More!

To access resources and links from this episode, click on https://AmberDeLaGarza.com/319

P.S. Want to discover what’s most holding you back in business and receive a personalized playlist to help you overcome those specific challenges? It only takes a few minutes to take the Next Level Business Owner Quiz and get on the path of taking your leadership and business to the next level! 

And… If you want help managing your time, creating efficiency, making a new hire, reducing the stress and overwhelm of running a business, or making strategic decisions that will help you level up your business, I’d like to talk to you. Let's discuss how we can partner together to help you get unstuck, reduce stress, and determine a clear path to increased profits! Schedule your Discovery Call

 

Bio of Small Business Productivity Straight Talk | Strategy, Efficiency, Time Management, & Mindset

"Small Business Productivity Straight Talk" is a podcast hosted by Amber De La Garza, known as The Productivity Specialist for Small Business Owners. This podcast is dedicated to helping small business owners learn effective business strategies, improve time management, and elevate productivity in order to maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what truly matters.

Amber is a highly sought-after coach, trainer, speaker, writer, and creator of Leverage Lab®. With her extensive experience and expertise, she provides business owners with straightforward advice on what it takes to reduce stress, boost productivity, and grow their businesses.

Amber shares her favorite business strategies, time management techniques, and productivity tips while also conducting interviews with experts and business owners who share their own success stories, challenges, and how they overcame them to reach new levels of business growth. The podcast is free from B.S., fluff, and overused jargon, as Amber's style is passionate, direct, and at times, even a little sarcastic. Her focus is always on providing listeners with tangible strategies to achieve real results and succeed in business.

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