The Working Hours Podcast is the brainchild of Simon T at Western Studios in Leeds. It is a a podcast series surveying the people of Leeds on their thoughts and feelings on the topic of work. “I want to talk to my city about work. Why do we do it? Do we like it? What could we do differently? What will we? How does work change and how does it change us?”

I spent almost an hour with Simon discussing a huge range of topics, that will provoke lots of thoughts in your mind as a business owner. Amongst some of the usual topics that you might expect, we also covered eat your vegetables, ‘don’t press that button’, spinning plates, eating at Greggs versus a local sandwich shop and buying a Harley Davidson!

Give it a listen below, or if you’d rather listen on your favourite podcast player, see the links below the image.

You can listen to the above on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts or Spotify.

If you’d rather not listen to the whole interview, the key topics discussed are listed below, with approximate timings.

• What did I want to be when I grew up? (00.00)
• Did I have anyone as a business role model when you were growing up? (00.30)
• What am I doing now and how do I help Business Owners? (1.10)
• How does my role compare to what a NED does with a board of directors? (3.10)
• Why having an accountability partner is important to all Business Owners (4.50)
• What type of Business Owner is ideal for my service? (6.15)
• Why making mistakes in business is important (8.45)
• The journey to starting my business (10.00)
• The accidental launch of my business (12.00)
• The launch of Phil Fraser, the Business Sounding Board (13.45)
• Emotional detachment and the story of the sale of the business (14.15)
• What type of business deal structures are there? (17.00)
• Voluntary work after the sale of the business (18.30)
• Launching a Business Sounding Board offering (20.30)
• Who benefits most from a Business Sounding Board? (22.00)
• Business challenges, boredom and shiny new objects (24.00)
• Angel investing and ‘grey hair’ money (27.30)
• The pricing structure for our launch business and the benefit of flexibility (30.30)
• The benefits of a lifestyle business and ‘Know, Like, Trust’ (35.00)
• The work-life balance conundrum (38.00)
• Who will tell you that your baby is ugly? (40.30)
• What is the problem that your company is solving? (44.00)
• How do you distil your benefits to explain to customers and the shortlist of one (50.00)
• The benefits of creating your own niche (54.30)
• Brexit and its effect on my clients (1.00.30)
• What is the type of person that a Business Sounding Board would benefit most? (1.02.00)
• When a Business Owners feels ready to use a Business Sounding Board (1.03.50)
• Climate change and business (1.08.30)
• What does perfect look like for your business 12 months from now? (1.11.15)

If you found this interview of interest you can see and hear more of my discussions, interviews and webinar appearances here.

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