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85% of leaders never get trained. If you became a manager, team lead, or founder without anyone actually teaching you how to delegate, fire someone, or hold people accountable—this show is for you. We're tearing up the old leadership playbook and figuring out what actually works. Hosted by Adrienne Dorison

  1. 5 dgn geleden

    Everybody Loves the Hamster Wheel

    Surprise! Most teams don't go over capacity on purpose. It happens slowly, and then one day that's just your culture. Worse, by the time someone says out loud that they can't take on one more thing, they've been carrying it for months. Adrienne has spent the last few months in conversations with business owners who are all hitting the same wall. In this episode, she walks Emily through what a maxed-out team actually costs, and it is a lot more than the clients you had to turn away. What they cover: The obvious cost of a maxed out team, and the four costs underneath it that almost nobody prices outWhy hearing "I can't take that on" from a team member means you are already well past capacityThe job description red flags that quietly advertise a drowning teamWhy most people are carrying work that should have come off their plate a year ago, and how often to rebalanceThe joy metric, and why putting people on work they actually like is a retention strategyThe six figure specialist hire that usually solves nothing, and the cheaper move that opens capacity immediatelyBloated team, bloated process, and why adding people to an inefficient system just buys you more chaosWhy a team at capacity can never actually adopt AI, and the four hours a week that changes itIf this is ringing true for your team, message Adrienne. She will tell you honestly whether the assessment is a fit. ⏱️ Time Chapters 00:01 Summer, sleeping teenagers, and a 90s childhood detour 08:16 The real cost of a team at capacity 12:36 Nobody dies if we ship three fewer cars 16:51 Burnout, turnover, and lighting money on fire 21:23 Rebalancing plates and the joy metric 25:42 Bloated team, bloated process 30:22 Zero learning time and where to start

  2. 4 aug

    Play in the Front End, Leave the Back End Alone with Denise Duffield-Thomas

    Denise Duffield-Thomas recorded 32 podcast episodes in three days. Then she booked ballet class instead of finding more work to do. Then she felt guilty about it, Denise is the money mentor behind Money Bootcamp, a program she has now run for 14 years and taught to over 10,000 students. She wrote Get Rich, Lucky Bitch and Chill and Prosper. She and Adrienne have known each other a long time, so this conversation goes places a normal guest interview does not. What they cover: Why Denise batches to an extreme degree, and her answer to people who say batched content is not authenticThe golden goose problem, and her realization that there are actually two of themWhat changed when ADHD and perimenopause hit at the same time, and how she rebuilt her workload around a smaller capacityThe moment she realized she had made herself financially responsible for her husband, her mother, her mother-in-law, and a business partnerWhy she stopped trying to change her own behavior and started building systems that work around itWhy every plateau feels completely real and almost never isHer entire marketing strategy, which is two steps and has never been written down Find Denise at denisedt.com Money Bootcamp: denisedt.com/bootcamp Instagram: @denisedt Books: Get Rich, Lucky Bitch and Chill and Prosper 00:00 Welcome and fourteen years of Money Bootcamp 02:55 Thirty-two episodes in three days 07:23 Batching is not inauthentic 11:44 Where the ideas actually come from 16:23 A smaller capacity than she used to have 20:52 The assistant who quit before Denise could 25:38 Work harder or let them take responsibility 30:03 When you know the pattern and still can't break it 34:17 Every plateau feels real and isn't 38:46 Energetic ceilings, not logistical ones 43:36 Share what you know, make offers 46:12 Your business is not there to entertain you 53:12 There are two golden geese 56:32 Where to find Denise

  3. 28 jul

    I Don't Care That You Made A Million Dollars

    Everyone online is selling the same thing. More sales, more revenue, hit the next milestone. It makes a clean ad and an enticing screenshot. It is also pointing you at the wrong metric entirely. This solo episode is the actual math on what a business is worth. What Adrienne covers: Why revenue advice is so popular.The due diligence tip. If someone's only case study is themselves, buyer beware. Doing it and teaching someone else to do it are two different skill setsWhy "easy internet money" is the part you can see, not the part that's workThe client who scaled zero to $23 million in under three years and showed up unable to sleep or eatWhy you can't scale chaos, and why working harder is not the fix for thisThe $165,000 in cost savings found inside one team's calendar, before touching a single systemThe 30 day test. If you disappeared, would the business grow, coast, or collapseTwo businesses, same million dollars in revenue. A $750,000 difference in value and zero extra salesThe short list of cases where revenue maxing genuinely is the right move Take the free exit readiness diagnostic: level11leaders.com/exit ⏱️ Time Chapters 00:00 The growth gospel is a lie 04:05 Sample size of one 08:05 Zero to $23 million and drowning 12:15 Revenue is a vanity metric 16:25 Two businesses, same million dollars 21:40 When revenue maxing is actually right

  4. 21 jul

    You Don't Have Freedom. You Have Wi-Fi.

