016 | Hiring Help Without Regret: What to Do If It Doesn't Work Out
She's Equipt with Jennifer Allwood | The Christian Business Coach for Women
Jennifer Allwood: Christian Business Coach
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🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Making your first hire can be one of the most fear-filled and emotional steps in your business journey. You've spent so much time, energy, and passion building your business from the ground up, so the thought of bringing someone else into that can feel overwhelming. What if they don't care as much as you do? What if it doesn't work out?
In today's episode, I'm breaking down exactly how to overcome the fear of hiring your first team member and how to approach the process with confidence and clarity. We'll talk about when to hire, what to look for, and how to set your new hire up for success, without losing control of what you've built.
This episode is all about breaking the chains of fear, trusting your leadership, and taking that next big step toward growth. Because if you truly want your business to scale, it's time to stop doing everything alone.
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| 0:00.0 | This is She's Equipped with Jennifer Allwood, a podcast for Christian women in business who want to earn more from their God-given talent, grow their impact, and lead with faith. |
| 0:10.3 | Hey, friends, welcome back to the podcast. This is episode number 16 of She's Equipped with Jennifer Allwood. Hello. |
| 0:18.6 | I am anxious to talk to you today about hiring and hiring without fear. Okay, how many of you |
| 0:24.5 | are nervous about making your first hiring your business? And you're mainly worried. I already know. |
| 0:30.4 | You're already worried because what if you hire somebody and it doesn't work out. Okay, |
| 0:35.8 | let me go ahead and just like, let me go ahead and just give you the news. It's probably not doesn't work out. Okay, let me go ahead and just like, let me go ahead and |
| 0:39.2 | just give you the news. It's probably not going to work out. Okay, you're going to hire someone at some point |
| 0:44.1 | and it's not going to work out. At some point, you are going to spend some money and not see a return on |
| 0:50.4 | that investment. At some point, you're going to hire somebody who messes something up. You're just going to. At some point, you will probably hire somebody and have to fire them. |
| 1:01.2 | At some point, you will probably hire someone and then have to deal with some conflict. |
| 1:07.3 | It just, it literally is going to happen. And let me ask you this, especially if you are someone who is watching this on YouTube right now, |
| 1:16.4 | where are my fellow, like, where are my fellow people who just, you hate conflict? |
| 1:23.3 | Like, let me know in the comments. |
| 1:24.7 | Like, I am one of those people. |
| 1:26.0 | I really just, I, can't we just all get along? Does there have to be conflict? Like, I will do almost anything to avoid conflict most of the time. Is anybody else? Like, I really dislike conflict. But the older I get, the more that I realize, man, if I will just meet conflict dead on, as soon as I see it coming down the tracks, if I will just have the |
| 1:45.7 | hard conversations, as soon as I see them head my way, if I will just meet things like as soon |
| 1:52.5 | as I even smell it coming, it is so much easier. But there's so many fears that are associated with hiring help. |
| 2:02.4 | What if I spend the money and it's a waste of money? |
| 2:05.8 | What if I hire someone and they mess something up? |
| 2:08.1 | They're probably going to like grace, grace and more grace. |
| 2:11.8 | What if I have to fire someone and then I have to deal with all the big feelings? |
| 2:16.3 | It's quite a possibility. |
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