Episode #5: Michelle Bonahoom: When It Can't Get Worse: Keys a Female Founder Used to Pivot and Crush Her Goals

Episode 05: Show Notes.

Whether you are navigating critical business transitions, transitioning to the next generational leadership, or just making sure you have the right organizational culture in place, our guest today knows all about it! Michelle Bonahoom is the founder of VisionOne High-Performance Group. She is passionate about working with mid-market business owners to increase their value in preparation for sale, strategic acquisitions, and transferring to the next generation of leadership. Through VisionOne, she’s worked with over a hundred different companies as they prepare for key, critical transitions and she is also a managing partner of a family-owned private equity company focused on acquiring and driving value with an integrated portfolio of manufacturing-related acquisitions and investments. In today’s episode, we are diving into Michelle’s personal back story. She blew me away with her own pivotal story when her out of control work-life balance got worse and she anchored herself in what was truly important for her. From simply knowing what she wanted, Michelle was able to convert tragic loss into multiple thriving businesses, great relationships with her teams, and a healthy weight loss of over 100 pounds. Join us in our conversation as we talk about powering through adversity, finding the balance you crave, and showing up in a powerfully authentic way that plays to your strengths, even in a male-dominated culture.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Michelle shares her career journey with us.
• The importance of servant leadership as a role in the foundation of who Michelle is. 
• How the tragic sudden death of her husband leads to a turnaround in her life. 
• Applying her own advice of navigating critical transitions to her life. 
• Knowing your why is important for bringing about change. 
• We talk about her book, Unstoppable — a guided journey. 
• The 7 P’s: Passion, Purpose, Principles, Practices, Proficiencies, Platform, and Performance.
• Platform: The importance of culture support and accountability in the new work-from-home environment.
• Three principles from Michelle for women in a male-dominated organizational environment. 
• Embracing change and the conflict that accompanies it. 
• The importance of knowing who you are, how you’re wired, and being authentic in conflict.
• Michelle shares a few of her biggest life lessons.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Create Your Leading Edge Challenge

Karen Worstell

MOJO Maker

Michelle Bonahoom on LinkedIn

Michelle Bonahoom on Twitter

VisionOne

Brene Brown