Profit by Design

Dr. Sabrina Starling•www.tapthepotential.com

You work hard in your business. On the Profit by Design Podcast, we ask the BIG question: What has your business done FOR YOU lately? Join Dr. Sabrina Starling, The Business Psychologist™ and founder of Tap the Potential weekly, as she brings you tips, tools and strategies to support YOU in making intentionally profitable AND sustainable business decisions to live the lifestyle you desire. After all, work supports life, not the other way around. Dr. Sabrina is the author of the The 4 Week Vacation® and the How to Hire the Best Series. Profit by Design is a Tap the Potential Production.

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07: The Emotional Side of Managing Employees with Mike and Dr. Sabrina

Are you waging emotional battles that may be blocking you from managing your employees properly? The whole “people side” of running a business can be baffling, especially if emotions cloud what you should be asking of your team members, or are preventing you from coaching their behaviors that need to change for the good of your business. Mike and Dr. Sabrina share their personal experiences of managing team members and even tell us about a few mistakes they made along the way. It is so important...

Oct 25, 2018•25 min•Ep. 7

06: 3 Things You Must Know to Grow Profitably with Donna Leyens

On today’s Profit by Design , Dr. Sabrina Starling talks with her good friend Donna Leyens. Donna is the President and Co-Founder of the Provendus Group. She is on a mission to save small businesses from extinction, by providing business tools, strategy, training and support to business professionals who want to make a big impact by becoming small business growth strategists. This mighty team of strategists uses The Pumpkin Plan Action Guide, a business growth program Donna developed based on th...

Oct 18, 2018•39 min•Ep. 6

05: Ask Dr. Sabrina: I Work 60 Hours a Week, How Do I Even Find Time to Work ON My Business?

What has your business done for you lately? Is your business running you rather than you running your business? On today’s Profit By Design , Dr. Sabrina Starling hosts a special Ask Dr. Sabrina segment to answer an important question asked by a listener. You’re going to absolutely love this episode because Dr. Sabrina takes time to really dive deeply into answering the all-important question relevant and important to each of you: How do you actually start freeing up your time in your business t...

Oct 11, 2018•26 min•Ep. 5

04: You Can't Make This Stuff Up with Chad Hatfield

On today’s Profit By Design , we are excited to have Chad Hatfield, owner of Chad Hatfield Builders and Remodelers in Plano, Tx. Chad and his team have won many awards, and recently won 6 ARC awards from the Dallas Builders Association. Even though Chad’s company has endured its share of setbacks, it continues to do stellar work. Chad, Mike and I have a candid conversation about overcoming problems in your company by incorporating the right screening, onboarding, and evaluation processes. Show H...

Oct 04, 2018•44 min•Ep. 4

03: Hiring the Best to Set Your Business Up to Run Without You with Dr. Sabrina Starling

On today’s Profit By Design , Mike interviews co-host, Dr. Sabrina Starling. Dr. Sabrina is The Business Psychologist™ and author of the How To Hire The Best series. Dr. Sabrina discusses her new book, How To Hire The Best, Construction Edition, which will soon be released. Show Highlights: It is not sustainable to pursue opportunity for the sake of pursuing opportunity if you know all that work is going to be on you and you don’t have a reliable team behind you to do the work Dr. Sabrina shares...

Sep 27, 2018•35 min•Ep. 3

02: Using Systems in Your Business to Allow You to Pursue Other Interests with Mike Bruno

Maybe you’re an entrepreneur just starting out or, like Mike Bruno, perhaps you’ve been doing it the past 27 years. Today, Mike and I talk about a few examples of where your business can be once you commit and focus. Mike has been a successful entrepreneur for years, and now he’s here to share how he’s been so successful at juggling so many obligations. Show Highlights Mike’s unexpected career pivot while owning three separate companies What led Mike to join a Construction & Development comp...

Sep 27, 2018•25 min•Ep. 2

01: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know to Avoid Entrepreneurial Poverty with Mike Michalowicz

It’s exciting to start a business, but most business owners don’t anticipate cashflow problems and the time poverty that can come along with owning a business. Your business doesn’t have to take over your life, and today’s guest is here to share his own roller coaster ride with his business and how he finally fixed his time and profit issues. While many people get into entrepreneurship for different reasons, one reason they all have in common is this: they want to succeed. Success can mean diffe...

Sep 19, 2018•33 min•Ep. 1

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