Sales success is pretty important when running a business. In the video below, I share the four key things that are critical for making sales. (Stay tuned for #4 where we dive into the ‘secret sauce’.) The steps are not complicated, in fact they are quite simple. That doesn’t mean that they’re easy, but by
Listen to Jamie’s Business Owner Mental Health Advice on Triple M Radio! Say, What? It’s like this—you’ve got goals you want to hit, but you’re in this crazy uncertainty of COVID, which can make it really hard to be sure about the plan you’d like to put in place. Goal attainment in a stable economy
Have you ever spoken to someone and walked away feeling like they just didn’t “get it”? Technology has been an incredible boon to business over the past few decades, but it has transformed the way we communicate at work in ways we are still trying to understand. Especially with the recent changes we’ve seen as
We are living in uncertain times. For many business owners it will be hard to focus on the future beyond next week, let alone any grand plans for the future. For many the future is just survival, and that is okay, but survival doesn’t mean sitting still and letting all the forces around us dictate
About a week ago, my teenaged daughter sauntered into the living room at 11 PM with a bowl, spoon and a coy look on her face. Given the unexpected smackdown the world was handed in the form of COVID-19, and our attempts to navigate a new normal, I decided to let the near-midnight bowl of
Maintaining Your Business through COVID-19 With the whole world wrapped in uncertainty, it can be hard to know exactly how to respond and to what degree. Coronavirus has shown us just how unprepared we us for this kind of pandemic. Although the outcomes and duration of the situation are unknown, there are some ‘basics’ you
Published on: 18 March 2020, [Last Updated: 1 June 2020] Below are the links which detail the specific economic response measures introduced by the Government of Canada (listed below) to assist businesses with COVID-related business challenges. As it is the most popular support benefit, we have detailed the new Emergency Wage Subsidy below) Changes to
News and updates 22 April 2020 Added: When can you direct an employee to take leave? Updates(taken directly from FairWork Omudsman) 9 April 2020 Added: JobKeeper changes to the Fair Work Act 8 April 2020 Added: Unpaid pandemic leave in awards 7 April 2020 Updated: Government information about coronavirus 6 April 2020 Updated: When can
One-on-one meetings can literally save your business. My wife, Erin, is a successful physiotherapist. Before she ran her own practice, she, of course, worked for someone else—and she worked extremely hard. She had the highest billing, highest client retention rate and was always fully booked. In short terms, she was a model employee—valuable to the
Spending money can be a big problem As the adage goes, “you have to spend money to make money,” right? While it is true that spending money is part of doing business, having the attitude that it “has” to be spent in order to be successful is a dangerous way to think and is a
Why are mornings a barrier to having a good day? No one wakes up with the intent to have a bad day. Life happens, and it might end up that way, but I don’t believe anyone sets out to purposely make that happen. I do believe, however, that there are legions of people who wake
Do you have a theme for 2020? Each year I like to have a single word that helps me stay focused on what I want the year to mean to me. This year, my theme is “doubling”, or more specifically, doubling everything that is good for me. So contrary to what my inner self might
