150. Meet My Accountability Partner

I am so proud and excited to introduce you to this week’s guest. She’s Alli Ball, a course creator, coach, consultant and mentor who I have had the pleasure of talking to nearly every Monday morning for the last 3 years.  Alli is also my accountability partner.   We were both a part of the same mastermind back at the end of 2019.   Even before we met in person, Alli agreed to weekly accountability check-ins and the rest is history, as they say.  I invited Alli to the show so we could take you behind the scenes of an accountability partnership that really works.  You’ll hear Alli and I talk about how we structure our weekly check-ins, what tools we use to build accountability with our team, and our surprisingly different approach to accountability and planning.   Be sure to stick around until the end because Alli took over the interviewer’s mic to interview me.  She asked me 5 surprise questions I did not expect and my answers… they might surprise you.  Before we dive in, let me tell you about my friend.  Alli Ball is the founder and CEO of Retail Ready - this incredibly smart online course that helps packaged food founders get on retail shelves and increase their sales once they’re there.  Alli has consulted with retail stores across the US to train grocery buying teams on category review practices, increasing sales, launching private label brands, and fine-tuning operations for multimillion-dollar departments.  Alli is just one of those rare people who has a genuine interest in others.  She’s generous with her time, her ideas, and her incredible listening skills.  I just think the world of her and feel really grateful to call her my friend.   Now, let’s talk accountability partnerships, shall we? TIMESTAMPS: 00:03:00 - How and why Alli and Dallas became accountability partners 00:05:00 - Why they have continued as accountability partners for three years 00:11:00 - The biggest thing that has surprised them 00:13:00 - How Dallas put the invitation out when she was looking for accountability 00:15:00 - The format of and how they prepare for their accountability meetings  00:25:00 - Tools that Alli uses with her team so she doesn’t feel like she’s micromanaging 00:32:00 - Alli takes the interview seat and asks Dallas a round of speed questions 00:40:00 - Dallas and Alli each share one thing they want everyone looking for an accountability to know CONNECT WITH ALLI: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/itsalliball/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AllisonBallConsulting/ PODCAST: https://www.alliball.com/foodbizwiz CONNECT WITH ME: INSTAGRAM:  http://instagram.com/dallastraversbizmentor  FREE QUIZ: https://dallastravers.com/quiz