Here’s what some of our Clockwork students had to say about joining the program, working with us and their end results…
“You can finally have your employees acting like owners”
Author of Clockwork
“This workshop was fantastic! I wanted my team to run like clockwork, without my constant input, and now we’re well on our way to making that a reality. Adrienne and Tyler were the best hosts. The content was killer and it was just the right amount, not overwhelming. The best part of it was that everything was very actionable + transformational. I loved that the event wasn’t just about learning but also doing right there on the spot.”
Creator of Impacting Millions
“This program exceeded my expectations. I have stopped working 9-13 hour days, I now work approximately 6 hours a day but I’m working on more fulfilling tasks that are moving the business forward.”
Co-Founder of
The Bucketlist Bombshells
“I had such a great experience! I would totally recommend this to anyone in my position. Running a business as a solo founder is hard, so it is nice to get input from someone outside my company. My team members have been happy to take over some of the roles that I have been holding onto and doing by myself. I’m more conscious about the changes that I need to implement each week in order for my business to depend less on me.”
Founder at Ombu Labs, The Lean Software Boutique
“The run like clockwork system will help you create that lifestyle freedom and help your business just grow”
Entrepreneurs on Fire
Want to hear more in-depth stories from actual Clockworkers?
Click below to check out all the Run Like Clockwork Podcast episodes that feature our students here!
Clockworking a Non-Profit Business with Steve Lucin
Lucin is a creative entrepreneur at SteveLucin.com and a stakeholder of several businesses, including the non-profit, Support Creativity.
Clockworking for Increased Efficiency + Impact in a Non-Profit with Evan La Ruffa
Evan La Ruffa, shares his origin story for founding his non-profit, IPaintMyMind, which is making an incredible impact in Chicago, IL. He takes an entrepreneurial approach to non-profit work and shares how Clockworking his non-profit increased efficiency + impact.
How to Let Your Team Implement Clockwork for You with Lexi D’Angelo
Lexi shares how to allow your team to take the lead with the implementation of the Clockwork principles to unlock the next level of growth and fulfillment.
Prepare Your Business for Life Events through Clockwork with Gabriela Pereira
Gabriela talks to RLC Lead Coach, Emily, about how the Clockwork systems helped her hire during a health crisis and double her profits from last year!
Clockworking to break the hire + fire cycle with Tanya Neufeld
Tanya Neufeld from The Strategiste shares about how Clockwork helped her break free from the hiring + firing cycle and grow from solopreneur to a solid team!
Clockworking to break the burnout cycle with Amanda Bond
Amanda shares her story of burnout and how Clockworking helped her break the burnout cycle and step into more ease + efficiency… and how it can help you, too!
Why you should remove yourself from your business with Julie Herres
Julie shares how Clockwork helped her turn her anxiety worrying how her business would continue running while she was away on a cruise, to now removing herself almost completely from her business while it continues to grow!
Scaling + Clockworking with a team of contractors with Jessi Honard and Marie Parks
Clockwork Superstars, Jessi Honard and Marie Parks, Co-Founders of North Star Messaging and Strategy sharing how they scaled their agency-style business with employees and independent contractors alike with Clockwork.
Building + leading for life beyond business with Bucketlist Bombshells
Shay + Cassie, Co-Founders of the Bucketlist BombshellsTM share how Clockwork has helped them lead and grow a business + team to live a fulfilling and abundant life beyond business. Their story is so inspiring and a testament to what is possible through Clockwork!
Going all in + embracing the process with Maleeka Hollaway
Maleeka is the CEO of The OMG (The Official Maleeka Group), a thriving PR agency. When she joined the Clockwork Accelerator program just 4 months ago, she jumped in the deep-end and her team followed her lead. On this episode, Maleek talks with Emily of Team RLC about going all-in + embracing the process of Clockwork.
