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Adventures in Businessing: Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and a Healthy Dose of Humor

by Ciircles

Adventures in Businessing (AIB) is a podcast where four entrepreneurs in 3 different industries discuss all the challenges that come with creating. It's a whilwind of insight, discovery, and absurdity as these 4 take you on a new adventure on a different business topic each week.

Episodes

Accomplish Anything by Doing Nothing

32m · Published 08 Jul 11:00

Show Notes

[0:01:00] Episode Summary | Intro

Most “Excitingest” Episode Ever?
- The Work Between the Work, Vacations, Etc.
- The Most Neglected Topic in Business
Margins
- Lots of managers and leaders don’t like to talk about pausing.
- We believe in margins so much that we’ve dedicated a third of our schedule to margins.
- Without an emphasis on Margin, Burnout is a very real danger.

[0:05:10] It Doesn’t Always Take Active Work to Make Progress

Margin can facilitate progress.
We think of progress as linear, but that’s just not realistic.
- Progress has fits and starts.

[0:07:59] Active Rest-- What is it? Why is it Necessary?

You should be scheduling active rest into your calendar.
You tend to lose focus on the importance of margin with age.
- Which emphasizes the need to make margins intentional.
If you don’t fill your calendar, someone else will steal that time from you, and fill that time for you.
- Memorialize and protect your intentional disconnects.
Is boredom the missing item in your workday toolkit?
- You have to find incremental ways to schedule margin into your schedule.
- - You won’t come out the gate a detox/disconnect professional.
  - - Regardless, you have to treat margin like it’s business, to keep it secure and sacred from the infinite things that could or would detract from it.

[0:14:25] If Possible...

Try a Week Out of Office Per Quarter
Start Each Day With a Plan
- Set aside planned time for others, whether that’s morning or afternoon.
- - Bookend your day with margin.
- Be present with your thoughts.
Attempt ‘Boredom & Margin Interval Training’
- You start with a lot of work time, and then gradually increase the margin and thought work time.
- The time away from active work makes you better and faster when it’s time to run.

[0:19:50] People Who Have no Margin Are Stressed

Having no margin will have an unintentional negative run-off on others.
Everyone needs different amounts and types of margin.
A lot of us think we need less margin than we actually do.
- Challenge: build in more margin into your schedule, and be retrospective about the effects.

[0:22:43] How We Use Margin Intentionally in Our Business

A tool for reflection.
A tool to acknowledge what’s important today.
- The world changes so fast, and what was important mere weeks ago, may not be important today.
Margin can be the gateway to progress, and therefore margin IS sometimes the work itself.
- Example: Circles Fulfillment Theory was birthed from the margin.
Margin is a very real world tortoise and hare scenario.
- Don’t let the modern world trick you and your organization into being burnt out hares.
Group Margin
- How we plan and execute margin together.

[0:29:30] Parting Words

Tips for making your margin and pauses more effective.
Next time on AIB
Recommended Reading: Seven Tips for Getting Unstuck - Ciircles

Progress vs Productivity

31m · Published 01 Jul 11:00

Show Notes

[0:00:49] Episode Summary | Intro
- The Topic That Keeps us Moving & Out of Bed in the Morning
- - Being Motivated by Progress!

[0:03:27] Progress is Essential, but...

We sometimes forget that being busy or active doesn't always go hand-in-hand with moving the needle forward.
It’s easy to not plan your productive time well.
- It takes a lot of planning to do ‘deep work’ well.

[0:05:15] The Secret SuperPowers of a Good Manager

Facilitating & Tracking Real Progress
Real progress has nothing to do with looking busy.
Being aware of putting your big rocks in first.
Rewiring How You Perceive Busy vs Productive
- It’s a fundamental, though rewarding, shift.

[0:08:52] What is Progress?

Is it strictly movement over time?
- Instead let’s consider: The right amount of better over the right amount of time.
- - You know when you’ve taken too much time for too little better.
  - You know when you’ve scheduled too much better for too short a time.
  - The sweet spot is always the right amount of better over the right amount of time.
  - Time is a real constraint that can free us up in ways that make us more productive.
Progress Doesn’t Mean Much Without Time Constraints

[0:13:07] The Impact of Not Defining Constraints or the Right Amount of Better

Lots of activity is a false security blanket.
It’s hard to stay passionate about something over a long period of time if you aren’t making the necessary progress.
- Working on things that never ship is a good example of this type of burnout.
- Poorly scoped work also results in this kind of burnout.
- When you do not have steady progress, everyone loses motivation.
Most people are quite bad about predicting or estimating how long something will take to accomplish.
- Don’t beat yourself up about that though, and while it’ll never be perfect, it gets better with time.
As your company changes, how you do the work will change as well.
Invisible progress is a very real thing, let’s be mindful of it.
Focused effort will lead to results.

