The Upperlimits Show

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations,   Nick provides a four-step process to increase your successes when it comes to submitting and winning tenders and quotes. What is your ideal target for tender submission?   What can you learn from previous wins and losses?   What will help increase your chances?   Know your limits and work to your strengths. Get your notebook ready an...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations, Nick and Chris break down the issues of "creating or consuming" in business. Ask yourself, do you consume more than you create? And if so, is it a bad thing? Do you have everything from socials to podcasts on the go, that is, your own creations? Or are you forever scrolling socials, a voracious listener of e-books – a tireless consumer...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations, Nick speaks with very special guest, Dr Angela Lauria – founder of the Author Incubator.  Angela recounts her life story; spring-loaded with inspiration and an immense wellspring of single-focused energy.  You'll learn how Angela's mid-life autism diagnosis allowed her to touch the lives of thousands of people. And having helped more t...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations,  Nick speaks with Justin Sehmish from Resurgent Consultancy. A former Officer in the Australian Defence Force and previous political staffer, Justin brings valuable insight to growing businesses in both the government and private sectors.   With their eye on the political sphere surrounding grants and contracts, Resurgent's knowledge h...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations, Nick and Chris get into the nitty gritty of decision-making.  How do you make your business decisions? Are you struggling with decision fatigue? Would you like to make faster, more accurate decisions? If you are stewing and procrastinating, losing money or credibility on delayed decision-making, you need the quick Three T's…   Find out...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations, Nick and Chris talk about how you can lose your mind but still be in the moment. They're not talking magic mushrooms; it's the process of taking yourself off autopilot and momentarily removing the monotonous strain of business routine.  In this very different episode of Coaching Conversations,  you'll learn that priority management has...

EPISODE IN BRIEF How susceptible are you to peer pressure? Are you a follower or a leader? Do you find yourself leaning on advice or do you back yourself? In today's episode of Coaching Conversations,  Nick and Chris break down how we respond to the business opinions of others.  You'll learn how the energy of unsolicited or poor advice can demoralise trust in your own instincts. And you'll learn h...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations, Chris leads the discussion with the concept of powerful self-talk. It can truly help you achieve more in life and business. Learn how mental endurance and toughness will nourish and create the "calloused mind'. An almost unstoppable strength that allows you to squeeze more out of your precious time.   If you are not wringing every oppo...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations, Nick and Chris talk about "being the change you want to see in the world" – or, in this case… your "business" When faced with friction and adversity, you can learn to dig deep and be 'the change'. There are strategies to stop repeating the same behaviour and spinning negative thoughts day-to-day, week-to-week. Compromise is the number...

EPISODE IN BRIEF In today's episode of Coaching Conversations, you'll learn why feedback is the fuel for growth. Reacting negatively to feedback is a business red flag; improvement comes when you listen and filter feedback so you can learn and apply something new. So, how do you use feedback constructively? How can you accept feedback with an open mind? How do you recognise when feedback is not pe...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Today's episode of Coaching Conversations takes us step-by-step through the winning formula of step-by-step! None of this is game-changing but when business owners, get caught up in the high-paced, do-it-now / want-it-now mentality, how do we circle back to the step-by-step formula? It's simple. Success in your business will be determined one significant movement at a time. It's a...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Today's episode of Coaching Conversations switches it up with Chris and Nick challenging the notion of 'distraction' and elevating the need for focus.  Why have so few of us mastered the skill of focus and attention? Chris presents some eyebrow-raising reasons and solutions as to why it's so difficult to truly focus in modern business – and modern life. We must all realign to focu...

EPISODE IN BRIEF   Today's episode of Coaching Conversations brings two great minds together to talk `software on site'. Nick from Up Coach invites Julian from Buildxact to join the conversation! Learn how the right construction management software can help you run construction projects, from take-off to invoice!  Re-claim time for re-setting goals early in the year and discover why the nuts of bo...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Welcome to 2023 – Time to re-focus and re-invent our business selves early in the New Year! That's the message from Australia's favourite business mentors, Nick and Chris from UPCOACH. Today, they're keen to help you shake it up early, showing you how to change gears by reviewing and refreshing what you've always done - but also putting on the breaks - so you can look at different...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Welcome! Nick and Chris reflect on the year that was as we wind down our businesses for the holiday period. The Upcoach masters share their most powerful - and surprising – insights from the past 12 months. Much of the year was far from easy for small to medium-sized businesses. Today's episode of Coaching Conversations is choc-full of golden takeaways; a reminder of why we do wha...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Today, Nick speaks with special guest, Dru Morgan from Morgan Business Sales. As a specialist business broker, Dru has helped thousands of business owners prepare their businesses for sale. Over 25 years, he has created systems to help scale operations and developed exit strategies so business owners can realise their hard-earned and long-awaited freedoms. Today's episode of Coach...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Today, Nick and Chris get into the nitty gritty of evolving your brand. Are you hustling to make sales and ensuring you remain profitable at the expense of developing your brand? Have you given thought as to how you can create fame for your business – and to hero your brand for extra sales leverage? Today's episode of Coaching Conversations is more of the terrific Up-Coach wisdom...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Today, Nick and Chris talk discuss business trends in 2023 and how collaboration can be a vastly superior strategy to competing in non-busy periods. How do we, as business owners, lift each other up and truly get through tough times together? By looking differently at your two biggest outlays of rent and wages plus cash flow and materials, you'll see a wider picture and a new way...

EPISODE IN BRIEF Today, Nick and Chris discuss `what hat to wear when' as you go about running your daily business. How do you break down responsibilities and roles? Are you still wearing every hat (as you did from day one?) This episode asks you to consider the number of hats you wear daily; from your business leader hat to sales…. to your recruiting hat. Learn how to rewire your thinking so that...

Time Code/Show Notes 0.35 From the Evolve Upper Limits Mastermind with Sean Wilson from Better HR. 1.20  Sean introduces his role inside Better HR and how the company strives to be the best in industry. 4.10   Why is Human Resources so important to the success of your business. Your employees and your contractors are all part of your workforce; anybody in your business is part of your HR.   5.42 ...

Time Code/Show Notes   0.35   Evolve Upper Limits Mastermind with Natasha Marsh from QMS Services. 1.10  From studying a Masters in WHS to auditing and working with the NDIS, Natasha's professional purpose has been to help as many people as possible.           2.12  QMS Certification Services; who are they and what do they do. 2.40  If you're in building and construction, health and fitness or edu...

Time Code/Show Notes   0.35  The Evolve Upper Limits Mastermind , presents Gary Bigelow `If it aint broke – break it' … 1.40  Gary opens with some nostalgic working memories and a case study in how he saved a business 7K a week by deconstructing it and making it work better. The brain of an engineer will tell you that this is the solution every day. 6.50  The story of the IBM kid who demanded he w...

Time Code/Show Notes 0.35   In this episode from the Evolve Upper Limits Mastermind , Dru Morgan of Morgan Business Sales talks about what you need to know before you sell your business. 1.25  An overview of Dru's business acumen and rapidly scaling expansion into international markets.     3.45  How can you make your business high value and easy to sell. 4.43  The canoe analogy is worth revisitin...

Time Code/Show Notes   0.35   In this episode from the Evolve Upper Limits Mastermind ,                      Chris Herbert dives deep into sustainable entrepreneurship.       1.20  Chris begins with an interesting case study about Ben, a business owner `on the tools' with a hard-working ethic, but little cash and no clear vision of what success looked like. 8.00  86 percent of Australians are expe...