In this episode, we sit down with Fiona Cullen — former elite athlete turned founder of Performistry — to talk about building a leadership training business, the mindset shifts required to lead well, and what it actually looks like to hire and work with offshore support.

Fiona shares her journey from competing internationally as a sprinter and bobsledder to building a leadership consultancy that's trained over 2,000 people, why confidence (not skill) is the #1 thing leaders struggle with, and the real story of onboarding her virtual assistant — including the mistakes, the mindset shifts, and the results.

If you're a business owner thinking about hiring offshore support, or a leader wanting to build real confidence in your team, this conversation is packed with practical insight.

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🔗 Learn more about Fiona: https://performastery.com.au/

Chapters:

• 0:00 Introduction & welcome
• 1:15 Fiona's background: from elite athlete to business owner
• 10:37 Pivoting to a fully online leadership model
• 19:20 What strong leaders have in common
• 23:48 What it's like coaching leaders 1:1
• 19:20 The turning point: deciding to hire support
• 23:48 Treating your VA like a real employee
• 26:28 Life after hiring her VA, Carmela
• 30:53 Where to find Fiona & work with her

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5 Lessons from Running a Sold-Out Conference

Francesca Moi pulls back the curtain on planning the 2026 Level Up Conference and shares the biggest business lessons from 12+ years running events, lessons that apply to any business, not just events.

Chapters:

• 00:00 – Intro
• 00:34 – Welcome to the episode
• 01:32 – Lesson 1: Success happens long before the event
• 03:28 – Lesson 2: Great teams make growth possible
• 05:14 – Lesson 3: Something will go wrong
• 08:21 – Lesson 4: Customers are the key
• 12:25 – Lesson 5: Leadership is not about you — it's about serving
• 14:29 – Q&A: What surprised me the most about this conference
• 16:50 – The biggest lesson: businesses grow when leaders stop carrying everything themselves
• 18:17 – Final thoughts

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What happens when purpose becomes the foundation of a business?

In this inspiring episode, Francesca Moi sits down with Erena Hodgson, Co-Founder of Abloom Care Services, to explore how a deeply personal family experience became the driving force behind one of Australia's growing NDIS providers.

Erena shares how she and her sister built Abloom Care Services from the ground up, the lessons they learned about profitability, leadership, delegation, and why stepping out of your own way is essential if you want your business to grow.

If you're a business owner struggling to do everything yourself, this episode will challenge the way you think about growth, leadership, and building a business that truly serves others.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome and Erena's inspiring story

03:15 Why Abloom Care Services was created

06:45 Growing to a 30-person team

09:30 The moment delegation became necessary

13:00 How hiring a Virtual Assistant changed everything

17:00 Becoming the biggest bottleneck in your business

21:00 Winning back time, clarity, and leadership

24:00 What's next for Abloom Care Services

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Are you still telling yourself you'll delegate "when you have more time"? In this episode of Business Behind the Scene, Francesca Moi shares the costly delegation mistake she made as a CEO — and the one simple exercise that helped her reclaim 25 hours a week and scale her business faster than ever.If your business can't run without you, you're constantly doing everything, or you can't take a holiday without things falling apart — this episode is for you.🎯 What you'll learn:-The #1 delegation mistake most business owners make-Why hiring a "unicorn" employee is holding you back-The hidden cost of staying busy as a CEO-How staying in operations makes YOU the bottleneck-The mindset shift that helped Francesca go from $120/month to $1.4M-The free tool to identify exactly what to delegate right now🔗 Take the FREE CEO Time Leak Calculator Quiz → https://empoweringvirtualsolution.com/ceo-time-leak-calculator/?nocache321321Chapters:0:00 Introduction – The biggest lie business owners tell themselves0:30 Who this episode is for0:46 The mistake Francesca made when first delegating1:24 The "unicorn employee" trap2:22 The hidden cost of staying busy3:07 Why the CEO becomes the bottleneck3:29 Francesca's story: $120/month to $1.4M4:18 How letting go recovered 25 hours a week4:43 Changing the "good leader" belief5:21 Introducing the CEO Time Leak Calculator Quiz6:13 How to take the quiz + wrap upWhether your business is growing fast or stuck in a messy middle, this episode will show you how to plug the leaks and protect your profits.Join my Facebook Group and watch the trainings inside for more tips and value: / thesuccessfulentrepreneurslounge Say Hi to me on social media!! Facebook: ⁠ / themeetupqueen Instagram: ⁠ / francescamoifm_official Linkedin: ⁠ / francescamoi Website https://empoweringvirtualsolution.com/ Freebie of the week: https://francescamoi.pages.ontraport.... Check out our new book: https://francescamoi.pages.ontraport.... Got a question or suggestion? Send us an email:⁠ support@empoweringevents.com.au

Are you stuck being busy instead of being productive? In this episode of Business Behind the Scene, Francesca Moy reveals why working harder is keeping you from scaling — and what to do instead.

