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The Virtual CEO
Amy Wallin used to be the admin, the marketing team, and the entire ops department, all at once. Now she helps founders stop doing that. Amy is the CEO of Linked VA, building offshore support for growth-stage businesses, EAs, ops, marketing, and bookkeeping, so founders can stop drowning in $10 tasks and build the company they set out to build. Here she talks delegation, leverage, and hiring. You don't need another productivity hack. You need leverage.
Episodes
- The Virtual CEO
How To Become Weirdly Hard To Offend
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
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If you are new to Time Management watch this (very sexy, very fun)
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
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You're Too Obsessed With Being Productive
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
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Why Some Clients Are Not Worth Saving
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
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Why You’re Addicted To Starting Things
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
The Virtual CEOHow To Fix A Sh*t Culture Before It Kills Your Business
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
The Virtual CEOWhy Success Is Not Making You Happy
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
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People Pleasers Don’t Get Promoted
The Virtual CEO with Amy Wallin is the business and leadership podcast for founders, CEOs and business owners who want to build better teams, delegate…
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The 20 Minute Content Marketer
I spend 6 hours a week on content or zero. There's no in between, and I bet you're the same. So in this episode, I'm breaking down how I turn 20 minutes of my…
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How To Become Weirdly Hard To Offend
Successful people aren't lucky, they're just harder to offend. In this episode, I break down 5 practical lessons to help you stop taking things personally and…
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The 5 Job Interview Questions You Should Ask (or Prepare to Be Asked)
I've hired the wrong person more times than I want to admit. They aced every test, passed every check, and showed up as a completely different human being. So…
The Virtual CEOHow To Fix A Sh*t Culture Before It Kills Your Business
Your culture is broken. And it's your fault.Not your managers. Not the people you hired. You.Either you created it, or you stood by while someone else did. The…
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How To Actually Start Using AI In Your Business
Everyone's talking about AI, but when I ask most business owners what they actually want it to do, it falls apart pretty fast. In this episode, I'm sharing…
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How to Stop Yourself Saying ‘Filler Words’
Ever notice you say the same filler word on repeat, and once you do, you can't un-hear it? That's exactly what happened to me when I listened back to one of my…
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Why Some Clients Are Not Worth Saving
He made three of my VAs cry. So I fired him. Some clients aren't difficult, they're destructive. And the longer you keep them, the more they cost you: your…
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The Manosphere Is A Business And Business Is Booming
Have you watched the Manosphere documentary on Netflix? Louis Theroux put it all on screen, the rhetoric, the manipulation, the business model built on…
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You Can't Hire Your Way Out Of Not Knowing Your Business
Are you trying to hire your way out of a problem you haven't even identified yet? I have one question I ask on every single sales call, and it cuts through the…
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Give me 15 minutes and I’ll tell you whether your business is going to succeed or not
Every week I'm in rooms with business owners pitching models, pivoting their offers, and reinventing their structures, and a lot of them are making the same…
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Why Optimists Make Bad Operators
Everyone told you pessimists are a problem. They're actually your secret weapon. I've spent years collecting optimists in my life. I love them, I really do…
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The Human Side of Business: Gut Instinct, Growth, and Getting It in Writing with Karen Taylor
I sat down with KT, co-founder of KX2 Management Group, and honestly? I went completely off script because I just couldn't stop asking questions. 35+ years in…
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There Are Only 3 Reasons You Are Losing Clients
You can bring in all the shiny new clients you want. But if you're pouring them into a leaky bucket, they're ending up on the floor anyway. In this episode…
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Should You Even Be a Business Mentor? Here’s the Truth
If you’re tired of mentoring people who say they want more…but stay stuck, stay vague, and stay comfortable in the same patterns. It might be time to stop…
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5 Brutal Fixes to Look Confident on Zoom Calls
This one’s for the people who black out the second the Zoom light turns on Because somehow you’re funny, sharp, and normal… until there’s a recording. Then…
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How Small Firms Beat Big Salaries (Without Going Broke)
Founders who think “just pay them more” is the only move… watch this The big dogs can casually toss +$20k and act like it’s loose change. Must be nice. My…
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Why You Hate the Business You Built (And How to Fix It)
If you’re tired of waking up and instantly resenting the thing you built… If “freedom” became a cage, and your passion got buried under admin, clients, and…
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5 CEO Lessons I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago
If you’ve ever wished you could go back 5–10 years and “do it properly”… without the expensive lessons, the sleepless nights, the team drama, the time-wasting…
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Why Some Founders Win (And Others Stay Stuck)
If you’re tired of starting over every time it gets hard… Of telling yourself “it’s just the market,” Of secretly wondering why it works for everyone else but…
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5 Ways to Gain Instant Respect in Business
If you’re tired of being underestimated before you even speak, Of shrinking your tone to keep the room comfortable, Of over-explaining just to earn basic…
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The 3 Business Resolutions That Actually Work
