I'll be honest bosses. There's a part of me that is totally against doing an episode called

what worked in 2020 when all I want to do is look ahead but I think we can all agree

that the past no matter how, ew, always holds some lessons for moving forward.

And besides, talking about what works or in this case, what's worked for us in 2020 is exactly what I wanted to talk to today's

guest about.

Welcome to Being Boss, a podcast for creatives, business owners, and entrepreneurs who want to

take control of their work and live life on

their own terms. I'm your host Emily Thompson. And today I'm freaking excited to be joined

by my boss-pow and podcast regular Tara McMullen, a trusted small business strategist, podcaster, community leader, and founder of What Works.

She's also the host of the What Works Podcast and co-founder of Yellow House Media, a podcast production agency and

consultancy. Tara has over a decade of experience guiding small business owners to think bigger and take decisive action.

Her work has been featured in Fast Company, Inc. Forbes, Creative Live, and Copy Blogger.

And so I think it's not a surprise that what works or more correctly what worked in 2020 is what Tara is here to chat with me about today.

In a good old-fashioned business besty chat style of conversation for the purpose of giving some insight to you as some

interesting new ways and still relevant old ways we have shown up as creatives, CEOs, and

brands in the time of COVID in hopes that it gives

you some inspiration to continue figuring out what works for you as we continue to navigate through.

We'll be mentioning several resources in this episode and

you'll be able to find links to all of them on the show notes at

www. Being Boss. Club. Now before we dive in here's more from a sponsor of today's episode.

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