[0:21:10] How to Help Your Team Establish Progress

The Ingredients of Progress:
- Clarity
- Collaboration
Progress is impossible to determine without clarity.
Your team cannot make decisions without clarity, and decisions by the team are necessary to make progress.
- Clarity also means checking in frequently to ensure everyone is still operating under the same parameters.
- Clarity enables your team to make better decisions.
The Importance of Planning
- Slowing down to speed up ensures better results in the end.
All Leaders are CROs: Chief Reminding Officers
- Constantly be reestablishing the clarity aspect.
Do you have a proper collaborative workflow?
- Does everyone know where the hand-off points are?

[0:30:38] Parting Words

Next Episode: The Work In Between the Work

Establishing a Work Cadence

33m · Published 24 Jun 11:00

Show Notes

[0:00:55] Episode Summary | Intro

Why Every Podcast NEEDS Intro Music
Last Episode Communication Recap

[0:03:13] Kicking off a New Topic

Making Progress
- Helping our teams make progress.
- Establishing a work cadence.
- Promoting progress and not business.
The Necessity of Work Cadence
- We’ve lost seasonality.
- - The modern world lacks cadence and sets your team up for failure and unfair expectations.
  - Black Friday in recent years is a perfect example of this.
- We don’t recognize how people’s creativity and work output is seasonal.
- - You can’t be “at an 11” all the time.
- Don’t let anyone feel guilty for taking time off.
- - Not just vacation, but allow your people to switch up what they are working on.

[0:08:36] Creating Seasons to Break-up the Work

This even applies to a given day’s worth of work.

[0:10:00] Learning From Past Mistakes

The work shouldn’t inherently dictate the season.
Your “fires” shouldn’t determine and set the standard and expectations for the season.
Consider checking email ONCE a day.
Your team can’t work at the same speed 365 days a year.
- We’re literally evolved, as a species, around seasons.

[0:12:10] What We’ve Done to Establish Cadence Within Our Company

Ask yourself, “What is the pulse of the team?”
- Where are the hills and valleys?
Breaking up work into cycles.
- Then establishing a down time in-between cycles.
- Try to ensure your cycles match or work around the cadence of common holiday and vacation times.
- - It’ll never be perfect or match the needs of each and every team member, but it will make a difference as a whole.
  - Allow PTO/vacation during a cycle, and take that into account when considering expected cycle output.
  - - Don’t punish the team for PTO being utilized.
- Cycles allow you to pause and celebrate wins with intention.
- - We STILL do a poor job of celebrating wins...and you probably will too, but don’t settle for it.
- Regular stopping points allow you to more easily course correct.
We create a very loose plan for the year as a whole.
- We also reevaluate that plan after every cycle concludes (but before the next begins).
Our calendar can be scary to the average business owner…
- ...but here’s why it shouldn’t be.
- - On putting people over profits.
  - - Happy people do better work.
    - How do we create sustainability AND keep people with the company?

[0:22:57] Is Boredom the Missing Item in Your Workday Toolkit?

Problems are solved in the silence.
- In the quiet between the work is generally when problems are solved in more creative ways.
- Margins (pauses) make doing the work more productive.
Looking back at the dreadful state of our work lives without cycles and natural stopping points.

[0:27:13] What’s Next?

Planning definitely for the whole year is overwhelming and loses clarity over time.
- Asking “what’s next?” after each cycle is liberating and creates so much more shared understanding in the end.
- - Additionally, it works wonders in the ability to pivot, which is vital in your organizational toolkit.

[0:29:45] Saying You’re Not Working During Downtime is Very MIsleading

- Downtime is a time for reflection, pivoting, preparation, and learning.
[0:30:49] Cycles Are Iterative
- You’ll have to dial it in with what works best for your organization.

Communication Tips for Teams

30m · Published 17 Jun 11:00

Show Notes

[0:00:55] Episode Summary | Intro

Last Episode’s Recap
- Communication Pros & Cons
- Being Thoughtful with Your Chosen Communication Style

[0:03:22] The Right Time for Synchronous Communication

Don’t let “synchronous communication is bad” be a takeaway here.

