Speaker 1: Because we help people through the vehicles
of free platforms like social media, like YouTube, we're also democratizing education.
Speaker 1: We have everything.
We're good to go.
Shoes and we're good to go.
So today we are doing a leadership offsite.
My leadership team has come into Vancouver, which is really exciting.
A few of them I have never met in real life before and I've worked with for a very long
time.
We're all coming together and we're planning 2023.
I've never really done in-person events of any kind.
I am somewhat of an introvert and I like being online.
I mean that's why I've built my life the way that I have.
So this is really the first time I've done anything like this and it feels really good.
It's a completely different thing to not be in a Zoom box and to actually be able to connect
with people.
So today we are going to tackle basically what happened in the last 12 months.
All of the key metrics for the business, the wins, the lessons.
Welcome everyone.
Speaker 1: It feels so weird to be formal with all of
you.
Then clarifying roles, which is also I think part of how this came to be.
So implementing leads for each department and creating really clear KPIs.
I'm going to lay out the vision for the next 12 months along with what our north star is,
meaning what are we all aligned towards so that it's super clear what we need to do and
what we don't need to do.
Speaker 1: Our north star is we help burnt out experts
who lack visibility go from being a best kept secret, unable to create the impact on the
people who need the most, stuck trading their time for money to elevating their income impact
and authority by an online education business so that they can create a legacy business
that outlasts them and democratizes entrepreneurship and education.
Then everyone prior to meeting today in real life has prepared their own basic analysis
of their role and of their team if they have a team.
So they're going to review those and talk about what could we start doing better?
What should we stop doing?
What are our strengths?
What are our weaknesses?
What are our opportunities?
What are the threats?
Speaker 1: We'll basically bring it all together today
and have the plan so that we can then deliver that to the rest of the team and just be super
efficient and aligned for the rest of the year.
So that's kind of it.
Speaker 2: So maintaining and updating the P&L is what
I work on at the end of each month.
Ensuring that we're staying within that range.
So I'm quite focused on that.
Speaker 3: So my vision for the department is to have
our process so dialed in that we have zero red flags.
That would be phenomenal.
Speaker 4: Communication channels have been established
between myself and the team to allow Sonny to be removed from day to day operations and
decision making so she can stay in her genius zone.
Speaker 5: So first things first.
Having a team full of A players on the sales team who are 100% bought in on the plan and
just excited to grow within the company and within their roles.
Speaker 1: You have to start with the end in mind and
I think that's true of a lot of things for success and then work your way back.
So once we have the vision and the north star for the year, then we're going to break that
down by quarter, by month, by week, by day.
Speaker 1: Yesterday was so good for just being able
to get through a lot more.
It's funny when you do everything online, you think Zoom is good enough.
But being able to be in a room for seven hours together and talk through every part of the
business, and game plan every part of the business and identify any weaknesses and opportunities
allowed us to just really bring ourselves together as a team.
I feel stronger than ever with the people that I have on my team and I feel like we're
more aligned than ever as well.
We're so focused 'cause we have one singular goal altogether and we're all working in our
own little departments to make that happen.
So it was really amazing.
It made my heart warm and fuzzy and I feel like it's one of the best things we've ever
done in the business, which is amazing.
Speaker 7: We're going to go get out of the city and
check out what makes Vancouver most beautiful, which is what's around Vancouver some people
say.
Speaker 1: Having the right people in the right seats,
which gets said a lot, is probably the most important piece to growing a business that
I've realized.
Speaker 1: The company that we all have now was started
in a tiny 400 square foot apartment right there.
Yeah, that was the birthplace of this.
Just finished the boat ride and it's the perfect ending to our team retreat, and it was a wild
ride.
At points I was a little bit scared, but I actually think it was kind of symbolic of
the last year.
It's been quite a ride and it was the perfect ending to this year and it's really just set
the tone to head into the new year as a team all heading in the same direction.
It was very symbolic.
Speaker 1: So I know this is a little bit of a different
video, but it was a lot of fun to put together and I hope that it gave you a really solid
behind the scenes glimpse of what the next year is going to look like for us.
Hopefully it gave you some ideas for yourself and how you can simplify, create a lot of
focus, create a lot of alignments.
You can create a big impact.
If you enjoyed it and got some great ideas out of it, let me know.
Let me know if you like this kind of video too 'cause I plan on doing more of them and
would love to hear your thoughts and takeaways.
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Bye.