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🎨 Designing a Business with Heart: How Christi Scaled Her Creative Firm into a Place of Joy!

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🎨 From Solo Designer to Business Visionary: Christi’s Journey on The Shift Spotlight™What happens when a creative visionary builds a booming business and stays true to her values? On this episode of The Shift Spotlight™, we sit down with Christi Barbour, who grew her design practice from a one-woman show into a thriving team of 17 delivering commercial, luxury residential, and mixed-use projects.But this isn’t just about scaling bigger — it’s about scaling intentionally. Christi shares how she’s balancing creativity, leadership, and business growth without losing the heart that started it all.In this inspiring conversation, we cover:🚀 How EOS® gave her structure, accountability, and room to scale🧭 The emotional (and strategic) realities of succession planning💚 Why building a “heart of house” 💚 team transformed her culture🎨 How she’s keeping creativity alive inside a serious business machineIf you’re a creative, a leader, or just someone striving to grow without selling your soul, this episode will give you both wisdom and fuel for the journey.Podcast Guest:◾ Christi – Founder & CEO | www.barbourspangle.com◾ Hosted by Winter Paskins | www.shiftspotlight.comWe’re always looking for inspiring guests ➡️ www.ShiftSpotlight.com ⬅️The Shift Spotlight Podcast is a GCE Strategic Consulting production.💼 Ready to level up your leadership team with expert support? Explore our fractional EOS® integrator and executive services at www.gcestrategicconsulting.com.🎙️ Think you’d be a great guest? Apply HERE https://gcestrategicconsulting.com/shift-spotlight-podcast

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