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May 2024
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Being the Employee Vs Manager Vs CEO In...

Racheal Cook MBA: Small Business Owner, Entrepreneur, Business Growth Strategist
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Do you feel bogged down in your business?

You might be in your email inbox more often than you want to be. Or chasing people who still need to pay that invoice or scheduling people on your calendar all the time. Or perhaps you’re stuck on the technical side of things every day, messing around with the code on your website or trying to figure out what happened to that client email that seemed to vanish.

Instead of being the CEO of your business, you, my friend, are stuck in employee or manager mode. So how do you shake off those shackles and embody the role you’re meant to? In this new series on the Promote Yourself to CEO podcast, you’ll learn the difference between the employee, manager, and CEO roles. And I’ll teach you how to start firing yourself from those first two modes so you can step into your role as CEO.

On this episode of Promote Yourself to CEO:

2:13 - Why do women start their own business? Believe it or not, money isn’t at the top of the list of reasons.

9:30 - There’s so much glamorization around the entrepreneurship space for women. But you’ll see something different, if you take a peek under the hood.

11:19 - I discuss the role of the employee and how it’s different from being a manager or CEO.

13:58 - You can start off wearing so many hats as CEO of your business. Then as your company grows, you start bringing in team members in this order.

17:03 - You might find yourself becoming an accidental manager by adding team members. What’s the role of a manager?

21:06 - Most entrepreneurs spend their time in the employee or manager mode. How much time do you actually get to spend in CEO mode?

25:29 - Here’s how shifting into CEO mode gives you more freedom, flexibility, and control in your business.

30:10 - What does it truly mean to step into the role of CEO? I reveal what happens when you take a bigger picture view of your business.

36:02 - I talk about the importance of having a vision and values for you, your team, and your company.

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