4-Step Plan: Thrive as CEO Working Just 30 Hours Weekly

During my initial years as a business owner and CEO, I had the opportunity to connect with a woman named Shannon. Our children attended the same school, and it quickly became evident that we shared numerous similarities. In reality, our commonalities ran far deeper than I had initially anticipated.

During my initial years as a business owner and CEO, I had the opportunity to connect with a woman named Shannon. Our children attended the same school, and it quickly became evident that we shared numerous similarities. In reality, our commonalities ran far deeper than I had initially anticipated.

We each had five children, several of whom were classmates at that school. Both of us had expanded our families through adoption during roughly the same period. We held shared religious beliefs and resided only a short distance from one another. Remarkably, we were both married to husbands named Joel. Moreover, we were both grappling with the unique isolation experienced by women leading businesses during a life stage that lacks any predefined guidebook.

Although our companies operated in entirely distinct sectors, this difference proved irrelevant. We began taking walks together a couple of times each week, and those discussions opened up topics I had never explored with anyone else previously. We delved into subjects such as whether we aspired to develop our businesses for eventual sale and the precise steps required to achieve that, the complexities involved in business partnerships and succession planning, strategies for managing challenging human resources issues that could not be shared with our own teams, and various other substantial decisions and obstacles.

In conversations with Shannon, there was no need for lengthy explanations or justifications. She intuitively understood my perspective right away. We exchanged battle tales from our entrepreneurial journeys, confided our hidden anxieties, and celebrated triumphs that were too significant to share openly elsewhere without creating discomfort.

This connection turned out to be an invaluable gift, one that I had not even realized was missing from my life until it appeared.

Support, Encouragement, and Understanding

Shannon connected me with a coach by the name of Les, who provided me with a solid operational structure for functioning effectively as a CEO. This included gaining clarity on the best places to invest my time, pinpointing tasks that absolutely needed delegation, and establishing methods to ensure those delegations were successfully implemented and sustained. The regular monthly sessions with him transformed my approach entirely and influenced my leadership style and decision-making processes for many years afterward.

Both this coaching relationship and my friendship with Shannon played crucial roles in my development. I firmly believe that I would not have reached my current position without their invaluable support and direction.

However, I often reflected on an alternative scenario: What if I had not stumbled upon them through such random and fortunate circumstances? What if I had never encountered them at all? Imagine if there existed a dedicated space—one offering genuine expert advice and a structured roadmap to design and lead a business with precision and assurance, in a manner that aligns perfectly with the lifestyle you desire—complete with a community of women like Shannon, ready to provide unwavering support, motivation, and empathy?

Approximately two years ago, inspired by my experiences with Shannon and Les, I started envisioning the creation of such an environment myself—the kind of resource I had longed for throughout my earlier years in business.

This was not merely a networking group or a standard mastermind. Instead, it would be a close-knit circle of authentic friends—sisters traveling the same path, collectively striving for the Double Win. A space secure enough that you could avoid diminishing your ambitions to sidestep uncomfortable interactions with women from church or family gatherings who might feel uneasy about your role as a business owner and CEO.

Yet, it would also be a haven free from the need for self-editing. A place where you could openly express your fears, acknowledge your setbacks, and identify areas for personal growth—receiving empathy and comprehension rather than superficial dismissal from those who fail to grasp the gravity of your responsibilities.

Furthermore, I recognized that women in our position—those in the midst of midlife, burdened with far more obligations than available hours—simply lack the capacity to independently devise ways to carve out breathing room amid intensifying caregiving responsibilities, let alone prioritize self-care. To state it plainly, if you possessed the means to resolve this on your own, you would have already done so by this point.

Nevertheless, operating as a leader with focus and self-assurance within a mere thirty hours per week, all while maintaining or even enhancing outcomes, is precisely what I have accomplished over the past decade. I have navigated the pitfalls, experimented extensively, and pinpointed strategies that genuinely deliver results within the context of a demanding real-world existence where pressures from professional and domestic spheres never relent. Today, I am equipped to pass this proven pathway directly to you, sparing you the arduous process of trial and error. It is entirely achievable, and I am eager to guide you through it.

This is the essence of the Double Win Mastermind.

Outlining the Process

This is a comprehensive twelve-month initiative crafted exclusively for women at the helm of businesses generating seven figures or more in revenue, navigating midlife, and weary of struggling solo through these challenges. The Double Win Mastermind equips you with the tools to operate your business in just thirty hours weekly without sacrificing performance.

