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Tradie Avant Garde exists to Transform Tradieology. Together we are creating a Tradie community that inspires Tradies and their businesses to visualise and then realise their full potential. The Innovative Tradies Club community connects you with Experts, Partners & Industry Leaders all committed to supporting you and your Tradie business by simplifying the business part of business.
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Dec 17, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Real Business Group - Jane Challinor
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Jane Challinor, Chief of Strategy, Real Business Group.
Jane Challinor is one of Australia’s leading business advisors and trainers, with more than 30 years’ experience in business strategy, growth and execution across all industries ranging from motivated start-ups to working with businesses in excess of $100M turnover. She has founded, developed and sold over 12 successful businesses to date, using a proven methodology that has transformed hundreds of her clients’ businesses in Australia, USA and UK.
The foundation of Jane’s success lies in practical strategies that get results fast. At a certain stage of growth, many Tradie business owners find themselves caught in a classic bind between managing everyday operations and securing long-term, profitable growth. When you’re struggling through a sea of daily firefighting tasks, it’s easy to forget one uncomfortable truth: unless you have a business that can already work without you, it’s essentially worthless. Jane has an outstanding track record of helping company owners avoid this trap and secure a path to sustainable long-term growth and ongoing profitability.
Jane’s recipe for long-term success is simple, drive rapid iterative improvement across every operational aspect of the Tradie businesses, boosting customer loyalty and radically improving service and product quality along the way. Her clients often double or triple the profitability of their business in less than 12 months, without pressure on internal resources. She has a laser focus on strategy, with plans that keep business owners accountable and help them develop the skills they need to achieve their goals.
Jane’s depth of knowledge is unparalleled, with training in every area of business including sales, marketing, leadership, human resources, business strategy and finance. Whether it’s a start up or established business, Jane works with business owners to refine every detail from the ground up, to ensure the business is both efficient and profitable.
You will enjoy the insights that Jane shares around current and emerging trends impacting the industry and how these may be influencing Tradie businesses with great tips and tricks to encourage you and your business to be better prepared to build a stronger Tradie business foundation and set yourself up to be operating a spectacular and profitable Tradie business into the future.
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovativetradies/
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Dec 9, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Toolbox Talk - Private Clients Services
We have the pleasure of having David McGarGill Managing Director, Luke Robertson Directors of Mortgages join us again for our first Toolbox Talk.
During our catch up in show #15 we discussed current trends impacting financial services and the real benefits of using experts in helping you with personalised solutions for your individual and business finance. Talk through the types of loans and services that will best meet your needs, some great tips and tricks to getting your personal and business finances in order. How change has transformed the finance industry and really focusing on the importance of setting up your finances from the very start.
During this show we really focus on the most current situation and the emerging trends in the financial environment.
Private Client Services Australia Pty Ltd is a well-established company with over 100 years of combined experience among the team. This experience will give you the satisfaction of knowing you are dealing with professionals who know their industry.
They have been assisting Tradie businesses, individuals and companies with their financing needs for over 15 years and have built a company with a compelling reputation that can be relied upon.
All Tradies that run their Tradie business need to hear what David has to share around the most current trends in the financial and loan market that might help you make better decisions on what steps you might want to take and encourage you to get advice that is best for you and your needs.
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Nov 30, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks - Craig Herden - De Jonge Read
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Craig Herden, Strategist De Jonge Read - Specialist Business Consultants. To start with Craig, explain how financial pressure can be debilitating. The stress, the pressure, the fear of losing everything - it can be hard to think clearly. The way forward can look so confusing, so many different unfamiliar terms and jargon, it can seem like people are talking a different language.
A Tradie businesses it is all about managing cashflow and this is one the biggest issues facing Tradie businesses when the working capital and cashflow is not as it should be and does lead into problems that can escalate quickly if not addressed.
Craig then goes into detail about how insolvency advice with De Jonge Read works when facing financial difficulties, it is important to get comprehensive advice that is practical enough to act on. We understand all the options you have available and will give you clear, independent, no-nonsense advice. Everything from small business debt restructuring, business restructures, creditor negotiations, liquidation, voluntary administrations to personal asset protection and bankruptcy – we can help you navigate the minefield of insolvency to ensure you get the best outcome possible.
It all starts with a conversation about what you want to achieve so a comprehensive strategy to address your individual circumstances can be tailor made – all at no upfront cost and with no obligation.
Dealing with insolvency matters can be like playing a game where everyone knows the rules except you. Our team are here to help level the playing field. We will guide you every step of the way and provide that personal support that people need when facing difficult circumstances.
All Tradies that run their Tradie business need to hear what Craig has to share business set up, business restructure, debt restructure and DOCA, controlled exit, informal negotiations, finance options and asset protection strategies. You will be impressed with the relaxed way Craig talks us through all the options and how and why they exist.
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Nov 23, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Radmila Desic AM & NAWIC
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Radmila Desic AM, Past NAWIC National Director and National Vice President, currently NAWIC QLD – Women on Tools and NAWIC Life Member and was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2021 Honours List for her significant service to women in the construction industry, and to unemployed youth.
We have an outstanding catch up with Radmila (Rad) and start out hearing about Rad’s story about her journey as a Tradie in carpentry and joinery and the experiences she had as a woman in this Tradie environment. Rad shares the feeling of empowerment and positivity of seeing the results of the hard work as a Tradie on those job sites. As Rad matured during the trade apprenticeship and sharing her story with other women found many wished they had made similar decisions and didn’t realise it was an option and found so many thought it wasn’t a career for women and the start of her passion and motivation for driving positive change and encouraging more women to enter into building and construction careers.
Rad also shares how she and her husband come from non English speaking backgrounds and tradies who worked hard in the beginning before starting their family and Rad by choice leaving the trade to raise their family but stills holds the passion for the tools, trade and helping out family and friends still today. We talk about the amazing passion and commitment to voluntary work with NAWIC to make a real difference, opening more doors for women, encouraging women to take up the opportunities in Tradie roles, breaking down the stereotypes and advocating across government and industry in the mission of increasing participation.
Rad takes us through all the initiatives, support and activities that she and NAWIC are doing to promote, encourage and engage women into building and construction roles. We also talk about the mentoring and support that they are providing women and the diversity and culture initiatives to help change the fixed mindsets. They are also working with men in the trade with programs to help drive the change, diversity and create new thinking about the recruitment and support in being inclusive leaders in this important change program.
We cover to much to mention here, but promise you will love the insights Rad shares and you will find her passion, enthusiasm and energy is infectious. You will also quickly come to understand why she has been recognised with the Order of Australia medal earlier this year. If you are looking for a role-model in building and construction, you’ve just found it.
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Nov 16, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks - Bambrick Legal
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Suzi Cengarle Senior Associate of Bambrick Legal
Suzi shares her journey in various business roles that ultimately led to her completing her Law degree we briefly touch on the successful services Suzi has completed for her clients. For those of you thinking about studying as a mature aged student there is sure to be some inspiration from Suzi has to share.
When then focus on the Law and what that Bambrick legal as a firm covers all service including commercial and civil litigation. Suzi takes us through what these services are and why you might need to use them. We chat about migration law, family law, estate planning and Suzi explains that they cover all aspects of law.
We then look at the more specific needs of Tradies and the legal options for how you might need to consider setting up your business and the protections you need to consider to protect you and your assets. Bambrick give some specific options for how you might structure your business and protect assets in the event things go wrong. Suzi also shares how setting up the right paperwork and flow is important for Tradies including contracts and how you use these within your business including Terms & Conditions , employment contracts, Service contracts etc.
When then explore companies versus trusts and how this is a conversation you need to have to ensure you set up the business in a way that best meets your current and future needs. Bambrick legal cover the country and can help tradies with their individual and business needs as well as offering Innovative Tradies Club members with a great service. You will enjoy Suzi’s clear and relaxed insights into the law and how Bambrick Legal can help.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovativetradies/
Got a question for Suzi? email it to us at: connect@innovativetradies.club --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 10, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - iElectrical & Communications
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Matt Downie, Director and Founder of iElectrical and Communications
We have an excellent chat with Matt about his journey from apprentice electrician through to award winning business owner with iElectrical based in Adelaide, South Australia.
Matt talks about how he almost become a carpenter before accepting and apprenticeship with Watters Electrical who were the major sponsor of Matt’s Footy Club, Sturt at the time. We talk about how owning a business was something Matt always had the motivation and ambition to achieve and with the support of his wife decided to make the jump from employee to business owner. You will hear a familiar story of Matt subbying in the start for a few days a week as he built his own customer base and operating as a sole trader.
Matt shares the important lessons and experience he gained form Watters and the other Tradie businesses he worked with before making the jump and how his internal drive was a big factor in giving it a crack. iElectrical has been operating for just 5 years and currently employs 18 Tradies with a focus on 2 teams supporting Projects & Service.
Matt shares great insights into managing the current business environment, impacts to growth, supply chain and material costs in the current market. We spend time talking about the importance of people, recruiting, the right people and culture needed for iElectrical. Matt shares how nurturing and servicing the iElectrical customers needs are important to success and the team need to be able to bring value to those needs. Being organised, motivated, having pride and loving what they do have been a real key to identifying and bringing new employees into the business.
Matt continues to provide great insights into brand, image and social media as critical success factors for iElectrical and how this has evolved over the last 5 years. Matt and iElectrical has recently been recognised with Awards including Top 40 businesses under 40 and then awarded South Australia’s Top Sparky by the Advertiser News Group. Matt explains how these awards are really recognition of the entire team and that Jack their apprentice was awarded Apprentice of the Year in the recent NECA SA Awards of which Matt is most proud. Matt does share how these awards are good for building business confidence and creating awareness with clients and prospective clients.
If you are Tradie looking to start your own Tradie business or have been in business for a few years you will get some great tips, tricks and insights from what Matt has to share and sure to help you with Marketing, Branding, People, Customers, Relationships, Networking, Operations and even more.
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovativetradies/
Got a question for Matt? email it to us at: connect@innovativetradies.club --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 1, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - UNIQ YOU & Hutchinson Builders
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Tanya Meessmann, The Chief Executive Officer of UNIQ YOU Jack Hutchinson Associate Director at Hutchinson Builders and Mark Kucks National Indigenous Manager & Social Responsibility, Hutchinson Builders.
The theme for this one is around increasing the participation of women in building and construction trades careers. We get to understand what UNIQ YOU are setting out to achieve in supporting a pipeline for talented women to be attracted, recruited and trained in the trades of construction. UNIQ YOU has identified the current concerning participation numbers of women in construction and is addressing the early pipeline of young women by creating increased education and pathway programs with high school girls at 50 schools in SE Queensland in stage one, with the ambition to scale the rollout across the country. This initiative will connect with 600 – 2000 girls in year one and ramping up to over 10K into the near future.
We also hear about Hutchinson Builders and how they are fully invested in supporting this progress of more talented women into their organisation and what they are doing to correct this under representation of women in construction careers. They have recognised they can make a real difference and as a leader in the industry are committed to making this change real. Jack shares how he sees this approach more aligned to success than just applying a quota without being fully supported with the education and promotion of these career opportunities with young women.
Tanya explains how the UNIQ YOU platform is the key introduction for young women to peruse the advisors, mentors and career options they might like to explore and book in a call with an advisor to start the conversation and the beginning of an exciting journey in a Trades career. The value of the data uncovered in the process will also help UNIQ YOU to fine tune and improve the service and provide greater results as they better understand the needs.
