Episode 821: OWN dont run your business, with Shannon Miles

Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 9 a.m.

Shannon Miles is the CEO and Co-founder of BELAY, a staffing company serving businesses all over the U.S. Without an office, BELAY has graced the Inc. 5000 list four times \u2014 and four years in a row \u2014 and was awarded the number one spot in Entrepreneur Magazine\u2019s Best Company Culture. Shannon\u2019s new book\xa0The Third Option: Why a Woman Doesn\u2019t Have to Choose Between a Career and Family, but Can Actually Have Both and Succeed\xa0is available now.

What you\u2019ll learn about in this episode:
  • The story behind how Shannon and her husband started their business, BELAY
  • How having the right help can help you grow your organization
  • Why it\u2019s vital to ensure that your team is happy
  • Why it\u2019s not wise to satisfy other people\u2019s perceptions of you
  • Why business owners need to consider what working remotely would look like for them
  • Why Shannon was compelled to write her book,\xa0The Third Option
  • The importance of having the mindset that you don\u2019t have to do it alone
  • Why you need to assign value to your time
  • The power that comes from shifting your mindset to owning, not running, your business
  • Why you should consider developing and promoting employees from within your organization
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