De-stress Your Business
Episodes
E67: Flow, Don’t Leak: Optimizing Cash Flow with Ian Morgan
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Struggling with cash flow management in your business? Feel like your hard-earned money is leaking out without generating growth? In this epi...
E66: Recovering Debt Without the Stress, With Clayton M Coke
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you feeling buried under the weight of cashflow problems and debt management in your business? You're not alone, and we're here to help! In...
E65: Becoming Homeless Due to Cash Flow, with Stu Davidson
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How bad can cash flow problems get? Sadly, the answer is that you can lose nearly everything. In this episode of De-stress Your Business, I cha...
E64: A Checklist for Reviewing Your Pricing
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here are 6 steps you can take to reviewing your pricing today: Review your current pricing Review inflation Review competitor prices Review the val...
E63: Why Cashflow Needs Process
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Great cashflow needs great process. You need regular processes to: Spot cashflow issues Take actions that will increase your revenue And take actio...
E62: 8 Levers to Improve Your Cashflow
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is cashflow an issue in your business right now? Here are 3 levers you can pull to increase your incoming cash: Increase prices Sell more Get pa...
E61: Finding 5* Employees: Stress-Free Hiring, with Danielle Mulvey
27 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you struggling to find top talent for your business? Don't settle for average employees who don't contribute to growth. Most business lead...
E60: Reducing Stress Through a Healthy Body and Mind, with Shim Ravalia
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Can you feel the stress in your gut? How does a lack of work-life balance impact your productivity and risk burnout? Are there ways in which y...
E59: How to Stay Ahead of the Disruptive Power of AI
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Are you ready for the AI revolution? AI is already transforming industries and businesses. From finance to healthcare to retail, AI is changi...
E58: Iterating Our Sales Process (with Epic Results!)
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last 12 months, we’ve iterated on our sales process at least 8x. And we’re now converting 4x as many opportunities, in half the time. ...
E57: How Many Tools Do You Need in Your Business?
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How many tools is too many tools for your business? I’m often told my business leaders that they don’t want “too many tools” in their busin...
E56: Preparing for the Big Event
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How do you prepare for your first big conference? We’re live at Expert Empires today with over 500 business owners. It’s definitely not our ...
E55: Stress-free Money Management, with Denise Duffield-Thomas
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Managing money is one of the biggest causes of stress for business owners. 😱 That stress can hold us back from living a fulfilling life, whilst als...
E54: Introduce AI Into Your Business The Pragmatic Way
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI is here. The opportunity is huge. The risks are incalculable. But how do you actually start taking advantage of AI in your business? How do ...
E53: Killing a 7-Figure Business Due to the Stress, with Gary Das
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Between 2006 and 2015, Gary Das built an insurance brokerage business to 7 figure revenue… but HATED it. So in January 2016, he started all over ...
E52: Reducing Feast and Famine in Business, with Cordelia Kate
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Many businesses suffer from a feast and famine cycle. They work like mad to get some sales, then get crazy busy having to deliver... then find them...
E51: How to Turn AI into Your Best Junior Employee
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’re entering a new age, where AI is processing information at a massive scale to give us conclusions, ideas and decisions. The possibilities ...
E50: Creating Grown-up Businesses with Paul Avins
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the biggest stress points for entrepreneurs? Today we’re speaking to Paul Avins — the award winning business coach, consultant, auth...
E49: The Risks That AI Presents to Your Business
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI could put your business at risk. Here’s 3 questions you should be asking yourself: Could these new tools make our products and services le...
E48: How to Survive 48 Business Acquisitions, with Jonathan Jay
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine making 48 business acquisitions in just 30 months… (!) That’s what today’s guest (Jonathan Jay) did, but doing so came at a huge cost...
E47: What You NEED to Know About AI and ChatGPT
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is ChatGPT something that will actually help your business? Or is it just hype? We’ve been using ChatGPT and other AI tools extensively over t...
E46: Why You Need to Take a 4 Week Holiday (as a Business Owner)
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a business owner, you NEED to take a 4-week holiday! It’s important for you… and it’s important for your business. You’ll be better w...
