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
There comes a moment in almost every growing business where the founder starts to feel stretched in ways they haven't before.
The business is working. Clients are coming in. Revenue is growing. Opportunities are appearing.
And yet somehow, instead of feeling easier, everything feels heavier.
You're involved in more decisions than ever. Your team has questions. Your clients need support. The business needs strategy. The operations need attention.
And somewhere in the middle of all of that, you're trying to figure out how to be everything to everyone while still moving the business forward.
I see this all the time with founders. And if I'm being honest, I've been feeling it myself. Because growth has a funny way of exposing things.
Not problems, necessarily. But limitations.
The systems that once worked stop working. The habits that helped you build the business start creating bottlenecks.
And perhaps most surprisingly, the version of you that built the business isn't always the version that can successfully grow it.
And if I'm being honest, I've been feeling it myself. Because growth has a funny way of exposing things.
Have you ever felt like everyone is talking about marketing, sales, and scaling, yet no one is talking about the leadership challenges that come with building a business? That gap is exactly why leadership skills for female business owners deserve a much bigger conversation. Because while growth strategies matter, businesses ultimately succeed or struggle based on the people leading them.
Women founders are building impactful companies while often balancing responsibilities far beyond the business itself. Yet conversations around business leadership for women frequently take a back seat to tactics and visibility. And this is where many entrepreneurs discover a hard truth: your business can only grow as far as your leadership allows.
We wear “busy” like a badge of honour — but what’s it really costing us?
In this week’s episode of Female Founder Unplugged, I’m joined by Peggy Sullivan, author of Beyond Busyness: How to Achieve More by Doing Less. Peggy’s research and her own hard-won lessons reveal what she calls time poverty—that constant feeling of not having time for what really matters.
If you feel more like the Help Desk than the CEO, this one’s for you.
Somewhere between building your business and leading your team, you became the Chief Everything Officer — solving every problem, approving every decision, and holding everything together by sheer willpower. It’s not sustainable. And it’s not leadership.
It’s spooky season — but let’s be honest, nothing’s scarier than trying to make your first (or next) hire. You’re standing at the edge of freedom in your business… but all you can think about are the horror stories. In this episode of Female Founder Unplugged, I’m breaking down how to take the fear out of hiring and bring clarity back into your leadership.
What if your values were simple enough to live by—and strong enough to shape an industry? In this episode, I sit down with Jennie Coleman, President & Co-Owner of Equifruit, to talk about fair-trade bananas, fearless leadership, and why “Don’t work with jerks” might be the most effective HR policy you’ll ever write.
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