244. How to Confidently Take a Sabbatical from Your Business with Alyson Caffrey

Feb 13

Hey you wild women!

Alyson Caffrey joins us for this episode. She is a small business operations strategist and the founder of Operations Agency. Additionally, she’s known for streamlining backend operations and unleashing the power of small teams.

If you find your business goes through feast and famine cycles, it’s time to operationalize. At its core, Alyson describes this as habit stacking in your business to structure and streamline all your processes. This is especially important for moms who want to build both a family and business that thrives.

In this episode, you will learn about:

How Alyson acts as the woman behind the curtain for successful businesses.
Who she works one-on-one with now and what kind of experience she provides.
How following a calendar helps her stay on track every day.
The career path she pursued but didn’t follow through with, and what she did instead.
Alyson’s Venn diagram approach to streamlining a business.
Why it’s crucial to have a place for your internal knowledge base.
Why you don’t have to choose between growing your business and growing a family.
The challenge Alyson faced when she became a mom and what it taught her.
Why some moms get off track in their business and how they can avoid it.
How to deal with mom guilt when your business is your baby too.
The importance of trusting your team and how you can show that trust.
Why mommy wine culture is ridiculous and how alcohol can derail you.
How to prepare your business if you plan to take time off.
What Alyson did right after giving birth and how this influenced her work today.
How far in advance you need to prepare your business before you take time away.
What her book “The Sabbatical Method” teaches.