[0:04:37] Ways to Build Connection Asynchronously

A remote team spread across different time zones is your biggest obstacle toward connection.
- Tips on Established Async Connection:
- - Have asynchronous communication around things that are not work related.
  - Consider an internal company podcast to heighten clarity and connection.
  - - When shared, provide a way for team members to discuss the podcast publicly with the team at large; message board format recommended.
- The more synchronous your company communication, the more you take away one of the major benefits of working from home: working at the optimal time, enhancing work/life balance.

[0:10:30] Effective Communication: My Four Filters

https://chrislema.com/effective-communication-my-four-filters/
Timing, Setting, Audience, Unintended Consequences
- Financial Updates & Transparency
- - Real time or async?
Think About Who You’re Communicating With
- You don’t need to distract or call attention to everyone if a topic is specific to one team or team member.
Go Into Your Meetings with a Clear Agenda & Time Box
- Most meetings lack clarity and produce very little.
- Capture outcomes!
- Lacking clarity of what to do next is one of the biggest reasons people hate meetings.
- Have a mediator who facilitates the meeting and the clock.
- - Let it be known who the facilitator is.
  - Make the facilitator responsible for capturing takeaways, ideas, questions, and next actions.
- Mine for conflict.
- - That’s where the gems come out of.
  - Don’t let someone sit on the sidelines when you know they have a difference of opinion.

[0:19:03] Best Practices and Standards

Establish when to expect a response.
Automatic check-ins.
- Creating a space for ‘What Work’.
- - A documented history of what you did in a given year.
- Favorite check-ins.
Make sure you take time to reset for the day.
- The ability to ‘not’ helps you gain perspective and clarity.
- - Don’t let all your reactions be emotional reactions.
  - Stepping away from the computer, even for a short time, works wonders.
Learn how to read individual personalities in text based communication.
- Not everyone communicates equally.
- If you don’t know how to read someone’s text based communication attempts, there’s a lot of room left for interpretation.
- - If you’re not sure...ASK!
  - Assume the best.

[0:27:32] Parting Words

Make time for one-off real time conversations.
- Even, and maybe especially, not regarding work.
In a non-pandemic world, face-to-face communication is still very important.

We want to hear your communications tips too!

- - Reach out to us at: Ciircles - How working together should work.
    - Or @Ciircles on Twitter

Real-time vs Asynchronous Communication

30m · Published 10 Jun 11:00

Show Notes

[0:01:01] Episode Summary & Intro

Machoman, Koolaid Man, or Wolfman Jack?

[0:02:04] Communication Round 2

Brief Recap of the Last Episode
Real Time Communication vs Asynchronous
- We started collocated, in-office and transitioned to remote work.
Benefits of Synchronous Communication
- While is it so alluring to maintain?
- Let’s be honest, real time communication is easier.
- - But is it better?
There’s an Idea That Moving Fast is Superior to Being Methodical & Intentional
- That idea is wrong, and here’s why.
- Fast often equals “move quickly...and break things”.
Communicating Asynchronously is Something You Have to Learn
- A skill like any other.
We Often Confuse Activity with Progress
- The truth is, you can be active but not get anything done.
Asynchronous Communication Tends to be More Thoughtful, More Crafted
- Be reading something, you get to sit down and really process communication.

[0:10:58] Asynchronous Communication as a Tool to Level the Playing Field

How asynchronous communication benefits those who process communication atypically: neuro divergence, or otherwise on the spectrum.
Not a speed typist? Asynchronous communication is a massive boon.
- Here’s why.

[0:13:33] How Can We Set Guardrails & Best Practices for Asynchronous Expectations?

It takes practice.
- Not just writing but reading asynchronously.
It requires mutual respect.
There should be shared understanding on a general timeframe of when you should hear a response.
- But sometimes just commenting that you’re still processing the last response and formulating your answer is key.
Silence is seen as approval, for better and worse.

[0:17:20] There is a Cost to Real TIme

A one hour real time conversation isn’t “just a hour”, it’s four hours of business time taken.
- When you move it asynchronous, it doesn’t take a hour of everyone’s time; it’s more thoughtful, and can allow those involved to come to solutions even quicker with little practice and training.
- Real time is expensive.
We’re not saying you should never have real time conversations.
- We are saying you should make sure they’re worth it.
- - You want to combat the “this meeting could have been an email” notion.

[0:19:01] Should we be All Asynchronous All the Time?

