Practising The Art Of Small Business

In this episode, Shannyn and Julie tackle the frequent complaint made in frustration by many small business owners; "My staff are crap but I don't have time to manage or train them!" Now, we know they this is not literally what business owners and managers think of the people they work with. However, managing people and customers and a business can often lead to frustration and stre...

In this episode, we ask the question of whether anyone ever needs a business coach. What's the value? What do they do? How do you find one? All these questions, and more, are answered in this conversation.  Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Work with Julie Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Julie Parker Practice Success. https://juliep...

In this episode, we talk about what the value of values is. Both in our personal lives and in our businesses. Tune in and discover how to identify your values, how they impact the operation of your small business and how to foster them with your team.  Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Work with Julie Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Juli...

In this episode, Shannyn and Julie discuss the Kaizen concept of Constant And Never-ending Improvement - CANI. Julie shares what she sees as the essential steps for improvement and Shannyn speaks about operant conditioning, a psychological concept developed by B F Skinner, an American psychologist.  Go here for more information about operant conditioning: https://www.psychologized.org/everyday-exa...

In this episode, Shannyn and Julie discuss the skills you can develop as a business owner or manager to build your authority with your team Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Work with Julie Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Julie Parker Practice Success. https://julieparkerpracticesuccess.com/ Work with Shannyn Shannyn Merlo is a business...

Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Work with Julie Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Julie Parker Practice Success. https://julieparkerpracticesuccess.co... Work with Shannyn  Shannyn Merlo is a business coach and consultant and founder of Inspired Outcomes Consulting.  https://inspired-outcomes.com/contact/ Go to our website for previous e...

This is Shannyn and Julie's attempt to create a SHORT episode. Despite all good intentions, it still lasts nearly half an hour. BUT, it is wildly informative and entertaining.  This SHORT episode discusses WIPs, or Work In Progress.  WIPs can be a powerful way to keep track of projects and maintain momentum. During the episode, you discover why WIPs are effective and how to conduct them in yo...

Have you ever dealt with someone who is difficult to deal with?  Are you difficult to deal with? Would you know if you are? Your impact on your dealings with others can have a fundamental impact on your success.  Join Shannyn and Julie for their stories and thoughts on people who are - and those who are not - easy to deal with.  During this episode, Julie mentions the Jordan Peterson 'Self-Au...

Our experience of life comes directly back to the choices we make.  Are your choices making life hard?  Or, have you discovered the empowering choice to choose so you have an incredible and enjoyable journey? Listen to Shannyn and Julie's conversation about how you can claim your life as your own through the choices your make. Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants...

There are a thousand things small businesses and entrepreneurs can do to assist in their quest for success. However, sometimes the things that are holding us back run a little deeper. In this episode, Shannyn and Julie look at why some of us could actually be avoiding success because subconsciously, we fear it. Our conversation also covers fear of failure and what we can do to break through these...

Performance reviews can be the cause of anxiety for both the employee and the manager. This episode will give you some of Shannyn and Julie's best tips for a successful outcome.  Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Work with Julie Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Julie Parker Practice Success . https://julieparkerpracticesuccess.com/co...

Are you suffering from burnout? Or just a little singed?  In this episode, Shannyn and Julie discuss what burnout actually is and share their personal strategies to move through it to brighter days ahead.  Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Work with Julie Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Julie Parker Practice Success . https://julieparker...

In this episode, Shannyn and Julie share some tolls, tactics, strategies, and mindset tips that have helped them on their journey. Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Julie Parker Practice Success . Work with Julie Julie offers a range of programs through The Club and Online Courses or contact her to see how...

----- Julie and Shannyn are independent business coaches and consultants. Julie is a Dental Practice Management Consultant, Coach at Julie Parker Practice Success . Work with Julie Julie offers a range of programs through The Club and Online Courses or contact her to see how she can provide holistic support to your dental practice. https://julieparkerpracticesuccess.com/contact-us/ Work with Shann...

In this episode we discuss how to build resilience as we go on the journey of business and life. We discuss what causes the challenges or knocks to our resilience, which may include: Not achieving a goal, such as sales or revenue goals Not achieving what we wanted in the time we wanted Internal thinking that doesn't support the view of resilience When our expectations of our vision don't...

Small business owners often hear the "work on the business not in the business" cliche. It's a cliche, because, we're afraid it's true. Business owners don't often give themselves time to think. The problem with this is that they end up on a reactive treadmill, neither considering what they want, nor working through how to change it. Then, they do change, but it'...

Feedback is not often easy to receive. However, it is a powerful path to progress and get better.  In this episode, Shannyn and Julie discuss their own personal experiences of receiving and giving feedback and offer advice as to how to manage feedback and how to use it to achieve greater levels of success. Have a look at the TED Talk of Jia Jiang - 100 Days of Rejection. https://www.youtube.com/wa...

In this episode, we tackle the question of how to get things done and achieve progress when something isn't in the "normal" running of the business. We have talked about the Eisenhower matrix before and we revisit this again to help define and undertake activities that are important and not urgent in the business. Most working "on" the business happens in this quadrant, an...

In this podcast episode, Julie and I talk all things team culture and why it's important in your business. What is team culture? We define it as the heartbeat of the organisation and it can be from how we behave with each other - during times of conflict and challenges in the business through to what is acceptable to wear and when we all go out for coffee. Creating a culture is like creating...

When a business owner hits capacity, they can be plagued with challenges of overwork, overwhelm and over-due bills trying to do it all! In this episode, Julie Parker and Shannyn Merlo talk about how to manage the challenges of reaching growth points in your business. Mindset Julie raises a great point around mindset during times of capacity challenges and gave a fabulous reframe. Your goals When y...

It's the start of a new financial year, so in this episode, Shannyn and Julie decided to (SHOCK AND HORROR) mix things up by releasing Episode 23 after Episode 16. Yikes! They thought that instead of talking through planning in theory, they would actually have a live discussion about where the podcast is going and what we want to achieve out of it over the coming six months. Julie and Shannyn...

In this episode of Practising The Art Of Small Business, Shannyn and Julie discuss why we resist having difficult discussions.  We also give you steps to take that can make these discussions not so difficult in the future.  Check out this episode and more on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC55n-uB6z7PXIru8gr0UucQ/featured Contact either Shannyn or Julie anytime. Shannyn Merlo...

Shannyn's overwhelm is something many entrepreneurs and small business owners and managers can resonate with.  Listen to the conversation of Shannyn and Julie, as they develop strategies to face the overwhelming times of business and methods to manage all the things that are creating the overwhelm.  Check out this episode and more on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4M6Jqvs4ASA Contact e...

In today’s episode, Julie and Shannyn discuss what keeps us stuck doing the same thing, or repeating the same patterns that may not be helping us achieve the success we are seeking. Understanding is not enough, which is why we also unpack some suggestions to make progress.  INSIGHTS: Julie shares a story about a practice that had gone through recent changes and some team members remained focused o...

Is it always better done than perfect? What are the exceptions to this productivity rule? Join Shannyn and Julie for their chat about when things have to get done right. Go to Shannyn's website to find the link to her new YouTube channel! https://inspired-outcomes.com/ Contact either Shannyn or Julie anytime. Shannyn Merlo Inspired Outcomes Email: shannyn@inspired-outcomes.com Phone: 0468 375...