{"podcast":{"title":"The People Side of Business | Team Management Strategies, How to Manage Employees, Leadership for Business Owners","slug":"female-founder-unplugged-3679031","podcast_index_feed_id":3679031,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2326429.rss","website_url":"https://www.highvoltageleadership.ca","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/xw5b47u5enutwry0oxntq2xlnkmu?.jpg","author":"Lindsay White | Fractional HR Expert, Team Leadership Strategist, Leadership Coach for Female Founders","episode_count":247,"summary":"Are you leading a team but quietly wondering if you’re actually doing it right? Are you dealing with employee issues, performance problems, or difficult conversations that feel heavier than they should? And are you starting to realize that growing your business through people is a completely different skill set than building it on your own? If that sounds like you, you’re not alone—and you’re in the right place. Because the truth is, leadership is something most founders are never properly taught. You build a business, you hire a team, and suddenly you’re expected to know how to manage people, make the right calls, and lead with confidence—without ever being shown how to do it well. That’s exactly what this podcast is here to change. Hi, I’m Lindsay White, a fractional HR expert and leadership coach who works with founders and business owners navigating the real challenges of leading a team. I’ve spent years inside growing businesses, helping founders work through everything from hiring and performance issues to team dynamics and difficult decisions—often at the exact moment things start to feel messy, unclear, or harder than they should. Like a lot of the people I work with, you…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:21:15.715030+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031"},"episode":{"title":"3 Costly Mistakes Founders Make When Hiring and Firing Employees","slug":"3-costly-mistakes-founders-make-when-hiring-and-firing-employees","published_at":"2026-07-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/3-costly-mistakes-founders-make-when-hiring-and-firing-employees","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2326429/episodes/19499977-3-costly-mistakes-founders-make-when-hiring-and-firing-employees.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2326429/episodes/19499977-3-costly-mistakes-founders-make-when-hiring-and-firing-employees.mp3","summary":"Hiring and Firing Employees isn't simply about filling vacancies or managing performance—it's one of the biggest leadership responsibilities you'll ever have as a founder. Yet many business owners wait too long to hire, recruit from overwhelm instead of strategy, or avoid difficult conversations because personal loyalty gets in the way. The result? Expensive mistakes that impact growth, culture, and your ability to scale. If you've ever found yourself thinking, \"I'll just keep doing it myself...","meta_description":"Hiring and Firing Employees isn't simply about filling vacancies or managing performance—it's one of the biggest leadership responsibilities you'll ever h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1136,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/episodes/3-costly-mistakes-founders-make-when-hiring-and-firing-employees/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/3-costly-mistakes-founders-make-when-hiring-and-firing-employees.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}