Road To Seven

Hello again and welcome back to the Road To Seven. It is an absolute honour to be sitting with you today. My guest today is an interview that you don't want to miss. Not only is she a powerhouse in business, but we got into the nitty-gritty of the inside work that has to happen in order to grow a successful business. Violette de Ayala is a Cuban American serial and social entrepreneur. She is the founder of FemCity and the international best-selling author of the Self-Guided Guru: Life Lessons for the Everyday Human. 

Welcome back to The Road to Seven with Shelagh Cummins. It's an absolute honor to be spending some time with you today and to be sharing a really powerful story from a woman who I just adore. What I love about my conversation today with Nadine Woods is how real it is. Tune in as we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of business growth, checking in with your mental health and so much more!

We cannot escape having an unhappy client. Especially when you're growing, the more people you serve, the more people who are buying from you, the more customers and clients that you have, the more of the likelihood that somebody is going to be unhappy, because we're dealing with people, and people are unpredictable. People have their own agendas and some people feel a lot of power behind their computer screens. And they love nothing more than to lash out and belittle the recipient of the email forgetting that there's someone else on the other end of that email or phone call. Let's talk today a little bit about how to handle it when things start to go south with a client.

It has not been an easy week. It has been a highly emotional week as I stop and pause and listen, and empathize and reflect on my history, my unconscious biases, my white privilege, and how I can do better, be better, and role model better for others. I am anti-racist, but I haven't been loud enough about it. And so, today I just want to talk through the process of how I'm coming to terms with my business and where I can be doing better. So hopefully it will inspire you to go through your own journey. It's not up to me to tell you what to do to stand in alignment with your core values and your beliefs. I am simply going to share the journey that I'm taking myself through. I hope you tune in as I get vulnerable and share my reflection as well as my commitment to doing and becoming better.

In today's episode of The Road to Seven, I interview Mary Engel who is also known as The Management Coach and is the co-founder and CEO of esuite.com. Mary and I sit down and we talk about how you have to fall in love with marketing in order to grow your business. She shares some amazing pivot points in her journey that has allowed her to create a scaled and highly profitable coaching company. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

In today's episode of Road to Seven, I sit down with Kim Ades. Kim has been someone I've idolized for a long time she's been able to do what many coaches have never figured out- she has scaled a strong, sustainable and profitable coaching company.Kim Ades is the president and founder of frame of mind coaching and journal engine software. author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach and mum of five, Kim has 15 years of experience coaching many of North America's most respected leaders, recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery. Kim uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help her clients deal with core issues and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

This week on Road to Seven's #ThriveGuide, I have an incredibly special guest. This is a woman who I have been looking up to for years now as she's been building the SheEO brand and the SheEO Empire. I love what she stands for and love how she serves and today I am so thrilled to introduce you to Vicki Saunders the founder of SheEO.Tune in as we talk about how she's built up SheEO, how SheEO can benefit women entrepreneurs like yourself and how to pivot your business towards success during a time of crisis.

Your market value has gone up since this pandemic has crushed our entire world, its economic and health systems. And we're facing challenges that we've never had to think about or look at before. Today I have a very special episode of this podcast. I'm chatting with Stu McLaren who has been a mentor of mine for the last three years. He's the person I turned to, to think about how do I want to lead my company and my community in a way that not only feels good but has a massive impact and is collaborative and brings together people from around the globe. Tune in to step into action and learn about the FREE workshop he's hosting this week!

COVID-19 has been declared a national pandemic that has many of us feeling like "business as unusual" where everything seems to. Today, we're moving from working on our mindset to shifting into action. Now is the time more than ever to share your value with others who are relying on you. Tune into this broadcast to learn how to shift, step-by-step, into action. You matter, your work is important and you're not alone. I'm here with you.Don't forget to tune in on my Facebook Live every morning at 9:30 A.M. EDT and tomorrow for another broadcast to help you get back to doing what you do best.

COVID-19 has been declared a national pandemic that has many of us feeling stuck. If you're feeling the effects of staying home, balancing your work and personal life, or facing anxiety about the future - tune into this broadcast where we'll discuss three things to help you get back to making those PowerMoves. You matter, your work is important and you're not alone. I'm here with you.Don't forget to tune in on my Facebook Live every morning at 9:30 A.M. EDT and tomorrow for another broadcast to help you get back to doing what you do best.

On this episode of Road to Seven, Sharon Vinderine and I sit down and talk about how she has created multi-million dollar companies. She's part of the elusive 2% of women entrepreneurs who have successfully built a seven-figure business. And she hasn't just done it once, my friends, she's done it more than once. Tune in as she shares some of her secrets to building a seven-figure business.

If you've ever wondered whether it's your marketing or your sales or how you handle conversations or what you put up on Instagram that's going to be the key to your success - then you need to listen to this episode. I interviewed the five women who just graduated from Leverage, which is my highest level program designed for women that are building seven-figure businesses. And I asked them what the key to their success was fully expecting it was a marketing strategy or sales strategy and their answers might surprise you! So listen and tune in get your pen and paper because there is gold in this episode.

Welcome to a brand new season of Road to Seven! We're starting 2020 off with a VERY timely topic - procrastination and perfectionism. In fact, I actually have been procrastinating this very episode! I really wanted to get it right and so I kept pushing the deadline further and further away. Tune in to hear me get vulnerable, how to overcome procrastination, and how to deal with perfectionism in a way that works!

From corporate to running your own business from scratch is a huge transition - especially when you’re starting out with a laptop, three clients and a lot of hustle. In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Andrea Henry, owner of Henry Business Law about her unbelievable business growth journey over the last few years to help women protect the beautiful businesses that give them the freedom and agency they crave so they can grow with confidence. 

Welcome to the second in a series of four podcasts all about productivity. In the last episode, we talked about the secret weapon to your productive new lifestyle, which is all about getting clear. Clarity is so important when it comes to productivity because it helps drive the decisions you make on a daily basis of what actions you're going to do to help you get closer to your goal. In this episode, we are talking about goal setting. But I just want to share the universal truths or theory about goal setting so that you can understand the process from a high level so that when you're going through the steps, you know exactly where you've been and where you need to go so that it's not such a daunting task. 

In this episode, we kick off a four series episode blitz all about productivity. Why? Because productivity is your secret weapon to a successful business. If you are living in chaos, overwhelm or stuck on that same hamster wheel doing the same thing day in and day out without achieving what it is that you want to do - you need to listen to this episode. 

This week on the Road to Seven, I'm interviewing Tracy Costa, CEO and founder of Peekaboo Beans, a Canadian children's clothing company. In this episode, we learn about all the crucial pivot points that Traci made to keep up with the changing demands on her business. Tune in to learn how to become more nimble in a changing digital landscape, transform your employees into passionate ambassadors and overcome those obstacles in your road to seven figures.

“Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy and passion meets the world's greatest needs.” - UnknownIn this episode, we’re chatting with Jennifer Ego from Pawsitively Pets Kids Camp and she completely embodies someone who matched a passion with a need in the world to create an incredibly successful business. Tune in as we talk a little bit about her road to seven figures and beyond, what those pivotal moments were and how she handled making really brave and bold decisions- usually before she was ready to make them. Have a listen!

No matter where you are on your road to seven, there will always be parts of your business that you absolutely love and others that you don’t - we just need to figure out how to make it work. In this episode, we’re talking to Tamika Auwai, CEO of Orisha Creative, about her journey from being a solopreneur to building and leading a thriving agency. Tune in to learn about how you can build a self-managing agency and play within your genius.