READY TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS?

Have you ever delegated a task to a staff member… and they stuff it up? It can be frustrating, and all-too-easy to blame the staff member for mucking up. After all, you gave them detailed instructions, right? You know that saying – ‘the devil is in the detail’?  Well for some employees, that’s totally true.  […]

4 Steps To Create More Productive Meetings For Your Business Years ago, I used to run a kitchen and bathroom manufacturing business. Whenever I brought my team in for a meeting, I always had certain staff members who would hijack the meeting, others who never really stepped up or contributed, and some who quite obviously […]

Last weekend I watched Harry Potter with my boys. Don’t ask me which one – they’re all the same to me (sorry to die-hard HP fans out there). The big baddie, Voldemort, never seemed to fully die. We learned that it’s because Voldy divided his soul into pieces, and hid those pieces in objects that […]

Growing up, I had 20 great business ideas a day.  Every week I was onto something new, making plans and dreaming up my incredible success with New Venture 1, New Venture 2, and so on. Now I know what was really going on… I was attracted to ‘shiny things’. Jumping from idea to idea, without […]

Australian tradies are favouring family members when it comes to who they employ – but are leaving their spouses out of business decisions, according to a survey by leading business coaching organisation The Game Changers. The research of tradie-related businesses including builders, carpenters, electricians and plumbers found 50 per cent of the business owners had […]

Last month, I did a Hot Seat interview with a couple of Opulence members who have increased  their revenue 6x over the past year. We do Hot Seats every month so members can learn from – and be inspired by – each other’s journeys. Anyway, these members started with us earning $450 per client, per […]

Haami Williams established his concreting business in 2008. His journey into concreting wasn’t something he considered at any stage of his life – with a sporting background and academic parents, Haami never thought he’d end up in a trade. Like many business owners, Haami saw running his own business as a way to take charge […]

Years ago, I was a hopeless workaholic. Even just 2 years ago, the thought of going on a holiday would actually stress me out.  I didn’t want to be away from my business. At all. On the plane, at the hotel, on the beach… it didn’t matter where I put myself, my head was always […]

Chris Watchirs runs a professional arborist service that specialises in tree lopping, trimming, and removal. After 12 months with The Game Changers, Chris has doubled his business in size… and is looking at growing by another 50% this coming year! The best part? Chris has been gradually removing himself from the day-to-day of his business […]