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What if your business could not only survive the ups and downs of the market but actually thrive during uncertain times? What if, instead of constantly putting out fires, you had systems in place that let you step away—maybe even take a real vacation—knowing that everything was running smoothly in your absence? The Green Ledger - Tips for a Sustainable Small Business is the show where making money meets making a difference. This podcast is your guide to building a profitable, planet-friendly ...
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Episode 11 - Wrapping Up the Season - Plus Your Resilience Roadmap
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You’ve made it to the end of the season, and if you’re like most small business owners, that’s no small thing. In this final episode, I share what really went into creating this podcast season, and how each episode builds toward a bigger goal: helping you create a business that’s not just reactive, but resilient by design. Whether you’ve taken acti…
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Episode 10 - Track Your Business Impact - What Matters Most for Small Business Resilience
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You’ve worked hard this year - cut waste, trained your team, switched suppliers, maybe even implemented a backup plan. But here’s the question: can you actually prove any of it made a difference? If a customer, lender, or even your own family asked, “What difference did it make?” or “How is your business really making an impact?”, would you have a …
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Episode 9 - Money Down the Drain - How Resource Waste is Killing Your Profits
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You’re probably wasting 20–30% of your resources without even realizing it. That’s money down the drain, literally. In this episode, I share Rachel’s story, who discovered that her rising utility bills weren’t just bad luck… they were bleeding her profits dry. The good news? Simple changes helped her cut costs, reduce waste, and start saving money …
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Episode 8 - Stronger Together - Serving Your Community and Your Customers
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What do you do when your sales vanish overnight? The answer may not be in your warehouse - it may be in your neighborhood. In this episode, I share a powerful real-world story of how collaboration saved multiple small businesses during a crisis. From there, we dig into why community relationships aren’t just feel-good extras, they’re a core part of…
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Episode 7 - People First - Attracting and Keeping the Right Talent
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What happens when your best people walk out the door? For many small businesses, it’s not just a staffing issue, it’s an operational crisis. Are you one of them? In this episode, I share Maria’s story, a bakery owner whose staffing changes triggered far more than a few job postings. Recipe failures, broken supplier relationships, and overwhelmed te…
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Episode 6 - Are Your Suppliers Helping or Hurting you?
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Are Your Suppliers Helping or Hurting You? Your business depends on other businesses, but do you really know if your suppliers are supporting your goals… or quietly undermining them? In this episode, I share the story of a bakery owner blindsided by a last-minute supplier collapse, just as her busiest season was kicking off. And then I zoom out to …
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Episode 5 - Digital Door Locks - Keeping Your Business Safe Online
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You lock your front door at night, but is your business data just as protected? In this episode, I share why cybersecurity is a sustainability and business resilience issue every small business owner needs to take seriously. Through real-life stories I walk you through the six most common cyber threats and five essential “digital door locks” you ca…
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Episode 4 - What Matters Most - Choosing the Right Priorities for Your Business
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How to focus your time, energy, and resources where it counts most - for your business and for the world around you. 💡 In This Episode: ... I introduce a powerful concept called double materiality - a simple, strategic way to set your business priorities by looking at what affects your business, and what your business affects. We’ll explore: The di…
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Episode 3 - What Could Go Wrong? A Simple Guide to Risk Management
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This won't come as a surprise to you - something always goes a little sideways when you run a business. But that doesn’t mean you have to stay in reaction mode. In this episode of The Green Ledger, we take a big step toward building true business resilience by breaking down risk management into a simple, 3-step framework made for small businesses (…
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Welcome to The Green Ledger - Tips for a Sustainable Small Business What if your business could do more than just survive uncertainty - what if it could thrive because of it? In this opening episode, I share the real story behind why I started this podcast and how I came to believe that sustainability is not just a feel-good add-on; it’s a smart bu…
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Episode 2 - Be Ready, Stay Open - The Power of Business Continuity Planning
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When disaster strikes, will your business be ready - or scrambling? Wildfires, tariffs, equipment failures, a sick employee, even a lost shipment - small businesses face disruptions all the time. But here’s the thing: most don’t have a real plan to deal with them. In this episode of The Green Ledger: Tips for a Sustainable Small Business, we’re dig…
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