Ever been in the middle of a business storm so hectic that it was rattling you 24 hours a day? 

Chances are, if you have been in business a while, the answer is yes. 

When you’re in the hurricane, the best question to ask is “what decision/s led up to this moment?”

So often, if we truly go there in ourselves, we find that one bad decision led to another led to another and then led us into the hurricane. 

The big question is now, how do I consistently make better decisions? 

Let’s discuss. 

Enjoy the pod xx 

Back on the lounge today with have Joe Pratt who doubles as the director of Benchmark Electric Co (Coffs based) and one of the coaches here at Sparky Coach. 

Cam + Joey chat through many items including price books, forecasting, scheduling the workload, finding  chasing new work, quoting projects, quoting service work, failing forward, always getting better at communicating, plus much much more. 

Always a pleasure having Joey on the lounge. 

Enjoy the pod xx 

Chapters

00:00

Understanding Workload Management

20:13

Nurturing Existing Client Relationships

29:28

Exploring New Opportunities

35:10

The Importance of Consistency

39:06

Organic Growth vs. Proactive Efforts

45:07

Learning from Past Experiences

Working hard or hardly working? 

Working smart or hardly working? 

Our ethos here at Sparky Coach is simple. Work hard. Work smart. Be kind. Get result. Go together. 

There’s no point working hard if the invoices aren’t getting sent and if the jobs aren’t being measured (and managed). 

There’s no point working smart if you aren’t prioritising the priorities. 

On second thought, not prioritising the priorities is not working smart at all. Lol. 

Double down and get after the non negotiable items. 

Get after it sparky lords xx 

Chapters

00:00 The Importance of Focus in Business

02:54 Simplifying Business Operations

05:44 Identifying Main Priorities

08:34 Organizing Workflows and Schedules

11:50 Empowering Team Members

14:41 Reflecting on Business Practices

As we always say around here, the money is made or lost in the office. 

In this pod Cam breaks down why admin shouldn’t be an afterthought or an after dinner activity, and why it should be at the absolute top of the priority list week in week out. 

Let’s face it, the admin isn’t going anywhere and we all know that a successful back office is key to business success. 

Our goal is to inspire to you to rip and tear into mastering the mundane admin and head north into maximum enlightenment and profit. 

May the electrical gods bless you. 

Enjoy the pod xx 

This week on the lounge we have my good friend Dave Berner from Kinde. 

Dave is a founder, a dad, a coder, a tech wizard, a lego organiser, a husband, a boss, a UK punk / grime enthusiast, a Bangalow gym 6am junkie (lol), basically an all round legend worthy that the lounge is no doubt unworthy of.  

We have many great chats about life and business around the camp fire over a couple of beers, so here is one brought to you in full over a couple of Stone and Woods finest. 

We discuss AI, starting a business, automation, leadership, management, making bad mistakes, making good mistakes, reading + much more. 

Available across all major streaming platforms. 

Enjoy the pod.

Much love xx 

Ah job management systems, what an age we live in. 

On this pod series Cam takes us through the importance of a well oiled job management system, and the joy it can bring to your life once set up properly. 

Summary of benefits including, but not limited to: 

-centralised location for quoting, job, contacts, client info etc 

-smart scheduling

-faster + more accurate invoicing

-supplier automated integration

-streamlined workflows, processes and consistency

-improved field communication

- a more consistent customer experience

-among much more 

Enjoy the pod x 

Ah job management systems, what an age we live in. 

On this pod series Cam takes us through the importance of a well oiled job management system, and the joy it can bring to your life once set up properly. 

Summary of benefits including, but not limited to: 

-centralised location for quoting, job, contacts, client info etc 

-smart scheduling

-faster + more accurate invoicing

-supplier automated integration

-streamlined workflows, processes and consistency

-improved field communication

- a more consistent customer experience

-among much more 

Enjoy xx

Ok we are doing something a little bit different in this one! 

We are posting a session we did on our paid program a couple of weeks ago.

Tom Ryan, from Ryelec, runs our “Business Automation” sessions every Friday at 10am. 

Today he gives us a run through of Groundplan, and how he uses it for effective quoting + pricing. 

Session best watched via video but hey I’m sure you will pick up a whole bunch of cool stuff either way. 

Enjoy the pod xx 

Ah job management systems, what an age we live in. 

On this pod Cam takes us through the importance of a well oiled job management system, and the joy it can bring to your life once set up properly. 

Summary of benefits including, but not limited to: 

-centralised location for quoting, job, contacts, client info etc 

-smart scheduling

-faster + more accurate invoicing

-supplier automated integration

-streamlined workflows, processes and consistency

-improved field communication

- a more consistent customer experience

-among much more 

Enjoy the pod x 

In a “hit it and quit it” generation it’s time to flip the script and build long term relationships. 

Of course not in a blind loyalty “I will never get another price from anyone else as long as I live” kinda way, but in a way that puts people and service in a similar or even higher playing field than money. 

It’s people that make the business’s wheels spin. Staff. Suppliers. Clients. Probably in that order tbh. 

Enjoy the pod xx