Success StoryKatie Phillips of Tricon Solutions Inc.
From feeling business resentment and time guilt to getting her passion back, having control over her time, ridding herself of time guilt – AND growing her company by 83% in one year.
Katie Phillips is the owner of Tricon Solutions Inc., a premier consulting company for project management and organizational change professionals. She is also a member of the Women Presidents Organization.
“I used to think it was normal for my business to overtake my life and be up worrying in the middle of the night. After working with Nadine and Derek, I am now healthier and happier and can show up at my best in the different areas of my life. I'm leaps and bounds ahead of where I was before. I was surprised how quickly we got results. The process was seamless and I felt the value right away.”
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“The tools I learned from Nadine and Derek have impacted my life, my family, my children, my husband, and me personally. I'm very grateful and appreciative of the work we did together.”
Client Goals
To have more confidence in her team and company leadership.
To get some time back and create work-life balance.
To get rid of the time guilt that she had with her family and her business.
“Before meeting Nadine and Derek, my business was taking a toll on my family, health and personal life. I had started to resent it and had continual guilt with my family and with the business.
Every time I turned off my computer, I would feel guilty that I didn't get enough done that day. I didn't have a social life. I definitely wasn't taking care of myself and started to see that it was impacting my health. I knew I needed to make a change and could not continue as I was.”
Ascend Solutions
We used our proprietary method with Katie Phillips and can do this with you, too:
01. Get clear about what you want next.
We started with a strategy day to help her confidently identify and clearly articulate what she really wants. She was so chained to her business that she had lost touch with what wanted, what TRUE success looks like for her. We uncovered her goals and dreams for each of the 4 Pillars of Time Leadership™: her life, her relationships, her business and her team. Then, we got to work by helping her turn her goals and dreams into her reality.
02. Reimagine and redesign your time and energy.
We wove her goals and dreams into the fabric of her business and life, and created her unique Entrepreneurial Time Rhythm. We custom designed her calendar with what lights her up, gives her energy and brings her joy, both at work and outside of it. She made confident, deliberate decisions about her time, in a way that created MORE time. We supported her to build the supporting structures and systems needed inside of her business. This is where Business With Breathing Room started to become a reality.
03. Take brave action to create what you want.
We gave her ongoing coaching and accountability support to successfully implement the changes in her schedule, operations, team and leadership. As she witnessed tangible evidence that her vision was becoming a reality, she took further brave actions. Using our Ridgewalk Decision-Making System, she rewired her mind to masterfully make bold decisions, have challenging conversations with poise, and confidently lead her team.
“The time blueprint that shows me how to schedule my day and my life was amazing and life-changing for me. Nadine and Derek listened to what I wanted and what I was looking for, used their tools to help me to achieve that, and then also introduced other pieces that I wouldn't have expected, that were hugely beneficial. It was a very customized personal experience.”
Client Results
To have more confidence in her team and company leadership.
“I now own who I am, I own my zone of genius and I own my power. I realized that I can't measure my success in the number of hours that I work because that doesn’t equate to the value that I bring.
I grew our company by 83% in one year. Without learning the discipline from Nadine and Derek over where I spend my time, what I delegate, and having the right people in the right seats, I would not have been able to sustain that growth.”
I now have a five year plan for my business. Prior to working with Nadine and Derek, I had blinders and could only think 8-10 months into the future. I continue to leverage skills that I learned from working with them.”
To get some time back and create work-life balance.
“Nadine and Derek helped me see that it was ME on the backburner and I was sacrificing my own health. I was not living in alignment with my core values, which caused conflict and pressure in me.
I now have my passion back for my business. I spend more time on myself and my health. I get to see friends more often. I have more time with my kids and can now take them to school and pick them up. I spend my weekends doing what I love, like being out in the mountains. I know what's of value to me and I focus on those zones of genius in my personal time.”
To get rid of the time guilt that she had with her family and her business.
“I now have control over my time. I’ve made the mindset shift that I have control over the things that do, when I do them. I have control over what and to whom I delegate, and no longer get sucked into the wrong things.
I don't feel guilt if I have to work a long day because my work no longer overtakes every aspect of my life. I still have that control. To my kids and my husband, I demonstrate my passion for my business and not the resentment and hard feelings that I was feeling before. They're in my corner and on my side and want my business to succeed as well.”
Nadine & Derek’s Superpowers
“Nadine walked me through the time rhythm and time mastery.
Nadine helped me really challenge some of the stories that I told myself about what's important, and where I should be spending my time. Nadine has an energy about her that helped me to have the confidence to take up more space, and be the person that I am and confident in the value that I bring to the table. She'll build you up and light you up.”
“Derek focused on the team leadership pieces.
Derek asked me questions that would flip my thinking and help me to have the confidence to move forward. Often I already knew the answer and when he positioned it from a different frame, it would help me reset what I needed to do. He taught me so much.”
We’re Nadine & Derek Nicholson, founders of Ascend Leadership Co. We guide powerhouse $1MM+ founders and CEOs out of the Middle Zone of time stress, guilt, and overworking—while climbing to never-before-seen levels of success.
Our clients refuse to settle for business success at the cost of their personal freedom—and are ready to embrace a new way of leading themselves, their time, and their team. NOW, not someday.
Our signature Impossible Freedom Equation is a proven path to live your best life and drive next-level business growth. No trade-offs required.
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