CEO School with Suneera Madhani

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75. Suneera Madhani on Achieving Work/Life Integration, Setting Your Week Up for Success and Utilizing the Three Bucket Principle Apr 07, 2021

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In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares the weekly scorecard process she uses so she can successfully manage being a mom and CEO and achieve work/life integration. You'll learn that the trick to work life balance, and how to zoom out and identify the three buckets of your life that are most important to you. Suneera breaks down how to build out the weekly habits in each bucket to help create the energy maintenance required to have the balance we seek. You'll hear how to think about your week and shift from a to do list to an energy list and maintain your energy across the three things that you really want balance in. This episode is brought to you by the CEO School planner, we believe you should run your life like a business. It's time to boss up and change your life with incredible systems that are going to help you stay accountable for 90 days to ensure that you get your goals done. To purchase your CEO school planner, go to www.theceoschool.co/shop and if you want this planner to come to you in our quarterly subscription with the club, www.theceoschool.co/join where you can join the club and get exclusive workshops, mentoring sessions and a quarterly subscription box with the planner included in it. Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way. See you in the next class!

74. Trudi Lebron on Building Anti-Racist Businesses, Being an Equity Centered Leader, and Committing to Inclusivity Apr 05, 2021

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In this episode, you'll hear from Trudi Lebron, a diversity, equity and inclusion coach who teaches individuals and institutions how to build successful, anti-racist businesses. Trudi shares how her professional background in nonprofit led her to teach entrepreneurs and business how to make a good living and be socially responsible in business. You'll learn how we can find a balance between fighting for we believe in and making sure that we still mentally and emotionally have the capacity to keep showing up. Trudi outlines the top three things a business owner, without any experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion work can do right now to make an impact, and gives practical tips to fix mistakes commonly seen in marketing and sales processes to properly communicate your values and how to then align the actions of your company. You'll hear the the questions to ask when building an inclusive business and identifying barriers that may be inhibiting you from it. Connect with Trudi: https://trudilebron.com/ Instagram: @trudilebron Get on the Show Up & Serve 2021 waitlist: https://trudilebron.com/show-up-2021-waitlist/ Learn more about the Equity Centered Coaching Collective: https://trudilebron.com/coaching-collective/ This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

73. Shannan Monson on What to Focus on If You're Starting a Business from Scratch, Why Owning a Niche Matters, and the Key to Business Growt Mar 31, 2021

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In today's Wine Wednesday, Shannan celebrates her 10 year entrepreneurial anniversary and shares what she would do if she were to start again from scratch today. You'll hear why the very first thing that Shannan would do is to triple down on social media and how to do that in today’s market. Shannan emphasizes he importance of owning a niche and becoming as specific as possible in order to stand out, and why learning how to sell is integral to your business. Get on the waitlist to be first to know when the How to Start & Scale Video Series drops: https://info.theceoschool.co/starter-2021-waitlist This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

72. Arlan Hamilton on Starting a Venture Capital Fund for the Underestimated, Minimizing Funding Disparities, and Having the Resilience to N Mar 29, 2021

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In this episode, you'll hear from Arlan Hamilton, Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Arlan shares her journey from being broke to investing in 100 companies led by unrepresented founders. You'll hear the mindset and impact of someone raised in a home with abundant love, laughter and support but unsure where the next meal or roof would be. Arlan tells about the moment she knew she would make the vision come to fruition, while pacing a parking lot hotel in Texas. You'll hear step by step how she went to $15 million raised, 170 companies invested in over a six year period, and the vision for Backstage. Arlan speaks openly about the “pipeline” problem in the investor space and why it is not a real factor. Connect with Arlan: Buy Arlan's book: It's About Damn Time Invest in Backstage: https://republic.co/backstage Arlan's Academy: https://arlanwashere.teachable.com/ Website: https://backstagecapital.com/ This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

71. Suneera Madhani on Quarterly Planning Like a CEO, Setting Tangible Goals, and Creating Systems for Business and Life Mar 24, 2021

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In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera shares her own quarterly planning process she uses to set goals and map out how to achieve them. You'll learn how to assess the year so far and then create tangible and attainable, as well as exciting, goals for the quarter ahead. Suneera gives listeners a walkthrough of the zoom out process used in CEO School, available in the CEO School Planner, to identify next quarter’s goals. Suneera explains her why behind using the goal planning method in every area of her life: personal, family and professional, and encourages you to do it too. This episode is brought to you by the CEO School planner, we believe you should run your life like a business. It's time to boss up and change your life with incredible systems that are going to help you stay accountable for 90 days to ensure that you get your goals done. To purchase your CEO school planner, go to www.theceoschool.co/shop and if you want this planner to come to you in our quarterly subscription with the club, www.theceoschool.co/join where you can join the club and get exclusive workshops, mentoring sessions and a quarterly subscription box with the planner included in it. Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way. See you in the next class!

