{"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":"[S5, Ep42] The Messy Middle Isn’t Just Structural — It’s Lonely (Why LPC Works Together)","slug":"s5-ep42-the-messy-middle-isn-t-just-structural-it-s-lonely-why-lpc-works-together","published_at":"2026-04-02T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/s5-ep42-the-messy-middle-isn-t-just-structural-it-s-lonely-why-lpc-works-together","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2326429/episodes/18937568-s5-ep42-the-messy-middle-isn-t-just-structural-it-s-lonely-why-lpc-works-together.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2326429/episodes/18937568-s5-ep42-the-messy-middle-isn-t-just-structural-it-s-lonely-why-lpc-works-together.mp3","summary":"\"I don't really have anyone I can talk to who understands the business and isn't a stakeholder. It's really lonely.\" A founder said that to me recently, and I've been thinking of it ever since. Because it's true! And it's one of the most important things we're not talking about honestly enough in the entrepreneurship space. This episode is that conversation. Episode Highlights 📍 What makes the messy middle feel so uniquely lonely, and how founder isolation happens 🧠 Why high-achieving women a...","meta_description":"\"I don't really have anyone I can talk to who understands the business and isn't a stakeholder. It's really lonely.\" A founder said that to me recently, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1048,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/episodes/s5-ep42-the-messy-middle-isn-t-just-structural-it-s-lonely-why-lpc-works-together/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/s5-ep42-the-messy-middle-isn-t-just-structural-it-s-lonely-why-lpc-works-together.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}