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I Want Clients To Have An Awesome Time, So I Made Myself The Head Of Awesomeness!

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Release Date: 12/06/2021

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On this episode of ScaleUp Radio, I speak with Sam Sinclar Day from Sinclair Day Accountancy. As well as being the  co-owner, she is also the Head of Awesomeness. I’ll let her explain just what that is during the course of our conversation.

 

As you’ll hear they have a refreshing approach to being an accountancy business, and it’s this aim to be different that drives so much of what Sam, and the rest of the business, does.

 

As always, there’s plenty of subjects covered during our conversation, including:

 

 - The challenge of keeping up with the changes within an industry, whether it’s practices, technology or needs of the clients

 - Why empowering your team to make their own decisions within the business can really change the culture of a company - in a good way!

 - The importance of always be on the lookout for the next benefit you can bring to your clients

 - How employing DISC profiling changed their recruitment process

 

What comes across so clearly during our conversation, is Sam’s energy and enthusiasm. Not just for the industry that she’s working in, but for the company as a whole; her staff, clients and, obviously, the scale up journey that the business is on.

 

There’s a lot of great content in this episode for you to hear, learn from and put into practise in your own business - but I also think that you’ll benefit from spending some time listening to someone as positive as Sam.

 

Sam Sinclair Day can be found here:

 

linkedin.com/in/samsinclairday

 

https://www.sinclairday.co.uk/

 

https://twitter.com/SinclairDayAcct

 

sam@sinclairday.co.uk

 

01905 828 262

 

 

Xero - https://www.xero.com/

 

Dext - https://dext.com/

Go Proposal - https://goproposal.com/

 

Centre CRM - https://centrecrm.com/

 

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R Covey - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people-revised-and-updated/stephen-r-covey/9781471195204

 

The E-Myth by Michael Gerber - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-e-myth-revisited/michael-e-gerber/9780887307287

 

The Virgin Way by Richard Branson - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-virgin-way/sir-richard-branson/9780753519899

 

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kevin@biz-smart.co.uk