70. Molly Fienning on Running a Food Service Company During COVID, Learnings from Building Two 7 Figure Businesses, and Ways to Avoid Burnou Mar 22, 2021

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In this episode, you'll hear from Molly Fienning, CEO of Red Clay Hot Sauce, a modern, Southern hot sauce and hot honey company that brings a new kind of heat by putting flavor over fire. Molly dives right in and shares what it’s been like to run a food service company during the pandemic and survive all the changes. She shares the background story of how Red Clay hot sauce came to be with a date night and Molly’s industry experience with consumer packaged goods. You'll hear her three biggest learnings in that first part of building a business from the zero to seven figures of a company, and how to find the right people and create a support network when you’re in the baby stages of growing your business. Molly gives her advice on what to do when you want to quit and throw in the towel, or think about finding a new project or something else to work on, and how she has found ways to move past her biggest obstacles as an entrepreneur. Connect with Molly: https://www.instagram.com/mollyfienning/ Shop Red Clay hot sauce: https://redclayhotsauce.com/ This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

69. Shannan Monson and Suneera Madhani on Lessons Learned from the Pandemic, How Pivots Can Lead to More Opportunities, and Looking Ahead to Mar 17, 2021

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In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan and Suneera share the lessons they have learned the last year as their business and personal lives pivoted during the pandemic. Suneera discusses learning to let all the expectations and pressures go, and how the pandemic helped her to stop and smell the roses and positively changed views on professionalism. Shannan shares that her first lesson from the pandemic is to stay true to the vision but flexible on the details. She also speaks to the impact and power of online communities when the world was shut down and how it’s such an important connected point for women in your digital space. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

67. Suneera Madhani on the Leadership Gender Gap in the Workforce, Action Steps to Begin Creating Change, and the Importance of Raising Wome Mar 10, 2021

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In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Suneera discusses a reality near and dear to Suneera’s heart; the leadership gap that exists in corporations everywhere in America today. Suneera shares statistics showing that while women are more educated than men, we not only earn less, we actually hold less positions of leadership in almost every industry. You'll hear several ways we can positively improve statistics for women, and why we need to put focus on not only raising up women in general, but understanding there's also a major inequality gap when it comes to minority women. Suneera explains the value of having equality in corporations, and how it creates a natural balance, encourages ideas, viewpoints, and strategies. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

66. Raena Boston on Growing an Online Community While Working Full Time, Finding Your Identity Again, and Asking for What You Need Mar 08, 2021

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In this episode, you'll hear from Raena Boston, table shakin', sailor talkin', and truth teller at her expanding corner of the internet, The Working Momtras community. Raena shares why she chose to create Working Momtras and the supportive community she wanted to build for working moms. You'll hear Raena's advice for moms whose identity lines are blurred, and her favorite rituals, habits and routines to feel peace as a working mother and how she has adapted with COVID-19 restrictions. Raena gives encouragement to shift the way we traditionally identify career goals, and how she is able to create space to write, curate and grow a community while working and raising children during a pandemic. She shares her top three tips to start building a community in the online space and lessons she has learned over the last year. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

65. Shannan Monson on Confessions from Fellow Entrepreneurs, the Truth Behind Failures, and Knowing You're Not Alone Mar 03, 2021

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In this week's Wine Down Wednesday, Shannan shares confessions from fellow entrepreneurs sent in via Instagram to help one another know we are not alone in the journey. You'll hear how the fear of failure is more commonly talked about than the fear of fear of success and why it’s important to open up this conversation, and a confession about intellectual property and asking for help in the entrepreneurship journey. Shannan talks about giving yourself permission to rest when you need to take back your privacy and reset your boundaries. A six figure business owner confesses to not paying themselves regularly and encouragement on what to do next. This episode is sponsored by The Club, a Quarterly box and digital monthly community to help you level up and leadership and life. Learn more today at join.theceoschool.co/theclub Follow @ceoschool on Instagram for inspiration and exclusive behind-the-scenes you won’t find anywhere else. We also have an absolutely incredible FREE resource for you–it’s the 7 lessons we learned building 7 and 8 figure businesses, these are complete game changers and we want to give it to you, completely free. All you have to do is leave a review of the podcast–why you love listening–screenshot the review, and email it to hello@ceoschoolpodcast.com and we’ll send it your way.

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