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Speaker 1: performance through strong human relations, team building, and goal agiving.
Speaker 1: This is the seven Minute Leadership Podcast with your host
Speaker 1: Paul Fellovaledo.
Speaker 2: Hello everyone, and welcome to the seven Minute Leadership Podcast.
Speaker 2: It's episode three sixty nine. Let's talk about something that
Speaker 2: doesn't get nearly enough attention in the leadership world, business
Speaker 2: support services. Now, before you think that sounds like someone
Speaker 2: else's problem, hear me out. If you're a business owner, manager,
Speaker 2: or a leader of any size team, this episode is
Speaker 2: for you, because the truth is there are areas of
Speaker 2: your business that are quietly leaking time, money, and opportunity.
Speaker 2: In business support services are the duct tape, the glue,
Speaker 2: and sometimes the entire operations manual you didn't know you needed.
Speaker 2: Running a business today is like juggling chainsaws in a
Speaker 2: wind tunnel. You've got finances, HR, compliance, marketing, admin it
Speaker 2: and then your actual product or service. It's no wonder
Speaker 2: so many leaders are burned out, overwhelmed, or falling behind.
Speaker 2: Here's the hard truth. You weren't meant to do it all,
Speaker 2: and great leadership doesn't mean doing everything. It means knowing
Speaker 2: what to do yourself. And what to delegate to experts.
Speaker 2: Companies that use business support services, on average c a
Speaker 2: thirty percent jump in efficiency. Thirty percent. That's not pocket change,
Speaker 2: that's hours back on your calendar. That's dollar saved, that's
Speaker 2: customers serve better, and teams that aren't running on fumes.
Speaker 2: These services allow you to stop in the day to
Speaker 2: day and start steering the ship. So let me break
Speaker 2: down some of these business support services. First, there's administrative support.
Speaker 2: This is your virtual assistant, your calendar tamer, your inbox whisperer.
Speaker 2: They don't just free up time, they give you your
Speaker 2: brain back. And then there's financial management, from bookkeeping to
Speaker 2: payroll to forecasting. Professional financial support helps you stop guessing
Speaker 2: and start leading with clarity. And then there's marketing services.
Speaker 2: You're not just competing with other businesses anymore, you're competing
Speaker 2: with short attention spans. A solid marketing partner helps you
Speaker 2: win that battle with strategy, not just pretty graphics. And
Speaker 2: then there's the always important IT support in cyber security.
Speaker 2: Here's a stat that should punch every leader right in
Speaker 2: the gut. Forty three percent of cyber attacks target get
Speaker 2: small businesses. If that doesn't make you want to lock
Speaker 2: down your systems yesterday, then I don't know what will.
Speaker 2: And then human resources. The right HR support prevents lawsuits,
Speaker 2: bad hires, and culture breakdowns and it gives your people
Speaker 2: what they actually need structure, support and compliance done right.
Speaker 2: And then strategic consulting. This is where the big moves happen.
Speaker 2: A good consultant isn't just advice. Their insight, data and
Speaker 2: objectivity that you can't get from inside your echo chamber.
Speaker 2: So how do you get started with all this? If
Speaker 2: you're feeling the itch to bring in help but don't
Speaker 2: know where to begin. Start here. Assess your bottlenecks, what's
Speaker 2: eating your time or slowing your growth, and then set
Speaker 2: a budget support services pay off. But you still need
Speaker 2: to know your financial limits and start small. Pilot a project,
Speaker 2: test a virtual assistant for a month, outsource your bookkeeping.
Speaker 2: Just whatever you do, get in the game and evaluate constantly.
Speaker 2: Don't assume it's working, know it's working. Track the return
Speaker 2: on investment, and what you gain from this is cost
Speaker 2: savings from not hiring in house expertise on demand, scalability
Speaker 2: without the growing pains, time back to lead instead of
Speaker 2: just manage, and most importantly, your peace of mind. So
Speaker 2: if you're leading a team of business or even just yourself,
Speaker 2: you need to realize that trying to be a hero
Speaker 2: doesn't scale. Smart leaders bring in the right support so
Speaker 2: they can stay focused on what only they can do.
Speaker 2: Don't be the leader buried in emails, payroll headaches, or
Speaker 2: website problems. Be the lead steering the vision because you
Speaker 2: finally stopped doing everything yourself. This has been the seven
Speaker 2: minute Leadership podcast and I thank you for listening.
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