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Manage Your Projects with Confidence is a podcast for women business owners stuck below $1M who want to understand what’s actually holding their growth back and what must change for scale to become clear, structured, and repeatable. Hosted by Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM | International Bestselling Author (Library of Congress Cataloged) Founder, Orchestrating Your Success | Host, Manage Your Projects with Confidence

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June 15, 2026Episode 2635 min

EP26: Growth Exposes Weaknesses In The Way The Business Operates with Simone Little

🎙️ Inside the Conversation.Growth doesn't always reveal a problem with the people doing the work. Sometimes it reveals a problem with how the work is being supported. In this episode, Simone Little joins us to discuss how growth exposes weaknesses in communication, ownership, decision-making, and execution. We explore the warning signs leaders should pay attention to, why stabilization matters before scaling, and what makes growth more predictable as complexity increases.Structure carries the load.Leaders carry direction.™_________ ✨ Dig Deeper with These Resources.→ Productivity Power Session - We delve into your goals, lifestyle, working style, and energy and create a schedule (really a way of life) in real-time. ⁣→ The Many Brains Of The CEO Podcast - The podcast explores the inner thoughts CEOs carry every day but rarely say out loud. The doubts, the pressure, the overthinking, the responsibility, and the moments where you wonder if you’re doing any of this “right.” ✨ Guest Resources.🌐 Website → The Chief Alignment Agency✉️ Email → kathfleisch@gmail.com_________ 👤 Guest. Simone LittleSimone Little is the CEO of The Chief Alignment Agency. She specializes in diagnosing execution breakdowns that stall growth and installing practical decision frameworks, operating systems, and leadership rhythms that restore momentum. Simone is known for her candid, structure-first approach to scaling without burnout. Follow Simone on social media → LinkedIn 🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSMFounder, Orchestrating Your Success | Host, Manage Your Projects with Confidence | International Bestselling Author Helping CEOs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with clarity, structure and confidence. Follow Cerila on social media → LinkedIn_________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.You don’t scale chaos. You scaleYou scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

May 18, 2026Episode 2547 min

EP25: Effort vs Structure: What’s Carrying Your Business? with Scott Abbott

🎙️ Inside the Conversation.Growth exposes what is actually holding your business together.If effort is carrying the business instead of structure, it will not sustain as pressure increases.Many founders believe they’ve built something strong until growth tests it. That’s when gaps show up: decisions slow down, execution becomes inconsistent, and progress depends on effort instead of a system.This is not a how-to conversation. It’s a clarity conversation.If you’re building or scaling, this episode will help you see what’s working and what needs to shift.Structure carries the load.Leaders carry direction.™_________ ✨ Dig Deeper with This Resource.→ To go deeper into what Scott shared on the show, grab his new book BOS-UP Moments: Catalyst. It’s a modern, visual field guide packed with short videos, prompts, and practical insights you can use immediately in your business and life. ✨ Guest Resources.🌐 Website → https://scottabbottabc.com/ ✉️ Email → scott@bos-up.com _________ 👤 Guest. Scott AbbottScott Abbott specializes in creating, building, and coaching prosperous companies, leadership, and growth. He has 30+ years of skills, experience, and expertise launching, operating, buying, and selling successful companies. He is a finalist for the Ernst & the Young Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award, an Entrepreneur in Residence at Indiana University, Inc. 5000 Winner, and the best-selling author of four books. Follow Scott on social media → LinkedIn | Instagram 🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSMFounder, Orchestrating Your Success | Host, Manage Your Projects with Confidence | International Bestselling Author | Creator of The Confident Collection Helping CEOs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with clarity, structure and confidence. Follow Cerila on social media → LinkedIn _________ 🎙️ Brought to you by The Confident Collection™Not just merch. A mindset. For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose. Because confidence isn’t a feeling. it’s a statement. 🛍️ Shop the Confident Collection _________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.You don’t scale chaos. You scale You scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

April 13, 2026Episode 2437 min

EP24: Why You’re Doing Everything in Your Business (And What It’s Costing You) with Carly Pepin

