Business Owners & Entrepreneurs Podcast With Peter Boolkah | Business Coach | The Transition Guy®

So, why does every business owner need to become great in public speaking for leaders? In today’s episode, I speak to Tom Bailey, the founder of Success Through Speaking, about speaking on camera, podcasting for business, and the need for business owners to be able to communicate their message effectively in a world that's increasingly content consuming. In the past 10 years, video, podcasting and virtual events have enabled us to consume things differently. This transition affects business owners, who, unfortunately, can be reluctant to use those platforms. Their avoidance of speaking is understandable because some people prefer to stay out of the public eye. However, it's no longer advisable, nor is it pragmatic for business owners to shy away from public speaking for leaders. Speaking on camera, podcasting for business, and other platforms are actually very powerful tools, especially as the world shifts from corporate branding to PERSONAL branding. People connect with people. Business owners need

In this conversation with Yaro Starak, we discuss the benefits of having remote teams and why many businesses are so reluctant to embrace the flexibility of working remotely outside of an office. There are probably many factors involved in why companies are dragging their feet. Many business owners don’t want to give up control. Many are worried that their company culture will suffer. But over the past 20 years, Yaro has proven that it IS possible to run a business remotely without losing any productivity. In fact, the way Yaro Starak sees it, he’s probably been even more productive due to the fact his employees have a greater degree of flexibility while working remotely.  nstead of tracking time spent at a desk, Yaro tracks the output of his remote teams. And he wouldn’t have it any other way. Even company culture has continued to flourish despite the distance between his employees. With so many options available to remote workers these days, it speaks to the cohesiveness of the company that many of them hav

In this conversation with Donato Tramuto, we discuss the compassionate leadership gap that exists today, and how we, as leaders, can fix it. The old way of managing just doesn’t work anymore. An authoritarian approach to running your business doesn’t lead to trust, cooperation, or long-term well-being. What you need is a compassionate approach. In fact, compassionate leadership is what will make your job easier and more rewarding. So, why does this gap in compassion exist today? Well, as Donato Tramuto points out, the average age of a CEO is 59 years old. The average age of half of the workers below the CEO is under 40 years old. This often means that leaders and employees were brought up to view leadership and work in very different ways. This gap is also what creates age biases. Older people assume the younger generation has poor work ethic and are just technologically savvy. The younger generation assumes the older generation is no longer relevant or able to change. Both are false. The only way to break do

Imagine being stuck in an office rental with stringent lease conditions when the pandemic happened. Not the most ideal situation to be in, right? Well, today’s guest was lucky enough to dodge this bullet. I talk to founder and CEO of Automation Wolf, Matthew Hunt, about the advantages of having a virtual office and distributed teams, and why team communication is key. As an experienced entrepreneur, Matthew has had multiple businesses. Over the years, he’s had both physical and virtual offices for his teams. He’s run 3 agencies to date, 2 of which have been fully virtual having globally distributed teams, which came in very handy once the pandemic hit. Businesses who get into commercial lease seldom have many rights, which means that the larger, pricier and more sought after the office space, the harsher the lease conditions. While having an office can be impressive for your clients AND it allows for very easy team communication with everybody gathered in a single space, it also comes with many liabilities. I

In this conversation with Roger Khoury, CEO and founder of Market Forecasting Academy, we discuss market vulnerability analysis and the benefits of accurately forecasting the market. You see, there are a lot of amateur investors out there who expect to get a professional-level of high returns out of their investments. All too often, however, they end up being disappointed. The thing is, they just don’t have the tools to minimize their risk. Not only that, but they end up adopting the conventional wisdom that tells them that higher returns require more risk, and that less risk entails lower returns. But through market forecasting using the market vulnerability analysis, this old way of thinking gets flipped on its head. As Roger Khoury explains it, when you can accurately predict what the market is going to do, you can ride both the ups and the downs. This kind of tool is invaluable for investors who want to be able to approach their investments with confidence and prudence, while still making consistent retur

The world is changing, and so is the traditional office space and work environment. As a result, the idea of team productivity is also changing. In today’s episode, I’m joined by Michael Teape, co-founder of Teape Training International, to talk about post-pandemic productivity. The days where productivity meant being physically present in the office and showing up for endless meetings in the traditional office space are over. In the traditional work environment, productivity was judged based on the number of hours worked in a physical office than the actual output. In the past 18 months, we’ve seen so many changes suddenly brought onto us by the pandemic, including remote working, blended working and tech innovations. This has redefined post-pandemic productivity for all of us. However, many are still trying to operate on pre-Covid norms instead of shifting into the post-Covid economy. But teams are made up of diverse individuals who are ever-evolving and flexible. For this reason, the traditional office spa

