Episode 56: The Secret Behind Smarter Decisions and Stronger Teams

Do you ever wonder why you make the decisions you make in your business—especially when leading a team? In this episode, Jennifer sits down with wellness and leadership coach Renee Privette-Stutz to explore how understanding your natural decision-making patterns can radically improve how you lead, hire, and communicate.Renee shares how self-awareness helps business owners recognize emotional triggers, navigate stress, and build stronger, more cohesive teams. You’ll learn how to identify blind spots that affect hiring and retention, how to create better balance in team dynamics, and how intentional leadership can lead to greater profitability and harmony at work.If you’re ready to lead with clarity instead of reaction, this conversation will give you a fresh perspective on what drives you—and how to use that insight to grow your business.Plus, Renee shares a free resource for listeners who want to uncover their unique leadership style and decision-making strengths.Top 3 Takeaways for Business Owners & Team LeadersDecision-Making Awareness — Discover how your natural patterns under stress influence hiring, spending, and leadership choices—and how to make decisions rooted in awareness, not emotion.Team Communication — Learn how to recognize and respect different communication styles within your team to reduce conflict, improve collaboration, and boost productivity.Leadership Balance — Understand how self-awareness helps you identify gaps in your leadership style and build a more balanced, high-performing team around you.Meet our Guest: Renee Privette-Stutz is a former real estate entrepreneur who followed her deeper calling to help people live more conscious, whole, and purpose-driven lives.She now runs FourEvergreen Wellness, an Enneagram-based coaching company that blends science-backed wellness and self-awareness to create lasting change across the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual pillars of health. Renee holds a Master’s in Health and Exercise Science, multiple coaching certifications, and is an Enneagram teacher. Connect with Renee:[email protected] Your Host: Jennifer Kok has been a business owner for over 25 years and is now a business coach. She turned her first business into a franchise and successfully sold it 20 years later.  She was passionate about building a business and a family at the same time.I support women entrepreneurs in their second year and beyond as they build businesses and families, helping them achieve Clarity, Confidence, and Consistent Profits.  The reality is, you’ve built a Business You’re Proud Of— but it’s time for it to work for you.You’re still wearing all the hats, working long hours, and not paying yourself what you deserve. You know there’s more possible—more profit, more clarity, and more freedom to enjoy the life you’re building.The Earn More Stress Less 9-Pillar Blueprint helps women entrepreneurs with families create profitable, sustainable businesses that finally pay them back — in money, time, and peace of mind.Join me for a Free Online Workshop:3 Steps to Boost Profitability: Strategic Shifts to Help Small Business Owners Make More Money.   If you want more profits follow this link to register. https://nextwavebusinesscoaching.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nextwavewithjenInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextwavewithjen/My name is Jennifer Kok, and I’m a profit and growth advisor for service-based women entrepreneurs. I help women business owners make smarter, more strategic decisions so they can grow profitably, pay themselves consistently, and avoid burnout.Because the truth is, business owners make decisions all day long, but the ones that really matter are often the hardest ones. Should I hire? Raise my prices? Invest in marketing? Let go of a draining client? Expand, or simplify?Those decisions carry weight, and they can impact your time, your profit, your energy, and your long-term growth.That’s why I created the Focused Growth Collective, a virtual mastermind for women business owners who want support making the kinds of decisions that move a business forward. Yes, we talk strategy, but we also look at the bigger picture like mental load, health, profit, and long-term sustainability.My goal is to help women build businesses that pay them well, support their lives, and still feel worth leading 10 years from now.Connect with me:Website:Facebook:Instagram:LinkedIn:YouTube: