Season 2: Episode 5: What if...businesses aligned their people plan with their business plan‪?‬ Businesses are People Too! A Podcast

What if....businesses aligned their people plan with their business plan with Ashley Cox, Sprout HR

Top takeaways:

6:59: You are going to fail, regardless of how strategic you are. Make peace with this.

8:17: Women leaders are grossly underrepresented across the board, making it difficult to find leaders to look up to, especially ones we can see ourselves in

9:18: You don't have to change who you are at your core to be an amazing leader - including your femininity. This opens the door of possibility for young female leaders

12:02: How to lead from your natural gifts and strengths so as not to lead like someone you're not

12:43: The hypocrisy between male leader traits when used by female leaders

14:03: Creative business owners often miss these things when looking to hire, including the stories we tell ourselves that hold us back

17:49: A primary difference between the creative business owners and other business owners when hiring

18:49: The truth: EVERYBODY has a problem in hiring when doing so for the first time. You are going to mess up.

21:62: How to leverage our natural strengths and talents to support our business personhood. Hint: it's not about cloning yourself

23:08: Where is your business missing "nutrients" in its personhood?

23:31: You must identify goals in business, where you're going, and what you need to get there

24:36: The answer to when you need to hire someone

25:53: The common harmful business mistakes we make when hiring

27:13: The misalignment that causes your business to suffer

30:19: How to identify the tangible thing you need to start hiring the right person

30:49: The cool thing about your business values and how to identify them

36:49: If you are missing the action that defines your values, you are missing the gold that builds company culture

37:22: The most important job as a CEO is to set the vision and tone of a company. This is through your values becoming an intentional culture. Not culture by default

40:59: Hear Ashley's answer to what if...businesses realized that they are people too?

Connect with Ashley online:


Website: www.sprouthr.co
Instagram: @sprouthr.co
Facebook: @sprouthr.co
Hiring Roadmap: www.sprouthr.co/roadmap

Connect with Lindsay online:


Website: www.thewriteharle.com
Instagram: @quirkylindsayharle
Facebook: @quirkylindsayharle
LinkedIn: Lindsay Harle-Kadatz
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