#40 In conversation with Michelle Broadbent

In this episode, I am chatting with Michelle Broadbent, an amazing and insightful business strategist who has the unique ability to cut through the noise. She expertly identifies and draws out areas in your business that need your attention and supports you through the whole process. Michelle and I have the same mission to help empower and support women entrepreneurs to succeed and thrive in their businesses.

We have known each other for a long time. I have referred clients to Michelle and she has referred clients to me, so I know first hand just how amazing she is. She understands exactly what women entrepreneurs are going through when running their business, raising their family, and striving to do everything at once.

We chat about how feeling overwhelmed and lost at potential next steps are the most common drivers that send women to seek Michelle’s service. As women business owners we can be so hard on ourselves trying to do absolutely everything and keep all of those juggling balls in the air. By helping you sort out your next strategy and plan your way forward, Michelle will help lift the weight on your shoulders so you can breathe and feel in control. We wrap everything up by chatting about the best and worst advice she has received in her business journey, and the motivating words she would give her younger self.

I found Michelle’s template ‘Your Winning Week’ so handy and useful to plan my ideal week that incorporates all aspects of life (not just business). I would love for you to go and check it out on her website after listening to her speak and start planning what your winning week looks like.

TOPICS DISCUSSED AND WHERE TO FIND THEM:

[2:16]: Michelle and I have a common mission to support and empower women in business.

[3:18]: The most common aspect of Michelle’s work are overwhelmed entrepreneurial women work who are doing absolutely everything themselves and don’t know what to do next.

[5:06]: When clients come to Michelle, she provides practical solutions and advice, and meets them where they are in their journey.

[6:41]: Working in a service based industry, it can feel so hard to seek help and business advice from Michelle and people in her field of work.

[7:45]: Michelle provides an amazing template for working out your ideal week - see the link below. She helps position women back in the driver’s seat.

[10:11]: The ‘ideal week’ is not a set and forget. Your ideal week will change throughout the year or during lockdown.

[12:49]: Michelle’s podcast is called ‘Your Business Boost’. Each week she provides tips and advice to boost your business along with some life hacks too. Her monthly email is original content not published on her social media or discussed on her podcast. Click on her website to sign up.

[14:25]: The best business advice Michelle has received was don’t climb the mountain until you’re on it.

[15:01]: The worst advice Michelle received was the feeling that having more education and doing more courses are more important than experience.

[15:34]: The advice she would give her younger self is you are capable of more than you realise.

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