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 youโre 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, youโre not aloneโand youโre 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 youโre expected to know how to manage people, make the right calls, and lead with confidenceโwithout ever being shown how to do it well.
Thatโs exactly what this podcast is here to change.
Hi, Iโm Lindsay White, a fractional HR expert and leadership coach who works with founders and business owners navigating the real challenges of leading a team. Iโve spent years inside growing businesses, helping founders work through everything from hiring and performance issues to team dynamics and difficult decisionsโoften 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 youโre responsible for a team. And what Iโve seen time and time again is that when leadership isnโt intentional, the same issues keep showing upโjust at a larger scale.
In this show, youโll learn how to:
โจ Handle employee performance issues and know what to do when someone on your team isnโt meeting expectations
โจ Navigate difficult conversations at work with clarity instead of avoiding them or second-guessing yourself afterward
โจ Hire the right people and avoid the hiring mistakes that create bigger problems down the line
โจ Build a workplace culture that supports your business as it grows, instead of something youโre constantly trying to fix
โจ Lead your team with more confidence so you can scale your business without everything falling back on you
If youโre 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:
๐ป Grab My Guides & Frameworks: https://go.highvoltageleadership.ca/resource-library
๐ Learn more about the LPC Accelerator: https://highvoltageleadership.ca/lpc-accelerator/
๐ Visit: https://highvoltageleadership.ca
๐ฉ Connect: lindsay@highvoltageleadership.ca
The People Side of Business | Team Management Strategies, How to Manage Employees, Leadership for Business Owners
How to Measure Your Impact as a Founder with Emily Kane Miller
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Meet ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ (@ethosgiving), the founder and CEO of Ethos Giving, a social impact business providing organizations with data tracking systems for effective management in their pursuit of meaningful change. With a background in philanthropy and advocacy, she excels in envisioning and managing contributions that create maximum benefit for all, previously leading award-winning philanthropic efforts at The Wonderful Company and working on diverse issues at different levels of government and international affairs.๐โจ
Join us for this weekโs episode of Female Founder Friday to hear why itโs imperative to level up your data, create a motivational workplace, and consider how you showcase your brand to clients in order to strengthen the ethos of your business๐ช
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- Measure your impact in your community (7:08)
- Create a workplace for your team to fuel their passions (14:29)
- Think about how you present your brand to clients (22:19)
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๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐: https://ethos-giving.com/
๐๐ข๐ง๐ค๐๐๐ข๐ง: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ethosgiving
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The People Side of Business is the podcast for female founders and business owners who are leading teams and growing businesses.
Hosted by Lindsay White, Leadership Coach, Team Leadership Strategist, and Fractional HR Expert, this show delivers practical leadership strategies, real-world people solutions, and honest conversations about the challenges of leading a team.
From employee performance issues and difficult conversations to hiring, accountability, workplace culture, and team growth, each episode is designed to help you lead, manage, and scale your team as a founder.
If you're ready to become a more confident leader, make better people decisions, and build a stronger, higher-performing team, you're in the right place.
Learn more at highvoltageleadership.ca, connect on Instagram @highvoltleadership, or find Lindsay White on LinkedIn.
The people side of business isn't separate from growth. The people side of business is the business.
