CEOing is hard so we need to find as many ways to motivate ourselves as we can so that when one fails another steps in.

The 5-Minute Strategist

It's Not All About the Money, Money, Money…

Don't throw your business baby out with the bathwater because you got bored, had a fun idea or felt like burnout was creeping in.

Evolution Beat Reinvention In Small Businesses

Feeling like you're constantly being pulled into the details or being asked questions by your team? This is a you problem, not a team problem.

Any Team Can Be A Proactive Team

When a team member is paid fairly and incentivized based on performance, that team member is motivated to show up and hit those long-term goals. When they are not, that team member gets frustrated and angry and stops going the extra mile. You, the CEO, are THAT team member.

Is Your CEO Compensation Strategically Thought Out Or  The Leftover Scraps?

If your business is not ready for your goals, you risk your reputation, your team and your own peace of mind by pushing it too far too soon.

Sometimes To Go Far, You Have To Go Slower Than You'd Like

Remember when ChatGPT was just fun novelty tool? How things have changed! But did you go along for the ride or strategically integrate AI in your business?

Your Robot Sidekicks

It's hard to find a small business owner who doesn't have tons of ideas every day. So why is there so little innovation?

Your Ideas Don't Make You Innovative

The trend right now is to go back to solopreneuring. But the outsourcing that requires has some risks that are often ignored in the time, cost saving and flexibility benefits.

As The Team Pendulum Swings Back Make Sure It Doesn't Hit You In the Business

How do you transform the core values that you so lovingly came up with into a useful framework for your team and business?

Actions are better than words

We are not born thinking. We learn how to think and what to think about for the people and world around us. But we rarely takethe time to think about how we could think better in our business.

Let's think about it

When you think about your contribution to the financial success of your business, do you automatically think sales and marketing and maybe amazing delivery to your clients? If so, you're missing a key piece of the puzzle.

This Is Also Your Job

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You’ve already got a Google Drive graveyard filled to the brim with courses and PDFs, get-rich-quick tactics, and other people’s strategies that didn’t live up to the hype.

You don’t need another podcast of rags-to-riches stories to inspire you or 7-step frameworks you’ll never implement or expert opinions on what your business needs next from someone who’s never met you.

You’ve been taught that knowledge is power and the right piece of information, tactic or trendy strategy might just be the thing that unlocks your growth. 

What you’re not taught is that after a certain point, all of this information ends up keeping you stuck.

Stuck in analysis paralysis, overwhelmed, and decision fatigue. 

Stuck relying on other people to show you the way.

And stuck wading through more tactic-heavy content still looking for answers.
Turns out the information and tactics are part of the problem not the solution you were looking for. And, as you’re beginning to suspect, the real key might be less about finding the right answer and more about asking the right questions to unlock the strategy that brings it all together.

But when there’s always a fire to put out, a client clamoring for your attention, or a team member who needs help with something, CEO Time always gets pushed to tomorrow's to-do list. 

And you’re left wondering how those people posting their colorful, post-it-filled whiteboards from cozy strategic planning retreats on the gram find the time to make it work.  

The reality is the best strategy is often quick and dirty on the back of a bill, napkin, or the margin of a rogue notebook within arm’s reach. After all, it’s meant for your eyes only, not chasing clout on the gram.

Big-picture thinking needs to happen in small spaces between delivering a 5* service to your clients, leading your team, and the business of running a business, even if you’ve only got 5 minutes a day.

So this podcast is designed to fit into the small spaces and ask those strategic questions to help you find one small idea that could lead to big things for your business in just 5 minutes.

Welcome to The 5-minute Strategist. I’m Diane Mayor and I can’t wait to help you see just how strategic you can be in those tiny moments each day.

We’re going deep on advanced topics like:
•	data-driven decision-making
•	critical thinking
•	leadership

And the art of balance: work-life balance, innovation versus execution, and tactical action with strategic vision.

We’ll cover the whole business —from effective sales strategies and marketing campaigns to streamlining operations, building high-performance teams, and making profit and paying yourself consistently.

Whether you're sipping your morning coffee or gearing up for the day’s challenges, grab a daily dose of strategy and get growing with The 5-Minute Strategist.