79. Growth Strategies for Services Businesses with Ivy Slater

Dec 14, 2021

Welcome back to another episode of Life After Corporate! In today’s episode, we will be chatting with Ivy Slater, who is an entrepreneur, internationally-bestselling author, speaker, podcast host, and professional-certified business coach. Currently, as the CEO of Slater Success, Ivy works closely with C-Suite executives and upper-level managers to advise and create clear strategies that provide instant and long-term impact on businesses. From generating team synergy and launching new sales initiatives, to holding mastermind retreats and corporate trainings on communication, finances, or strategic planning, Ivy is an expert at cultivating and facilitating relationships that are the hallmark of any successful business.

Today, Ivy and her team of professional coaches and trainers are dedicated to helping women business owners and entrepreneurs, as well as leadership and organizational teams, leverage their relationships and achieve success on their own terms by creating the life they want to live alongside a business or career that supports that life.

Let’s dive into her story! 

[00:01 - 8:29] Opening Segment

• I welcome our guest: Ivy Slater

• How Ivy got to where she is right now

• How Ivy acquired her first company

• The importance of market research

• Step by step how she opened Slater Success 

[8:30 - 33:08] What type of companies Ivy is working

• Challenges that leaders face regardless of the size of business
• The most common CEO business challenges  
• The importance of recognizing the value of the leadership team
• How building leaders
• The investment that is made into the leaders of tomorrow 
• Bring up strong leaders
• The value of each person in the organization
• The transition from being “the leader” to building a leadership team
• Recognize that each person has equal value in the organization

• Strategies for review the company's vision 

• The most effective exercise Ivy does with her clients

• How to make your first hire
•  What are we adding to the company to scale?
• The first thing that gets in the way of CEOs of a growing company

[33:09 - 35:24] Closing Segment 

• Connect with Ivy through the links below 
• Follow us on social media and leave a review
• Final words

Tweetable Quotes:

“Every person who touches another person is a leader in your organization”. - Ivy Slater

“Business success is an enormous amount about practicality and a little bit of our luck”. - Ivy Slater

You can find Ivy on the following links: 

• Twitter
• https://slatersuccess.com/  

 

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