Scott Beebe is the Founder and Head Coach of MyBusinessOnPurpose.com, where he liberates Small Business owners from the chaos of working IN their business. He is the host of the Business On Purpose podcast and created the Four Steps To Business Freedom, a six month group coaching experience built exclusively for Small Business owners to guide them in creating the systems and processes they need to get their businesses and lives back on track.
Episode Summary: Steps to Creating an On-Purpose Business and Be Liberated From The Chaos with Scott Beebe
- Scott comes pre-caffeinated
- Making small business fun
- Bob Roberts – Glocal- Global and local
- Globally there are always surface problems, but what we found as the greatest barrier to progress is implementation
- A draw of motivation- we don’t guilt people in to getting better (progress). We work with heroes enticed out of apathy
- We aren’t preaching the gospel of ease
- It takes work
- When we miss out on human conversation (interaction) we miss out on the nuances of the experience
- Nuances stimulate the leadership superpower of problem solving
- Non-negotiables of small business
- A written vision story (written down – specificity)
- Where there is no vision, the people scatter
- Write the vision down Habakkuk 2:2
- Run towards it or run from it
- A team meeting structure
- Defined agenda
- Big wins
- Mission and values
- Action items
- Business items
- Accountability
- Training time (8 additional hours a year- easy)
- Defined leader
- Doesn’t have to be “the leader”
- Defined participant
- Understand your meeting cost
- Google: “HBR Cost Calculator”
- An atmosphere of predictability
- Predictable question at a predictable time
- Defined agenda
- A written vision story (written down – specificity)
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the War on Drugs by Jason Ryan
Best Movie Ever: Gladiator
Leadership Superpower: Helping small businesses see what they cannot
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable cite=”Habakkuk 2:2″]Right the vision down so that those who see it may run[/shareable]
Leadership Trait to Pass to Next Generation: Help them understand their skillset is there to help others
Best Book Ever: The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
Additional Items Mentioned
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle