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In this episode of Well-Oiled Operations, host Stacy Tuschl is joined by PR Expert Michelle Tennant to discuss how you can create a killer Public Relations Strategy using new insights and trends in 2023. Michelle's extensive experience includes securing media coverage for her clients on renowned shows like The Today Show and Good Morning America. In this episode, she shares invaluable insights on gaining credibility and landing media features. Michelle also provides incredible resources for your PR journey. Get ready to dive into the industry's latest trends and updates for 2023.  Also in this episode: Starting a TV network for the National Head Start Association The difference between paid media and earned media How to pick the right social platforms First impressions are everything in public relations How to leverage press and social media outlets The importance of telling stories The trifecta for a press person Why the stories that you consume actually consume you   Connect With Michelle Tennant   Websit

In this episode of Well-Oiled Operations, host Stacy Tuschl delves into why you need to tell your comfort zone to “get out of my way” and how staying in your comfort zone can come at a great cost to you and your business.  She shares personal experiences of playing it safe and not realizing the impact until confronted with the possibility of something bigger. She emphasizes the importance of making swift, decisive decisions and stepping out of the comfort zone to achieve rapid growth. Drawing from years of coaching and observation, Stacy also highlights the reasons behind business owners' slow progress and explores the fear that holds them back. Stacy also discusses the financial implications of not investing in skill development and the missed opportunities resulting from slow adaptation to marketing trends. Furthermore, it addresses the loss of time, potential clients, and competitive advantages that can occur when one remains stagnant. Tune in to discover the six ways in which the cost of inaction can prof

In this episode of Well Oiled Operations, host Stacy Tuschl, delves into the keys to staying motivated and avoiding burnout, as well as the pros and cons of delayed gratification.  Stacy discusses the importance of setting goals, surrounding oneself with successful individuals, and the power of visualizing success through a vision board. Additionally, she explores the significance of celebrating milestones, keeping a file of positive feedback, and the value of self-care and time off. She concludes with a reflection on learning new skill sets and the distinction between burnout and boredom.  Also in this episode:  Setting goals and having a vision board The importance of taking time off Delayed gratification and living well below means Delayed gratification helps create discipline and reduces risk Ways to reward yourself How to reward yourself consistently   Subscribe To Well Oiled Operations with Stacy Tuschl: Apple Podcast | YouTube | Spotify Connect With Stacy Tuschl: Website | Facebook | LinkedIn | Ins

Hi there, welcome back to Well-Oiled Operations! Today I am interviewing the former COO of Donald Miller's company StoryBrand, Tim Schurrer. Tim is someone who started with Donald at the very beginning helping to build StoryBrand from the bottom up. Now he is starting his own journey. He wrote his book "The Secret Society of Success" and is the host of the incredible podcast "Build a Winning Team". Tim is a wealth of knowledge and we hit it off so well, his energy is contagious and I can't wait for you to hear all of the gold he shares in this episode! Tim and I discuss his role as the right hand and what that looks like for such a massive company. He speaks on the importance of having an "operator", someone who is a doer to take the big ideas coming from the visionary and actually start implementing. He touches on how every role is crucial to the success of a business, NOT just the CEO. Tim spoke about how much he loved being behind the scenes, seeing all of the big ideas come to life and being the one to pu

Welcome back to the show! Today is a big one. This is something I have struggled with for quite some time and I am finally feeling like I am learning how to detach from my business metrics. It's taken me a long time to not let my numbers affect my mindset, and although there are going to be days that are harder than others, I think I have gotten a good grasp on separating myself from my results. Our numbers fluctuate, that's just the name of the game. Some weeks are great, some are good but not as good as the week before, and some weeks are just not what we hope for. It's actually all okay, and it's going to be okay no matter what! Celebrate your wins, don't let the pressure of hitting those goals again take away the success of it happening the first time. And then don't beat yourself up when it doesn't!! In business, nothing is consistent and you need to remind yourself that the dips don't define you! I am diving into how I have learned to separate my feelings from my numbers, take away the drama and see the

Welcome back to Well-Oiled Operations. Today I am joined by Kim Rittberg! Kim is an award-winning Executive Producer, she is a digital video strategy expert, social media strategist, and on-camera media coach and public speaker with 500 million video views. Kim has worked with companies like Us Weekly, Netflix, PopSugar, PEOPLE Magazine, and Fox News. With such an impressive background, you know that she was a wealth of knowledge and came with so much GOLD for our audience! Today we are diving into Kim's background as an entrepreneur. I picked her brain about strategies and characteristics she has acquired over the years to become the insane success she is today and how she has navigated leaving her corporate life behind to build a business of her own! At the end of the show, we dive deeper into content creation which was Kim's role at Netflix and Us Weekly. Kim reveals her secret strategies that you can immediately start applying to your business! Enjoy! Did you love today’s episode? 1. Take a screenshot and

Welcome back! Today we are talking about those hard conversations every business owner has to have at one point or another. These conversations typically lead to firing and I want to help you navigate those delicate situations so you can deliver the message clearly, compassionately, and come out on top. I'll be sharing strategies I have used in the past to make these hard decisions and move on with no guilt or regret. First we are going to discuss ways to prevent the termination and how you can show up better as a boss. I want to teach you how to actually ask for improvement instead of letting it go, and how you can support an employee that is struggling. But sometimes, that's not enough and firing is necessary. If that's the case, I am going to show you how to walk through the initial conversation, what do do during and even after the termination so you and your company don't have to deal with a disgruntled former employee. Odds are there are many of you that have a team member currently that needs to be fir

Welcome back to the show! Today I got to sit down with a new friend of mine, Niyc Pidgeon. Niyc is the founder of a multi million dollar coaching brand called Unstoppable Success, she is a best selling author, and she is a wealth of knowledge about many things business related but especially positive psychology. Positive psychology is something Niyc studied for many years and she uses that knowledge to help people build multi million dollar businesses. Niyc and I talk about: How to use positive psychology with your team How to use positive psychology on yourself: how to move on from tough situations What you can do throughout your work day to take care of yourself Her entrepreneurial journey and how she started Focusing on what you CAN do instead of your shortcomings How to build the skillset of moving towards the positive instead of the negative Looking for the lesson Her mindset around hiring and how she trains her team to embrace positive psychology This is a really powerful episode with lessons you can

Welcome back! Today I am talking about taking 100% responsibility in your business! Over the past 20 years as an entrepreneur, I've noticed that business owners like to place blame on everyone but themselves for the results they've been creating. People they've hired, lack of time, bad management, etc. It's so much easier to point the finger than to look in the mirror sometimes am I right? I am going to teach you some strategies on how you can take full responsibility and control of the results you are getting. Instead of thinking "this is out of my control, this is not my fault", I want you to start thinking: "What could I have done to prevent this from happening?" When you say things like "There was nothing I could have done!" it will slow down your growth!! A lot of times, there's a million things you could do to ensure a better result and we're going to dive into them today! Enjoy! Did you love today’s episode? 1. Take a screenshot and share it to your IG stories. Tag me @stacytuschl! 2. Leave us a rating

Hey there! Welcome back to Well-Oiled Operations! When I saw my Google Calendar and saw my guest's name on my schedule, I couldn't believe it. We got Patrick Lencioni on my podcast? I was ecstatic. Patrick is not just any author, he has 10 PLUS books on teams, leading, and organizational health which we are OBSESSED with here at Well-Oiled Operations. Today we dive into: Patrick's newest book Personality tests My results from his new personality test and who I THOUGHT I was vs my results Releasing the guilt of being good at everything Figuring out who the right help is for YOU Inside our member's portal in Well-Oiled, we have a recommended reading list and our members can find Patrick's name quite a few times on that list. I have enjoyed his writing for a long time and I mention his name to my clients and anyone I can who might benefit from these readings. Patrick is truly an incredible author and I am so excited and honored to have him as my guest on today's episode. Enjoy! Did you love today’s episode? 1.

