Sharon Preston is a British entrepreneur, executive mentor/strategic advisor and keynote speaker. She has over two decades of experience shaping leaders and scaling luxury brands. The Alignment Table is where she explores the real psychology of identity, recalibration, presence, and the next era of your leadership. These are conversations that help you pause, think deeper, lead stronger, and step into the person you are becoming. Website: https://www.sharonpreston.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/sharonpreston LI: https://www.linkedin.com/sharonpreston1
The Alignment Table
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Sharon Preston is a British entrepreneur, executive mentor/strategic advisor and keynote speaker. She has over two decades of experience shaping leaders and scaling luxury brands. The Alignment Table is where she explores the real psychology of identity, recalibration, presence, and the next era of your leadership. These are conversations that help you pause, think deeper, lead stronger, and step into the person you are becoming. Website: https://www.sharonpreston.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/_sharonpreston_ LI: https://www.linkedin.com/sharonpreston1
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August 13, 2026
Bootstrapped or Backed
<p>There's a belief that sits under a lot of funding decisions without ever being said out loud, that bootstrapping is the noble path and raising money is for people who couldn't cut it alone. Sharon Preston takes that belief apart, including her own honest story of why she bootstrapped three businesses, and what it taught her about confidence, identity, and the environment that shapes what you even think to attempt.</p><p>This episode unpacks:</p><ul><li>What bootstrapping actually buys you, and what it genuinely costs</li><li>What raising outside money actually buys you, and the control it quietly costs in return</li><li>The hidden shame and guilt narratives carried on both sides of this decision</li><li>Sharon's own honest story of why she bootstrapped, and what she wishes she'd known sooner</li><li>Three questions to ask before choosing a funding path for your own business</li><li>The middle ground options between fully bootstrapped and fully backed</li><li>A thirty second practice for making this decision with a clear head</li></ul><p>For entrepreneurs and business owners deciding how to fund their next stage of growth, whichever path that turns out to be.</p><p>Ways to work with Sharon:</p><ul><li>Join The Alignment Circle™, her community for high achieving leaders ready to stop performing and start aligning</li><li>Explore her workshops, built for entrepreneurs ready to grow past where they are now</li><li>Join her group coaching programs for structured, ongoing support as you scale</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Learn more and get involved at <a href="https://www.sharonpreston.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">sharonpreston.com.</a></p><p>Get your copy of The Blind Spot Playbook <a href="https://www.sharonpreston.com/the-blindspot-playbook" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here </a></p>
August 6, 2026
Equity vs Salary
<p>Every month your business pays you something, and that number is quietly answering a question most business owners never ask outright. Are you paying yourself to run the business or building something the business will eventually owe you for? </p><p>In this episode, Sharon Preston breaks down the real difference between salary and equity, using two contrasting business scenarios to show how the same choice plays out everywhere from cap tables to shop tills. </p><p>This episode unpacks:-</p><p>- The real difference between salary and equity, and why you can have plenty of one and none of the other. </p><p>- Why a comfortable monthly wage can quietly mask a business that isn't actually building any value. </p><p>- What equity genuinely requires from you psychologically, not just financially .</p><p>- The three questions to ask before you set your own pay this year. </p><p>- A real example of how this exact decision played out in one of Sharon's own businesses. </p><p>- A 30 second practice for making clearer decisions. </p><p><br></p><p>For entrepreneurs and business owners, bricks and mortar or online, ready to build something worth more than the wage it currently pays them. </p><p><br></p><p>Ways to work with Sharon:</p><p>- Join The Alignment Circle, her community for high achieving leaders ready to stop performing and start aligning. </p><p>- Explore her workshops, built for entrepreneurs ready to grow past where they are now. </p><p>- Join her coaching programs for structured, ongoing suppor as you scale. </p><p><br></p><p>Learn more and get involved at <a href="https://www.sharonpreston.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">sharonpreston.com </a></p>
July 30, 2026
The silent wobble behind every growing business
<p>Every entrepreneur hits the same moment. You make the right call, hiring your first member of staff, raising your prices, stepping back from the parts of the business only you have ever done, and your stomach still drops. </p><p>In this episode, Sharon Preston unpacks why that feeling isn't a red flag but proof you're growing, and how to tell the difference between a genuine warning sign and the ordinary wobble that shows up right before every scale point in business.</p><p>This episode unpacks:</p><ul><li>Why confidence isn't the absence of doubt, and what to do instead of waiting for it</li><li>Three ways to tell a growth wobble apart from a genuine warning sign</li><li>How the same wobble shows up whether you run a salon, a building site, an online consultancy, or a restaurant</li><li>What staying in the old way of waiting for certainty actually costs you</li><li>A thirty second practice for making bigger decisions with a clear head</li><li>Why "imposter syndrome" is the wrong name for what you're actually feeling</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Real talk for entrepreneurs and business owners, bricks and mortar or online, ready to grow past where they started.</p><p>Ways to work with Sharon:</p><ul><li>Join The Alignment Circle™, her community for high achieving leaders ready to stop performing and start aligning. </li><li>Explore her workshops, built for entrepreneurs ready to grow past where they are now</li><li>Join her group coaching programs for structured, ongoing support as you scale</li><li>Attend her international retreats for immersive, in-person work on your business and yourself</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Learn more and get involved at <a href="https://www.sharonpreston.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">sharonpreston.com.</a></p>
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