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495: From Fired to Flourishing with Joette White
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How are you navigating the challenges of business ownership? Joette White, owner of Park Cities Pet Sitter, shares her journey from being fired to successfully owning and growing a pet sitting business. She emphasizes the importance of staff management and trusting employees to foster growth. Joette highlights how personal growth and learning from failures have shaped her leadership style. She discusses adapting to challenges, especially during the pandemic, to strengthen the business foundation. Joette stresses the need for clear leadership and allowing space for staff to develop their strengths and confidence
Main topics:
- Business Ownership
- Staff Management
- Personal Growth
- Pandemic Adaptation
- Leadership Challenges
Main takeaway: If you don't give people the opportunity to fail, then they can't grow.
About our guest:
Joette has served on the Board of The National Association of Professional Pet Sitters, helping to educate others in the industry about best practices. Her company has won a multitude of local awards including Angie’s List Super Service Award for 5 consecutive years, “Best of Dallas” by D Magazine, and “Best of’s” from WFAA Channel 8, Dallas Voice, and The Dallas Observer. Park Cities Pet Sitter was also awarded the prestigious NAPPS 2017 Business of the Year–this is a national award given to a pet sitting company that demonstrates outstanding business practices and vision in maintaining and growing their business.
Joette is married and is a mother to two boys. Animals have always been a huge part of her life. In addition to “herding” the four Park Cities Pet Sitter office cats (Carl, Kruzer, Henry and George), Joette also has a sweet rescue dog named Phyllis and a short-haired rabbit named Toofus at her home. She strongly believes in giving back to her church and community, and does so by working with local shelters, as well as through education, training, and fund raising activities.
Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joette-white-43814b24/
Email Joette: joette@pcpsi.com
Website: https://www.pcpsi.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parkcitiespetsitter Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/park-cities-pet-sitter-inc- Twitter: https://twitter.com/PCPSI Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Park-Cities-Pet-Sitter-Inc-300134640612 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCQVE7LfCLlayBOB9I8XWSA
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