Stop Winging It

Apr 13 2023
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We focus on small business owners, CEO's and executive leaders, by highlighting a variety of topics and key business functions and breaking them down into manageable 5-10-minute slices. Our goal is to bring you relevant and timely ideas to consider when looking for solutions to today's business challenges. Tough conversations, culture, people management, process efficiency and much more. We provide an overview of what today's leaders are saying and doing, so you get the information you need, when you need it. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-carver/support

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Stop Winging It--Season II Ep 10: What's the value of a fractional CFO? Why you want and NEED peace of mind in your financial life.

Apr 13 2023 6 mins  
Somewhere beyond the roles and responsibilities of a standard bookkeeper is the art and practice of making sense of all the financial movement happening in your organization. It's not general payroll or data entry, it's what can we forecast for? What's our budget to expand? Will our cash flow support our growth? What is the cost of adding more people, equipment, systems

Stop Winging It: Season II Ep 9: Finding the balance between work and life. What's your motivation? The pain of discipline or the pain of regret?

Apr 05 2023 7 mins  
In this last of the series on Work-Life-Balance, we put into perspective the reasons why it's important and what the studies say about the benefits of being "in balance." We've talked about working to live or living to work and what that looks like. How do you know when you're out of proportion in one area or another, and not just for a moment in time, but all

Stop Winging It: Season II Episode 8: The Life part of Work-Life-Balance. What you do outside of work and why it matters.

Mar 29 2023 8 mins  
The second part of this series is on life this week. We ask lots of questions to get you to think about what's important outside of work and why. Are you living to work or working to live? About a third of your existence is not working or sleeping--what's important to you? Is work or life taking precident? In today's fast-paced and demanding world, achieving a balance b

Stop Winging It--Season II Ep 7: Work-life-balance. How are you hard-wired? Do you live to work or work to live? Why it matters!!

Mar 22 2023 11 mins  
For the next 3 episodes we're breaking down work-life-balance to see what's behind this cultural shift. Today we're focusing on the work portion. We all need to make money somehow in order to live. What we do should line up ideally with what we value. What do you value? Why do you work? If we spend a third of our time working, another third playing and the last third sl

Stop Winging It: Season 2 Ep 6: Tough conversations. How to prepare for and encourage them in your organization.

Mar 20 2023 11 mins  
It is inevitable that a difficult conversation will arise in the #workplace. But how do you #navigate that effectively? How do you have a conversation with an #employee who is not performing to the set standards? What about discussing #management styles with a new #manager who cannot get things under control? There are many situations where you will have to have a #ToughConversatio

Stop Winging It--Season II Ep. 5 GOOD AND BAD BOSSES. What makes the biggest difference?

Mar 08 2023 11 mins  
There are thousands of books and talks on what makes a good or poor boss.  In this short video we break down some of the key characteristics and look at both sides of the equation.  Where do you fall?  What kind of boss are you and what kind do you aspire to be?  What is most effective when leading a team or organization?  Do you see yourself in this video

Stop Winging It--Season II Ep. 4: Firing, how to do it well and when.

Mar 02 2023 7 mins  
It's going to happen if you're a leader or manager of people.  You'll have to let someone go.  Is there a way to do this without the drama and anxiety?  How can everyone retain their integrity?  Listen in for a few tips to help keep your heart rate down and stay true to your core values. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-

Stop Winging It--Season II Ep. 3: Understanding Total Compensation. What attracts and retains top talent?

Feb 22 2023 6 mins  
It's not just about how much you pay someone.  The total compensation package includes the intangibles like benefits, company perks and other non-monetary items.  Still, overall culture will dictate much of these are valued.  Regardless of how much people make, they will still walk if the culture or their boss is bad.  When the pain of staying is greater than th

Stop Winging It--Season II, Ep. 2 Things to consider to help you retain top talent. Why would people want to work for you?

Feb 15 2023 6 mins  
You want to attract top talent, not chase it all the time.  If you've done a great job of hiring the right person, now what?  What will keep them engaged, fulfilled and wanting to make this a career instead of just another job on their resume?  It's a lot of little things and a few big rocks.  Give us 5-6 minutes as we review some of the basics when it comes to

Stop Winging It: Season 2 Ep 1--Hiring great talent, what's important.

Feb 08 2023 7 mins  
In this first of a 4-part series on People Management, we provide an overview of what it takes to attract great talent vs. chasing them.  It includes processes, learning from the past, being objective and tying back to the organization's Core Values and Mission.  Great reminders in a short format to keep you focused on the main thing, which is hiring the right people for