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Hey, what's up, friends? Grant Baldwin here. So good to have you here with us today for episode 374 of the Speaker Lab podcast. Now, he is one of the most repeated guests on the show. Every time we get a chance to connect, it is always glorious. Today, we're welcoming back to the program, your friend in mind, Mr. Eric Ream. And he is here to be sharing all about how to build a team so that you can sustain the growth of your business. Because the truth is, there comes a time in building your speaking business. It's all just, it's too much. You got too much on the plate. And you might be trying to manage all the moving pieces. But in the end, maybe you're starting to see some of that slip. You're starting to see some of the spinning plates starting to crash to the ground. Now, Eric and I, we really agree that there is a right time to hire help, but it's crucial to be strategic about how you will grow your team. During this episode, we're going to unpack three ideas that you should consider when you do decide to build out your team. We're going to be talking about what it looks like to map out your organization, create needed margin, and also how to work well with vendors. My conversation with Eric provides

the intentional stepping stones that you should consider as you build a team around you and continue

to grow. There is nothing like learning from someone who is in the trenches themselves,

and Eric is definitely one of those guys. So let's get right to it.

Here's my conversation with Eric Ream.

Enjoy.

Hey, what's up for Inge? Grant Baldwin here.

Welcome back to the Speaka Lab podcast.

Today we are chatting with the lovely Eric Ream, the Ream Dream.

I come up with various nicknames for him. I'm not sure which one's going to stick.

But Eric, good to have you back with us, man. How are you? It's fantastic, Grant. Always a pleasure to hang out with you. Thanks for the opportunity to chat with you for a few minutes. So I'm looking forward to this today. Yeah, it's going to be good. So what we're going to be talking about today is how to build a team to sustain growth. And I think this is important for any speaker to any

level to be thinking through, whether you're brand new, just getting started, you don't know what you don't know, or you've been at it for several years and you realize like you're, you're getting stretched a little thin and you're trying to think through like, how do I continue to grow? What does that look like? So I think this is a good chance you and I are going to be really comparing some stories, some more stories of some of the roadblocks that we ran into,

some things that people want to be thinking about again at any level in your speaking business.

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