Handpicked with Naomi Simson

I’d met Melody as part of a formal mentoring program a few years back and it is so delightful to see the growth she has achieved. She has some great questions about building her two-sided marketplace between local stores and customers. People and businesses do want to buy from local and regional businesses, but they do not want a shoddy customer experience. I talk about the new role that ‘bricks and mortar’ retail plays. We touch on vivid stories and how to get people talking about you as well as Australia as a nation of innovators and inventors.

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That's the question Bill wants to ask Naomi? 

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Katherine wants to know when the right time is to stop running her home office and lease an office?  

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Naomi is now taking your questions in this series of Handpicked to help you navigate Covid.

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Nick is driven by a sense of purpose, he and his team know that because of the work they do they are changing the lives of many people with mobility issues. You can hear his commitment to his customers and community. At 13 years into his business ownership journey, he wants to know what will take his business to the next level. Nick knows that to invest in an external CEO could give him the space he needs to work on strategy, vision and relationships but how will he know if it will be successful? He ponders about the ‘imposter syndrome’ and self-talk and asks what I do to manage negative thoughts. We also have a robust conversation about being challenged to greatness.

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Over coming imposter syndrome

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Michelle emailed Naomi to say she is too busy and she wants to know if she’s working on the right stuff? 

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Naomi is now taking your questions in this series of Handpicked to help you navigate Covid.

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Tash in Victoria wants to know if she should close her business? The pandemic has hit them hard and she wants to know her options.  

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Naomi is now taking your questions in this series of Handpicked to help you navigate Covid.

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Ginger Rogers, dance partner of Fred Astair, famously said ‘I did it backwards and in heels’ Louise has designed a fabulous shoe for women on their feet – a lot. She has been in business for 8 years and is doing the design, distribution and development herself. She wants to take the next step with her business. In this episode Louise asks me to put ‘marketing consulting’ hat on for her business. She challenges me on the single-minded value proposition for her clients and asked me to develop a tag line on the fly.  We talk about how and where she could find customers cost effectively. She knows to grow she will need to recruit someone, and she asked about bonus structures and compensation. And finally, she asked about time and balance. This interview is full of passion and connection it shows the deeply personal side to making a dream a reality.

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Scaling Up Compensation 
Subtitled 5 Design Principles for Turning Your Largest Expense into a Strategic Advantage

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Dimitri wants to know if now is the right time to scale his business in South Australia?. He is lucky to have good cash flow and steady growth but he wants more and wants advice on if now is the right time?

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Naomi is now taking your questions in this series of Handpicked to help you navigate Covid.

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In this episode Naomi answers Rita in Brisbane’s question about how to control your Cash Flow in Covid.

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Sam and Lucy want businesspeople to plan differently (Plan.D). They are encouraging people to think outside the box. I love their product, the research, design, and creativity of this planning tool is world class. But they have questions. How and when should they make it their full-time job. Is it better to have one project or be working on many things? Is there a gender or age issue to success and how to overcome it. And what about ‘terminal days’ of doing things you have always wanted to do – how do you get on to completing your bucket list… and I answer all this in this wonderfully warm and energetic conversation full of enthusiasm and passion for business owners being successful. Change your behaviour change your world

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