Business Talk Sister Gawk

#117: Part 4 - How to Manage Difficult People & Stay Sane

Bekkah covers some mental health disorders to know about that could require an adjustment in your teaching techniques in order to help those you manage learn better. She discusses the importance of modeling the behaviors you would like to see in your work place, actionable ways to teach people what the correct standard of work should look like, utilizing delegation, and cultivating a management team that supports one another.  If you missed the previous ones in this series, you're going to want to listen to parts 1-3 before this one! Take a listen! 

#116: Part 3 - How to Manage Difficult People & Stay Sane

If you're a manager and are working with some pretty difficult individuals, this series is for you. This week, Bekkah is getting into the details of understanding if you personally are undergoing compassion fatigue or just plain burnout while managing others. She also starts getting into some mental health diagnoses that can be helpful to understand as you manage others to know if there are more helpful tools and techniques you can use to encourage a positive work environment. 

#115: Part 2 - How to Manage Difficult People & Stay Sane

This week, Bekkah is picking up the second episode in the 5 part series that every manager who's had to deal with difficult people should listen to. She discusses how to look for patterns of behavior with the person you're managing, the importance of connecting relationally to truly care about the person you're employing, the value to having scripts when entering into disciplinary action, and maintaining good documentation of specific incidents. Take a listen! 

#114: Part 1 - How to Manage Difficult People & Stay Sane

If you've ever managed a difficult person or currently are, this podcast series is where you need to start. You will not regret it. This week, Bekkah starts a 5 part series that brings together so many skills from professionals and managers that she has learned over the last few years into an incredibly full 5 episode series that you will not want to miss. 

#113: Dealing With Business Burnout - Part 2

This week, Bekkah is picking up part 2 of the burnout series. She discusses how to use time blocking to segment out tasks that could be leading to business burnout, trying to managing your stress level from becoming overwhelming, and so much more. If you missed the first in this series, you're going to want to check it out as well (episode 112). 

#112: Dealing With Business Burnout - Part 1

This week, Bekkah starts a two week series on burnout. These episodes will get into stress, what burnout looks like, having a plan to address burnout before it starts happening, some different techniques you can use to work through your burnout in business, and additional resources to check out! Take a listen to get started. 

#111: How to Make Yourself Useful - Part 2

This episode is full of wise words from John Cook. He is continuing part 2 of our conversation talking about his experiences of being a construction company business owner during the Oil Embargo of 1973, moving his family to LA with about $37 to his name, getting into Hollywood working on a movie set, becoming a Disney Imagineer, and even gives us a fun story in the gawk portion of this episode about his experience working on a project for Hello Kitty's theme park owner. You do not want to miss his years of wisdom. 

#110: How to Make Yourself Useful - Part 1

John Cook is a hidden gem of art and fabrication. He's a business owner who used to work on Hollywood sets, a Disney Imagineer, and overall one of the most masterful story tellers we've ever met! His experiences as a business owner, laborer, contractor, and hard worker in the face of his personal struggles with learning and reading in school are truly inspiring. You're going to want to listen to next week's episode with him, as well so stick around for part 2!

#109: Running a Massage School & Business

This is a great listen if you've ever wondered about becoming a massage therapist, and what kind of education it takes to get there. This week, business owner, Paula VanBaalen, from Ohana Massage in Hibbing, Minnesota talks with Bekkah about her business that she has owned for over 10 years. She digs into the hiring issue she was originally having to find massage therapists, her creative problem solving to get around this, and gives a great overview of what it took to become certified with the state of Minnesota's board of education to have her own massage school. She also digs into how and why she has structured her massage business to have employees and warns of worker misclassification when operating within the massage industry. 

#108: How to Network When You Don’t Know Anyone

This is a good listen for anyone looking to grow their connections and has no real experience getting started. Networking expert Heidi Torres talks with Bekkah about different strategies and approaches you can use to start building your network. The best part about her advice is that it's not all geared towards being an extrovert! As an introvert herself, Heidi shares good questions you can ask to get a conversation going as well as different ways to start connecting with people that doesn't feel so scary!