Welcome along to a new mini-series designed to help you steer your business through the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation: Keep Your Boat Afloat: A Business Survival Guide In COVID-19 Times. Now might not be the best time to be pushing your product with a hard-sell tactic. People are financially uncertain, and not necessarily in a position to spend on products and services that they may have been circling just a few weeks ago. Also, by dropping prices and offering huge discounts in a knee-je...
Mar 29, 2020•28 min•Ep. 91
Welcome along to a new mini-series designed to help you steer your business through the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation: Keep Your Boat Afloat: A Business Survival Guide In COVID-19 Times. Integral to our physical health is our mental health, and no-one knows more about bolstering the defences of the mind in critical situations than today's guest, Paralympian cyclist Neil Fachie MBE. Neil is here to share some of the powerful tools and techniques he's picked up on his own journey, that hav...
Mar 29, 2020•42 min•Ep. 90
Welcome along to a new mini-series designed to help you steer your business through the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation: Keep Your Boat Afloat: A Business Survival Guide In COVID-19 Times. This episode sees Gavin in conversation with Richard Bearman, the Managing Director of the British Business Bank, who are playing a pivotal role during this particular crisis in providing support and funding measures for businesses through the ground-breaking Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme...
Mar 28, 2020•24 min•Ep. 89
Welcome along to a new mini-series designed to help you steer your business through the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation: Keep Your Boat Afloat: A Business Survival Guide In COVID-19 Times. In the second part of this invaluable series, Gavin talks to Jonathan Hemus of Insignia, a crisis management and communications specialist who's here to discuss the importance of effective planning and pivoting in the now unfamiliar business landscape, where adapting and strategising as quickly as possib...
Mar 27, 2020•34 min•Ep. 88
Bit.ly/keepyourboatafloat Welcome along to a new mini-series designed to help you steer your business through the uncertainty of the COVID-19 situation. In the first part of this series, Gavin talks to Tara Halliday, a specialist in helping high-performers cope with impostor syndrome, or the secret feeling that you are somehow a fraud, and the subsequent fear of being found out. It's a condition that affects many in business, especially as they begin to ascend to a higher level. With many busine...
Mar 26, 2020•34 min•Ep. 87
‘No sales are possible without empathy – it's about being able to understand the other person' Daniel Tolson is Australia's No 1 business consultant specialising in sales and emotional intelligence. His specialism, emotional intelligence, helps companies improve sales. Those with higher emotional intelligence are more successful in their roles and the evidence shows there is a good return on investment for companies running emotional investment programs. Listen in and hear about Daniels journey ...
Mar 23, 2020•49 min•Ep. 86
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Mar 20, 2020•16 min•Ep. 85
This week, we talk to Donald Moore, the former Managing Director, and now Chairman, of Rowlinson Knitwear. He led the change to becoming an employee-owned business which has transformed employee retention, productivity, customer satisfaction, and in turn, profitability. Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/biz-pod KEY TAKEAWAYS Family businesses have a tendency to exist purely for the benefit of the family itself, or for the shareholders. Often, that can lead to an unfortunate sense of greed, and can af...
Mar 16, 2020•53 min•Ep. 84
Extracts from Gavin's Kindle Book, Time Tactics That Work 107 Ways to Get More Done https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Tactics-That-Work-Ways-ebook/dp/B00JUJHASC ABOUT THE HOST Gavin Preston Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach. He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owner...
Mar 13, 2020•9 min•Ep. 83
‘An essential part of effective leadership is looking to the future and thinking about tomorrow' David Beaty, UK Head of Business Banking at HSBC is responsible for a team of around 900 people who support 67,000 customers. They deal with customers on a relationship management basis and work with companies turning over typically up to 10 million pounds. Gavin and David discuss the challenges businesses face moving forward along with getting your work-life balance right and for customers the incre...
Mar 09, 2020•36 min•Ep. 82
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Mar 06, 2020•7 min•Ep. 81
Transforming at Fifty – The Undercover Entrepreneurs Interview with Carl Pate and Paul Hornsey- Pennell. DESCRIPTION Gavin is with Carl Pate and Paul Hornsey-Pennell who have come together following successful individual professional business journeys to create the ‘Undercover Entrepreneur'. They are on a mission to help people transform their lives at fifty bringing the perfect combination of IQ and EQ to help others on their transformational journey. If you want to become more and be more then...
Mar 02, 2020•52 min•Ep. 80
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Feb 28, 2020•8 min•Ep. 79
‘ As the leader what can you do to support change and transformation?' Gavin is with Freda Doxey, Head Coach from Wise Coaching. Freda specialises in supporting businesses to achieve change and transformation and talks with Gavin about the process involved and why you can only achieve transformation when you are helping others to achieve change. Self-efficacy is a circle, a cycle that you are continually moving around and a team working together can achieve significant transformation listen in a...
