Business Mastermind Podcast

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David Horne is one of the most experienced people in the world when it comes to raising debt funding for businesses, having raised over £100 million through equity funding.

David joins Gavin today to discuss the very real prospect of an L-shaped recession, and how you can successfully navigate your business through what may prove to be choppy waters ahead.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We're dealing with two issues, moving into this likely global recession: an existential issue in terms of the virus's effects on humanity, and the fact that the economy simply halted, with no reference point in terms of past woes.
• Instead of relying on a future negative scenario, we need to consider both positive and negative. We do not know what is to happen in the immediate future. We need to attempt to remain optimistic where possible.
• Prudence is never a bad thing. Saving money in reserve can either be used for contingency, or if not needed, as a fund to invest or repay finance.
• Think about who your customers are and focus on the best ways to keep them. But if they don't return, who will your next customers be, and how can you best reach them?
• If you can save money now, then you really should be doing so. Don't become complacent, as there's a very real chance that your employer won't be in business if the economic troubles do not relent.

BEST MOMENTS

'This time it really is different'

'The only thing to fear is fear itself'

'Keep your eyes on the cash. keep your eyes on the numbers'

‘What the chancellor has done is positively heroic'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To secure your place on the Game Changer Summit, go to www.bit.ly/gamechangergavin  

David Horne LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-b-horne/?originalSubdomain=uk

Add Then Multiply - http://addthenmultiply.com

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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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Gavin explores research into the mental toll of quarantine and lock down and predictions of a wave of absenteeism and burnout and suggests steps you can take to counteract this amongst your team.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To secure your place on the Game Changer Summit, go to www.bit.ly/gamechangergavin  

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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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin’s energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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This week, Gavin discusses the technique of developing and strengthening businesses through mergers and acquisitions, from one of the most experienced people in the world in this field, Jennifer Peek of Peek Advisory.

Jennifer talks about the importance of having impartial guidance through the acquisition process, and why now may be the ideal time to begin thinking about mergers in your own company.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Business owners in the twilight of their business life, may well be looking at the post-COVID world, and wondering whether they have the energy to pivot effectively. This makes it a wonderful time to be in the market for acquisitions.
• A great place to get started when thinking about expanding is to contact your professional network (lawyers, accountants etc), who may already be in contact with companies open to merger.
• There is bound to be an initial period of frenzied activity when businesses jumpstart back into life, but this will be followed by a lull, and that is when opportunities will be at their greatest.
• A loss of enthusiasm or energy for your business may not be a signal that you need to sell, but that you need to hand off operations to someone who does have the necessary energy levels.

BEST MOMENTS

‘You don't want everyone's biggest dream to become their worst nightmare'

‘If you're looking to buy a business, assume that you'll have to have some kind of active role in it'

‘I don't want to try and catch a falling knife'

‘You've expanded exponentially your ability to exit the business'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To secure your place on the Game Changer Summit, go to www.bit.ly/gamechangergavin  

Jennifer Peek LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferjpeek/

Peek Advisory - https://peekadvisory.com

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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

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At a time when so many people are fearful, Gavin presents a very timely conversation about building courage. As leaders of people and teams in business, we are often faced with moments that call for us to be brave. But how can we make sure we always have the courage to summon that bravery?

In this week's show, Gavin offers ten practical ways to keep that courage alive and present in your business life!

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The act of naming fears and anxieties, means that you mentally and physically disassociate with it, and are able to gain new perspective.
• Recognise that fear can serve a useful purpose at times. Fear keeps us keen, and helps us to survive. Use fear, but do not dwell there.
• There is not just safety, but encouragement in numbers. By building a cooperative, interlocking team, we build camaraderie, support and a foundation of courage.
• Know your role and own it. Stepping into the role you're best at is an empowering process, and will elevate your courage levels far more than in other scenarios.

BEST MOMENTS

‘You should see a problem for what it is, not bigger than it is'

‘We've all got that courage within us'

‘We are more courageous when we know that someone has our back'

‘Courage is like a muscle. You've got to work on it and build it'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To secure your place on the Game Changer Summit, go to www.bit.ly/gamechangergavin

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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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Adam Cox is a PR expert, and specialist in using hypnotherapy to help people improve themselves, and to overcome phobias and mental blocks. 

Adam joins Gavin to talk about what business owners and leaders can do to re-engage and re-onboard workers as they return to work, and how they can help shift focus from anxiety and fear, to a brighter and more positive future.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• As human beings, we do not cope well with change, especially on the scale of the COVID lockdown. Also, most of the ways we usually cope with disruption have been removed from our reach.
• We need to accept that we cannot influence and change the things that are not within our control. If we accept that, we will feel more empowered and less victimised.
• It's better not to focus upon the missed opportunities, but the silver linings and ways in which we can stay active and thrive.
• The people returning to work will be facing a multitude of personal issues. We need to enter their world, and do all we can to offer help and support, in order to build rapport and enthusiasm.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It's about taking overwhelm and putting that into two categories'

‘We don't cope well with change. We're primed for the status quo'

‘We're looking for the nuggets of opportunity, instead of focussing on all the chaos and mayhem'

‘If you treat everyone like a number, you can't expect them to fire on all cylinders'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

Adam Cox LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adammcox/?originalSubdomain=uk

The Relations Group - https://www.relationsgroup.co.uk

To secure your place on the Game Changer Summit, go to www.bit.ly/gamechangergavin

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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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As we begin to move out of lockdown, and people start to return to work, we need to be aware of how they're feeling, and how we can do our part in making the transition as simple as possible.

