The BEST Interior Design Podcasts - Episode 195

Today’s must-listen interior design business podcasts episodes come from hosts Terri Taylor, Michele Williams, Melissa Galt, Rick Campos and Laura Thornton.

Today’s podcast guests include Valerie Priester, Kathy Geffen and Meredith Huck.

If you’re a residential interior designer looking to make your business better, today’s business podcasts for interior designers is the perfect place to start.

• Interior Design Business - Terri Taylor - Growing Too Fast - 19 min

• Profit Is A Choice - Michele Williams - Creating a Vision for Your Life and Business - 50 min

• The Affluent Creative - Melissa Galt - Get Your Team to Get More Done - 41 min

• Design Biz Survival Guide - Rick Campos - 5-Year Anniversary Podcast Takeover with Meredith Huck - 41 min

• The Business of Beautiful Spaces - Laura Thornton - Let's Talk about your Site Binder - 23 min

Interior Design Business - Terri Taylor - Growing Too Fast - 19 min

Why would it be bad for your design business to grow too fast? Growth is good, right?

Well, yes and no. Your business needs to be set up to handle growth. If you experience rapid growth that you’re not prepared for, your business will not be able to support it and you’ll end up losing money and making rushed decisions. That’s not what we want. 

In this episode, host Terri Taylor interviews Valerie Priester. Valerie walks us through the number of problems that can arise when you get ahead of yourself and grow too fast. 

Valerie is a powerhouse business and mindset coach for women entrepreneurs. She helps her clients eliminate confusion, frustration, and overwhelm so they can confidently grow profitable and sustainable businesses.

Topics covered in this episode include:

• How to know if it’s the right time to grow your business

• What happens when you grow too fast

• Making strategic and sustainable business decisions

Profit Is A Choice - Michele Williams - Creating a Vision for Your Life and Business - 50 min

In today’s episode, host Michele Williams chats with Kathy Geffen of Kathy Geffen Designs and Fine Tune Coaching. Kathy has had an amazing 25-year career in corporate America doing all types of organizational management, started a drapery workroom in 2015, and has recently launched Fine Tune Coaching. Michele & Kathy have a great conversation about what it's like to overlap with different areas of business, what makes it so important to be connected to your goals, and to be able to organize them in a way that they can be achieved.

Topics Mentioned:

• Life Vision

• Goals with connection

• Process

• New beginnings  

Key Thoughts:

• But it was the first time in my life, I could say that I have a goal that I want, and I understand how I have control to get to that goal. Kathy 10:12

• In other words, the goal is not just the end result, it's the process of growing and taking baby steps to get there so that if I'm thrown off a little here a little there, say I fall a little short of the goal, I'm not like beating myself up that I didn't meet the goal. Michele 13:17 

• I want to help the business owner understand how to make their day and their business achieve their goals. Kathy 31:21 

• When you help that business owner, even create a Kanban Board, and understand the concept behind it, yes, it took some of your time, even if it was 10 minutes, and you didn't even recognize the impact, sometimes those are the biggest impacts when we don't even recognize it. Michele 36:19 

The Affluent Creative - Melissa Galt - Get Your Team to Get More Done - 41 min

Today’s episode of The Affluent Creative is one you won’t want to miss, whether your team is local, remote, or maybe not even yet existent. Chances are, even if you don’t yet have a team working for your design business, you will eventually need to hire one. And, even if it seems like your team is working out well, there may be issues you aren’t aware of that are getting in the way of maximizing your design business’ profits and your team’s satisfaction. You might even find yourself wanting to self-reflect on your own employee happiness and contributions within your own business.

Host Melissa Galt is talking about the ways to get your team to get more done… with so many tips and strategies to share with you that will help you to get the most out of your team, by getting their honest views on their workload, making them feel valued, and delegating tasks as needed to share the workload respectfully. The key is getting your team to take ownership of their role in the business so that they will be able to perform at higher levels. Melissa helps us shine a spotlight on the hidden talents within our team and guides us on how to motivate our team to align with our company's mission and goals.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The importance of having a self-evaluation for team members, especially when distributed through a third-party system

• Strategies to maximize team members' effectiveness by uncovering hidden talents and delegating tasks appropriately.

• How to build a culture of ownership and engagement within a team, including creating a shared vision

• Why transparency is so important in a creative business

Design Biz Survival Guide - Rick Campos - 5-Year Anniversary Podcast Takeover with Meredith Huck - 41 min

In today’s episode, host Rick Campos welcome back Meredith Huck of House of Huck, but this time she’ll be asking the questions, and Rick will be sharing “his” journey as part of his 5-Year Anniversary Podcast Takeover! In this episode, Rick reveals how he juggles the podcast, coaching, and producing learning opportunities for design professionals using information and advice that he learns from every conversation he has with fellow entrepreneurs on and off the podcast. They also discuss some of Rick’s biggest takeaways from over 130 podcast interviews, and he shares my wish list of future podcast guests that may surprise you.

Show Highlights:

• The importance of defining one's success markers and their impact on personal and professional journeys. 

• The balance between proactive steps, risk-taking, and relying on fate for success. 

• The role of routines and a balanced lifestyle in maintaining motivation and setting the right priorities.

• The idea of diversifying business into multifaceted lanes using industry insights.

The Business of Beautiful Spaces - Laura Thornton - Let's Talk about your Site Binder - 23 min

In today’s episode, host Laura Thornton is diving deep into the world of... site binders! The legendary "site bible" that's an absolute game-changer on the job site.