184 - How To Be In Execution Mode 60% Of The Time with Kris Ward

How wonderful would it be to grow your business while working fewer hours? In episode 184, we discuss how to be in execution mode 60 percent of the time. Our guest expert today, Kris Ward, is a Team Building And Systems Strategist who creates a movement where your business supports your life instead of consuming it. Kris founded the Win The Hour, Win the Day philosophy.

Kris has shared the stage with Jack Canfield - Chicken Soup For The Soul, Kevin Harrington, original Shark from Shark Tank, and Joe Theismann - NFL All-star and commentator, to name a few. Kris has also been featured on award-winning podcasts, radio and TV shows. She shares some of the tried and tested tactics for crashing your demand schedule while growing your profits.

Kris’ career background and journey - As a founder entrepreneur, she used to work round the clock for the business. However, her husband and biggest fan discouraged her from stealing from sleep. Over time, she managed to cut down from 16 hours a day to 6 hours. She now believes that your business should support your life instead of consume you.

Why do people work long hours - Kris observes that founders often strive to do right for their startups to grow their business. However, she argues that it is more beneficial to become more strategic than doing the grind. In this regard, operating strategically enables the business to scale.

Breaking the work addiction to becoming strategic - Our guest expert notes that most people lack the skills to use their calendars. Consequently, they do not include their work on the calendar, resulting in great to-do lists. Furthermore, Kris advises that every founder should seek help by hiring people for specific roles. Instead of following the conventional top-bottom way of business management, she favors an arrangement where the founder grants autonomy and independence to his or her professional employees. The founder is relieved of time by leveraging super toolkits because the professionals manage the business instead of the reverse. Generally, Kris follows the three pillars of Team, Time, and Toolkits that enable a business to scale.

Key Time Codes

• (0:21) Introduction to today’s topic and guest expert
• 01:36) Kris’ career background and journey
• (03:12) Why do people choose to work long hours
• (04:14) Breaking the work addiction to becoming strategic
• (07:14) Managing interruptions to To-Do-List
• (11:24) Using the Super Toolkits for missed tasks
• (19:06) Being in execution mode 60 percent of the time
• (20:30) Impact of ChatGpt on her business
• (20:30) Impact of ChatGpt on her business
• (22:17) About her book Win the Hour; Win the Day
• (22:53) Kris’ contact information
• (23:50) Kris’ choice of brand ambassador