In this essential episode of Big Dreams Great Teams, I’m interviewing Lisa Turner, founder of Accounted For You, a specialised Zero-only bookkeeping practice helping female-led businesses understand their numbers with clarity and confidence.

With 20 years of experience in finance and accounting and 8 years running her own business, Lisa is passionate about making numbers feel simple.

In this super practical and easy to digest episode, Lisa reveals why many business owners feel overwhelmed by their finances and how this leads to avoidance behaviours that can seriously impact your growth potential. She shares practical tips for moving from financial anxiety to confident decision-making, particularly when growing your team.

What You'll Learn:

• Why understanding your numbers is critical before making hiring decisions
• The common financial mistakes that may be sabotaging your business growth
• How to determine if you're financially ready to hire your next team member
• Practical systems to manage cashflow and prevent tax-time surprises
• Essential financial reports every business owner should regularly review
• The crucial difference between revenue, profit, and cashflow
• Why the "bank balance method" of decision-making is a dangerous trap

Resources Mentioned:

• Lisa's upcoming Learning Hub - covering financial basics for business owners
• Profit First methodology - a framework for managing business finances

Connect with Lisa Turner:

• Website: accountedforyou.com.au
• Instagram: @accountedforyou
• Lisa’s Podcast - Your BookKeeping Matters https://accountedforyou.com.au/your-bookkeeping-matters-podcast/
  Podcast: "Your Bookkeeping Matters"
• Freebie: Xero Money Saver Guide

Connect with Paula Maidens:

• Website: paulamaidens.com
• Instagram: @paulamaidensconsulting
• Facebook: Paula Maidens - Building Awesome Teams
• LinkedIn: Paula Maidens

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In this episode of Big Dreams Great Teams, Paula shares a powerful framework to transform your team meetings from energy-draining obligations into the strategic engine of your business. Discover the three specific questions that create accountability, reveal obstacles, and develop proactive thinking in your team - ultimately allowing meetings to run effectively even without you present.

What You'll Learn:

• Why most team meetings accidentally create dependency on you as the leader and how to shift this dynamic
• The fundamental difference between informational meetings vs empowering meetings
• Three specific questions that transform meeting energy and outcomes
• How to implement a meeting structure that runs with or without you
• Practical steps to transition your team to this new meeting framework

Chapters:

[00:01:49] Why team meetings often drain energy instead of creating momentum

[04:42:30] The core problem: meetings structured to create dependency on you

[07:07:36] Real example of how Paula implemented self-running team meetings in London

[09:22:25] Why your team meeting should be the engine of your business

[11:47:16] Question #1: Focusing on wins to build positive momentum

[14:11:04] Question #2: Creating clarity and public accountability

[16:32:69] Question #3: Fostering interdependence rather than dependency

[18:50:49] How to implement this structure as your standard meeting agenda

[21:05:69] How this structure gradually reduces the need for your involvement

[23:25:96] Tips for handling initial awkwardness during implementation

[25:28:73] Signs that indicate the new meeting structure is working

[27:49:03] How these questions develop better thinking beyond the meeting room

Resources Mentioned:

Strategic Leadership Circle waitlist

Dream Team Discovery Call booking link

Connect with Paula:

Website:https://paulamaidens.com/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/paulamaidensconsulting/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulamaidensbuildingawesometeams

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulamaidens/

Are you exhausted from being the only person in your business who can solve problems? Tired of explaining the same things over and over to your team? In this powerful episode of Big Dreams Great Teams, Paula Maidens reveals why "telling" might actually be your biggest leadership blindspot.

Discover the simple shift in approach that has helped Paula's clients for over 15 years cut problem-solving time in half and dramatically reduce those frustrating "why are we dealing with this again?" moments that drain your energy as a business owner.

What You'll Learn

• The hidden leadership habit that's accidentally training your team to depend on you
• Why even the most well-intentioned business owners get stuck in the "bottleneck cycle"
• A fundamental mindset shift that transforms how your team operates without you
• The surprising way this tiny change develops true ownership in your team members
• A practical challenge you can implement this week to see immediate results

Highlights

Paula shares a powerful insight that questions activate thinking while answers shut it down. She explores why many small business owners get caught in the trap of being the constant problem-solver and how this apparently efficient approach actually creates long-term inefficiencies in your business.

Through practical examples and real-world scenarios, Paula demonstrates how this simple shift works across various leadership situations, and why investing a little more time now will save you massive amounts of time (and sanity) later.

You'll walk away with a concrete challenge to implement in your business this week, along with the reassurance that this shift from telling to asking is one of the most powerful leadership transformations Paula sees happen in her clients.

Connect With Paula

Ready to transform how you lead your team and create the kind of responsibility and ownership that frees you up to work ON your business rather than IN it? Book a complimentary Book a Dream Team Discovery Call to discuss your specific situation.

Website:https://paulamaidens.com/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/paulamaidensconsulting/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulamaidensbuildingawesometeams

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulamaidens/