'Yes' Coach is a new online reality show from Optus. Three business owners have been chosen to receive 12 weeks' coaching from a small business expert.
If you mean business, watch the webisodes and keep checking this blog to follow each business' journey, as they discuss their individual learnings, hurdles, frustrations and feelings.
Peter Switzer and Switzer Business Coaching co-founder, Lesley Ann Grimoldby's posts will also be a wealth of knowledge, with useful tips and information on how to hire and retain staff, find a healthy work/life balance, battle cash flow issues and much, much more.
This competition is now closed. Check back regularly for updates on how JTagz, O'Toole Plumbing and Raw Marketing are putting their newfound knowledge to use.
Posted by Peter Switzer
On 18/11/08 14:02Photo Finish
As the filming of the final episode looms, with the award-winning business to be announced on Wednesday November 26, I bet Jowsey, Sarah and the boys from O'Toole Plumbing are sweating it out.
I have to say, picking the winner was like using a magnifying glass to work out who has won in a three-way photo finish at the Melbourne Cup.
All three businesses and their business owners have…
Posted by Anthony O'Toole
On 17/11/08 12:12The half way mark
We have now have made the half way mark. We are now deep into the course and our mindsets are totally on getting the most out of this training. At first we had trouble getting through all the work and coordinating time together so now we have a dedicated day called Strategic Wednesday. After each lesson we revise the session and plan our next week's homework.
The last couple of sessions…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 11/11/08 10:103 months done & all ordinary
The staff have welcomed me back to the planet.
We pondered the Course Specific Evaluation of the Company, (where it was pre Switzer compared to where it is now), in the areas of Leadership, Management, Marketing, Finance, Attitude, Application & Business Thinking. The business evaluation sections are divided into five performance descriptions ranging from woeful to primo.
A very…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 11/11/08 10:10The innocent bystander
From the quiet cool shade of the ghost gums I rest & observe my coaching corroboree, dust settling in the big red LA sunset. Imaginings are now realities with runaways yarded. It has been a hard muster, I am knackered & parched.
So now it's up to the company, and without labouring the point thanks all the same ….. at the company's own pace. Jtagz has the full extractor…
Posted by Sarah Hillier
On 03/11/08 08:08I GOT IT!
I have a confession to make – I have been on a holiday. An actual real holiday where I went away and didn't have my phone turned on. Guess what? The business survived without me. Who would have thought?! Not me – well six months ago anyway…
Early this year we decided we would take a proper holiday. At the time, it sent a chill down my spine but I was determined to do it. As time marched…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 27/10/08 16:04I did not do it my way
Is it a considerable achievement or just that the boss thing is a dinosaur with the boss being the last to find out? LA & Peter have been onto me for quite some now to drop the choker lead. I've been waiting on some extra curricula coaching in the form of "Leadership" reading but wait-no-longer arrived in the form of taking the advice at hand. And let's not forget some…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 22/10/08 12:12Navel gazing the 09 forecast
We've revised our spreadsheet forecasts running off the back of "don't mention the D word" into the first quarter of '09, like really. Staying with the '99 Suburban thanks Kev, maybe wait a few moons for the new Trainee. Unambiguous hard yards projections; why wouldn't we? Previously this would have been pin the tail on the filly by braille.
So now I have…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 20/10/08 14:02Alone again ... naturally
Hey you know when you give up cigarettes and everyone, like the entire world; kids, cab drivers, her indoors, grandmothers and TV hosts; all of a sudden become irritable, intolerant, negative and downright bitchy and it seems day after infuriating day that you are the only relaxed, warm, caring, together and positive person on Ramsay St. Like hellooooo, me too! I mean these last eight weeks or…
Posted by Peter Switzer
On 16/10/08 16:04Leadership growth
We've just trekked our way to Yeppoon (near Rockhampton in Queensland) to visit the 'mythical' Jowsey.
When I rocked up to his business on a beautiful Queensland morning he and Mel welcomed me and came clean with their experience of coaching.
Remember, Jowsey's goal was to retire in five years, but there seems to be a 'redefinition' of the word retire. He gave…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 14/10/08 22:10Shootin' the tube
When the big fella turned up yesterday he took us all by surprise. He had the Malibu's racked up on the Combi and insisted we head up to the Corio Bar for a wave. The staff came along and Mel towed her Jet Ski up the long beach. Pete and I slipped into the full body lycra and got waxing up. The flock of budgie's that roosts there on the spit in the silky oaks winged it for the rain…
Posted by Sarah Hillier
On 13/10/08 17:05Raw's transformation
I've had a few sleepless nights of late. I would like to say that it has been because of my desire to stay up all night and work on the business, but the reality is my sleep deprivation is due to (yet again) two sick boys. The doctor told me that most babies are sick on average 10 times a year; I think our family definitely sits as the outlier on the far end of the spectrum; or maybe it…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 13/10/08 17:05Blog chutzpah ?!
Well guess who? Hoodspa, Bravura, call it what you like; chutzpah is alive and bucking. The robust vernacular is not so audacious in Australia, has great backing vocals, never offends, & is always complimented by great finger food & eye candy.
The fact of the matter is that you're sucking wheat grass bits off your flash ivories telling me I'd say what I like about this…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 10/10/08 18:06OVER IT!
From the desk of Mel;
I was SO OVER this Business Coaching filming day that I casually walked the dogs in the forest and cruised back up the driveway to be confronted with lights, camera, action. Whoops; made a mad dash to the shower, pulled the hair up, slapped on my mascara and lippy which both then dribbled down my sweating face. I am SO OVER this …. (screaming in my head) .... I…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 10/10/08 18:06No more Mrs Nice Guy
So between the 20th and months end Mel does the haka. Cathy has chimed in of late, a raucous duet in the accounts receivable dept. There was a flash went through us all yesterday, somebody sucked the top of their mouth once too often. And then it was on. We had fire in the hole dating back months. Mel & Cathy were booked to take legal action for debt recovery today and they were sharpening…
Posted by Paul Jowsey
On 05/10/08 12:12Pinocchio & the Water Bomb
The Hawkeye is a mongrel blended beast half octopus & half night vision telescopic sight. It's arrival sees the construction of our Business Chart forecast for positions into the 2-year plan together with a Job List. This permits us a grand view through the pea & ham of the coming 24 months of where we'll be, who has which career options, where responsibilities lie & where…
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