Welcome to Thriving in Tandem. It’s a podcast for you the married entrepreneur that wants to win in business and marriage at the same time. The biggest challenge for the married entrepreneur isn’t just succeeding in business, it’s succeeding in all areas of your life including your marriage…

No matter what business owner we speak to anywhere in the country, the top concern is finding good employees. The same thing seems to be happening all over the U.S.A., no one wants to work. And the ones that do want to be paid a lot of money and with a lot of perks…

Are you a man? Are you a husband? Are you a father? Are you a business owner? Than this show is for you! Or any wife that wants to hear what guys talk about. Ha ha! But this isn’t going to be a mancave show…

How would you and your spouse deal with losing, not one but, two businesses? Losing one business is bad enough. The stress that your relationship goes through can send many straight to divorce court. Fortunately, that did not happen to this week’s guest Bobby and Michelle Schaffer. They only got stronger together.

Work 4 days a week? What entrepreneur doesn’t want that? Ok, so maybe I can adjust my schedule to do this but wouldn’t my business suffer? These are great questions that this week’s guest Joe Sanok is going to answer.

You hear us and others warning that if you prioritize succeeding in business over the relationship, it CAN harm your marriage. This week’s guest, Krystal Parker, shows it WILL destroy your marriage. She found out the hard way how focusing so hard on achieving professional success can lead to two divorces.

We’re all about helping the married entrepreneur create greater work-life balance. A lot of our discussion is around setting boundaries and being more efficient with our time. This week, we want to talk about an often overlooked aspect of the business that largely determines how hard the business has to work to make a profit. PRICE.

As a business owner, you need to be more lazy. No, it’s not that we don’t believe in hard work. But too many entrepreneurs are working so hard that they are slave to the business and it stunts the growth of the business. If you find a way to do less of the work by delegating more of it to employees that are better at certain tasks then you…

Entrepreneurs are great visionaries, starters, doers, but often lack patience. In one sense that is a strength because many people just think about doing stuff but the entrepreneur makes it happen. There is a downside though. Impatience can cause the entrepreneur to pivot too quickly or get caught up in the shiny object...

Training and developing employees seems like common sense but many small businesses do an inadequate job of doing so. Lack of time and resources seems to be the primary excuse. But if you knew that creating a culture that constantly develops its people would increase your profits, you would do it in a heartbeat, right?

In this world of busyness it seems like time is our enemy more than our friend. But who’s fault is that? There are so many things coming at us in our business and personal lives that some of the more important aspects are being neglected.

Overcoming childhood trauma is significant in itself. But how about being criticized, passed over, and looked down upon every step of your career? To top it off, one of the leaders you admire tells you, you’re not good enough. That is a lot to overcome and still be successful.

Business growth is on the minds of most entrepreneurs. Unfortunately for many, they approach growth in the reverse order that it should be done. Most will focus on driving sales and then play catch up with any operational needs that is sure to appear when the workload increases.

What do you do when your wife is the boss? Is she the same at work and home? And what about if her dad is the owner of the company and you’re coming in as the son-in-law?

Why is it so hard to get your spouse on board with establishing a long term vision for your life and/or business? Is it just us? Yes, we’ve struggled with it at times and so have our clients. So in this episode, we’ll dive into why creating vision is a struggle and how to do it better.

If you’re married, you want more intimacy. As a business owner, you want more revenue. But somehow getting both at the same time is elusive. Why? Because as you’re going all-in on the business, your marriage tends to take a back seat and the relationship suffers.

Dreaming big for your business is wonderful but trying to start big is detrimental. It stretches your time and resources thin which creates additional stress on you and your relationships.

Many business owners are great leaders at work but not so much at home. I may or may not have been one of those. The question is, why? Why can we be great at building teams, creating healthy cultures, and keep our customers happy but not do the same thing at home?

We hope to save some marriages with this episode. Since money issues is the number one reason for conflict and divorce in a marriage, we would be remiss if we didn’t address it. The conflict boils down to this difference. One spouse is a saver while the other is a spender.

You may have been experiencing or hearing business owners grumble about how hard it is to find good workers. Or that the ones they have don’t put in max effort. According to Gallup, only 33% of employees in the U.S. are considered engaged in their job.