🎙️ Inside the Conversation.Most leaders don’t want to do everything in their business. But they do. This isn’t a leadership issue. It’s a structure issue. When decision rights, ownership, and execution aren’t clearly defined, work flows back to the leader.So leaders step in because it feels faster, safer, and more reliable. But over time, that creates a cost. Execution slows. Decisions bottleneck. And growth becomes dependent on the leader.Today’s conversation is about that pattern and what needs to change for structure to carry the work instead.Structure carries the load.Leaders carry direction.™_________✨ Dig Deeper with This Resource.→ Business Performance Health Check ✨ Guest Resources.🌐 Website → https://www.westcoastgrowthadvisors.com✉️ Email → carly@westcoast-ga.com_________👤 Guest. Carly PepinAn International Speaker and Consultant and owner of West Coast Growth Advisors; where the company partners with founders, CEO's and Leadership Teams in businesses to help them scale intelligently and sustainably. By aligning strategy, execution, cash flow and human behavior, we help leaders build strong teams, improve decision-making, and grow profitable businesses that don’t rely on constant firefighting. Follow Carly on social media → LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube 🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSMFounder, Orchestrating Your Success | Host, Manage Your Projects with Confidence | International Bestselling Author (Library of Congress Cataloged) | Creator of The Confident Collection Helping CEOs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with clarity, structure and confidence. Follow me on social media → LinkedIn _________🎙️ Brought to you by The Confident Collection™Not just merch. A mindset.For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose.Because confidence isn’t a feeling. it’s a statement.🛍️ Shop the Confident Collection_________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.You don’t scale chaos. You scaleYou scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable.™ Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

March 20, 2026Episode 2337 min

EP23: The Support Structure Leaders Need to Scale With Renee Hastings

🎙️ Inside the Conversation. Scaling a business isn’t just about more customers or more revenue. It’s about whether the structure around the leader can actually support that growth.In this episode, I’m joined by Renee Hastings, CEO of Executive Help Now. Together we explore the support structure leaders need to scale, why decision bottlenecks happen, how execution slows when everything runs through the leader, and what must change for growth to become sustainable.If your business is growing but still feels like everything depends on you, this conversation will help you see why and what structure may need to evolve next.Structure carries the load.Leaders carry direction.™_________✨ Dig Deeper with This Resource.→ Executive Help Now Digital Portfolio✨ Guest Resources.🌐 Website → https://executivehelpnow.org/✉️ Email → fritzie@executivehelpnow.org_________👤 Guest. Renee HastingsPresident and CEO of Executive Help Now, a global virtual assistance service agency of Account Executives, Business Operations Managers, Project Managers, and Senior Executive Assistants. With over 20 years of experience, Renee and her team deliver expert project management and business operations support, as well as podcast production, and business consulting services to founders, funders, content creators, and busy executives. Follow Renee on social media → LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Apple Podcast🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSMFounder, Orchestrating Your Success | Host, Manage Your Projects with Confidence | International Bestselling Author (Library of Congress Cataloged) | Creator of The Confident Collection Helping CEOs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with clarity, structure and confidence. Follow me on social media → LinkedIn _________🎙️ Brought to you by The Confident Collection™Not just merch. A mindset.For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose.Because confidence isn’t a feeling. it’s a statement.🛍️ Shop the Confident Collection_________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.You don’t scale chaos. You scaleYou scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

February 12, 2026Episode 2220 min

EP22: Building a Winning Organization Through Habits with Albert Loveland

🎙️ Inside the Conversation. Building a winning organization through habits begins long before major growth milestones appear. Organizations that perform consistently are not driven by occasional bursts of motivation, They are shaped by the daily habits leaders and teams practice with discipline, clarity, and intention.Continuing our 2026 book club series, Al Loveland joins me to explore leadership lessons from Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization by John Wooden and discuss how consistent leadership behaviors, performance-driven standards, and mastery of the fundamentals create cultures that execute reliably over time.________✨ Dig Deeper with These Resources.→ Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization by John Wooden → Atomic Habits by James Clear ✨ Guest Resources.🌐 Website → https://straboco.com/✉️ Email → al@straboco.com________👤 Guest. Albert Loveland. Founder & Principle Guide at Strabo, Al spent 16 years leading large teams within major lending institutions across credit card lending, inventory management, and call center operations. For the past decade, he has worked with small businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to successfully develop and execute business and strategic plans.🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM. Founder, Orchestrating Your Success | Host, Manage Your Projects with Confidence | International Bestselling Author (Library of Congress Cataloged) | Creator of The Confident Collection ________🎙️ Brought to you by The Confident Collection® Decisions-making tools for womenTurn thinking into clear decisionsMove with intention🛍️ Shop the Confident Collection® ________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.You don’t scale chaos. You scaleYou scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