Feb 24, 2020•27 min•Ep. 78
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Feb 21, 2020•13 min•Ep. 77
This week Gavin talks to Nathan Hirsch, the co-founder of FreeeUp, a marketplace connecting business owners with the top 1% of virtual assistants, and who has since gone on to found Outsource School, a specialist service that allows you, through the use of VA's to scale up your business. Nathan talks about his entrepreneurial journey, how he scaled FreeeUp from $5k annual turnover to over $12 million, the lessons he's learned about scaling, and his astounding plans for the future. Sign Up Here: ...
Feb 17, 2020•36 min•Ep. 76
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Feb 14, 2020•6 min•Ep. 75
If you have sales people in your organisation, or if you're managing a group of sales people, then today's conversation is certainly for you. Chris Lowe of Insight 6, has run a national team for many years, and along the way has gained a wealth of experience in areas such as how to get the best from your team, how to recruit effectively, and the best methods of analysing the way in which you yourself fit in to your operations, and whether you can do so more successfully. Sign Up Here: https://bi...
Feb 10, 2020•47 min•Ep. 74
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Feb 07, 2020•8 min•Ep. 73
Today's show is vital listening for anyone trying to grow their YouTube Channel, as Gavin is in discussion with Tom Martin, a YouTube growth specialist and strategist who has worked for the BBC on growing channels for the likes of Top Gear and Masterchef. Tom's wealth of experience has come through trial-and-error, and began in the young days of YouTube, when the rulebook was still being written. As such, he is most certainly an authority on the subject, and is here today to share with you some ...
Feb 03, 2020•47 min•Ep. 72
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Jan 31, 2020•5 min•Ep. 71
This week sees a remarkably insightful collaborative episode in which Gavin is in conversation with Jonathan Jay of the Dealmaker's Academy, a specialist in helping seasoned business owners who have reached a certain level in their businesses, and who wish to make acquisitions that will expand the size of their companies. Gavin and Jonathan have joined forces to discuss how successful acquisitions work, and the ideal process that should take place post-acquisition. Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/b...
Jan 27, 2020•41 min•Ep. 70
VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mastermind Podcast Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/biz-pod ABOUT THE HOST Gavin Preston Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach. He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business an...
Jan 24, 2020•10 min•Ep. 69
Susanna Hancock was diagnosed with a form of ADHD that means her attention to detail is reduced, but that her Hyper-Focus is enhanced. By focussing on the positive side of her condition, and employing her Hyper-Focus in the business world, Susanna has helped countless business owners to achieve realistic exit-strategies, meaning that their companies can operate successfully without them, leaving them free to retire or pursue other opportunities. Gavin is joined by Susanna on this week's show to ...
Jan 20, 2020•57 min•Ep. 68
Gavin draws from the work of Mathew Syed in his book Black Box Thinking and explores whether you have a culture of learning and growth in your business. Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/biz-pod VALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mastermind Podcast ABOUT THE HOST Gavin Preston Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach. He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to a...
Jan 17, 2020•11 min•Ep. 67
‘It's about getting clear about where you need to get to and why you need to get there' In this episode, Gavin is talking with Dave Allen, consultant and coach in leadership who has considerable expertise in the area of ‘deep thinking' and the impact it can have on teams and how successful they are within organisations. Gavan and Dave discuss how different deep thinking and fast thinking are and why understanding how we are thinking can be the ultimate key to making effective and successful deci...
Jan 13, 2020•42 min•Ep. 66
In anticipation for Monday's interview, Gavin covers the following questions and implores you to answer (when safe to do so!) for your business. Get in touch with Gavin with your answers or any further questions and comments. In the words of Keith Cunningham: “ Now….Go Think! You will thank me later. ” Don't forget to subscribe, review and comment on the Podcast! Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/biz-pod KEY TAKEAWAYS Purpose What does your product / service do for your customers and your customers' ...
Jan 10, 2020•9 min•Ep. 65
As we celebrate the start of a New Year and a New Decade everyone is talking about goal setting and business planning for 2020. Gavin brings those aspirations together and takes everything to a higher level in this episode asking where you will be in 10 years' time? He shares how you can build a compelling vibrant vision in three key areas of your life: Health, Personal and Business casting yourself as the hero of your own compelling movie of what you desire your life to be like in 10 years' tim...
Jan 06, 2020•27 min•Ep. 64
Happy New Year! As we launch into a New Year and a new decade, have you stopped to admire the view of what you achieved in 2019? Even if 2019 didn't give you the journey you hoped for, Gavin encourages you to give yourself a pat on the back for what you did achieve. V ALUABLE RESOURCES The Business Mastermind Podcast Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/biz-pod ABOUT THE HOST Gavin Preston Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and high-performance Coach....
Jan 03, 2020•12 min•Ep. 63
This week's show is a very special affair. You're cordially invited to sit in on an invaluable conversation between Gavin and his special guest, Traci Cornelius, the host of hit podcast Women Rockin' Business , as they discuss the best ways in which Traci can maximise the launch of her new venture by using two steps of Gavin's six-step growth model, The Strategy Compass. Sign Up Here: https://bit.ly/biz-pod KEY TAKEAWAYS Gavin's six-stage model is The Strategy Compass, which is divided into purp...
Dec 30, 2019•47 min•Ep. 62
