The People Side of Business | Team Management Strategies, How to Manage Employees, Leadership for Business Owners
Are you leading a team but quietly wondering if you’re actually doing it right?
Are you dealing with employee issues, performance problems, or difficult conversations that feel heavier than they should?
And are you starting to realize that growing your business through people is a completely different skill set than building it on your own?
If that sounds like you, you’re not alone—and you’re in the right place.
Because the truth is, leadership is something most founders are never properly taught. You build a business, you hire a team, and suddenly you’re expected to know how to manage people, make the right calls, and lead with confidence—without ever being shown how to do it well.
That’s exactly what this podcast is here to change.
Hi, I’m Lindsay White, a fractional HR expert and leadership coach who works with founders and business owners navigating the real challenges of leading a team. I’ve spent years inside growing businesses, helping founders work through everything from hiring and performance issues to team dynamics and difficult decisions—often at the exact moment things start to feel messy, unclear, or harder than they should.
Like a lot of the people I work with, you may have built something successful, but no one handed you a clear playbook for what comes next when you’re responsible for a team. And what I’ve seen time and time again is that when leadership isn’t intentional, the same issues keep showing up—just at a larger scale.
In this show, you’ll learn how to:
✨ Handle employee performance issues and know what to do when someone on your team isn’t meeting expectations
✨ Navigate difficult conversations at work with clarity instead of avoiding them or second-guessing yourself afterward
✨ Hire the right people and avoid the hiring mistakes that create bigger problems down the line
✨ Build a workplace culture that supports your business as it grows, instead of something you’re constantly trying to fix
✨ Lead your team with more confidence so you can scale your business without everything falling back on you
If you’re ready to feel more confident in how you manage your team and make decisions as a leader, this is a good place to start.
Next Steps:
💻 Grab My Guides & Frameworks: https://go.highvoltageleadership.ca/resource-library
🚀 Learn more about the LPC Accelerator: https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator/
🌐 Visit: https://highvoltageleadership.ca
📩 Connect: lindsay@highvoltageleadership.ca
Episodes
240 episodes
Welcome to The People Side Of Business!
Have you ever felt like everyone is talking about marketing, sales, and scaling, yet no one is talking about the leadership challenges that come with building a business? That gap is exactly why leadership skills for female business owners dese...
[S5 Ep51] The Biggest Lessons We Learned This Season About Leadership, Growth & Building a Business That Doesn’t Burn You Out
We're five seasons in, friend. And wow, we've explored some vulnerable topics and big strategies. Guests had mic-drop and thought-provoking moments, and founders sent messages that reminded me exactly why this show exists. ...
[S5 Ep50] The Messy Middle of Scaling: When Vision & Execution Stop Matching with Kaitlyn David
You had the vision. You built the thing! And somewhere between starting and scaling, the message got muddier, the team got busier, and the gap between what you meant to build and what's actually being delivered started to widen.This wee...
[S5 Ep49] The CEO Shift: Why Doing Everything Yourself Is Quietly Killing Your Business with Elizabeth Eiss
This week, I sat down with Elizabeth Eiss, founder of Results Resourcing, and she said something in particular that I knew I needed to share with you. That 57% of the average founder's time is spent on non-core work. Work that isn't generating ...
[S5 Ep48] The Real Entrepreneur Journey: Chaos, Growth & Figuring It Out with CEO Taunya Woods Richardon
Entrepreneurship isn't a straight line. It's messy, unpredictable, and sometimes a complete sh*t show.This week, I sat down with Taunya Woods Richardson, founder of Nail the Numbers, with 30 years of entrepreneurial experience. We went e...
[S5, Ep47] Why Ignoring Your Mental Health Is Hurting Your Business with Shulamit Ber Levtov
Your business is only as healthy as you are. Which is exactly why founder mental health isn't a nice to have, a soft skill or something to get to when things slow down. It's a core business strategy, with data to back it up.And ...
[S5, Ep46] No Ego, No Power Struggles: Inside a High-Trust Leadership Model With The Team from Artemis Factor
Three co-founders. Seven years in. But every expert told them it would never work...When Shannon, Katrina, and Tara started Artemis Factor, the advice was unanimous: "Three founders is too many!" They were told that som...
[S5, Ep45] The Hidden Factor Behind Female Founder Burnout (It’s Not What You Think) with CEO Angela Johnson
I'll be honest, this episode is deeply personal for me. In 2024 I went through a period where I genuinely couldn't figure out what was happening to my body. Memory fog. Digestion issues. No sleep. Some days it was hard to work becau...
[S5, Ep44] Scaling a Startup Fast: Lessons from a Female Founder in Health Tech, CEO Aja Beckett
Are you being too hard on yourself? The problem you've been trying to fix might need something other than the discipline.In this episode of Female Founder Unplugged, Lindsay sits down with Aja Beckett — app developer, GLP-1 user, and acc...