At last, you will gain the breathing room essential for your everyday life—addressing the external demands that currently seem overwhelming. Simultaneously, you will carve out moments to savor the fruits of your long-term dedication and hard work.

To achieve this transformation, I will guide you through a meticulously structured four-step methodology throughout the program duration.

Step 1: Claim Your Role. You will achieve absolute clarity regarding your most valuable input as CEO—the tasks that only you are uniquely positioned to perform—and develop a detailed strategy to offload all remaining responsibilities. This involves:

• Delving deeply into your distinctive personal attributes via our exclusive MAPS Index—a custom-designed evaluation that integrates leading personality models into a personalized profile. This reveals precise methods to capitalize on your innate strengths while minimizing stressors.
• Pinpointing your top high-impact contributions: activities that deliver profound fulfillment and superior outcomes unmatched by any other efforts.
• Translating these revelations into a formalized CEO Job Description tailored specifically to you (something most leaders have never created). This serves as a clear, step-by-step guide for time allocation that maximizes return on investment—and unlocks the ability to reduce hours dramatically without diminishing results.
• Constructing a practical, achievable delegation roadmap for handing off tasks you will no longer handle, even if past attempts at delegation have proven problematic.

Step 2: Work on Your Business. You will participate in twelve focused CEO Days spread across the year—one each month—dedicated to tackling the critical issues only you can resolve. These are the persistent matters you recognize as essential yet perpetually postpone: concerns sapping your vitality, disrupting your sleep, or causing ongoing frustration, such as addressing an underperforming team member you have been reluctant to confront, responding to evolving market conditions, or filling a long-overdue hiring need.

One by one, decision-making gridlock dissolves, unresolved issues get closure—leveraging my straightforward framework to methodically alleviate cognitive burdens and prevent the cascade of crises that trap you in cycles of tension and exhaustion.

Step 3: Simplify Your Personal Life. We extend the identical framework from your professional realm into your household and private spheres—clarifying where your involvement truly matters, then streamlining, automating, delegating, or eliminating everything else. The objective is transforming your home into a rejuvenating sanctuary rather than yet another domain overwhelmed by endless tasks.

Step 4: Own Your Numbers. You will master a streamlined Monthly Owner Review routine, empowering you to stay fully informed about your company’s financial health—regardless of lacking a finance specialization—so you can disengage confidently when personal priorities arise, free from the unease of uncertainty. Everything is pre-formatted and ready to implement seamlessly.

Throughout, you benefit from my personal availability alongside a select cohort of accomplished women performing at your caliber.

The journey commences toward the end of April with a three-day CEO Camp retreat in Cancun, Mexico, where we lay the groundwork collaboratively. Here, you define your singular contributions, forge enduring bonds to sustain you through the program, and depart with precise discernment on time-worthy priorities versus distractions.

Is This For You?

If you are a woman steering a business exceeding $1 million in annual revenue, managing a team, in this particular life phase, and exhausted from tackling it in isolation the difficult way—this opportunity is tailored for you. To provide full transparency, let me clarify exactly what constitutes the ideal participant.

I currently have four discovery call openings over the coming week. During these sessions, you will converse with Deidra Romero, my program advisor, who possesses intimate knowledge of the Double Win Mastermind and excels at assessing fit for prospective members at this juncture.

Group composition is paramount to its success—ensuring the environment thrives—which is why I prioritize top candidates for these slots. To qualify fully, you must satisfy every criterion below:

• You own and operate a business achieving a minimum of $1 million in yearly revenue, supported by at least three full-time staff members.
• You actively seek greater personal margin and are dedicated to progressing toward a thirty-hour workweek, regardless of your present schedule.
• You are enthusiastic about contributing your specialized knowledge to the group while embracing coaching and perspectives from me and fellow participants.
• You are prepared to commit a substantial multi-five-figure investment to secure the margin essential for your well-being.
• You exercise complete financial independence in your enterprise—no reliance on partners or boards for approving key financial or strategic choices. This is designed for primary owners; candidly, it does not suit those operating akin to high-level executives with partial ownership. The methodologies demand unequivocal decision-making authority.

If this description resonates deeply with you, act promptly. Only four spots remain. Secure the CEO Day kickoff by February 26. Confirm Mexico participation by March 7. Time is limited.

Rooting for your Double Win,
Megan