Preparing for the unexpected is not easy. But it's not impossible. We can take a few notes from today's guest, Helen Yu, about this. She shares 4 CRITICAL LESSONS which can help entrepreneurs in accelerating business growth, even in the midst of the sudden global pandemic that shocked us all. And she's learned this from her personal experience of climbing Mount Everest - not having climbed a single mountain in her life before this.Imagine having to climb the highest mountain in the world without any mountain climbing experience. Where do you even start? For Helen, this meant tremendous amounts of preparation during a time when Google wasn't yet everyone’s best friend. She tried as best she could with her resources at the time to prepare for something she hasn't ever done. She combed through library books, and got in touch with connections who've done it before. Preparing for the unexpected is not easy, and it becomes especially harder if you don't know what things you'r

Mental fitness is something that everyone can benefit from. With practice, you can learn to start coping with challenges effectively, rather than letting them control you. This is what makes Graham Whiley’s program so valuable. It provides you with the tools that you need in order to overcome obstacles that would otherwise prove to be overwhelming. At the core of Graham’s philosophy is the fact that you're in control of how much stress you suffer. Stressful situations occur in everyone’s lives, that’s for sure. But what you do in those situations is completely up to you. You determine how much stress you feel when coping with challenges. But just as a marathon runner starts by first running shorter races, you build mental fitness and strength over time. Day by day, you can teach yourself that you’re in control of your reactions. Take the pandemic, for example. It affected nearly everyone. And yet, who succeeded? Was it the businesses that buried their heads and despaired? Or was it the ones who looked fo

 Why is it that despite being in the same industry, adapting to change in business has been harder for some businesses than others? As you may already know first-hand, business adaptability is especially critical today, in the middle of a pandemic, with an unprecedented and continuously changing business environment. In today’s episode, I’m joined by mental health and psychology expert Kyran O’Neill. We take a look at a trend that’s making its rounds in the world that I like to call "same storm different boats". The pandemic has touched everyone. However, its effects have been different on different people, with some people feeling it more, and others less. We’ve seen this phenomenon during this global crisis where business owners in the same industry have had very different reactions to pandemic conditions. The only way to explain these differences in level of business adaptability is by looking into the psychology behind them. People interpret their environments differently. They may get the same

If you want to begin really growing your business, you have to start embracing and mastering marketing. In this conversation with GreenPal CEO and founder Bryan Clayton, we discuss the various hats that a business owner has to wear, and why marketing is one that is absolutely indispensable. Why is marketing so important? As Bryan Clayton explains, marketing has to be a core competency of the business in order for it to thrive. It has to be baked into the company and ingrained in its DNA from the very beginning. After all, your customers will get to know your business through your marketing. And this means that as a business owner, you need to take ownership of your marketing. Mastering marketing is crucial to growing your business, and you should NEVER abdicate that responsibility. Marketing will allow you to discover the growth engine of your business. But only if you’re guiding the process. For more advice on building and growing your business, watch this entire conversation with Bryan Clayton. I hope you f

In today’s video, I speak to trauma and performance expert Dr. Don Wood about Covid-19's impact on business executives and owners. Over the last 18 months, many changes have occurred that may have been quite traumatic to most of us, whether we're conscious of it or not. Today, we talk about how the pandemic affected businesses and their leaders, and the effects of trauma that this pandemic has caused on performance. The pandemic has been a huge game-changer and can really be a trigger for trauma. If there’s one thing that humans fear the most, it’s uncertainty. In our lifetime, there’s never been a greater period of uncertainty than now. So you can only imagine how the trauma from this pandemic affected business leaders, as much as it's affected a lot of other people. The trauma that accumulates over our lifetime affects the way we act and make decisions. Everyone's familiar with our human fight-or-flight response to stressful situations, but there's actually 3 possible effects of tra

 In this conversation with Ross Kimbarovsky, founder of Crowdspring, we discuss the future of freelance, self employed jobs, and how businesses can adapt to a changing world. The thing is, the number of freelance jobs is on the rise. But remote work isn't for everyone either. Some people need the structure of a physical office space, while others thrive when they have the flexibility to work independently. For businesses wanting to create strong teams in the middle of these changes we face in the workforce, hiring is going to be a critical component. Ross Kimbarovsky shares that he doesn't just look at resumes anymore. To him, communication is the most important quality and so he evaluates a candidate’s ability to communicate through writing.  The future of freelance work is going to change the way businesses operate. But beyond the increase in self employed jobs and changes in the workforce, businesses will also have to change their messaging to reflect consumer expectations during this post-pandem

Preventing burnout at work is something that requires attention. Especially with the pandemic easing up, it’s perhaps more important than ever that we learn how to avoid work burnout. In this conversation with Sarah Dawn, we discuss the myth of making up for lost time, and how you can regain your lost income without burning out. The thing is, when you try to make up for all the time you lost at work or in your business during the lockdowns, there are side effects - namely, burnout. It's true that you need to regain lost income, but you don't necessarily need to regain lost time. By doubling the amount of time you work, you'll simply prolong the pain that you’re experiencing because it’s not sustainable. You need a strategy. Specifically, I’m talking about automating and delegating. Tech tools are an easy and cheap way to save you hours in your business. Unfortunately, people are reluctant to change. They’d rather resign themselves to the pain of work burnout than try something that could actual