A tale of 4 maternity leaves with Katie Proctor
Before Clockwork, Katie and Elle, Co-Founders of Wellevation HQ, each took a maternity leave. Now they are each taking their second maternity leave back to back after having Clockworked their business through the Accelerator program. Their experiences during their first and second maternity leaves are drastically different...for the better now!
It’s not a race with Lilly Ferrick
This week on the Run Like Clockwork podcast, Lilly Ferrick, self-proclaimed Clockwork evangelist, shares how realizing Clockwork is not a race helped her create systems + hire team members at a steady pace. No burnout. No more working weekends.
Embracing your role + rebalancing the team with Katie DePaola + Liv Chapman
Katie + Liv are the CEO + COO of the Inner Glow Circle and share about how embracing your role + rebalancing the team were crucial parts of their Clockwork journey.
How to clockwork during your busiest seasons with Erica Courdae
Clockwork superstar and DEI expert, Erica Courdae, shares how to clockwork during your busiest seasons and why being booked + busy is a sign you need to clockwork.
Clockworking for more profit + less pressure with Michelle Cooper
Emily talks with Clockwork rockstar, Michelle Cooper, about her experience Clockworking her company, Alchemy Accounting, for more profit and less pressure. Michelle is a phenomenal example of leading her team into clarity, efficiency and a 4-week vacation in India in 2021!
The bottleneck of wearing too many hats with Amari Ice
Amari Ice, known as the Prince of Hearts knew his favorite hat to wear was his crown as a gay matchmaker, hypnotherapist, and relationship coach, yet he found himself wearing all the hats. Not anymore! He shares his journey with Clockwork, which helped him hand off hats as he hired new team members, growing his business and opening up new amazing opportunities!
Working on a team you trust with Laura Kwapien
Emily talks with Clockwork rockstar, Laura Kwapien, about her experience as a team member in Amanda Bond’s company, The Ad Strategist. Laura shares how clockworking on a team that she trusts allowed her to learn + grow from an administrative position into a coaching role.
Busting bottlenecks for book writing with Scott + Alyssa Barlow
Adrienne talks with Clockwork rockstars and power couple, Scott + Alyssa Barlow, co-founders of Happen To Your Career which helps high achievers navigate career changes. Scott + Alyssa share about what fueled their Clockwork experience over the past year.
Success happens in decades not days with Amanda Bond
Adrienne talks with Amanda Bond, CEO of The Ad Strategist, who shares how she identified a bottleneck in her business… then set out on a year journey to Clockwork a solution (no more bandaids!)… and how the mindset shift that success happens in decades not days helped her maintain motivation and momentum!
From comic to copywriter to Clockworked with Kevin Rogers
Kevin Rogers, Founder and CEO of Copy Chief, packed this conversation with Adrienne full of amazing metaphors and analogies that will have you seeing business and Clockwork differently - through the eyes of a comic turned creative.
Even coaches need coaches with Marcey Rader
Emily interviews Marcey Rader, an award-winning speaker, author, coach, and President of Rader Co., a training company that partners with organizations to keep good people and rescue teams from burnout. So why did Marcey join? Because her maxed-capacity told her it was time and she knows even coaches need coaches
Using your QBR to inform hiring with Alyssa Lang
Alyssa Lang, CEO of Workflow Queen shares with Emily how defining her Queen Bee Role (QBR) in the Clockwork Accelerator clarified who she needed to hire and what qualities the hire needed. Alyssa has gone from startup to hiring 2 “unicorn” team members who embody her QBR of Support Cheerleader in a few short months!
Clockworking the missing piece with Julia O’Grady
Julia O’Grady, Founder of ITM Events shares with Emily how Clockwork helped her shift from going through the business motions to feeling like her company is real. Julia scaled back her business to give herself space to heal, then stepped into Clockwork when she was refreshed and ready to grow in a way that supports her and her clients well.
Building the plane while it’s flying with Véronique Desnoyers
Véronique Desnoyers speaks with Adrienne about what it is like clockworking her company, Ademic Media, while it’s in full-flight. Véronique is the perfect guest to be in our Clockwork Your Life series because she works alongside her partner (talk about merging life + business!) and she exemplifies tenacity + grit, qualities needed to clockwork life + business!
Clockworking in a crisis with Leslie Liondas
Leslie Liondas, CEO of Liondas CPA shares about her experience this past February when Texas was hit with a series of major snowstorms… while Leslie was on vacation… during payroll time. If Leslie had not been clockworking her business, it could have been an absolute disaster!
Busy is the enemy of valuable with Alexandra Sim
After opening a chiropractic practice, Alexandra Sims, CEO of Chiropractic on Unley, quickly identified massive growth potential, which led her to Clockwork. She shares what she has done to leverage growth potential efficiently while also trading busy for higher value time
Trusting the process to gain time + space with Heather Prestanski
Heather Prestanski, Founder and Creative Director at Comfortable Dwelling, shares how a major health crisis brought her to Clockwork and how trusting the Clockwork process helped her gain time + space.
Building a dream team to have more time + money with Joe Mastriona
Joe Mastriona, CEO of The Dream Builders Group. Joe shares how Clockwork helped him make strategic hires (and fires) to build a dream team to create more time and money in his business + life!
Making the most of your vacation with Christi Diamond
Christi and her husband, Rick, are the power couple behind The Healing Coach. When they joined Clockwork at the beginning of the year, they didn’t feel like they could ever take an unplugged vacation because they serve the QBR of coaching. Now, they have taken a fully unplugged week vacation and will be on a two week vacation when this airs! Christi shares what shifted between joining and their vacation and how to make the most of your vacation so your business benefits!
Refining + rebalancing for efficiency with Andrew Royer
Andrew is a Profit First professional, the CEO of Royer Accounting, and the winner of our Clockwork People’s Choice award! Andrew shares how Clockworking through the busiest season gives a powerful perspective for refining systems + rebalancing your team.
“(RLC) really allows you to get back to what you do best as a business and really thrive doing that work instead of getting lost in all the details and all the weeds.”
Co-Founders of North Star Messaging and Strategy
“My biggest takeaway was when we came back from our 4-week vacation… I realized it also trained me to not to have to inject myself into the business.”
Owners of Intentional Spark
“I have a kid and a family and a very busy life as a military spouse. And I wanted the freedom and flexibility to sit in that visionary role in my business. And that’s what run like clockwork has really taught me thus far”
Root to Petal Creative
“Being able to build myself out of the day to day, grow the team and really grow the organization and the impact that we’re able to create”
Founder & Executive Director, IPaintMyMind
“Clockwork really gave me the confidence to step into my leadership”
Team Member at Diana House Inc
“I’m really excited for the entire team to actually be a part of this, as opposed to just being you as the entrepreneur.”
Screw the Nine to Five
“I feel like I’m 80% there to having a clockwork business. But I literally lack the know how to get the other 20%. Even reading the book, the concepts make sense, but the application of solving the issues that are holding back that 20% is so specific to my business, I didn’t think I could do it on my own. And I still don’t think I can. That’s why I knew I needed to be at the workshop, so that the RLC team could help me see what I was missing.”
Owner @ Incite Tax
“Run Like Clockwork has helped me envision what I truly want to achieve with my business and who I want to be as a leader. This program has challenged me to think creatively about my goals and back them up with meaningful data.In my first six months of joining Clockwork, both I (as an individual) and my business have reached some epic goals.”
Instigator at DIYMFA.com
“Participating in Run Like Clockwork Accelerator has allowed me to step more fully into my role as a CEO. It’s given me permission to let go of the activities I was holding onto, stop being a bottleneck to the business, and make informed decisions about our future as a company. We’ve made strategic hires, dropped tasks that weren’t producing ROI, and shifted our team into roles they love. My co-CEO and I are planning to take our first simultaneous vacation since founding the business nine years ago, and we feel more prepared than ever.”
North Star Messaging + Strategy