Studio Chat - Team Leadership with Danielle Barbeau

Danielle Barbeau is the owner and CEO of The River Yoga, an independent studio with three locations, in Denver, CO. 

Danielle is passionate about creating spaces for connection, community, and belonging. She cares deeply about developing leaders, and strives to ensure her team feels seen, heard and lovingly challenged. 

As an enneagram 3, Aries, and oldest child (!!!), Danielle loves a good goal, and seeks to see possibility in every obstacle - and there have been many! Danielle has been an avid practitioner of yoga for 20 years, a teacher since 2010, and studio owner since 2013. She is an E-RYT 200, RCYT, and RPYT. She also holds a M.A. in Leadership Studies from The University of San Diego. 

When she's not on her mat or in the studio, you will find her adventuring with her two young sons, Hendrix and Jasper, in the beautiful Rocky Mountains and beyond. 

On this episode of Yoga Biz Camp with Michael Jay we explore:

• How Danielle implemented her leadership skills and how that translates to building her team up to help them love their job to feel seen heard, known and lovingly  challenged.
• The Importance or Mission, Vision and Values for a Yoga Business.
• How the River onboards new team members by creating an equitable workplace with  boundaries, exceptions and compensations. Being clear about what process and policies are up-front.
• Teacher expectations: Being  present, prepared for classes, engagement with students, supporting sales, being part of a team and supporting studio goals.
• The importance of hiring a studio team and ongoing training. 
• The River opened a third location during at the beginning of the pandemic
• Management : If it doesn’t require your brain you need to outsource the job 
• Communication practices, consistency and expectations with team
• The big decision to switch studio booking software after 9 years 
• The importance of hiring and investing in experts

DANIELLE’S LINKS

http://www.weseektheriver.com

Studio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theriveryoga/
Personal Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danielle.barbeau/

SOFTWARE & WEBSITES MENTIONED

• Slack 
• Walla Software
• Touchnote 
• Pixality Design 

MICHAEL JAY YOGA - YOGA BIZ CHAMP LINKS:

http://www.michaeljayonline.com

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/yogabizchamp

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