Clarity Generates Confidence

Welcome back everyone! Today, we’re talking about the mindset and what it takes to accomplish your most difficult goals — including the one thing that separates successful people from unsuccessful people… the ability to overcome fear. If you want to be successful you have to learn to trust yourself.

What does success mean to you? Does success mean money or security? Would you be surprised that the usual response from people is usually happiness, a sense of accomplishment at work and a feeling of being valued?

Be sure to tune in today, I believe that you will truly get a lot out of this episode. Thank you for listening and if you enjoyed the podcast please tell your friends and rate us on itunes.

GCP Industrial Products began in 1999 with one key production partner and commercial sheet rubber as our only product. Today, we have a production network that includes more than 30 partners, across 3 continents, an office in China and supply more than 15 million pounds of industrial material coast to coast on a yearly basis. In this episode of Clarity Generates Confidence I will be discussing everything that had to happen to get GCP off the ground, from it's ups and down, to where we are today. 

Welcome to our first official episode, Creating The Life You Want To Live, where we will discuss ways in which you can maximize your potential.

Most of us haven’t created the successful life we want, not yet at least! Greatness exists in all of us, we just need to learn how to pull it out of ourselves. Whether you complain about your health, lack of money, lack of success or joy, we all have the ability to create a positive mindset and create a life in which we want to live.

Thank you to all our listeners for tuning in. We truly hope that you enjoyed this episode. If you would like to learn more about GCP Industrial Products please visit us at www.gcpindustrial.com.

Welcome to our new Podcast, Clarity Generates Confidence, where our goal is to bring out the true entrepreneur in you by hearing inspirational stories, business tips and ways to help motivate your mindset, in turn helping you to pursue your dreams and ambitions. During this podcast I will be discussing topics to motivate you in your business venture; including but not limited to, creating the life you want to live, growing your influence, and how to create a successful business and a happy life.

Firstly, let me introduce myself to you. I, Gary Mottershead, I have been coaching entrepreneurs in the Strategic Coach Program since 1996. Over the past 20 years I have coached close to 3000 entrepreneurs and founded GCP Industrial Products. I am confident to call myself a committed entrepreneur and a Catalyst for Growth for my team, clientele, and suppliers. My goal is to inspire and motivate as many people as possible. Because it is not just about being an entrepreneur, it is about finding the confidence within yourself to achieve any goal that you may have.

Clarity Generates Confidence will open your mind up and encourage you to reach your goals as an entrepreneur. Please spread the word about this podcast and if you have any questions or feedback please write to [email protected].

In this week’s episode of Clarity Generates Confidence, Gary Mottershead is joined by VP/GM of North America Nathan Pike. Today’s discussion surrounds the recent tariff developments from the G20 Summit and what they mean to you and your business in the coming months.

Suspension of Tariff Escalation

Now it is important to note that this is not a reversal of the existing tariffs, it is simply committing to the new status quo for the next 90-days, at which point the additional tariffs may be dropped or applied.

Continuing To Explore All Options

In October we traveled to China to visit our key vendors, but we didn’t stop there. George Qu, VP Operations traveled to Taiwan and Thailand to explore production options in those locations. It was helpful to confirm that our best option in supply for GCP Products line, even with tariffs, continues to be in China. New doors and opportunities have been opened and GCP will continue to explore options across the globe to provide our customers with a competitive product offering.

Chinese New Year Holiday Shut-Down

What Does This Mean For My Business?

I Need My Order to Ship Prior to Chinese New Year:

Thank You For Your Continued Support

Warm Wishes,

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In today's episode of Clarity Generates Confidence, Gary Mottershead speaks to the concept of perception and how what you perceive is not necessarily always the reality of a situation.

In many cases when your worldview is narrowing and you can only see one path forward it is especially important to expand your perspective.

Further discussion hinges on the idea that your mindset and your perception have a significant impact on your outlook and how you go choose to move forward.

In this episode of Clarity Generates Confidence, Gary Mottershead speaks with long-time friend Tracy Quinton, Organizational Strategist and founder of Quinton Group.

Today’s discussion delves into the importance of having a clear path forward for you and your employees, and what that can really mean in regards to keeping a team motivated during turbulence.

Tracy also discusses how to help create clarity when you may not have all the answers, through both her personal and professional experiences working with organizations.

About Quinton Group:

The Partnership for Results System™ is the core of Quinton Group. It is a unique process, whereby the Quinton Group and the client work together to determine a road-map for meeting the organization’s objectives. It consists of six key components, each of which results in a solid deliverable product. The client will gain value at each stage, resulting in complete flexibility to develop with the Quinton Group, the solution that is right for them.

In examining today’s politics of duties the need for communication is one of the most vital things that a business can to do to instill both clarity and confidence in their customers.

In terms of communicating a message there’s an awful lot that we I have learned throughout the 20 years of GCP. I’ve also had the incredible opportunity to coach entrepreneurs across Canada from a variety of industries for over my career with a company called Strategic Coach. From this I have realized there’s a lot that I consciously try to stay focused on both in and out of GCP.

There are certain ideas that we (at GCP) bring focus to when working with both our suppliers and customers – we call these their D.O.S. This stands for their Dangers (things they have fear of), their Opportunities (futures they are excited about) and their Strengths (aspects they are currently confident in).

Something which I consider a core competency of GCP is addressing the current anxieties and fears that our customers may have. We facilitate opportunities through combined efforts with our vendors and customers as well as compliment the existing strengths our partners have.

In continuing on the theme of communication we are happy to announce that this will be the first of a Podcast Series titled Clarity Generates Confidence. Over my years being in business and coaching I have learned that confidence is so hugely important to the overall impact of one’s actions in an organization. When people are clear about what is happening in the world around them and are able to process that information, they are able to move forward with a great deal of confidence. If they aren’t clear, there tends to be a lot of uncertainty and often times confusion and  paralysis.

Our goal is to better communicate with you, our customers, and work with you through these unique times so that not only do you survive these discrepancies, but thrive and continue growth.

Our commitment to you is that we will work with you and your teams through the implementation of the USTR tariffs, to ensure that your businesses remain competitive in your respective market places, with a reliable product supply that retains the highest levels of quality that your customer’s expect from you.

An option that we have consciously decided against in the short-term is the retooling of our supply chain in order to avoid the most recent China duties. Our belief roots in the fact that we do not foresee these tariffs being a long-term strategy employed by the USA, rather a negotiating tactic to force China in a handful of areas, as will be discussed in detail in a further episode.

We believe that the cost-savings are not worth the significant risks that come with quickly changing supply chains. These relationships have been built up over time and our suppliers have earned reputations for both quality and price. We have confidence in our supply chain and for the mentioned reasons we are not actively pursuing or recommending these avenues to our customers in the short-term.

We also encourage our customers to speak candidly with us if this is the route you’re looking to go – as we are happy to discuss the potential risks of either option.

As always thank you for your continued support of GCP and may some of this information provide confidence that you can positively affect change in your organization through these times.

Gary Mottershead