Leverage Lifestyle Podcast

How much do we need to know about the people we’re in business with? How compatible do we need to be?  In this episode, Catherine discusses her own experiences in choosing the right people to go into business with, and the qualities she recommends you look for in the people with whom you’ll be sharing your professional life. KEY TAKEAWAYS Catherine and her first business partner, her mother, were a little too similar in terms of personality and strengths. This was not the required formula. Business work better when each partner has different strengths and weaknesses. Getting along with like-minded, similar people to yourself, can be attractive. but it can cause tension later on, as you’ll both want to do the same tasks, and put off the same tasks. Similar values that are core to your business are far more important. Viewpoints on customer service and value, creativity and inspiration are necessities. BEST MOMENTS ‘We’d already figured out that we made a good partnership in life’ ‘You want to be mak