When society goes through a major change like this global pandemic we're experiencing now, there's a lot of pain that comes with it. But there are also opportunities for career transformation and career changes. In today’s episode, career educator and entrepreneur Misha Rubin shares some insights on how you can build a meaningful career with the unprecedented number of career possibilities that exist now.  With all the information we're taught throughout our lifetime, no one really teaches us how to search for fulfilling and meaningful careers. In the past, it was common for people to have just one career throughout their entire lives, but that’s changing. It's now quite unlikely that one person will stick to one career throughout their life. Some careers even disappear or become irrelevant through time. For this reason, it's become increasingly important to know how to embrace career transformation, and carve out a meaningful career path for yourself. It’s been a painful and grueling

Management in the industrial age meant having to see a person physically present, and being or “looking” productive. Measuring productivity was rather archaic. But employee time management has changed a lot with the post-pandemic blended working environment. As business owners and leaders, we'll have to do a better job at managing employees remotely, focusing less on standardization, and encouraging employee autonomy.If you do a simple Google search, you’ll find a whole lot of content about productivity.With working from home, homeschooling, household responsibilities, and balancing everything in between, productivity can get really hampered. So what can we do to actually get our time back, and do the things we want to do? Employers and managers now need to allow employees to manage their own time as an entrepreneur would, to whatever degree is realistic. In managing employees remotely, since managers don't necessarily see employees, it's easy to fall into a tendency to micromanage. But microma

Pre-pandemic, many entrepreneurs and employees found themselves caught in a hamster wheel, always hustling and unable to think - time normally passed by so quickly. But post-pandemic, things seem to have slowed down, enough to let people reevaluate their situation. People have started to question their purpose. And now, a lot of us are slowly realizing that the true measure of success is having that ability to carve your own path, figure out who you want to be, and know what you want to do to create real meaningful impact in this world. Climbing the Right Mountain by Tony Martignetti aims to inspire people to do just that. Don't panic and have hope. You can and you will create meaningful impact by climbing the right mountain. As you're navigating through life, just remember to take action, and start to narrow your focus on the things that will help YOU feel fulfilled.To reach Tony and learn more about his work, you can visit his website at https://www.inspiredpurposecoach.com or find him on LinkedIn

The pandemic has caught everyone off guard, especially with the sudden need to shift to digital communication. A lot of us haven't necessarily been used to this, but what if we could close the gap between online communication and in-person interaction using a simple method? Digital Persuasion by Erin King is the ultimate guide for breaking through the restrictions of digital communication by learning a more effective communication style. Many people already struggled with communication pre-pandemic, and those difficulties have been highlighted even more since the move to digital communication. The world has changed, and it likely won't be returning to the way it was. We then need to learn how to bridge the gap between being our in-person self and our digital self. In this video, we tackle how we can address this with Erin King.Erin has been running 2 eCommerce companies and 1 social media agency. She's spent a lot of time working with sales and marketing organizations, helping them figure out h

Building rapport with clients is essential for client attraction and client retention, especially during this pandemic when we're beginning to transition into a blending workspace and environment. So how can we enhance selling relationships to equip us to work within today's context? Today I speak to Kathleen Cutler, a high ticket closer, about how best we can bridge the gap between traditional sales techniques and the virtual space to build and keep client relationships.If you’re waiting for things to go back to “normal”, it’s just not likely to happen anytime soon. So, we need to change our mindset and skill up in preparation for the move. With the advent of artificial intelligence in the past 10 years, we’ve become lazy with client relationships. We’ve become automated and unblended in our approach when it comes to building rapport with clients. But the lockdown has just highlighted even more the importance and value of forming selling relationships. Despite the movement to virtual, it's imp

Although the pandemic has changed the way businesses operate, many companies have not updated the way they hire employees. In today's episode, I share a conversation with Ira Wolfe, author of the best-selling book Recruiting At The Age Of Googlization. We talk about the several things that you should keep in mind when hiring staff so you can keep up with our fast-changing world.Finding people with the right skills and attitude is not as easy as some may think. There are a lot of people out there, but less of the people are suited to performing at the level you expect them to. What does it take to perform in today’s rapidly evolving companies? First of all, people need to be able to embrace change. Grit and perseverance are useful, but they don’t help you adapt when circumstances require it. When you hire employees, look for people who are willing to adjust the way they operate.When hiring staff, you should also look for mental flexibility. The ability to hold two opposing ideas in your mind at the same t

In today's video, I talk to Tracey Bissett, financial coach and the CEO and CFO of Bissett Financial Fitness Inc. We chat about financial fitness heading into a growth economy, the importance of financial literacy and strengthening financial acumen for entrepreneurs, and how to build a reliable financial foundation to achieve financial stability. Generous handouts were given to businesses in countries like the UK and Canada over the course of this pandemic, and they needed to be there for our industries to survive. But with economies starting to open up, danger has been coming up with subsidies beginning to wind back. While some companies remain to be in a strong financial position despite the pandemic, there are a number that have had to rely on subsidies for financial stability. And now that governments are slowly cutting on support for businesses, only those able to stay on top of their numbers and watch over their financial fitness can quickly pivot to make changes so that their businesses adapt. Fin