Connected Advice

In this episode Paul Redmond introduces a powerful tool to combat overwhelm and complexity: the Clarity Map. This single-page visual snapshot captures your entire financial world—businesses, personal wealth, family structures, professional advisors, and strategic goals. Paul explains how creating this map reveals surprising gaps, uncovers opportunities, and provides immense relief by putting you b...

In this episode Paul Redmond introduces a powerful tool to combat overwhelm and complexity: the Clarity Map. This single-page visual snapshot captures your entire financial world—businesses, personal wealth, family structures, professional advisors, and strategic goals. Paul explains how creating this map reveals surprising gaps, uncovers opportunities, and provides immense relief by putting you b...

Host Paul Redmond tackles one of the most crucial yet avoided conversations for business owners: discussing wealth and succession with their families. He reveals why having a perfectly drafted will or tax plan is not enough and how silence can lead to financial fallout and emotional strife. Paul provides a practical, four-step blueprint for running a productive family meeting that fosters clarity...

In this episode of the Connected Advice podcast, host Paul Redmond is joined by George Skelton, tax partner, to explore the pitfalls of short-term tax planning. They discuss why focusing solely on annual tax deadlines often leads to missed opportunities, unnecessary stress, and financial inefficiency for families and business owners.  George shares real-life examples of how long-term strategies—li...

Welcome to Connected Advice, the podcast that explores the powerful transformation that happens when family, business, wealth, and legacy are brought into alignment. Hosted by Paul Redmond—an accountant, strategist, and creator of the Connected Advice framework—this show moves beyond surface-level solutions to ask the deeper questions that truly shape your future. We believe the future isn't f...

In this episode, Paul Redmond breaks down why reactive, year-end tax scrambling is costing business owners thousands—and how shifting to a *3-year tax strategy* can unlock growth, protect wealth, and turn compliance into a competitive advantage. Learn how to use tools like holding companies, R&D credits, and entrepreneurial relief to build lasting value—not just annual savings. Key takeaways:...

In this episode, Paul Redmond and tax expert George Skelton dive deep into the power of holding company structures for Irish SMEs. Discover why separating your businesses under a group umbrella isn’t just for multinationals—it’s a game-changer for risk management, tax efficiency, and growth. Key takeaways: Tax-free exits: How the participation exemption lets you sell a subsidiary tax-free (yes, re...

In this episode, Paul Redmond and Dan Daly dive into why *90-day advisory cycles* are the "Goldilocks zone" for business owners—long enough to drive meaningful progress, yet short enough to sustain momentum. Discover how this rhythm transforms fragmented advice into connected impact by aligning health, wealth, and relationships with business goals. Key takeaways: Why annual check-ins fail...

In this episode, Paul Redmond sits down with George Skelton, Tax Partner at RDA Accountants, to demystify Revised Entrepreneurial Relief —a game-changing tax break that could save business owners up to €230,000 when selling their company. Discover why 1 in 4 entrepreneurs miss out on this relief, the critical qualifying criteria (like the 5% shareholding rule and active involvement), and how to av...

In this insightful episode, Paul Redmond and Dan Daly dive into the critical role of connected advice in professional services. Paul shares his 40 years of experience to explain why even the best advisors often fall short when they operate in silos—and how this disconnect leaves clients feeling overwhelmed. Discover why accountants are uniquely positioned to act as the "connected advisor,"...

In this conversation, Paul Redmond and Dan Daly are joined by Kent Ashmore of Ashmore Financial to discuss the intricacies of wealth management and financial planning, emphasizing the importance of a family office approach. They explore risk management, the significance of connected advice, and the client journey in financial planning. The discussion highlights the necessity of protecting income,...

Host Paul Redmond sits down with Gavin Dixon, founder of Business IT Solutions, to tackle one of the most critical (and often intimidating) topics for business owners today: how to strengthen your cybersecurity and lock down your data—without locking down your team. In this practical, no-jargon conversation, they break down: ·        Why multi-factor authentication (MFA) is non-negotiable—and how...