Welcome back! Today I am diving into the 10 fatal business mistakes you MUST avoid in order to reach your goals. You can trust me on this because these are mistakes I've MADE and sometimes still make! I've definitely learned things the hard way but what I've realized is that, those are some of the best lessons! Do you ever catch yourself solving problems that don't exist yet? Jumping the gun assuming something is going to go wrong when in fact, you have no results yet to back it up? Yeah, I've been there. In fact, sometimes I'm STILL there. This is just ONE mistake we as business owners tend to make constantly! Remember, in order to succeed failure is necessary! The more you try and fail, the more you are learning! Find out the other mistakes that are keeping you from reaching your goals inside the episode! Enjoy! Did you love today’s episode? 1. Take a screenshot and share it to your IG stories. Tag me @stacytuschl! 2. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! _______________ Ways to work with Stacy: 1

Welcome back to the Well Oiled Operations podcast! Today I am sitting down with my friend Kelsey Murphy. Kelsey has a really impressive background, she was a career and business coach for a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Companies like Facebook and Twitter, also working with incredible entrepreneurs such as Kelly LeVeque who works as Jessica Alba's nutritionist! Kelsey works with really amazing people and she is also the host of the Whiskey and Work podcast! Today we talk about: Kelsey's business journey, how she navigates building a minimalist but lucrative business that works in a busy schedule Her coaching techniques and what she teaches her clients about marketing themselves and talking about the results they get for their own clients Tracking metrics and how to adjust when you understand your numbers Preparing for maternity leave as a business owner, what she needed to do in order to take time off without the business suffering How she created boundaries in her business while she was off with her new

Welcome back to the Well Oiled Operations podcast! Today we're talking about a must have skillset every person on your team needs. This skill is simply getting what you want, otherwise known as: sales. A lot of business owners tell me they feel funny about selling but selling should never be a negative thing, if you believe in your offer, your company, your team, you should WANT to sell. Today I am going to cover: Why it is important for every team member to be a sales person How each position takes on a sales role and how it moves the needle forward Benefits of having a sales forward mindset and not being afraid to sell How a sales skillset can help to bring in new employees and retain your current ones Combating buyers remorse with salespeople in your fulfillment department If you’re not scaling as quickly as you’d like, it's probably because you haven't learned how to implement sales skills within your team. It's common for business owners to think they don't have to learn sales, they could just hire som

In case you missed the recent workshop I did, "Unbottleneck Your Business" I wanted to give you one more chance to tune in and uncover what to do next.  At the end you'll hear me talk about our newest Virtual Conference - Well-Oiled Live - Learn more here - https://www.welloiledlive.com/get-your-ticket Did you love today’s episode? 1. Take a screenshot and share it to your IG stories. Tag me @stacytuschl! 2. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! _______________ Ways to work with Stacy: 1. Snag our most talked about System - How to Hire an A-Player Assistant in 14 Days Or Less Here. http://www.aplayerassistant.com 2. To learn more about Well-Oiled Operations click here.

Welcome back to the Well-Oiled Operations podcast! You have no idea how excited I am about my guest today. I am so grateful to my previous client Martine Williams for connecting me with Cindy Monroe, the founder of 31 Gifts. I had the best time getting to know Cindy and picking her brain about how she grew her business from the ground up scaling to $800 million dollars in revenue! Cindy shares her journey with vulnerability and honesty as she opens up about both her successes and her struggles to get to where she is today. I talked to Cindy about: Her story and how she started her company at 28 years old What worked and what didn't in her rise to success Characteristics and skill sets she needed to learn to grow her business and get through the hard times What happened with her business during the pandemic Her area of expertise before starting her business The big things her as the CEO was focused on in the beginning What her vision looks like for the future of 31 Gifts   I love interviewing strong, successfu