[S5, Ep43] Stop Building in the Dark: Community, Connection and Leading Without Loneliness (with Kristina Bartold-Sorgota)
You can have a successful business and still feel completely alone. A lot of founders I know are building in the dark and making decisions in isolation, without a real space to let out their thoughts (that have turned into secrets at this p...
[S5, Ep42] The Messy Middle Isn’t Just Structural — It’s Lonely (Why LPC Works Together)
"I don't really have anyone I can talk to who understands the business and isn't a stakeholder. It's really lonely."A founder said that to me recently, and I've been thinking of it ever since. Because it's true! And it's one of ...
[S5, Ep41] The People Strategy You’re Avoiding (And Why It’s Making Scaling Messy)
There's no shame in the game, but if you've thought at least one of these thoughts very recently..."I just need one more person." "If we just hire someone who's good, this will all come together.""I do...
[S5, Ep40] The ‘Nice Girl’ Trap: Why Female Founders Struggle With Leadership Boundaries (with Sarah Khan)
This conversation is a direct challenge to the nice girl trap, and is fire from start to finish. 🔥 In this episode, Lindsay sits down with Sarah Khan — leadership strategist, empowerment coach, and the woman who has built a career out o...
[S5, Ep39] The Leadership Shift in the Messy Middle
What do you do when your own wiring (your 'get $h*t done' attitude) starts to work against you?Until you directly look at the hyper achiever energy that got you to this point in your business, and do the internal work to sepa...
[S5, Ep38] The Messy Middle: The Stage No One Warned You About
Let me paint you a picture.Your revenue is solid, your calendar is full, your inbox is buzzing, and even your accountant is happy. And yet you're lying awake at 3am thinking — how does this feel successful and like it's flying apart ...
[S5, Ep37] The Most Underrated Growth Strategy? Your People Strategy
You have a marketing plan. A financial plan. Maybe even a product roadmap.But a people strategy?That's the one most founders skip — until things start falling apart.In this episode, Lindsay is calling out one of the most da...
[S5, Ep36] The Courage to Lead With Your Whole Story - A Conversation with Fallon Farinacci
There are moments when someone’s story doesn’t just move you, it changes you. This episode is about leadership, but not the kind you’ll find in a business course or book. It’s about the courage to lead with your whole story.F...
[S5, Ep35] The CEO Dilemma: Why Growth Feels So Lonely (And What to Do About It)
You’ve built the business. Your team is growing, and opportunities are expanding! Your success means more visibility, more responsibility, and more people depending on you.But all of this happening can actually make you feel quite lonely...
[S5, Ep34] Redesigning Your CEO Role for Real Growth
So… your business is growing, your team’s stronger than ever, and for the first time, things are running without you in every detail. That should feel like freedom, right?But instead, you’re feeling lost. Maybe a little guilty. Maybe eve...
[S5, Ep33] The Leadership Shift You Need to Scale
You’re not new to running a business—but lately, it feels like the weight of every decision, deadline, and deliverable is landing on your shoulders. Even with a solid team, you’re still stuck in the middle of it all. But that can change!...
[S5, Ep32] Building a Team That Fits: Fewer "Shoulds," More Strategy (with Rachel Pedersen)
She downsized, reset, and rehired... And what she learned about people strategy will change how you build your team. In this episode, I sit down with social media strategist Rachel Pedersen to unpack the real and raw lessons b...
[S5, Ep31] Why Being the Final Decision-Maker Is Holding Your Business Back
You’ve built the team. You’ve tried delegating. But somehow, you're still making the final call on every. single. thing.Sound familiar? Then this episode is a must-listen. We’re digging deep into the “Final Decision Maker Trap”—...
[S5, Ep30] Delegation Stops Working As Your Business Grows
Happy New Year, my friends! If you're entering 2026 with equal parts excitement and exhaustion, you’re not alone.Your business is growing. You’ve built something you're proud of. But quietly, behind the success, there’s burnout. There's&...
[S5, Ep29] 2025: What a Year! Leadership Lessons, Overcommitment, and Scaling with Intention
2025 stretched a lot of founders and exposed some serious cracks in the way we lead.In this episode, I’m unpacking the biggest leadership lessons I learned this year and the 3 high-voltage shifts I’m making to step into 2026 with more cl...
[S5, Ep28] Fuel Your Leadership (with Dietitian Lindsay Martens)
This episode is a wake-up call for every founder who's ever skipped lunch, powered through with coffee, or told herself she's “too busy” to use the washroom. I'm joined by dietitian and women’s wellness expert Lindsay Martens for a ...