WHERE LEADERSHIP MEETS GROWTH
THE PEOPLE SIDE OF BUSINESS
The People Side of Business podcast is for founders and business owners who are good at what they do but were never shown how to develop and lead the people around them.
Every week, Lindsay White breaks down the real situations no one prepares you for: the employee who isn't performing, the conversation you've been putting off, the hire that felt right and wasn't.
Practical, direct, and grounded in what actually works.
Because growing a business is one skill.
Growing a team is another.
This show is where you learn the second one.
MEET YOUR HOST
Lindsay White
Fractional HR Expert | Team Leadership Strategist | Leadership Coach for Female Founders
Hi, I’m Lindsay White. I’m a lifelong HR professional who spent decades in the trenches of large business workplace strategy before realizing that the founders who needed me most had never had access to someone like me.
This podcast exists because most business owners don’t get a seat at the HR table until something has already gone wrong. So I built a place to change that.
Around here, we talk about what it actually looks like to lead a team with confidence — the hard conversations, the hiring decisions, the culture questions, and everything in between that no one warns you about when you bring on your first employee.
Because the goal isn’t just to build a business. It’s to build one that doesn’t fall apart the moment people are involved.
Hi, I’m Lindsay White. I’m a lifelong HR professional who spent decades in the trenches of large business workplace strategy before realizing that the founders who needed me most had never had access to someone like me.
This podcast exists because most business owners don’t get a seat at the HR table until something has already gone wrong. So I built a place to change that.
Around here, we talk about what it actually looks like to lead a team with confidence — the hard conversations, the hiring decisions, the culture questions, and everything in between that no one warns you about when you bring on your first employee.
Because the goal isn’t just to build a business. It’s to build one that doesn’t fall apart the moment people are involved.
Lastest Episodes
Strong leadership skills aren’t about always having the answer. They’re about developing your team’s ability to find one. Lindsay shares how one overwhelmed founder began replacing instant solutions with better questions, giving her people the space and expectation to think critically. It’s a practical shift in how to lead a team that builds problem-solving capacity rather than dependency.
You’ll learn team management strategies for coaching your team through challenges, asking questions that strengthen judgment, and resisting the urge to solve problems simply because it’s faster. You’ll also see why leadership struggles in teams aren’t always a people problem. Sometimes the real issue is unclear ownership, fuzzy expectations, or a lack of context.
What if the reason you’re constantly following up isn’t that your team lacks accountability—but that they lack clarity?
Holding Employees Accountable starts long before a missed deadline or performance conversation. Lindsay White reframes accountability as a leadership responsibility: when expectations, priorities, ownership, and communication are clear, people are more likely to make strong decisions without being micromanaged.
Through a client example, Lindsay shows how growth can actually create performance problems. The business had changed, but the founder’s updated vision and priorities were still living in her head. The team was working from yesterday’s information while the business was moving toward tomorrow.
Most founders think People and Culture starts with hiring. It doesn’t. It starts with building a business that can grow without relying on you to carry every decision, solve every problem, and hold everything together.
If your business is growing but you still feel like the bottleneck, it's a sign your People and Culture strategy needs to evolve alongside your business. Sustainable growth isn't created by adding more people—it comes from intentionally designing the leadership, team structure, and workplace environment your future business will need.
Growing your business isn't the same as building one that can keep growing without you. Business Leadership for Women isn't about becoming a better boss—it's about creating the leadership, people strategy, and culture that allow your business to thrive without everything depending on you. When those foundations are missing, growth often leads to overwhelm instead of freedom.
In this conversation, Lindsay introduces the LPC Method—Leadership, People Strategy, and Culture—and explains why these three interconnected growth levers determine whether your business can scale sustainably. Rather than chasing another framework, you'll discover how intentional leadership creates confident decision-making, how a strategic approach to your team strengthens your business growth strategy, and why sustainable success starts long before the next marketing campaign.
Stepping Into Leadership isn't about waiting until you feel confident—it's about choosing courage before confidence arrives. If you've been holding back because you don't feel ready, this conversation will challenge the belief that's keeping you stuck.
Many business owners assume strong leaders have all the answers, but the reality is very different. Stepping Into Leadership means embracing uncomfortable conversations, making difficult decisions, and trusting yourself before certainty exists. Confidence isn't the starting point; it's the result of taking action.
Hiring and Firing Employees isn't simply about filling vacancies or managing performance—it's one of the biggest leadership responsibilities you'll ever have as a founder.
Yet many business owners wait too long to hire, recruit from overwhelm instead of strategy, or avoid difficult conversations because personal loyalty gets in the way. The result? Expensive mistakes that impact growth, culture, and your ability to scale.
If you've ever found yourself thinking, "I'll just keep doing it myself a little longer," or delaying a difficult people decision because you hoped things would improve, you're not alone.
In this episode, Lindsay White shares the three costly mistakes founders make when Hiring and Firing Employees and explains why these aren't simply HR challenges—they're leadership decisions that shape the future of your business.
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