    You can pack the bags, take the flight, check into the hotel, and still end up sitting on the beach answering Slack. Most founders call that freedom because it happened somewhere new... but working in a new location does not equal freedom. Adrienne spent this Tuesday on the golf course and spent this week getting a biopsy she almost put off. Both of those are the same story. This solo episode kicks off a run of episodes built around one question: can your business actually run without you? What she covers: Why "I can work from anywhere in the world" is a sentence worth hearing yourself say out loudTwo out of office moments from Adrienne's week: a Tuesday tee time, and the doctor's appointment she came close to pushing off againLocation freedom is about where your body is. Mental freedom is about whether the business is still running in the back of your head while you're thereThe client who asked whether he was still allowed to think about his business during his four week unplugged, and the answer he gotWhy the big ideas only show up once the day to day noise clears outThe client who worked from the labor and delivery room and told herself it counted as freedomWhy remote work got optimized so well that your body can be anywhere while you stay completely trappedWhere to start: a free diagnostic that scores owner dependency across six categories Take the free out of office diagnostic: level11leaders.com/exit ⏱️ Time Chapters 00:00 The beach, the Slack, the lie 04:05 The appointment she almost skipped 08:58 Location freedom is not freedom 13:10 You optimized for the wrong one 17:15 Find out where your business needs you

  5. 14 jul

    Adrienne's In the Hot Seat

    Emily showed up with a list of questions and Adrienne had no idea what was coming. What followed was one of the more honest conversations they've had on the show. In this episode, Emily puts Adrienne in the hot seat for a rapid fire Q&A. No prep, no filter, and some answers that surprised even the person giving them. What they cover: The best advice Adrienne ever got and then ignored for years, and why she's finally living it this yearHow this has genuinely been one of the harder financial years in the business, and what the monthly conversations between Adrienne and Emily actually sound likeThe leadership mistake Adrienne had never said out loud until now: stepping back so far it became abdication, and what it cost the teamWhat Emily told Adrienne at the end of last year that changed how they work togetherA belief about hard work and success that Adrienne has completely reversed after years of watching other people build differentlyWhat Adrienne's team does better than her (almost everything, and she says so)Why rest still feels wrong when you're in a build phase, and the reframe that matters anywayThe difference between needing a vacation and needing spaciousness, and why no-call weeks might be more valuable than either Submit your own Dear Bossy question: sortabossypodcast.com ⏱️ Time Chapters 00:01 Sunkissed, frizzy hair, and heat waves in Canada 06:27 Emily has rapid fire questions and Adrienne knows nothing 08:16 Best advice ever gotten and completely ignored 10:39 The hardest conversations this year 12:32 Every month ends in a hype session 14:11 What the team does better than Adrienne 16:03 The leadership mistake Adrienne never admitted 18:55 What Emily told Adrienne that almost made her quit 22:08 A belief about hard work she's completely changed her mind on 24:03 The hat maker and Alex Hormozi in Kentucky 26:21 What does rest actually look like for you 28:50 You don't need the big picture ideas until you have the space for them 30:32 You don't have to earn rest

  6. 7 jul

    It's Lonely In the Middle

    Middle management is the loneliest role in any organization. In this Dear Bossy episode, Adrienne and Emily respond to a listener who manages a tight-knit team of three, does all the invisible work of protecting them from above, advocates for their growth, and still ends up feeling like she's not really part of the group. It's a more common feeling than most managers will admit. What they cover: Why your team bonding without you is actually a sign you're doing something right, even when it doesn't feel that wayThe invisible work of middle management: shielding your team from pressure, advocating behind the scenes, handling problems before they land on anyone else's deskWhy the middle is often the loneliest layer of any organization, and why that is by design, not failureThe difference between needing community and needing your team to provide itEmily's honest take on being the only person in the middle and what she did to navigate itHow to ask your organization for development, mentorship, or coaching and why your leadership is already spending money on exactly thatPractical ways to close the connection gap: therapy, peer networks, lunch and learns, industry events, and what happens when you just introduce yourself to the person next to youA teaser for something Adrienne and Emily are building specifically for operators and middle managers who need their own community Submit your own Dear Bossy question: sortabossypodcast.com ⏱️ Time Chapters 00:01 Periscope, Clubhouse, and the graveyard of dead platforms 04:15 Summer House, audiobooks, and brains with nothing left in them 09:55 The listener question: am I being unreasonable for feeling left out of my own team? 13:05 Your team bonding without you is actually the dream 14:01 The invisible work nobody sees and nobody thanks you for 15:07 Emily's take: the middle is the loneliest layer 17:54 Middle management is the most burned out role in any org 20:13 Ask for the development your leadership is already investing in themselves 22:07 Lunch and learns, industry events, and a little like dating 24:07 Stay tuned, something's coming for operators and middle managers

