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Jun 2021
23m 33s

Building a Team from a CEO’s Perspective

Racheal Cook MBA: Small Business Owner, Entrepreneur, Business Growth Strategist
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Welcome to a very special episode! I’m joined by Anna Binder McAsey who owns Rethink Nutrition. A year ago, she was running a business primarily on her own. Fast forward to now, she’s really grown leaps and bounds as a leader and stepped into her role as CEO, bringing in more people behind the scenes and working with her clients.

On this episode of Promote Yourself to CEO:

1:31 - What did Anna’s business look like in early 2020? A quick overview and changes made since.

6:32 - How did Anna learn to let go of control as she built her team?

11:30 - Seeing the value in bringing on people with different specialties to your team. What nuances exist between the clients you serve?

16:35 - Anna talks about her mindset shift toward seeing the pros in adding administrative support. Her changing role as CEO.

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