We bring the first season of crunch My Numbers to a close and your host Paul Redmond will give you a quick retrospective of the most important lessons from the season. The central markers of successful life and business are health, wealth and relationships  and Paul will walk you through these markers and relate them to the 4 phases of a business; startup, growth, scale and harvest. Examining the...

As 2024 comes to a close, this episode of Crunch My Numbers focuses on preparing yourself and your business for a successful 2025. Host Paul Redmond dives into the challenges of year-end "fog," where fatigue and reactive planning can hold you back, and introduces a fresh quarterly pivot strategy to create clarity and purpose. Learn how to renew, refresh, and reinvent your approach to healt...

Starting a business is an exciting time, you have a service or product you’re passionate about and excited to share with the world. But if all goes well and business grows you start to face new challenges. You become overwhelmed trying to provide the service customers need, your focus can slip and you start to struggle. This is the transition from startup to growth phase and it can be very challen...

The world is changing faster than ever as technology becomes more accessible, and the lastest area of growth is new methods of Automation through AI. As AI becomes more prevalent it’s important as a business leader to examine and adapt new technologies, test them in your business and adopt them if they are suitable, while always being prepared for the next breakthrough and be ready to move on. In...

While many business owners start their business to free themselves from the rat race and support their families, they often find it difficult to achieve a healthy balance between looking after their family and personal lives and their business. The needs of the company feel pressing and urgent while family, our biggest source of support, gets left alone because they should understand the situation...

When you’re starting your business, your biggest concerns are getting work and keeping busy so you will say yes to any client and opportunity that comes along, sometimes even if that ‘opportunity’ is outside your usual scope or not something you want to do. But if you do this for too long you will soon find yourself overwhelmed and stressed out, missing time with family, impacting your health and...

While business often involves risk, we work to minimise those risks. But often others may be hidden in areas of the business outside of where we usually look. There may be industry specific risks in a business, or changes in regulation in compliance standards may change risk profiles. Even technological changes can expose hidden risks, like increased connectivity may leave data exposed. And in thi...

Do you know what a Freedom Number is? In this episode, we explore this essential concept that helps you define the financial and lifestyle goals necessary for achieving true independence. Whether you're aiming to support your family, live your ideal lifestyle, or plan for retirement, every goal needs a clear number to aim for. We break down how understanding your Freedom Number—both personally...

One of the largest sources of stress in a business is when a business owner’s personal and business goals are misaligned, when there’s a tension between looking after the family and taking care of business. And in this episode Paul Redmond will take you through a process on how to fix this misalignment with the Goal Alignment Bridge Model. Disconnected personal and business goals can lead to reduc...

Often the day to day challenges of a business mean that longer term planning can get forgotten. A business can be running well at a glance, but lack of direction means that time can get away from you and you don’t achieve as much as you should in your business. You can get overwhelmed and your business doesn’t grow. And this episode Paul Redmond is going to give you a simple model, the Strategic D...

Running a modern business can be extremely complex and owners now need many different skills and need to fill many roles in their business while also juggling their team, life and family. This episode Paul Redmond will introduce you to a simple and actionable model to help you take control of the complexities of your business, focus on what’s important, delegate what can be delegated and reduce th...

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by business and personal finances, the problem may be lack of financial clarity. If you don’t know the actual state of your business it can be difficult to make decisive, effective decisions. So if you find yourself lying awake at night, not knowing where your business stands join your host Paul Redmond as he walks you through the fundamentals of putting together a...

In this episode Paul Redmond sits down with Kent Ashmore of Ashmore Financial to talk about the importance of protecting yourself, your family and your business in the event of a crisis like illness or death. Kent shares the story of losing his wife, and how being prepared for the worst meant that he could focus on her and the family in the worst time of their lives, and Paul’s own experience with...