Episode 31: Work ON Your Business, not IN your Business, Featuring Terry Ogburn with Ogburn’s Business Solutions

Feb 6, 2020

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It’s easy for business owners to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget the visionary aspect of their job as leaders. But how do you build in time to work ON, not IN your business?

Terry Ogburn is the founder of Ogburn’s Business Solutions, a consultancy that helps small businesses improve the bottom line. Today, he joins Bob to explain how he supports business owners in developing a vision for the future and designing a plan to reach their goals.

Terry offers advice on taking time to reflect at the end of each day and shares the top four habits of successful business leaders. Listen in for insight on empowering your team to make mistakes and learn how to set up systems for working ON, rather than IN your business.

Topics Covered

[2:56] Terry’s mission to help businesses grow

[3:29] The most common pitfalls for business owners

[4:47] How fear can keep us working IN, rather than ON our business

[6:23] How Terry helps business owners reach their goals

[7:42] A leader’s role in helping employees grow and understand the vision for the company

[10:01] Empowering your team to make mistakes

[13:03] Terry’s take on joy as a key ingredient of success

[15:37] Why it’s crucial for business owners to reflect at the end of each day

[17:14] The four habits of successful business owners

[21:18] Why business leaders need to embrace technology

[22:11] Leveraging neurolinguistic programming to build rapport with different people