🔑 In this episode you'll learn:

• Why "being busy" is the #1 trap killing your business growth
• The mindset shift from working IN your business to working ON it
• How to identify what to delegate (and what only YOU should do)
• How hiring a Virtual Assistant creates the thinking space you need to scale
• Why you need LESS time , not more ,to grow faster

💡 If you're drowning in emails, admin, customer service, and daily tasks, this episode is for you. Learn how one of Francesca's clients outsourced her admin to a VA in the Philippines and finally unlocked the time and headspace to grow her business.

⏱️ CHAPTERS:

• 0:00 – Introduction & Welcome
• 0:30 – Point 1: The "Busy" Trap & Why It's Holding You Back
• 3:54 – The Shift: Busy Doesn't Mean Productive
• 3:57 – Point 2: Growth Comes From Focus, Not Effort
• 6:30 – Point 3: You Don't Need More Time — You Need More Support
• 8:44 – Point 4: How a Virtual Assistant Creates Thinking Space
• 9:10 – Are You Running Your Business or Is It Running You?
• 9:45 – Book Your Bottleneck Audit

🎙️ Business Behind the Scene is your go-to podcast for real, behind-the-scenes strategies to build, delegate, and scale your business , without burning out.

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Four years ago, I started Empowering Virtual Solution from scratch, no staff in Australia, no certainty, just a vision and a whole lot of hustle. Today, we're celebrating everything we've built together.

In this special anniversary episode, my team put together a Q&A and handed me questions I had never read before.

No prep.

No filter.

Just me, answering everything raw and honestly.

In this episode, I cover:

• Who Francesca Moi really is — and how she keeps reinventing herself
• Why I started EVS and what problem I knew had to be solved
• How I went from $0 to $1 million in under 12 months — during COVID
• The biggest challenges of the last four years (and what I'm most proud of)
• The #1 lesson I keep learning the hard way: consistency
• The biggest mistakes business owners make when growing a team
• How EVS has changed the lives of both Australian clients and Filipino VAs
• My vision for the next four years of EVS

This episode is personal. It's honest. And I hope it reminds you that building something from scratch is messy, hard, and absolutely worth it.

🎙️ If you've been part of this community from the beginning, thank you. This one's for you.

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Running an allied health practice was supposed to give you freedom and impact.

So why does it feel like you’re carrying the entire business on your shoulders?

In this episode, Francesca breaks down the biggest hidden struggles allied health practice owners face every single day and why growth often creates more pressure instead of less.

From compliance overwhelm to admin chaos, this episode uncovers the real operational bottlenecks stopping practice owners from scaling sustainably.

If your business depends on you for everything, this conversation is going to hit home.

In this episode:

00:00 Why this series is industry-specific

01:00 The hidden pressure allied health owners face

01:40 Why admin is stealing your impact

02:15 How growth creates more overwhelm

02:50 The founder trap that keeps businesses stuck

03:35 Why privacy and delegation feel risky

04:20 How support systems protect your practice

05:00 The operational gap hurting your business

05:35 The question every practice owner must answer

This episode is a wake-up call for practice owners who are exhausted from doing everything themselves and ready to build a business that can finally breathe.

If you stepped away for one week… would your practice still run smoothly?

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What happens when a business owner realizes they can’t do everything alone?

In this episode, Francesca sits down with Andrew Griffin from Andfer Technologies to talk about the mindset shift that helped him scale his IT business through offshore support.

After more than 25 years in the IT industry, Andrew shares how hiring virtual assistants helped him move from being stuck in the day-to-day operations to actually working on growing the business.

From admin support to IT assistance, Andrew explains how delegation reduced stress, created capacity, and opened the door to new opportunities.

If you’ve ever wondered whether hiring support is worth it… this episode is for you.

Chapters

00:00 Andrew’s business journey
01:10 The moment Andrew realized he needed support
02:00 Hiring the first offshore VA
03:15 Why delegation became a no-brainer
04:10 Moving from worker to CEO mindset
05:20 Learning to let go and trust the team
06:15 How long it really takes to train staff
08:10 Why most business owners give up too early
09:00 The mindset shift from employee to entrepreneur
11:10 Building new services through delegation
12:20 The importance of IT systems and backups

This episode is a reminder that growth doesn’t happen by doing more.

It happens when you create the support your business needs.

What could happen in your business if you finally stopped trying to do everything yourself?

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