If you’re tired of setting goals that feel like pressure instead of possibility... Of carrying last year’s burnout into this year’s blank page... Of feeling…
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ADHD Is Not an Excuse for Disorganisation in Business
POV: You’ve been “diagnosed” with ADHD by TikTok and now think Google Calendar is ableist...I get it. Your brain is chaotic.Same here, bestie.But if your…
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What to Do When You Need Help but Aren’t “Ready”
If you’re tired of doing it all alone… Of living in a cycle of burnout → recovery → burnout again, Of knowing you need help, but getting stuck in the "what…
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Why You Lead the Way You Do (And Don’t Know Why)
Your 7-year-old self might be running your business.And tbh… they’re doing a terrible job.If you avoid conflict, hoard tasks, disappear under pressure or cry…
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Why Your Offshore Staff Keep Quitting (And How to Fix It)
Hiring a VA is cute until they quit after 3 weeks.No shade, but if everyone keeps leaving… maybe it’s not them.Onboarding isn’t vibes and hope, it’s structure…
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The Real Reason You’re Not Posting Content
If you’ve been hiding behind “authenticity”…Avoiding the camera, the offers, the growth, because you’re scared of being seen trying...It might be time to call…
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6 Questions to Expose a Broken Sales System
Before you fire your sales team… check your systems.So many founders blame their reps when it’s really their infrastructure that’s falling apart. If your sales…
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Why You’re Exhausted (But Not Actually Productive)
If your calendar looks full but your brain feels fried…It might be time to design a business that protects you, not punishes you. Shingles at 31 taught me the…
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What Top Companies Get Right About Hiring (That You Probably Don’t)
Recruitment in 2025? It’s basically a pitch competition, and you're not the only one in the room. Top candidates have options. They’re fielding offers, setting…
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Why Perfectionists Make Bad Bosses and How to Stop Being One
If perfectionism was a sport… some of y’all would be Olympic gold. 🥇 You’re not “raising the bar”, you’re micromanaging a Canva post at 11pm and calling it…
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Audit Your Business Like a Consultant Without Paying for One
For the founders who are sure it’s the sales guy…But it’s actually the systems. 👀Confession: I used to dig through CRMs like a goblin, only to discover nobody…
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Stop Fixing the Wrong Problem: Start Tracking What Matters
Calling out every founder who's convinced they have a sales problem…But haven’t looked at a spreadsheet since 2019. 👀You don’t have a strategy issue.You’ve got…
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Why Most Meetings Are Bullshit (and the 5 That Aren’t)
For anyone who’s ever sat through a 3-hour Monday meeting that could’ve been a 2-line Slack message…I see you. I salute you. I’m setting you free. 😌Some…
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The Quiet Resignation Nobody Talks About But Should
You think people quit over money and hours.It’s resentment. Built quietly. Ignored repeatedly. Until it explodes.This episode will make you rethink everything…
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Why Fast Growth Breaks Businesses and How to Fix It
For anyone who thought “scaling” meant sipping cocktails while the money rolls in… surprise babe 🍸💸 Turns out it’s mostly: • Forgetting invoices • Forgetting…
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Confessions of a Virtual CEO: Wasting Time, Money and Sanity
If you’ve ever felt like business mistakes are eating you alive…Like you’ve wasted money on the wrong tools, kept the wrong people too long, or chased “growth”…
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When Retention Becomes Stagnation
Staff retention isn’t the flex you think it is. 😬Loyalty is cute until it turns into stagnation. Innovation? Choked. New ideas? Ghosted. You? Fighting to…
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Dependency vs Resilience: Building a Business That Lasts
What happens when your golden goose quits?You cry. Then you realise your whole biz was actually powered by duct tape, vibes, and one overworked legend.This…
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Why Your “Solution” Flopped And What To Do Instead
For the CEOs who hear “we have a culture problem” and immediately want to throw a pizza party 🍕 Same. I love a quick fix — until it’s costing me $$$ and making…
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The Hidden Cost of Being a Nice Boss That No One Talks About
Being “nice” is costing you more than you think.Let’s be real: if you’re lying awake at night wondering if you were too harsh for asking someone to do their…
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Why Your Team Keeps Messing Up And It's Your Fault
You swear you said it. You know you assigned it. So why does your team keep acting like it’s the first time they’ve heard it?Here’s the truth: if things are…
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The VA Myth And What Smart Hiring Actually Looks Like
Let’s set the record straight: “virtual assistant” is the most misunderstood label in modern hiring. No, it’s not just a Canva-post scheduler or some vague…
The Virtual CEOThe "Should I Fire Them?" Checklist
You have a gut feeling it’s time to let them go, but you’re hesitating. Is it really them? Or have you failed them? Before you fire someone, you need to audit…
The Virtual CEOYour SOPs Are Boring, But You Need Them
If you're waiting for your business to be perfectly systemised before you hire, you'll be waiting forever. The best people to build your SOPs are the newbies…
The Virtual CEOForget the Compliment Sandwich: A Better Way to Give Feedback
Let's be honest: you're probably shit at giving feedback. You hate conflict, you don't want to hurt feelings, and you're too tired for the drama. But here's…
The Virtual CEOHow to Stop Being Your Business's Quality Control Department
Your team wants to do great work, but they aren't mind readers. If you're getting half-baked results, it's because you gave a task, not a target. Vague…
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Why Your Staff Keep Failing (And It’s Your Fault)
In this episode of The Virtual CEO, we’re unpacking one of the biggest reasons your team keeps underperforming — and spoiler: it’s not because they’re lazy or…
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Stop Adding People to Broken Systems
Hiring more people won’t fix chaos — it just makes the chaos more expensive. In this episode, Rhys and Amy dismantle the myth that a new assistant or team…