The cost of asynchronous is a breakdown in real human connection.
- Left unchecked, this leads to work becoming soulless and transactional.
- Connection is a fundamental piece.
It’s not one or the other.
- It’s about identifying the proper communication method for a given topic, task, idea, etc.
- It’s not ‘either or’, it’s ‘yes and’.
There is something to be said for asynchronous communication making it too easy not to intentionally document things.
- This is less than great. Be mindful of what needs to be documented.

[0:22:55] Additional Challenges

Real time communication has the potential to steal the party’s best time to get ‘deep work’ done.
- Ask your team members when their preferred times to do deep work is, and schedule meetings around this time, not during it.
- Don’t steal productive time from team members...unless the meeting is innately conducive to (and dependent on) their role specific productivity.

[0:26:59] Be Thoughtful About Your Communication

Consider the following for your meetings and communication in general:
- What is the best way to go about this particular communication?
- - (Synchronous or asynchronous?)
- What's the best time?
- What is the subject matter?

Modern Challenges with Communication

33m · Published 03 Jun 11:00

Show Notes:

[0:00:50] Episode Summary | Intro

THE Jeremy Moore?
2nd Vaccine Preparation & Anxieties
Last Episode Recap
- Building and Developing Your Team

[0:04:35] Getting Philosophical About Communication

Why Communication Isn’t ‘One-Size-Fits-All’
Dangers of Treating Distributed Communication Like You’re Collocated
- How this is applicable to all areas of your life.
- “It started with pagers.”
Always On, “As Soon as Possible” Culture is a Problem
- Activity is not to be confused with progress.
- If you’re always available, when can you ever hope to do ‘deep work’?
- Anxiety induced by not being available, or forgetting your phone.

[0:14:08] Story Time: Communication Awareness

Developing Our Own Communication Tool
- The justification, the goal, the whys and what-ifs.
Permissions to Interrupt
- Is it healthy, or reasonable?
Not Having Little ‘Red Dot’ Notifications Waiting for You is Liberating
- It takes time to reset your expectations and definition of work vs busy work.
You’re More Than a Response Machine
- Responding to notifications can feel productive, but it can kill creativity and progress by way of context switching.

[0:20:09] Maybe There’s a Better Way Than Always On

Training and Retraining Around Communication Expectations
- We have been conditioned to get notifications and respond immediately.
- The list of items that require immediate attention in your organization is MUCH smaller than you’re willing to admit.
- Retraining “I need to know right now” is the major hurdle.
- The vast majority of “need to know” items can be saved for when you explicitly choose to engage with your email, phone, etc.
Be Willing to Shift Your Understanding of Urgent & Important
- You’re probably thinking: “But what if we have an emergency?”
- - Here’s why it’s probably NOT an emergency.

[0:24:50] We Tend to “Solve” Management Problems with Software

The Bigger Problem:
- How and when you do, or do not, communicate with team members.
Don’t Be Selfish
Putting Out Little Fires Prevents You From Accomplishing the Meaningful

[0:29:03] There Are Emergencies

But they’re so much fewer than you think they are.
Document and define emergencies, which details on how and when to respond.
- Clarity on what is actually an emergency is very important, but use emergencies sparingly.
Don’t let tools dictate how you run your business.
- Slack is a perfect example of this.
- - Why James won’t log into Slack anymore.

[0:32:49] Closing Thoughts

“We all need more margin.”
“Slower and more intentional is usually better.”
Next Time on AIB

In between the Check-Ups

30m · Published 27 May 11:00

Show Notes

[0:00:48] Episode Summary | Intro

Standing Energy
What Happens In Between F.I.T.ness Check-ups?

[0:02:10] Recap of Last Episode’s Quarterly F.I.T.ness Check-in

If you’re only having conversations every three months, or annually, something is wrong.

[0:03:46] People Want Regular Feedback

Team Members Want Clarity & Shared Understanding
- Even if they’re low maintenance, and keep their head down, working hard...they still want and need the feedback.
Why Weekly vs Less Frequently
- Generally, the more frequently you meet, the shorter your meetings will be overall.
- If you schedule weekly, and you have to miss one, you’re not losing alot, whereas if you miss a monthly, you could be letting major agenda topics slide by for too long.
Don’t Make Your 1:1s All About Task LIsts & Project Management
Stick to Your Time Frame
- Don’t be afraid to push agenda items off to the following week’s 1:1.
- It’s not the end of the world if you can’t meet for one week.
Don’t Make it so Clinical That it’s Not Meaningful

[0:11:45] On Misfit Pairings of Employee & Role

- It’s so important to have and stick to an agenda for 1:1s.
[0:13:20] Manager’s Guide to 1 on 1s
- https://ciircles.com/1on1/
- 1:1s are about establishing connection with your direct report:
- - Establishing Empathy
  - Understanding Goals
  - Laying Growth Path
  - Providing Clarity
  - ...not just about the tasks & projects.
- Invest Time and Energy in Your Team
- - It’s Worth It

[0:16:28] The Hard Truths

It’s hard, it takes time, but it’s your job as a manager and/or leader.
Do it right and you have allies in the business, do it wrong (or not at all) and you have opponents.