January 12, 2026Episode 2123 min

EP21: Why Habits Beat Motivation: Real Growth Comes from What You Do Daily with Albert Loveland

🎙️ Inside the Conversation. Kicking off 2026, we’re talking about something more powerful than motivation: the habits, patterns, and disciplines that shape real business growth. In this episode, Albert Loveland joins me to unpack practical takeaways from Atomic Habits and discuss how small, intentional actions build confidence, strengthen leadership, and create sustainable momentum in business and in life.We explore why motivation fades, why goals fail without structure, why “starting small” builds real power, and how disciplined repetition transforms the way you lead and execute.If you’re working to scale, stabilize operations, or strengthen how you show up as a leader, this conversation gives you clarity, practical direction, and encouragement to keep building. _________✨ Dig Deeper with These Resources.→ Atomic Habits by James Clear→ Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven→ Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg→ The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg✨ Guest Resources.🌐 Website → https://straboco.com/✉️ Email → al@straboco.com_________👤 Guest. Albert Loveland Founder & Principle Guide at Strabo, Al spent 16 years leading large teams within major lending institutions across credit card lending, inventory management, and call center operations. For the past decade, he has worked with small businesses, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs to successfully develop and execute business and strategic plans.🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM Founder, Orchestrating Your Success | Host, Manage Your Projects with Confidence | International Bestselling Author (Library of Congress Cataloged) |Creator of The Confident Collection Helping CEOs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with clarity, structure and confidence. Follow me on social media → LinkedIn _________🎙️ Brought to you by The Confident Collection™Not just merch. A mindset.For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose.Because confidence isn’t a feeling. it’s a statement. 🛍️ Shop the Confident Collection _________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional. You don’t scale chaos. You scaleYou scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

December 4, 2025Episode 2024 min

EP20: Step into Your Voice with Dr. Christiane Schroeter

🎙️ The Inside Scoop. Building a stronger voice isn’t about force; it’s about alignment, steadiness, and scaling in a way that feels both authentic and sustainable. So many business owners believe growth requires nonstop grinding or dramatic reinvention but real, sustainable progress often begins with small, intentional steps. When clarity guides your decisions, and consistency shapes your habits, confidence becomes a natural outcome. ✨ Guest Resource. Connect with Dr. Christiane Schroeter → Tedx Talk (Want Big Changes. Start with Small Steps. → Discover Your Superpower → How to Master Your Goals → Happy Hustle Podcast → Website 👤 Guest. Dr. Christiane Schroeter is a coaching and education coach who helps entrepreneurs and professionals grow successful, resilient businesses through intentional, step-by-step strategies. Through personalized coaching, workshops, and content like the Happy Healthy Hustle podcast, I provide practical tools that make business growth sustainable and stress-free. 🎧 Host: Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM | Founder @ Orchestrating Your Success 🧩 | Creator: The Confident Collection ✨ | Host: Manage Your Projects with Confidence 🎙️ | Helping business owners eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with confidence through Clarity • Structure • Execution. Follow Cerila on Social Media → LinkedIn __________________________________________Brought to you by The Confident CollectionFrom the Manage Your Projects with Confidence Podcast Not just merch. A mindset. For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose. Explore gear that turns mindset into momentum because 👉Confidence isn’t a feeling. It’s a Statement. #manageprojects🛍️ Shop The Confident Collection ___________________________________________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional. You don’t scale chaos. You scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

November 10, 2025Episode 1937 min

EP19: How to Build A Customer Retention Program with Swire Ho

🎙️ The Inside Scoop. Most businesses spend a fortune chasing new customers while completely ignoring the ones they already have. That’s a costly mistake. I’m joined by Swire Ho, who will explain how a smart customer retention program can grow your business, save you money, and turn loyal customers into brand ambassadors. ✨ Guest Resource. Connect with Swire → Garuda Promo and Branding Solutions → Special Offer → Holiday Gift Guide → LinkedIn👤 Guest. Garuda Promo and Branding Solutions are led by founders Shirley and Swire Ho, with years of experience in promotional items and advertising specialties. With a sourcing platform of over 3,500 vendor partners, we have manufacturing capabilities that cover any custom products imaginable. 🎧 Host: Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM | Founder @ Orchestrating Your Success 🧩 | Creator: The Confident Collection ✨ | Host: Manage Your Projects with Confidence 🎙️ | She helps business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with confidence by focusing on three pillars: Clarity • Structure • Execution. Follow Cerila on Social Media → LinkedIn → Facebook → Instagram __________________________________________Brought to you by The Confident CollectionFrom the Manage Your Projects with Confidence Podcast Not just merch. A mindset. For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose. Explore gear that turns mindset into momentum because 👉Confidence isn’t a feeling. It’s a Statement. #manageprojects🛍️ Shop The Confident Collection___________________________________________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional. You don’t scale chaos. You scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

