75 - Sustainable and Strategic Solutions for SMBs with Seeker Solution's Jamie Seeker

15 Aug 2023 · 37 min
Listening With Leaders

15 Aug 2023 · 37 min

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In this episode of Listening with Leaders, host Doug Noll interviews Jamie Seeker, CEO and founder of Seeker Solutions, a Phoenix‑based consulting firm that provides fractional executive services to small‑ and medium‑size businesses. Jamie recounts her career path from nonprofit operations—where she learned to do more with less during economic downturns—to a small‑business role that sparked her passion for fast‑paced decision‑making. Leveraging that experience, she built Seeker Solutions to fill the operational gaps of owners who are overwhelmed, over‑worked, and stuck in the day‑to‑day weeds. The firm offers a menu of services that mirror a CEO’s responsibilities: budgeting and financial forecasting, human‑resources and talent acquisition, learning‑and‑development, process and SOP design, and social‑media strategy. Their typical clients have 10‑50 employees and $2‑10 million in revenue, though they serve a broader range. Jamie highlights an all‑women consulting team (with a few male support staff), each specialist holding advanced degrees in finance, HR, education, or digital strategy. The business operates remotely, a model refined before the pandemic, allowing them to serve clients worldwide. Their delivery model is coaching‑centric: they either execute a 30‑90‑day transition to build systems and then step out, or they stay on long‑term as a strategic partner, always aiming to empower owners to run their own operations. Throughout the conversation, Jamie stresses the importance of listening—both to clients’ expressed needs and to the underlying emotional cues—as the foundation of effective consulting. She also shares her personal philosophy of work‑life integration, citing her own experience as a mother of seven, a 20‑year‑married wife, and a competitive athlete, and how those roles inform her empathy and resilience. The interview closes with a call to action for listeners to share the podcast and suggest future guests.

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