[0:17:58] Is There an Ideal Number of Direct Reports?

20% of your time should ideally be spent on nurturing your communication and connection with your team members.

[0:19:28] Don’t Let Your 1:1s be Manager Driven

Let Your Team Members Set the Agenda
You Will Have to Train Team Members on How the 1:1 Works
- Communicate and Enforce What the 1:1 is For, The Purpose & Goal
- - Some will take to this really quickly, for others it will take time and experience.
1:1s Are a Great Way to Practice Collaboration
Active Listening & Taking Notes is Powerful for You and the Employee’s Rapport
- Actually caring, and listening is a very good thing.

[0:26:12] Think About the Best Manager You Ever Had

Odds are that one of the things that made them the best was that they genuinely cared about and believed in you.
You May be a Diamond in the Rough
- Let’s be honest, there are those who establish routine communication and good rapport so well, so regularly, that they may not need an explicit weekly 1:1.
Be the Manager Who Remembers Your Team Members’ Children’s Names

[0:28:33] Parting Words | Recap

It can seem like alot of work, but remember...it IS the work.
https://ciircles.com/1on1/
Next Episode Topic: Communication

Regular Check-Ups on Team F.I.T.ness

32m · Published 20 May 05:39

Show Notes

[0:00:42] Episode Summary | Intro

Music to Get You Going
Brief F.I.T.ness Recap

[0:04:00] Measuring F.I.T.ness

Organizations Change, Businesses Change, People Change
- You Have to Evaluate That
Recommendation: Quarterly F.I.T.ness Check-ins
Catch Issues or Tensions Before They Fester
Check-ins Directly Combat Ambiguity
- “With my team, one thing I always say is: if anything in this meeting is surprising to you, then I (the manager) haven’t done a good job.” - Jeremy
Your Check-ups are a Confirmation of Alignment or Misalignment
- They should not be where you identify proper or improper alignment for the first time.
Everyone Either Has or Knows of a Review Horror Story
- Be the cure, not the symptom.
- Don’t be nearsighted in your reviews.
- - Let team members know they aren’t being evaluated solely by this one quarterly check-up.
Frequency is a Delicate Balance for F.I.T.ness
- Regular check-ups not being about money/salary help enforce empathy, and strengthen your goal as a manager to make your team members better at their jobs.

[0:14:23] The Evaluation

Keep it Short, Keep it Simple
- On Scoring 1-5
- - The phrasing is more important than the number.
You Want Challenge
- Boredom is the enemy of challenge.
- Caution: too much challenge can cause burnout or defeatism.
You Want Success Over Failure
- But when failure occurs, you want individuals to have the liberty to fail forward.
Identify Trends
- Recurring instances of over or under achieving are worth acting on.
- - Has there been a dip in motivation or progress?
  - Why is this person excelling so far beyond that of their expectation?
  - Is this person in the right role?
It Begins and Ends with Clarity

[0:24:02] Words to the Wise

Tricky Instances to Be Aware of
Elaborating on ‘The Middle is the Best’
- You want to be in the middle in the evaluation scoring.

[0:28:25] Parting Words

Identify Tensions & Note Your Wins
- Encourage others to canonize and share their wins!
- - Especially during the F.I.T.ness check-ups.
Next Time on AIB
- “What Do You Do Between the Check-ups?“
- - Spoiler: 1on1s (Stay Tuned)

What makes a great team or team member (F.I.T.)

30m · Published 19 May 16:52

Show Notes

[0:00:47] Episode Summary | Intro

F.I.T.ness Overview
- Faculty
- Initiative
- Temperament
A Place for Alliteration

[0:04:45] Understanding Why Team Members May Be Unhappy in Their Role

They may be in the wrong place, doing the wrong work, or have the wrong temperament for the type of work they’re doing.
- You have to be flexible as an organization, hopefully without differing straight to letting the employee go.
- Though it’s important to acknowledge not every individual will be a fit for your culture and organization.

