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Leadership Styles, Social Media Rogues and Famous Couples

Welcome to Couples Inc! On this episode, we talk about common leadership styles you can use as a framework for your business. Our interview is with attorney Mary Buckley, who gives tips about your company's dealings with employees' social media posts. We wrap up with a chat about famous couples (besides us). Thanks for listening! 

Leadership styles link via Harvard Business Review

Company Reset, The Business of Marriage Interview and First of All

We're glad you're here! On this episode, we talk about doing a company reset; we interview Martin and Melissa Thoma about Melissa's book The Business of Marriage and the conscious choices they've made through decades of owning a business together; and we close the episode with another of our rant/rave "First of All" segments. Thanks for listening!

Get Melissa Thoma's The Business of Marriage here.

The Key Person Risk, Big Talk About Small Business and Words That Don't Exist But Should

Welcome to Couples Inc! On this episode, we're talking about the risks of having a key person in your small business. We interview Mark Zweig and Eric Howerton, the hosts of the entrepreneurial podcast Big Talk About Small Business. We close the show inventing words that don't exist...but should. We're glad you're listening!

 

Key person risk info here.

It's the Fifth Wednesday Couples Inc. Minisode!

It's unavoidable; sometimes, a fifth Wednesday pops up on the calendar and we at Couples Inc. do a minisode! Glenn's got a dandy quiz for Jodie: is it the name of a prescription drug or the name of a monster? We, our drugs and our monsters are glad you're listening!

What We Wish We Knew, Extending Your Brand Online and Olympic Quizzery

Welcome to Episode 14, where we talk about the things we wish we knew before starting a business. Brand expert Katie Cooper visits with ways to extend your business' brand online. We engage in some Olympic quizzeration to wrap things up. We're glad you're listening!

 

Emotional Cost of Being the Boss, We Answer YOUR Questions and a Firework Rap Song Quiz

Welcome to the Couples Inc. Podcast! We're talking about the emotional toll that being a business owner can take on you. We answer guest's questions in semi-interview style. At the end of the show, Glenn gives Jodie a test: is it a firework name or a rap song title? Thanks for listening!

Here's the Startups.com emotional cost article.

Change, Check In and a Watermelon Quiz

Welcome to Couples Inc! On this episode, we talk about important ways the workplace has changed lately. Then we discuss the importance of checking in with one another as couplepreneurs. We bring the show to a close with Jodie testing Glenn's knowledge of the humble watermelon. Thanks for listening!

Here's the link to Forbes' flexible workplace item.

Sunk Costs, the Mountain Goat Couple and a Quiz

Welcome to Episode 11 of Season 5! We're talking about how to recognize and avoid sunken costs; we interview fellow couplepreneurs and podcasters Chrissy and Ryan McCrary, owners of Mountain Goat Coffee. At the end of the show, the McCrarys take our quiz about...goats. We're glad you're listening!

Check out the Business Partner Partners Podcast!

Signs, Stress and First of All

Welcome back to Couples Inc! We're continuing our 3 Signs Series with the 3 Signs of Success. We explore a new list of stress languages. And we wrap everything up with a new rant feature called First of All. Thanks for listening!

Five Stress Languages 

Mental Health Month, Processing Information and a Quiz

Welcome to Episode 9 of Season 5! This episode publishes in May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we're talking about what you as an employer need to know and some steps you can take to make your workplace accommodating and compliant. We're also visiting about the different ways couples process information and how that impacts couplepreneurs. The show wraps up with Glenn's quiz for Jodie: is it an exotic dish...or is it an app? Thanks for listening!

Department of Labor FMLA mental health guidelines