Building a Team & Outsourcing: Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners with Liz Goddard {Ep 070}
Welcome back to another episode of Business Straight Up! In today’s episode, we are going to talk all about building a team and hiring tips for small business owners. SO IMPORTANT for building a business that is sustainable! Today’s guest is Liz Goddard, and she runs Bosun and works with small business owners to scale quickly and safely, so that they set their business up for success & sustainability – even in times of crisis or recession. Now before you switch this episode off, thinking that it doesn’t apply to you because you might be a more service based business, can I just tell you how much working with my team has been absolutely life changing for me in my business? I don’t use those words lightly! Being able to work with a team who can help me with the day to day tasks is so crazy valuable, even when it seems overwhelming or like something that you can’t quite afford just yet. So today we are going to talk all about outsourcing and getting the help you need when it comes to running your business.
And without further ado, let’s dive right in!
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Key Topics
- Hiring tips for outsourcing a team as a small business owner.
Major Takeaways
- Why did Liz call herself the accidental entrepreneur?
- Liz’s first aha moment in her business, and how it can change you and your business.
- What are fractional team members, and how do they fit into businesses?
- Why would someone want to be a team member for a business at only a few hours a week?
- What does remote staffing look like for business owners who prefers to hire locally, and how do they navigate through the process?
- Why is remote staffing a little bit easier for those with limited budget?
- Why it’s important to set up systems and processes before bringing in someone to help?
- For a business owner that is service based – what is one thing you can do NOW to start looking at building a team and getting some help so that they can really focus on what they love, letting someone else handle some of the busy work?
Now what?
- Build your remote team with Liz and develop processes & identify software for all back office needs.
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