  7. 30 jun

    Why Your Business Partner Needs to Know Your Operating System with Lisa Cumes & Mario Teran

    Most personality frameworks collect dust after the first quiz. Lisa Cumes & Mario Teran use the Enneagram as an operating system for their business, their team, and every hard conversation they have to have. Mario and Lisa are a married couple who work together and coach other couples in business on how to build real alignment, not just a functioning working relationship. What they've figured out applies whether you're running a company with your spouse or just trying to lead people better. What they cover: Why alignment between partners, not hustle, is what actually makes a business run wellThe ARC framework as the foundation of any high-functioning partnership, personal or professionalHow to use the Enneagram as a shared language with a business partner, your team, and even clients you've never asked to take a personality testWhy understanding yourself has to come before you can effectively lead, communicate with, or support anyone elseWhat happens when couples in business put the revenue goals first and the relationship second, and why that order always backfiresThe walk and talk habit: a structured daily check-in that keeps small frustrations from becoming big blowups, and how to make it work with a packed scheduleHow to parent, lead a team, and manage client relationships using the same framework without ever asking someone their numberThe 30-day walk and talk challenge and where to find it Connect with Mario and Lisa and download their FREE 30 Questions for your next Walk & Talk PDF Guide: marioandlisa.com You can also grab their free enneagram guide here. Or connect with them on Instagram! ⏱️ Time Chapters 00:00 Introducing Mario and Lisa 04:15 What a real power couple actually looks like 05:54 Radical responsibility: you are not responsible for each other's happiness 07:01 Awareness and the Enneagram: how Mario found himself in a framework 11:44 Adrienne's Enneagram origin story and Ryan Levesque's team Slack 14:03 Understanding yourself first, then your partner 17:11 When two whole people leverage their differences together 21:27 You don't have to do it twice to get it right 25:32 Stop waiting for the business to be better before investing in the relationship 27:28 The walk and talk habit and why it works 31:36 If you can't walk 30 minutes with your partner, you have a bigger problem 36:09 Borrow 30 minutes from social media 37:30 Using the Enneagram with your kids 41:40 Where to find Mario and Lisa and the 30-day challenge

  8. 23 jun

    Bring Back Shame, Bring Back Google

    A Reddit submission that must be discussed! The writer's manager sent them a passive-aggressive link to "Let Me GPT That For You" instead of answering a simple question on a call they were already on. The employee left and didn't come back the next day. Adrienne and Emily have opinions. In this Dear Bossy episode, Adrienne and Emily dig into a viral-feeling workplace situation that splits people into two camps fast. Was the employee out of line for asking something they could have Googled? Or is the manager the bigger problem? Turns out the answer is kinda both... but not equally. What they cover: The "Let Me GPT That For You" link, what it actually does, and why sending it is an act of deliberate humiliation not a productivity tipWhy Adrienne says you're both the a*****e, but the manager is the bigger one by a lotThe difference between communicating an expectation and publicly embarrassing someone into learning itWhat the manager should have said instead, and how long it would have actually takenWhy leaving people feeling like they have to walk on eggshells is one of the worst things a leader can do to a teamThe outsourcing critical thinking problem: when it's fair to expect employees to Google things and when it isn'tEmily's case for bringing back public shaming (and Adrienne's Game of Thrones reference to back it up)How to vent first, then distill it into an actual boundary or expectation Submit your own Dear Bossy question: sortabossypodcast.com ⏱️ Time Chapters 00:01 Happy Tuesday and the female tax of getting camera-ready 04:15 Today's Dear Bossy situation 08:51 You're both the a*****e, but not equally 12:00 The 10 leadership failures vs. the one employee growth area 14:08 Emily cannot fathom treating another human this way 16:21 Bring back shame, bring back Google 20:31 What good leadership actually looks like here 22:07 Vent first, then distill it into a real expectation

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85% of leaders never get trained. If you became a manager, team lead, or founder without anyone actually teaching you how to delegate, fire someone, or hold people accountable—this show is for you. We're tearing up the old leadership playbook and figuring out what actually works. Hosted by Adrienne Dorison

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