Why Taking Breaks Won’t Hurt Your Business with Laura Doehle

The Growing your Team Podcast: Episode 270

Running a business doesn’t have to mean running yourself into the ground. Many entrepreneurs find themselves overwhelmed by tasks, uncertain about their next steps, and constantly on the verge of burnout. That’s where Laura Doehle comes in.

Laura Doehle empowers business owners to move their companies forward with clarity, confidence—and well-deserved breaks.

Laura joins the Growing Your Team podcast to share why you need to take breaks, how to delegate so your team can support you, and how to hold yourself and your team accountable as you start to delegate more.

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In this Episode You’ll Hear:

Why taking breaks is so important
How to delegate to your team so you can focus on what you need to focus on inside your business
How to carve out time to work ON your business
How to determine the right balance of activities
Ways to identify what to offload and hold team members accountable
How to track progress of your personal and professional goals

About Laura Doehle:

Laura Doehle founded Elevation Business Consulting to help small business owners gain calm, clarity and confidence in running their business. She guides owners in understanding what is causing them to feel overwhelmed or unsure how to move to the next level, creates a plan to move the business forward, and holds the business owner accountable to achieving their goals. She has spent decades helping organizations achieve goals that required change across all functions. She brings a “take action” approach and helps business owners create structures, processes, and tools to run their business in a way that feels right for them and allows them to make progress on their professional and personal goals.

Laura leverages her passion for helping businesses achieve their goals through her involvement in community organizations. She is on the boards of Women Business Owners (WBO) and ArtsFund, serves as a mentor to early-stage organizations through Life Science Washington Institutes’ WIN Program, and supports the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship as an application essay reviewer. When she’s not busy with these organizations, you will find her hiking, skiing, biking, enjoying music or watching sports with her partner, kid and two dogs.

How to Connect with Laura Doehle:

Website: https://www.elevation-business.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevation-business-consulting

Personal LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauradoehle

Suggested Resources:

Laura recently launched the “Quick Relief Action Plan” program and is excited to offer listeners of “Growing Your Team” a 10% discount. With one Dig Deep Session, Laura will be able to build you a roadmap to focus on the right things to shift your business in the direction you want. Reach out to learn more and be sure to reference this podcast to get the discount.

https://www.elevation-business.com/

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Ep134 – How Not Hiring Employees Can Hurt Your Small Business

Ep268 – Why You Need to Break Up With Your Compulsion to Work with Brad Farris

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