LinkedIn Connections & Government Lessons with Shauna Weatherly

In business, your aim should be to lead with your skills and let your certifications be the ‘icing on the cake’! 

 

Today, we welcome federal contracting expert and founder of Federal Subcontracting Solutions, Shauna Weatherly, to pass on her wealth of knowledge about the federal contracting space.  

 

Tuning in, you’ll hear about Shauna’s extensive career, the pendulum swing and balancing act Shauna has witnessed throughout her career, the policy side of contracting, creating efficiency in her business, and much more! We delve into one of Shauna’s professional war stories before discussing the most popular question she is asked and what her answer is. She even tells us about the products she will be offering! 

 

Finally, our guest answers our rapid-fire questions. To hear all this and even be reminded of the importance of slowing down and observing, press play now!

 

Key Points From This Episode:

•   The importance of open conversation in this industry. 

•   The balancing act between ‘risk-averse’ and ‘mission-first’.

•   Her experience in the policy and rule-making side of things.

•   How she created a culture of efficiency within her business.

 

Quotes:

“In contracting you really have to have the big picture and the small picture and I think that’s where there is some difficulty.” — Shauna Weatherly 

 

“[The contracting officers] are told what to buy, they simply decide how to buy.” — Shauna Weatherly 

 

“Veterans knew things that I couldn’t teach anybody else.” — Shauna Weatherly

 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Shauna Weatherly on LinkedIn

FedSubK

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Leadership Blueprints Podcast

MCFA

MCFA Careers

BJ Kraemer on LinkedIn

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