The Process Driven Designer

80: Qualifying Clients

Qualifying clients can be a game changer for your business. No one wants to waste time chasing projects that don’t pan out. We also want to do everything we can to work w

79: Breaking up with a Client

Ugg, no one wants to fire a client, but sometimes it's best for both of you. Let me walk you through how to objectively look at the situation and prepare yourself if you

78: Know your Numbers- Taxes and Financial Tracking

Smart Financial Moves for Landscape Designers This episode explores key financial strategies for landscapedesign business owners. Learn the differences between running y

77: The Power of Resourcefulness

The two most important characteristics for business owners: Resourcefulness and Efficiency. Join me to explore some tips to foster a more resourceful mindset. Suggested

76: January Power Moves

Start your year off strong. Here are 4 easy-to-incorporate tasks to set yourself up for a successful year. Want more? listen to my other planning episodes or grab my ye

75: Yearly Planning - Visual Goals

Putting goals and intentions in a visual format and mapping out how they impact my business is my newest addition to my yearly planning process. Join me in creating clari

74: Code Conformance

Code conformance may be boring, but your clients are counting on you to understand the rules they don't even know exist. Suggested episodes: 54: Growing Knowledge and B

73: You are the CEO of your Business

CEO, CFO, COO, the entire C-suite might be you. How you tackle each role helps you manage and strategize your business. Suggested episodes: 71: Baby Steps 68: Trackin

72: When to Push and When to Rest

Knowing when to slow down isn't easy. Often we find ourselves pushing though stress, sickness, doubt, fear... you name it. It serves us well sometimes but there are times

71: Baby Steps

Sometimes big goals can feel scary and overwhelming, identifying and taking action on a single baby step in the right direction is all you need to do to get closer to tha

70: Show Garden Update 3- NWFGS 2025

The Northwest Flower and Garden Show is complete. Here are my post show thoughts and dont' forget to sign up for the free webinar on how I designed this garden with insig

69: Show Garden Update 2 NWFGS 2025

Prebuilding and collecting all the elements leading up to the show to make sure the build goes smoothly. Just like life-size legos. Check out the webpage:https://kismetd

68: Tracking and Metrics

Metrics and tracking are super important especially when establishing goals for next year. If you want to dive deeper join me for my next class January 8th 2025 - The Yea

67: Show Garden Update NWFGS 2025

I am in the middle of designing and planning a display garden at the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival for 2025. Join me in the first update on progress and stay tuned

66: Mommypreneurship

Being a business owner and a parent is no joke. Juggling being a busy sports mom and entrepreneurship has its struggles and triumphs. Suggested episodes: 60: Time Allo

65: Is My Client Really a Stripper?

Well, you never know... I have met clients with some super interesting professions. Today, rather than sharing wisdom or ideas to make your business run smoothly or inspi

64: The Power of Presentation

How you present your designs is critical to your client understanding the design and enjoying the design process. Upcoming Mini-Class on Lighting Design Sign Up Here! P

63: Marketing Tactics with Mardi Dover

Marketing tactics and mindsets for landscape designers. Best place to reach Mardi   https://www.mardidover.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mardi_dover/ Coupon code! MAYB

62: Finding Focus

The ability to focus on the task at hand and to follow the framework and processes that you have designed is the magic formula for efficiency. Focused work can 2x your av

61: Creating Impact

As both a designer and a small business owner your interactions create an impact on those around you. As a business owner, I leave an impact beyond my clients and beyond