I'm excited to have my friend Lindsey Paulson on the show today. Lindsey is a woman who wears many hats. She’s the COO of Mulberry Builders and the owner of LP Consulting. Lindsey loves organization and helping people. She has merged these two passions into both her career and nonprofit success.
We learn how her passion for organization and business led her to rise from office manager to COO after the upheaval caused by COVID-19. We also discover how she used her business skills to start her consulting business, helping even more business owners.
Lindsey is also involved in several nonprofit organizations, including Enrich in Richmond, KY, Redeeming Hope, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She loves giving back, and her motto is to turn messes into missions. Lindsey truly lives what she believes in, as we explore in this inspiring conversation.
Episode Highlights:
[01:00] She oversees the production team, CFO and financial team, sales & marketing, and admin at Mulberry Builders. She reports everything back to the principal builder and principal designer.
[01:47] She joined Mulberry Builders as the office manager. Her husband and the owner are both firefighters.
[02:46] How she went from office manager to COO.
[07:00] Lindsey also runs LP Consulting. She loves going into small businesses and creating action plans for people.
[09:05] In school, Lindsey focused a lot on organizational psychology. As a company gets bigger, there are a lot more personalities and potential issues to deal with.
[09:32] Holding someone accountable for the systems you have in place protects the business owner as well.
[10:24] There's an app for everything and a lot of them are free.
[11:24] When Lindsey isn't involved in processes, she loves helping nonprofits. Mulberry is very involved in building the St Jude's Children's Home. They're also helping to build the Redeeming Hope property. LP Consulting is also involved with Enrich here in Richmond, KY.
[11:47] Lindsey is really focused on nonprofits right now. She's focused on people who've made messes in their lives and have turned into missions to give back to the community. Messes into missions.
[12:53] One dream home will cover one child's cancer treatment. Redeeming Hope is focusing on female human trafficking. She also did a workshop with Enrich finding second chances for people in the community.
[14:15] She's been focused on helping people make their messes into missions.
[17:22] Enrich is doing huge things to make an impact on the community.
[18:03] She feels she's been put on this Earth to drive people to success.
[22:25] As human beings, we need to reach out and let people know that they do have value.
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