E45: What’s Your Life Changing Goal for 2023?
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At AirManual, we help business leaders to set life changing goals. Yes, the work we do will have a huge impact on business success. But our greater...
E44: The Process That Tried to Ruin Christmas
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With less than a week until Christmas, a pesky process gone wrong threatened to cause a lot of festive stress for Paddy. What went wrong? How wa...
E43: How To Get on Top of Your Business Finances
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Not being on top of you business finances can cause so much stress And in so many ways… You’re never clear on the real situation. Jus...
E42: Remove the Stress From Getting New Clients, with Arfa Iqbal
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What would you do if you lost most of your clients over a period of a few weeks? The stress would be unbearable for many business owners. Howe...
E41: Line Managers Need Onboarding Too
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In small businesses, most line managers have had zero training of how to manage. This is not a good situation. We all know that bad line manager...
E40: What’s Your Life Changing Goal?
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we work with new customers, we often help them to answer this question: What’s your life changing goal? In business, we’re often too fo...
E39: Remove Your Key Person Dependencies
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest sources of stress in the workplace? Key person dependencies. A key person dependency is simply when your team or business is ...
E38: Stop the Same Mistakes From Happening Again and Again
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s nothing more frustrating than seeing the same mistakes happening again and again. And it hurts in so many ways… Team members end up:...
E37: Don’t Think You’re Process Oriented? Think Again
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many small business owners describe themselves as being “not very process oriented”. Not true! As a business owner, you inevitably end up: ...
E36: How to Explain What Your Business Does, with Garth Jemmett
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you find it easy to summarize what your business does? And can you do this with a simple message that really connects with your audience? Whe...
E35: When Should a Business Start Working on Their Processes?
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most businesses wait too long before they really put a spotlight on sorting out their processes. The result? Failed hires Lots of mistakes Le...
E34: Most Leaders Can Free Up 15 Hours Per Week
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest sources of stress for business leaders is simply time. There’s never enough of it So, what if I told you that sorting yo...
E33: Holding Onto Great Candidates You Can’t Hire Right Now
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What to do you do when you have a great job candidate, but can’t hire them right now? If you’re like most businesses, the answer is nothing. ...
E32: The Easy Way to Manage Job Applicants
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At AirManual, we get over 1000 applicants for some job roles, which is awesome! But how do we manage the process? Here are 3 things we don’t d...
E31: How to Assess Someone’s Capability to Do the Job
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever hired someone, and then discovered that their skill level is way below what you imagined? This happens… a lot. The culprit is no...
E30: How to Interview for Culture Fit
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to interviewing job candidates, we’re looking to answer 2 questions: Does this candidate have the right skills for the job? Are t...
E29: A Simple Way to Define Your Core Values
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go about defining core values? Here’s a simple 4 step process: List out the people in your organization that really shine. Don’t...
E28: Why [Clear] Core Values Are a Game Changer
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When used correctly, company core values are an absolute game changer. Some great examples: Amazon: Customer obsession; Hire the best; … Met...
E27: How to Review Skills-fit Before the First Interview
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Before we interview a job applicant, we want to test 2 things: Are they a good fit for our organization? Do they have the key skills we need in t...
E26: Don’t use CVs or resumes to filter candidates (!)
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At AirManual, we often receive over 1000 applications for one job opening. So we need an efficient way to filter this list down and make a great hi...
E25: How We Get over 1000 Applicants for Every Role
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AirManual, we get over 1000 applicants for each job. It’s not because we’re a household name (we’re not — yet!) And it’s not because w...
E24: What Is an A-Player and Can I Really Afford to Hire One?
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to recruitment, we love to throw around the term “A-player”. We want to hire A-players! We need more A-players! We only hire A-pl...
E23: How to Manage Effectively When You Wear Many Hats
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Within an organization, it’s common for one person to have more than one role. We sometimes call this wearing more than one hat. And in a really ...