[0:08:00] Does X Person Have the F. I. and T. to be on Your Team?

Analyzing & Measuring Faculty, Initiative, and Temperament
- Determining F.I.T. May Mean Something Different to You and Your Organization
For Our Company, We’ve Found Temperament to be the Most Important Measurement
- You Have to Determine What’s the Right Temperament Your Team
- Temperament is the Hardest to Teach...and Change
- - It’s Also the Most Sensitive Topic

[0:16:26] Recommendation: Hire Slow, Fire Slow

Take Time to Determine F.I.T.
- You Can Train Over Most F.I.T. Challenges
- - You Should Be Trying to Help Team Members Through the Obstacles
  - What Do They Have Going on in Their Lives, How Can You Help?
  - - Even if we don’t want to admit it, personal life can and will bleed into work.
    - Empathy and communication are key.
    - You HAVE to ask questions about connection, collaboration, and clarity.

[0:20:24] How Do We Measure & What Does F.I.T.ness Look Like in Practice?

Recommended (Recurring) Quarterly Check-in
- But keep the conversation going in between quarterly check-ins.
F.I.T.ness Changes
- It changes, sometimes for the better, and sometimes for worse.
- F.I.T.ness is never static.
Confirm F.I.T. on the front end: during hiring and onboarding.

[0:25:34] Closing Thoughts

F.I.T. Operates with the ‘C’s and ‘P’s, Not in A Vacuum
- Clarity
- Collaboration
- Connection
- Passion
- Purpose
- Progress
If you don’t take the time to figure out your ideal F.I.T., you’ll end up putting square pegs in round holes.
- This ultimately hurts the new hire, and the team at large.
- - The ripple effect here doesn’t stop when you let someone go.
By acknowledging and keeping up with F.I.T. you can minimize the repercussions of not getting it right...because you’re not going to always get it right.
Companies & Culture Change Over TIme
- What’s F.I.T. Today May Not be F.I.T. Tomorrow

The 3 Cornerstones of Motivation

30m · Published 06 May 13:27

Show Notes

[0:00:43] Episode Summary | Intro
- Regional Seasonal Allergy Woes
- Last Episode Recap
  - Takeaways on Motivational Drivers
[0:03:25] What Are the Cornerstones of Motivation?
- Deep Diving on The 3 ‘C’s:
  - Connection
  - Clarity
  - Collaboration
    - How they all work off of and benefit from one another.
    - Collaboration as an accountability tool.
- Whatever you’re trying to accomplish, identifying the cornerstones you’re lacking will allow you to intentionally focus on and develop them.
[0:13:27] Practical Breakdown of How the 3 ‘C’s Actually Interact with Each Other
- Each overlapped ‘C’ (on the venn diagram of fulfillment) creates a ‘P’ (Passion, Purpose, Progress)
  - Clarity + Collaboration = Progress
  - Collaboration + Connection = Passion
  - Connection + Clarity = Purpose
    - What you’re doing has to matter...to YOU.
    - You have to love what you’re doing.
    - What you’re doing has to make an impact you can quantify.
[0:21:45] “Does a Tree Falling in the Forest Make a Sound if No One is There to Hear?”
- Measure AND Celebrate Your Wins
  - Don’t jump into “the next” before acknowledging what just was.
  - Nobody can feel Progress if you simply move right onto the next thing.
[0:23:25] Lifecycle of a Business Related to the 3 ‘C’s
- In the early days you don’t need everything.
  - It helps to start strong in one or two ‘C’s.
  - You WILL need them all over time, by the individual and as an organization.
    - Like anything living, it ebbs and flows, and it has to be nurtured.
[0:25:25] How Switching From In-office to Distributed can Shift Your Clarity, Connection and Collaboration
- When we first went distributed, our Clarity shrank and suffered FAST.
  - Now that remote work is the norm for us, Connection is the prime challenge.
    - Focus on those challenges; those tensions will reveal creative ways to approach them head on with confidence.
- Recommended Quarterly Check-in Review
  - Regularly ask your team things like:
    - “Where can we grow as a team?”
    - “What does our team need to be more successful?”
    - “How can we improve things for you?”
[0:28:44] Parting Words
- Food for Thought Until the Next Episode
- Next Time we’ll Start in on a New Series Topic:
  - “What makes great teams & team members?”
  - “How do you protect your business by having the right people in the right roles for your organization?”

Adventures in Businessing: Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and a Healthy Dose of Humor has 100 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 66:02:14. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 20th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 8th, 2024 09:14.