One of the ways we can do this, is by providing a clear narrative about how the business will look in the short and long term, and so give clarity around our collective mission. In this week's show, Gavin talks you through the best ways focus on where we're heading next, and how to communicate that message.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• It's natural to want to quickly make up financial shortfalls and workloads, but remember that many are coming back with radically changed perspectives about both work and finances.
• Sharing our forthcoming strategies about proposed plans for social distancing and health and safety is imperative in ensuring transparency and reassurance.
• Only by interacting on a human level, can we positively encourage those we lead, to return with engagement and enthusiasm.
• A vital human need is connection. Many have been missing this during the lockdown. This is our opportunity to turn a workplace into a place of connection, empathy and warmth.

BEST MOMENTS

‘What could that decompression phase look like in business?'

‘We should be looking forward to what we can create from this situation'

'Get laughter back in! Make it a KPI business objective!'

‘We are here now because we're incredibly adept at adapting'

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 accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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In this new edition of Gavin's insightful mini-series on how to survive the COVID-19 lockdown, we visit with reputation management, crisis communication specialist, and best-selling author, Bill Coletti, who explains how we should communicate with employees, suppliers and customers as we emerge from lockdown.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The return to normality after the COVID-19 lockdown will be an uneasy balance between health considerations and the financial needs of business.
• Always Be Communicating (ABC) is the advice upon which all companies should be adhering. Those who have kept lines of communication alive and open, will be better equipped to begin the return to the workplace.
• Don't be afraid to alter your message. Communication is an ongoing and ever-evolving thing. The most important thing to remember is to keep your communication lines updated at all times.
• Conversations right now are opportunities to get to know your workforce better, and to double-down on the standards and values you wish to instil in them.
• The full canvas of innovations and technologies that have been driving home working through lockdown, has not yet fully been realised or recognised.

BEST MOMENTS

'There's a financial consideration, a social consideration, and a moral consideration'

‘Governmental response is patchwork. Therefore, as businesses we need to communicate in alignment with our values'

‘You can generate opportunities for listening by doing your research'

'The ways companies are responding is going to be rewarded'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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Kith - www.kith.co

Bill Coletti - https://billcoletti.com

Bill Coletti LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/billcoletti/

ABOUT THE GUEST

Bill is a reputation management, crisis communications and professional development expert, keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal Risk & Compliance panelist, and best- selling author of Critical Moments: The New Mindset of Reputation Management. He has more than 25 years of global experience managing high-stakes crises, issues management, and media relations challenges for both Fortune 500 companies and winning global political campaigns.

Bill previously co-led the Global Risk Management and Crisis Communications Practice for Hill+Knowlton Strategies. He held senior leadership positions in the firm's Austin, Texas, Los Angeles and Orlando, Florida offices, where as a member of the senior management team.

He provided senior counsel in crisis management, corporate communications, and reputation defense to numerous clients, such as AT&T, Target Corporation, American Airlines, The Home Depot, Xerox, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Cargill, as well major universities and global NGOs. Previously, Bill served in the Republic of Bulgaria as a senior advisor to the prime minister, Council of Ministers, and the labor minister. He was the first executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria.

Bill is the proud father of two strong and confident young women; one in college at Florida State University, and the other off to ride horses any chance she can get.

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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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Effective advertising on social media has become an artform in itself. Many believe that simply clicking and spending is enough to make their business visible on social channels, but as today's guest, digital marketing expert Naira Perez from Springhill Digital discusses, there's far more to it.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Digital marketing has made instant analysis possible. We are now able to receive immediate feedback about who are customers are, and why they have engaged with us.
• Part of our professional lives must always be spent in keeping abreast of developments and innovations within our own industries. it also helps us to remain compliant.
• The ads that are resonating with lockdown-afflicted customers right now, are the clever ideas given dynamism by their timing and humanity.
• Selling is not about discovering the correct time to ask a customer. It's about correctly identifying the people who have a need for the product or service you supply.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We learn from each other's challenges'

'Now is a wonderful time to show that you're human'

‘When it comes to selling, it's not a question of when, it's question of who'

‘Partnership with your clients is an intimate dance'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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Naira Perez LInkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nairaperez/

Springhill Digital - https://www.springhilldigital.com

Springhill Digital Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/springhilldigital/

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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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In a remarkably brief period of time, Adam Strong came up with the idea for The Game Changers Summit, and within weeks had turned that idea into a reality.

Since then it has grown to include thirty of the most respected and admired speakers in the world, who will all be taking to the virtual stage in May to discourse in their own expert ways upon subjects such as finance, health, wellbeing, marketing and property.

In this week's show, Gavin talks to Adam about how the summit came into being, and the many treasures in store for its lucky attendees.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Success is driven by the need to drive ourselves forward. Adam's determined mind-set was developed from a young age, and has driven him forward ever since.
• The best of the best are focused not upon those around them, but on the goal they are trying to achieve. If we constantly focus on others, then we have already lost the race.
• Growth and personal development can and should be continuing through every period in our lives. Now is the perfect opportunity to focus on skilling-up.
• Collaboration and co-invention are the ways in which business is moving forward.
• Giving and benevolence are the inherent messages behind almost all of the summit's interviews

BEST MOMENTS

'The athletes that are super-focused are the ones who have already won'

‘If I'm not doing something that's fun, then I'm not doing it at all'

‘You can never stop learning'

‘I see opportunity where everyone else sees panic'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

For your ticket to The Game Changers Summit go to www.bit.ly/gamechangergavin

Adam Strong - https://www.adamstrong.net/#1

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 and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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