How to “de-linchpin” yourself and get back to big-picture strategy in your business, with Isabelle Mercier-Turcotte


Do you ever feel like YOU are the bottleneck preventing growth within your organization? Unfortunately, it’s a common mistake business owners make every day: getting stuck in the weeds, becoming the “linchpin,” and slowing down growth. 

 

But there is a better way — one that gets you back into the strategic leadership seat, and that gets your organization back on track. Our guest this week is an expert in helping business owners make that shift (and she’s had to do it herself, too). Isabelle Mercier-Turcotte is a “no-nonsense” dynamo, born to catapult heart-centered entrepreneurs and business leaders to build impactful brands, business and lives. She’s also one of the few repeat guests on the Measure Success Podcast.

 

Listen to the full episode for more on how to build a strategy that will get you from where you are now to where you want to go, how to establish a deeper “why” for your goals, the art and science of delegation, and why Isabelle swears by a “gambling fund” at her organization (it’s not what you think). 

 

Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn: 

 

  • Why the business and sports worlds have more parallels than most people think

  • How to connect goals to a deeper “why” and why that connection is so important

  • What the biggest tax you’ll ever pay is — and how to keep yourself from having to pay it

  • What strategy means according to Isabelle’s perspective 

  • How to bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to go

  • Why it’s important for Isabelle to “step out of the way” in her own business

  • What a linchpin means in the context of business — and why Isabelle is trying to get away from being one

  • The power of having entire weeks with no meetings, client work, etc so that company leaders can focus on big-picture strategy 

  • Why Isabelle promotes “scheduling spontaneity” as well as a “gambling fund”

  • What “winning architecture” means — and how to integrate it into your life and business

  • How to stick with your own boundaries and calendar blocks and stay disciplined to creating space for yourself and your own business planning

  • When you should automate, delegate, or eliminate 

  • How Isabelle measures success in her own life

 

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