Clarity Generates Confidence

Welcome to our new Podcast, Clarity Generates Confidence, where our goal is to bring out the true entrepreneur in you by hearing inspirational stories, business tips and ways to help motivate your mindset, in turn helping you to pursue your dreams and ambitions. During this podcast I will be discussing topics to motivate you in your business venture; including but not limited to, creating the life you want to live, growing your influence, and how to create a successful business and a happy life.

Firstly, let me introduce myself to you. I, Gary Mottershead, I have been coaching entrepreneurs in the Strategic Coach Program since 1996. Over the past 20 years I have coached close to 3000 entrepreneurs and founded GCP Industrial Products. I am confident to call myself a committed entrepreneur and a Catalyst for Growth for my team, clientele, and suppliers. My goal is to inspire and motivate as many people as possible. Because it is not just about being an entrepreneur, it is about finding the confidence within yourself to achieve any goal that you may have.

Clarity Generates Confidence will open your mind up and encourage you to reach your goals as an entrepreneur. Please spread the word about this podcast and if you have any questions or feedback please write to [email protected].

In this week’s episode of Clarity Generates Confidence, Gary Mottershead is joined by VP/GM of North America Nathan Pike. Today’s discussion surrounds the recent tariff developments from the G20 Summit and what they mean to you and your business in the coming months.

Suspension of Tariff Escalation
Over the weekend President Trump and President Xi met at the G20 summit and after some discussion announced the suspension of the tariff escalation for a period of 90-days.

Now it is important to note that this is not a reversal of the existing tariffs, it is simply committing to the new status quo for the next 90-days, at which point the additional tariffs may be dropped or applied.

Continuing To Explore All Options
Although we are committed to ongoing growth and success with our current vendors in China, GCP continues to evaluate other sourcing options outside of China to determine if there may be more competitive options available for our customers.

In October we traveled to China to visit our key vendors, but we didn’t stop there. George Qu, VP Operations traveled to Taiwan and Thailand to explore production options in those locations. It was helpful to confirm that our best option in supply for GCP Products line, even with tariffs, continues to be in China. New doors and opportunities have been opened and GCP will continue to explore options across the globe to provide our customers with a competitive product offering.

Chinese New Year Holiday Shut-Down
– Production offline from Feb. 1-10
– Shipment offline from Feb. 1-17

What Does This Mean For My Business?
In order to ensure you have supply throughout the mentioned holiday and mitigate the increasing tariffs, we recommend you review the below information to best inform your decision making:

I Need My Order to Ship Prior to Chinese New Year:
– Order by December 20th

I Need My Order to Arrive Before March 31st (Tariff Increase):
– Order by January 28th

Thank You For Your Continued Support
We wanted to take this moment to thank you for your continued support and to open the dialogue for any questions you may have.

Warm Wishes,
The GCP Team

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In today's episode of Clarity Generates Confidence, Gary Mottershead speaks to the concept of perception and how what you perceive is not necessarily always the reality of a situation.

In many cases when your worldview is narrowing and you can only see one path forward it is especially important to expand your perspective.

Further discussion hinges on the idea that your mindset and your perception have a significant impact on your outlook and how you go choose to move forward.

In this episode of Clarity Generates Confidence, Gary Mottershead speaks with long-time friend Tracy Quinton, Organizational Strategist and founder of Quinton Group.

Today’s discussion delves into the importance of having a clear path forward for you and your employees, and what that can really mean in regards to keeping a team motivated during turbulence.

Tracy also discusses how to help create clarity when you may not have all the answers, through both her personal and professional experiences working with organizations.

About Quinton Group:
Quinton Group’s focus is on achieving the organization’s objectives through in-depth exploration, strategic analysis of the way forward, implementation of exceptional programs that foster change, and the commitment to work with clients over the long term.

The Partnership for Results System™ is the core of Quinton Group. It is a unique process, whereby the Quinton Group and the client work together to determine a road-map for meeting the organization’s objectives. It consists of six key components, each of which results in a solid deliverable product. The client will gain value at each stage, resulting in complete flexibility to develop with the Quinton Group, the solution that is right for them.

In examining today’s politics of duties the need for communication is one of the most vital things that a business can to do to instill both clarity and confidence in their customers.

In terms of communicating a message there’s an awful lot that we I have learned throughout the 20 years of GCP. I’ve also had the incredible opportunity to coach entrepreneurs across Canada from a variety of industries for over my career with a company called Strategic Coach. From this I have realized there’s a lot that I consciously try to stay focused on both in and out of GCP.

There are certain ideas that we (at GCP) bring focus to when working with both our suppliers and customers – we call these their D.O.S. This stands for their Dangers (things they have fear of), their Opportunities (futures they are excited about) and their Strengths (aspects they are currently confident in).

Something which I consider a core competency of GCP is addressing the current anxieties and fears that our customers may have. We facilitate opportunities through combined efforts with our vendors and customers as well as compliment the existing strengths our partners have.

In continuing on the theme of communication we are happy to announce that this will be the first of a Podcast Series titled Clarity Generates Confidence. Over my years being in business and coaching I have learned that confidence is so hugely important to the overall impact of one’s actions in an organization. When people are clear about what is happening in the world around them and are able to process that information, they are able to move forward with a great deal of confidence. If they aren’t clear, there tends to be a lot of uncertainty and often times confusion and  paralysis.

Our goal is to better communicate with you, our customers, and work with you through these unique times so that not only do you survive these discrepancies, but thrive and continue growth.

Our commitment to you is that we will work with you and your teams through the implementation of the USTR tariffs, to ensure that your businesses remain competitive in your respective market places, with a reliable product supply that retains the highest levels of quality that your customer’s expect from you.

An option that we have consciously decided against in the short-term is the retooling of our supply chain in order to avoid the most recent China duties. Our belief roots in the fact that we do not foresee these tariffs being a long-term strategy employed by the USA, rather a negotiating tactic to force China in a handful of areas, as will be discussed in detail in a further episode.

We believe that the cost-savings are not worth the significant risks that come with quickly changing supply chains. These relationships have been built up over time and our suppliers have earned reputations for both quality and price. We have confidence in our supply chain and for the mentioned reasons we are not actively pursuing or recommending these avenues to our customers in the short-term.

We also encourage our customers to speak candidly with us if this is the route you’re looking to go – as we are happy to discuss the potential risks of either option.

As always thank you for your continued support of GCP and may some of this information provide confidence that you can positively affect change in your organization through these times.

Gary Mottershead