Coaching Conversations - Ep 10: Time Management Secrets & Bigger Picture Thinking

EPISODE IN BRIEF

In this episode, Nick and Chris crunch the nitty-gritty of time and priority.

We all have a limited supply, but time is easily squandered when we are paralysed with uncertainty.

If you’re struggling with your business vision and the “pivot” is harder to action as the months click over, Nick has great advice on how you can change your perspective.

Re-inventing and adapting is key. What do you really want from your business as the world moves into this “new normal”?

There’s a lot to unpack in the latest episode of “Coaching Conversations”…

Show Notes  

0.25  Welcome to the show.

1.25  In business, managing your time effectively is enormously important. How much do you delegate? How do you manage your clients and can you crunch five days of work into three and a half days?

3.36  Reach out to your clients after midday. Segment your early mornings so you have “me time” and try not to book appointments when you know you traditionally require family time. Flexibility is important but so too is prioritising and tightening your calendar.

5.49  Many business owners struggle with fluidity. When you’re on that raft, you have to work with the ebb and flow of the daily workstream. Don’t be static; you need to shift and adapt.

7.10  Inside the boundaries of the pandemic, how are you focusing on your business? Nick advises you to push forward as hard as you can and be the competitor that everyone is trying to catch. It’s all about perspective – whether you’re locked down and online Melbourne… or pivoting in hospitality in Sydney.

9.00  Focus on a new model. Nothing will ever be the same in business again. Nick parallels accepting industry change in the hospitality and the entertainment sectors, including the way restaurant owners modify menus and musicians adapt their talents to teaching online. Adapt what you do by changing your perspective.

11.00  Keep your head occupied. Make yourself some real, achievable goals – personal as well as professional.

12.00  Have you dared to look 12-24 months into the future? Model adaption is vital when you can no longer count on sales projections.

14.15   Get serious about what’s ahead because this global crisis that has changed everything as we know it.

Get out. Or Reinvent. Or Adapt.

One hundred years from now industries around agriculture, fast food and transport will be unrecognisable. Change is coming.

16.25  What do you really want from your business? An accumulation of wealth or secure happiness? Was greed ever good?

19.55   Where are your priorities in the greater picture? Consider what are you chasing and the eventual outcome.

Life is short.

If you’re interested in re-tooling and adapting your business reach out to Nick and Chris at [email protected]

EPISODE SUMMARY

Shifting your focus to adaption and re-invention now, will save a lot of heartaches as we continue to wade through pandemic waters into the New Year.

Remember to prioritise your work and private hours. Flexibility is important when delivering clients a premium experience, but your headspace and relationships with those dearest to you must also be honoured.

Get serious about tightening your calendar.

Working smarter, not harder is a clever mantra – one that involves looking forward to the next 18 months and making the hard decisions.  Do you go hard or go home? Is model adaption a realistic option or is it best to abandon the raft altogether?

Learning to look at your industry from a different perspective, will offer up a new direction and with it, an enlightened confidence to move forward.