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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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October 19, 2026Episode 3037 min

EP30: When Success Becomes the Limitation with Kenneth Kollasch

🎙️ Inside the Conversation. What happens when the habits that created your success become the very limitation preventing your business from growing? Many founders reach a point where the business is generating revenue, serving customers, and showing clear signs of success but everything still depends on them. They make the decisions, solve the problems, hold the knowledge, and step in whenever something goes wrong. What once made the business successful begins creating an invisible ceiling. In this episode, Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM speaks with certified business coach and third-generation entrepreneur Kenneth Kollasch about why businesses become stuck between the startup and established stages and what must change when the founder can no longer remain the center of everything. _________ ✨ Dig Deeper with These Resource. → Free resources for startups to get to their first $100k → Free consultation with Kenneth to see if the Small Business Flight Plan ✨ Guest Resources. 🌐 Website → https://kennethcoaches.com ✉️ Email → kenneth@kennethcoaches.com _________ 👤 Guest. Kenneth Kollasch | Certified Business Coach Kenneth Kollasch is a certified business coach, author, pastor, and 3rd-generation entrepreneur that helps small business owners go from a "Mom N' Pop" madhouse to a professional business model by installing the "Small Business Flight Plan" – a 6-step proven system with 30+ frameworks guaranteed to double your business in 12-24 months. Follow Kenneth on social media → LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube 🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM Founder, 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 me on social media → LinkedIn _________ 🎙️ 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/

September 14, 2026Episode 2936 min

EP29: From Solopreneur to Entrepreneur: When Your Business Needs a Different Way of Operating with Lesle lane

🎙️ Inside the Conversation. Many business owners begin as solopreneurs - serving clients, making decisions, delivering the work, and managing the business themselves. And sometimes, that operating model is exactly what they need. For Lesle Lane, remaining a solopreneur gave her the flexibility to raise her children, stay present for their lives, and build a business around the priorities that mattered most to her at that stage. But as her life and business changed, the way she operated eventually needed to change too. In this episode of Manage Your Projects with Confidence , Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM talks with Lesle about the transition from solopreneur to entrepreneur - not as a required next step, but as a decision that should reflect what the business and the person need now. _________ ✨ Guest Resources. 🌐 Website → www.studio13online.com ✉️ Email → lesle@studio13online.com _________ 👤 Guest. Lesle Lane, Owner and Lead Photographer A multi-generational business, Studio 13’s current ownership has over 30 years of expertise in corporate image making. With a diverse team of photographers and associates we cover an array of specialties and have a track record of delivering assets that support our clients corporate brand strategy. Our clients include global manufacturers, distributors, medical, pharmaceutical, and bio-tech organizations. We also serve local, regional, and national accounts. The common thread through each of these firms is a need for excellence, accuracy, and brand transparency with their media. Follow Lesle on social media → LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram 🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM Founder, 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 scale You scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments! https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

August 17, 2026Episode 2842 min

EP28: What Leaders Protect Before They Direct with David Deighton

🎙️ Inside the Conversation. Many leaders believe communication problems begin when people stop paying attention. But what if the breakdown starts much earlier when leaders move into directing before fully understanding what they are hearing? If you are leading a growing business, this conversation will challenge you to think differently about how communication shapes leadership, alignment, and execution. _________ ✨ Dig Deeper with This Resource. → Triptych Dialogue - Website ✨ Guest Resources. ✉️ Email → david@TriptychDialogue.com _________ 👤 Guest. David Deighton David is an artist, educator, father, world traveler and entrepreneur working on transformational experiences using abstract art. My background as an art dealer and creator of a successful art business allowed me to invest back into community and country. I use art to do this. I am about engaging strangers in the spirit on connection and I do this in innovative ways. I'm focused on the taboo subject of politics but that word can be exchanged for a multitude of taboo subjects. I do NOT talk politics rather it's about tools to heal community, bridge divides, transform and explore artistic expression. For the last 6 years I have been actively engaging with strangers in public spaces, asking them to talk to their political opponents, listen to them and find commonalities. So far all has gone well without confrontation. Follow David on social media → YouTube 🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM Founder, 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 scale You scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments! https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

July 20, 2026Episode 2738 min

EP27: Why Business Growth Can Weaken Your Market Position with Ally Machate

🎙️ Inside the Conversation. Growth is supposed to strengthen your market position but for many businesses, growth creates pressure that quietly dilutes what made them successful in the first place. In this episode, Cerila sits down with publishing strategist Ally Machate to explore why leaders often broaden their messaging as they scale, how positioning begins to drift, and why trying to appeal to everyone often weakens connection with the people they serve best. _________ ✨ Dig Deeper with These Resources. → Don't Write the Wrong Book! an on-demand free training. → Author Advantage Mastermind - Learn how to leverage the book you already have to support your business, visibility, and long-term goals with our six-month, small-group program for authors. → Resource Library - We have a ton of free resources available to help authors with everything from analyzing their book concept to refining their draft to marketing their book. ✨ Guest Resources. 🌐 Website → The Writer's Ally ✉️ Email → ally@thewritersally.com _________ 👤 Guest. Ally Machate Ally Machate is a publishing expert and the Founder & CEO of The Writer’s Ally, where she and her team have helped hundreds of authors write, publish, and sell high-quality books. With 25+ years in the publishing industry—including her work as a Big Five editor—Ally understands what actually makes books succeed. Follow Ally on social media → LinkedIn 🎧 Host. Cerila Gailliard, PMP, CSM Founder, 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 scale You scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments! https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/

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 Little Simone 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, CSM Founder, 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 scale You 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 Abbott Scott 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, CSM Founder, 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 Pepin An 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, 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 scale You 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 Hastings President 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, 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 scale You 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 women Turn thinking into clear decisions Move with intention 🛍️ 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/

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 scale You scale what’s clear, structured, and repeatable. Text Us With Your Comments! https://manageyourprojectswithconfidence.com/