My business is growing rapidly and it's both exciting and terrifying all at the same time. The good news? Because of our Well-Oiled systems, we are masters at attracting amazing people. We are what we teach. My team consists of only A players which is why I am able to take this amazing growth head on. They ease my nerves and remind me that this is all possible because of the work we do TOGETHER. So how did we get to this point? We know how to find A players, we know how to train them, and we are PICKY. We don't say yes to just anyone. And once they're in the door, we know exactly what we need to do to set them up for success. I am currently onboarding two new team members, and I'm also the head of our marketing department. How can I balance both? Let's talk about it.   The Key Questions How can I hire and train as fast as possible without compromising results? How to prepare for massive growth without your business breaking? Why do you need to pour into your new hires? How to train without overwhelming your

Welcome back to the Well-Oiled Operations Podcast! Today I am talking with Dr. Robyn Graham and we are discussing a topic that I'm sure you are all familiar with in some shape or form and that is anxiety. Robyn has written a book called "You, Me and Anxiety: Take Action Over Anxiety to Enjoy Being You" and woah, just that title alone should have you hooked, I know I was! Being in the world of small business, we know that it is an ever changing world. There is no consistency as an entrepreneur, things move and they move FAST and how do most people react when they are out of control? Their anxiety takes over. Business owners are constantly looking at their numbers, watching their money either grow or dip, trying to keep up with the algorithm and interests of their buyers, its exhausting and it can lead to burn out. I am so happy to have Robyn join me today to discuss things like: What even IS anxiety? How does it manifest and how can we overcome? Robyn's own personal anxiety journey and how she learned to navi

Your manager is a key member of your team. He or she basically represents you and what you stand for with the rest of your employees. So, when your manager isn’t performing right… …it spells trouble for the present and the future of your business. That’s why in this episode of the Well-Oiled Operations™ Podcast, I dive deep into what it means when your manager isn’t performing. I talk about the possible signs of underperformance… And what you can do to nip the problem in the bud. The Key Questions What should I do when my manager isn’t performing? What happens when my manager doesn’t take accountability for their actions? What do I do when my manager always shows up late? How should I deal with team members who don’t respect my manager? What You’ll Learn The 5 red flags of an underperforming manager The problem when a manager is “too nice” How to have hard conversations with your manager Why a manager can either be the most amazing or worst person to get into your business Did you love today’s episode? 1.

Hello everyone and welcome back! Today I am bringing back one of my good friends, Laura Meyer. Laura just launched a brand new book called "Win Win" and I wanted to pick her brain all about it. This new book is centered around relationship marketing and after reading it I knew I had to bring her back on the podcast to share her process of writing it, what inspired her, and dive deeper into the topic. In this interview with Laura we discuss: Laura's story and her 20 year entrepreneurial history What a pipeline is and how it can help you in your business Quality over quantity, customizing messaging over repurposing Ways relationship marketing can be beneficial Getting your team to participate in relationship marketing This strategy is something I have been doing the last 20 years in my business and I believe everyone needs to learn more about it . In this digital world, this is an old school strategy that STILL WORKS. I am so happy Laura is back on the podcast and I can't wait for you to hear the gold in this

“The customer is always right.” This is a basic lesson we usually learn right as we start our entrepreneurial journey. But what if… They really aren’t right?  How can you make sure that you’re simply addressing your clients’ needs… Instead of unknowingly allowing them to feel entitled? Because the reality is, entitlement is not just an issue among team members. Entitlement is also a big concern for clients since letting your clients feel – and stay – entitled can be bad for business. If this is something you’re struggling with, we’ve got you covered. In this episode of the Well-Oiled Operations™ Podcast, I’ll reveal to you everything you need to know about how to break client entitlement. The Key Questions What is the difference between client and employee entitlement? How do I unknowingly allow entitlement among my clients? How do I combat client entitlement? How do I justify a price change to entitled clients?   What You’ll Learn The different areas of client entitlement  How to remind people what they p