Leigh Cambre: Vacation Ready CEO: Why Your Business Should Run Without You!
Real Estate Elevated with Cheryl Knowlton, CSPShow Notes
What if your business could grow without you grinding 24/7? In this episode, you'll learn how Enneagram insight, smart structure, and honest self-awareness can transform a founder‑dependent business into a vacation‑ready company that thrives while you're on the beach.
In this episode, Cheryl Knowlton and Leigh Cambre discuss: Discovering the Enneagram and waking up to type
How Enneagram subtypes shape leadership and business
Businesses are energetic replicas of their owners
The five stages to becoming a Vacation-Ready CEO
Founder bottlenecks, trust, and letting go of control
Key Takeaways: Understanding your Enneagram type and subtype reveals the unconscious motivations and blind spots that directly shape how you build and run your business.
A business almost always becomes an energetic replica of its owner.
Enneagram work isn't just about self-knowledge; it's a practical tool for tailoring leadership, coaching, hiring, and communication to how people actually experience the world.
Becoming a "vacation-ready CEO" requires filling the core seats of the business with other people, installing systems, and building a leadership team.
When your business relies on you for most decisions and results, its true value is capped, because buyers and team members are investing in your systems and structure and not your constant presence.
"The more valuable you are to your business, the less valuable your business is." - Leigh Cambre
About the guest, Leigh Cambre: Leigh Cambre is a Certified Professional Coach and founder of Flashes of Brilliance Coaching, known for helping clients set boundaries, find balance, and prioritize what truly matters so they can build lives that feel as good as they look. An Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner and Enneagram Practitioner, Leigh blends insight with lived experience—having successfully founded, scaled, and sold two hospitality staffing companies while leading a team of over 250 and maintaining a 20-hour workweek as CEO. A self-described Enthusiast (Enneagram Type 7), Leigh brings energy, optimism, and a deep belief that life should be both meaningful and fun. A sixth-generation Texan turned longtime New Yorker, Leigh's journey—from small-town East Texas to coming out in college at the University of Texas at Austin, to building a life in Hell's Kitchen—shapes a coaching style that is candid, empowering, and grounded in real-world growth. Outside of coaching, Leigh enjoys traveling the world, practicing American Sign Language, diving into self-development, and sharing life with two beloved cats, Timberlake and Chasez.
Connect with Leigh Cambre: Website: https://www.leighcambre.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leighcambre/ Book a Call: https://calendly.com/d/cvd2-m7p-rmv
Connect with Cheryl Knowlton: Website: www.cherylknows.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwvWKXBC6fKn1dLGY11hxIg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theknowltonteam/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylknowlton/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherylknows/
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