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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
The People Side of Business | Team Management Strategies, How to Manage Employees, Leadership for Business Owners
[S5, Ep26] Why Is It So F*cking Hard to Ask for Help?
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If you’ve ever cried in your car, snapped at your partner, or wondered why everything feels heavy even when things look “fine” on paper — this episode is for you. I'm digging into the real reason female founders avoid asking for help, and why that pattern quietly slows your growth, drains your energy, and caps your leadership.
✨ Episode Highlights
- 😣 Why even the most capable founders struggle to ask for help
- 🧠 The saboteur chatter that fuels the “I should be able to handle this” loop
- ⚠️ The real cost of doing everything yourself — on your business and your health
- 💡 Why asking for help is wisdom, not weakness
- 🔎 The 5 clarity questions to uncover where you’re overwhelmed or pretending things are “fine”
- 🧭 How protecting your time + energy shifts you back into true CEO mode
📄 Download: The CEO Clarity Worksheet
Get the 5 questions from today’s episode in a printable worksheet to help you identify exactly where you need support — and why you’ve been avoiding it.
Find it inside my Resource Library.
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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.
