{"podcast":{"title":"Friends from Wild Places","slug":"friends-from-wild-places-5319610","podcast_index_feed_id":5319610,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1958102.rss","website_url":"https://friendsfromwildplaces.buzzsprout.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/eg6pckqbacugedwnwuz0um81xf7a?.jpg","author":"Shireen Botha","episode_count":117,"summary":"Business Owner Professionals and entrepreneurs from all over the world come to speak to me and tell me why they do what they do and their vision. I feature a Non-profit Org to spread awareness. I share bookkeeping tips and stories from my life as a business owner. Inspiring other business owners by showing the wild hearts of entrepreneurs and how they cannot be tamed. And just to chat, laugh, and enjoy one another. Shireen approaches business and life, in general, through the lens of wanting to multiply the light in the world. Whether client, colleague, or friend, she has a special understanding of people. Separate from bookkeeping, her Friends From Wild Places podcast serves as a platform for connection where business owners can share their work and life experiences and even their wild hearts and passions in a safe space. The podcast also allows entrepreneurs to share about nonprofits that have special meaning for them.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T16:18:54.520527+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-from-wild-places-5319610"},"episode":{"title":"Aligning People, Process, and Performance for Sustainable Growth","slug":"aligning-people-process-and-performance-for-sustainable-growth","published_at":"2025-10-04T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-from-wild-places-5319610/aligning-people-process-and-performance-for-sustainable-growth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/friends-from-wild-places-5319610","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1958102/episodes/17529091-aligning-people-process-and-performance-for-sustainable-growth.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1958102/episodes/17529091-aligning-people-process-and-performance-for-sustainable-growth.mp3","summary":"Irma Parone shares how personal family crises transformed her from a corporate professional into a strategic leadership consultant. She explores the critical necessity of aligning people, processes, and performance to drive sustainable organizational growth.","meta_description":"Learn how to align people and processes for business success with strategic leadership expert Irma Parone. 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