Fierce and Free
By Melani Broman Gordon
Come along with me, and let’s enjoy the ride. If you’re getting into the startup hustle, running a business with your partner, or hungering for a solid work-life balance, I’m here to offer our stories, tips, and business owner coaching on-the-go.
Because no one is at the destination.
We’re all on the road together.
Fierce and FreeMay 08, 2020
Thrive Outside: Amplifying Your Growth Potential Through Outdoor Coaching Pt 1
Unlock Your Inner Performance Professional
What if the time you spent outdoors and your commitment to physical health and eating well were seen as inputs to getting the professional performance that you seek, instead of the reward for hard work? The connection of self-care and physical health to performance for professional athletes is just as applicable for professionals.
Notable program elements include:
Sharing externally validated research to support the benefits of each area of wellness on professional performance
Exploring stories and limitations you create around wellness and ways to reframe your stories to support your goals
Introducing new ideas for approaching your wellness practices and integrating them into your professional life
REGISTER FOR OUR FREE WORKSHOP SERIES.
https://evolution.team/thrive-outside
Do Life Partners Make Good Business Partners? Our Tips Celebrating 2 Decades and 3 Companies!
On the eve of our 15 year wedding anniversary, we sip whiskey and pull back the curtain on how we've navigated the last 2 decades and 3 companies as married co-founders:
- Kiss before you leave the house for the day
- Hi babe how was your day
- Schedule 1 to 1’s with your partner1
- Schedule 1xmo date nights
- Get a business coach, no exceptions or join a peer group
- Celebrate business just the 2 of you, really celebrate
- No business talk in the bedroom
- Gordon Summit
In a Relationship With An Entrepreneur? Here's 7 Tips You Need To Hear.
Have a friend, sibling, family member, or partner who is an entrepreneur or business owner? Here are some insights we’ve seen over the last 2 decades and we hope you walk away with at least 1 thing to help improve your relationships.
- Drive or walk to work together
- Shut-up and clock-out
- Get a business coach, no exceptions, join a peer group = bonus
- Context setting for problem-solving - am I your husband/friend or business partner right now
- Keep personal financials like you keep business financials, forecast, plans, updated spreadsheets
- Sunday night calendar plan
- Founder retreat
What is Sales Triage and Why it Matters in the Era of Remote Work?
Meet my badass friend Shianne Sampson. Shianne is the current VP of Sales & Customer Service at venture-backed startup PetDesk. She has 20+ years of sales experience, sales leadership, B2B, SaaS, and has developed over 4000+ sales executives, and 60+ sales leaders.
Her new book is out - Sales Triage.
- How did Shianne’s teams go from panicked, to 100% remote overnight?
- How Shianne’s teams embraced rapid change and if you haven’t embraced these tools your team may be in need of an intervention!
- What leaders should look out for across their teams and how to keep your team motivated.
- Book preview on Sales Triage, buy, download, read and share. Tone, pace, professionalism, and how to develop a repeatable process.
Check out MelaniGordon.com for more resources and to get in touch. We’d love to hear from you and learn what topics you’d like us to cover. See you next time.
Why Summits Are Important & How to Plan One?
Everywhere you look there’s meditation retreats, money workshops, and company summits. Why not family summits?
After our first summit, we questioned why schools don’t teach this. Why hadn’t someone walked us through these steps on a whiteboard? Ok, maybe I (Mel) slept through economics class :) But we still are surprised that an education doesn’t include learning how to ask the BIG questions about life, marriage, and business partnerships. Click here to get the free guide.
Now, it’s 12 years later, and we’ve shared this format with our friends, extended family, and employees. It’s changed our lives. Perhaps testing out this format for yourself, slightly nudging your partner to participate, or sharing it with loved ones could lead to new possibilities.
We don’t believe in making New Year’s resolutions. We do believe in starting where you are, with what you have. Today or May 13th or October 11th. You don’t have to wait till December 31st or January 1st to check in with yourself, reflect on where you’ve been, and set powerful goals.
You are the CEO of your life. Nobody else. Click here to get the free guide.
The Cost of Comparing Your Company to Competition
Why do we compare ourselves to others? How can this damage your company, your team, and demotivate yourself and your leaders?
We explore the pitfalls and offer tips on how to pull yourself out of this rabbit hole.
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Navigating Your Mindset Through a Cat4 Storm
How can you and your employees feel safe as you’re sailing your boat through a cat4 storm with a half functioning engine?
This tool is helping us survive these tumultuous times as co-founders, as a team and ultimately helping us to actually show up to the dinner table with our families.
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Meet Your Outspoken, Open-Minded Sidekicks
Let’s take on this big world together.
Nothing would make me more fulfilled than helping you find your deepest drive. Your why. I hope my words on the Fierce & Free podcast ignite new ideas and old passions.
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Please rate, review & subscribe on Apple Podcast. It takes less than 60 seconds. You’ll help us spread stories and tips to support the world's badass entrepreneurs. We need them now more than ever.
Check out MelaniGordon.com for more resources and to get in touch. We’d love to hear from you and learn what topics you’d like us to cover. See you next time.