E22: How to Manage Your Employee Onboarding Process
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are a lot of different people involved when getting ready for a new joiner! How do we make this easy to manage? First, work out exactly wh...
E21: How to Make Employee Onboarding Self-Service
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our top tip for employee onboarding? Put the new joiner in the driving seat! With self-service onboarding: New joiners can move at their own pa...
E20: How to Start Employee Onboarding Before Day One
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When should employee onboarding start? A common mistake is to kick it off when the new joiner walks in the door for the first time. At this poin...
E19: The Essential Steps for a Role Onboarding Process
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you plan employee onboarding for a specific role, you need to consider both the short and long term goals. On day one, the new joiner will be ...
E18: The Essential Steps for a Company Onboarding Process
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are the essential steps for a company onboarding process? The 5 key areas to include are: 1️⃣ Meet the team 2️⃣ Set up tools 3️⃣...
E17: Why Software Engineers Hate Documenting (And How to Help)
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most software engineers and managers hate documenting. More than that… they openly distrust that the effort of documenting will ever pay off. ...
E16: How to Deliver Employee Onboarding That Doesn’t Suck (And Frees Up 100s of Hours of Your Time)
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you deliver employee onboarding that doesn’t suck? 5 guiding principles that make all the difference: 1/ Hold teams accountable for the...
E15: Why Most Employee Onboarding Sucks!
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most companies do a bad job of employee onboarding. We want new employees to be excited, motivated, and confident in their new roles… Yet many...
E14: Stop the Rot: How to Make Sure Content Doesn’t Go Stale
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Documented processes are one of your best tools for reducing business stress. But if they’re not maintained, they’re worthless. So how do w...
E13: How to Make Sure Documentation Actually Gets Used (!)
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Documentation... a nice idea, but never gets used, right? When that’s the case, documentation actually slows down your business. Days, weeks...
E12: How to Create Checklists Your Team Will Love 😍
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The best way to document your team’s tasks, training and onboarding? Checklists. But how do you write a good checklist? How much detail is ...
E11: The Pyramid of Guidance Your Team Needs
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most employees work out how to get things done by… … asking their manager … asking colleagues … trial and error (and sometimes being correc...
E10: The 8 Reasons Why Most Documentation is Doomed to Fail (Part 2)
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are 8 reasons why most documentation is doomed to fail: It’s not obvious where content should go It’s not focused on your biggest busin...
E9: The 8 Reasons Why Most Documentation is Doomed to Fail (Part 1)
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You've probably tried documenting some of your processes and best practices in the past. But it’s not worked out… People ignore the documen...
E8: When the S**t Hits the Fan: How to Reduce Stress When Faced with Major Incidents
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What should your business do when a major incident happens? Perhaps your website’s gone offline. Or your laptop with client data on has been s...
E7: The Agenda for a Really Effective Team Meeting
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you feel like your team meetings could be better? The time you spend in meetings is a huge opportunity to motivate the team, remove conflict, ...
E6: Meetings Are Your Friend (— Here’s How to Use Them)
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do you value the meetings you attend with your team? Do the biggest issues get tackled? Do you always feel less stressed after the meeting than ...
E5: Don’t Blame Your Colleague (It’s a Process Issue, Not a People Issue)
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever been frustrated with someone at work? I’m going to go out on a limb and say… it’s not (entirely) their fault. There’s normally a bi...
E4: How to Deal With Issues (And Avoid Conflict)
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The one thing that you can guarantee in business, is that issues are going to come up. And you need a way of dealing with them so that: They get re...
E3: The Types of Task You Should Be Delegating
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When we get busy as business leaders, we often forget one of most powerful tools we have to free up time: Delegation. Today, we’re going to look ...
E2: How to Free Up 15 Hours (Per Week!)
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's look at how you can free up 15 hours of your time… Every. Single. Week. --- Want to learn more? Join our weekly webinar and we'l...
E1: How to De-stress Your Business
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Want to de-stress your business? Join us and find out how to: 👉 Free up your time 👉 End the groundhog day of constant fire-fig...