October 13, 2025Episode 1846 min

EP18: Strategic Planning That Actually Moves the Needle with Mark Reich

🎙️ The Inside Scoop. Strategic planning is critical for growth, yet often pushed aside or treated as a formality. Mark Reich, author of Managing on Purpose, talks about what strategic planning truly means and what makes it actually work. Mark shares how organizations can use the Hoshin Kanri (HO-shin KAHN-ree) methodology to align vision, strategy, and daily operations — creating clarity, accountability, and engagement at every level. ✨ Guest Resource. Connect with Mark → Lean Enterprise Institute → Managing on Purpose → mreich@lean.org 👤 Guest. Mark Reich spent 23 years working for Toyota, in Japan in the Overseas Planning Division, where he was responsible for product planning and worked with chief engineers to define vehicle specifications for overseas markets. Mark moved back to the US, and transitioned to the Toyota Supplier Support Center (TSSC). Mark joined the Lean Enterprise Institute in 2011. He also wrote and published Managing on Purpose, a book about strategic planning.🎧 Host: Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM | Founder @ Orchestrating Your Success 🧩 | Creator: The Confident Collection ✨ | Host: Manage Your Projects with Confidence 🎙️ | She helps business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with confidence by focusing on three pillars: Clarity • Structure • Execution. Follow Cerila on Social Media → LinkedIn → Facebook → Instagram __________________________________________Brought to you by The Confident CollectionFrom the Manage Your Projects with Confidence PodcastNot just merch. A mindset.For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose. Explore gear that turns mindset into momentum because 👉Confidence isn’t a feeling. It’s a Statement. #manageprojects🛍️ Shop The Confident Collection___________________________________________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

September 8, 2025Episode 1754 min

EP17: How AI Can Work for You (Not Replace You) with Jennifer Christensen

🎙️ The Inside Scoop. What if the very tool that could double your efficiency, cut costs, and sharpen your decision-making is already at your fingertips but your competitors are using it before you? AI (Artificial Intelligence) is no longer a futuristic concept; it’s a business advantage that determines who scales and who gets left behind. The question isn’t whether you should embrace it. It’s whether you can afford not to. Those who are integrating it now are setting the pace for the entire industry. The real risk isn’t AI itself, but being left behind without a competitive edge by those who use it boldly.✨ Guest Resource. Connect with Jennifer → Beacon Media + Marketing → LinkedIn → Facebook → Instagram 👤 Guest. Jennifer Christensen is the owner of Beacon Media + Marketing, an award-winning digital marketing agency, originating from Anchorage, AK. In the last 13 years, they have grown to now being awarded the INC 5000 2 years in a row and eagerly awaiting our 3rd year for 2025. They are data driven and always looking for partners that we can make a difference for. We specialize in small business and healthcare niche markets, like mental and behavioral health, and tourism. 🎧 Host: Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM | Founder @ Orchestrating Your Success 🧩 | Creator: The Confident Collection ✨ | Host: Manage Your Projects with Confidence 🎙️ | She helps business owners, executives, and entrepreneurs eliminate execution gaps, protect profits, and scale with confidence by focusing on three pillars: Clarity • Structure • Execution. Follow Cerila on Social Media → LinkedIn → Facebook → Instagram __________________________________________Brought to you by The Confident CollectionFrom the Manage Your Projects with Confidence PodcastNot just merch. A mindset.For women who lead, scale, and show up with purpose. Explore gear that turns mindset into momentum because 👉Confidence isn’t a feeling. It’s a Statement. #manageprojects🛍️ Shop The Confident Collection 📩 Want exclusive drops, business tools, and mindset tips? Join the list___________________________________________ 🚀 If you’re ready to scale smarter, not harder, follow the podcast so you never miss an episode.___________________________________________🎙️ Scaling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional.Text Us With Your Comments!https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/