We hear how great Partners like Hutchinson Builders are also critical to driving the ambition and providing the environment for more talented women to enter into the industry. Mark explains how Hutchies is committed to building this foundation to enable those women to enter into roles and building the pathways for them. Hutchies is running “Try Trades” days inviting schools to bring the student to visit sites and experience the opportunities on-site and the chance to get curious and ask lots of questions with some practical exercises to actually using the tools for those trades.
UNIQ YOU and their partners like Hutchinson Builders are opening doors for young women to be attracted to careers in building and construction and helping to build the pipeline to improve gender equality within the industry and improving the numbers of participation.
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Got a question for Tanya, Mark or Jack? email it to us at: connect@innovativetradies.club --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Oct 25, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - The Vaccaro Group
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Genevieve Bruzzese, The Chief Operating Officer of “The Vaccaro Group“
Genevieve has a lifetime connection to the Vaccaro Group as she grew up within the family business started by her parents Sam and Rose Vaccaro. We hear about those early memories and experiences growing up in a family business environment. Genevieve trained as a Lawyer specialising in employment law and practiced law and policy advising at both state and federal levels. Genevieve shares how having experience in a family Tradie business gave her valuable experience when applying those insights into her role as an Employment Lawyer.
Genevieve talks us through the decision to join the family business and how this career change came about. Genevieve helps us understand the motivation and transformation she and Cameron have taken the Vaccaro Group through with a big focus on digitising processes to drive higher quality and productivity, improving communications within and outside of the business. Building the business around an operating system that helps to drive better processes, tracking, job management, accounting, transparency and customer satisfaction amongst many other business benefits.
We discus how Genevieve has taken Vaccaro Group through the ISO accreditation process in Quality and Health Safety and Environment. We gain insights as to why this accreditation is so important to the Vaccaro Group, to their employees and to their customers. As you will hear it is a thorough and detailed process in gaining the ISO accreditation that has significant advantages once it is achieved in ensuring constant quality improvement.
We move onto understanding how Vaccaro Group go about bringing value to their customers with a significant part of this is in being a “start to finish" approach that makes it easy for the Builder and the Home Owner with all the complexities of the build process. This includes electrical design, upgrades, connections, security, air conditioning, EV charging, home theatre, entertainment options plus more . Vaccaro Group have built quality process around all the steps from concept to completion, they take away all the worries.
Vaccaro Group are also committed to training their staff and we chat about what has been set up to ensure the team are skilled in all areas of the businesses offer and customers expectations. They also offer a design studio and design consultants who take the home owners through all the options and upgrade solutions they can consider for each of the spaces in the home or environment. We talk about V Design and the showroom experience that Vaccaro Group offer.
Genevieve provides a great insight into the journey Vaccaro Group have started and how many other Tradie businesses might need to consider as they strive to be relevant to their core customers and markets by creating a competitive advantage, being different to ways others try to operate. The industry is changing and simplifying, digitising and modernising processes and operations is key to long term success.
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Oct 19, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks - Max My Profit with Ben Fewtrell
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Ben Fewtrell , Co-Founder of Max My Profit
Ben starts by telling us about how he started out as a Tradie in the automotive industry before spending some time trying to find the job and career that really excited and motivated him and the start of his learning in building and operating businesses.
In this show we speak with Ben to get a better understanding of what business coaching is and isn’t. Ben describes business coaching as similar to the personal trainer in a gym, business coaching set up the workout you need and holds you to account. That is the first key, business coaching is about accountability. The second key is that qualified business coaches have done it and they know the short cuts, they have an idea of what will work and what might not. Ben shares that there are many disciplines in business and the coach can work with you on them. An example is People, typically the biggest investment in your business and managing people is a skill in its self. Business coaches help you to hone those skills.
Ben does say that business coaching is not for everyone, If you don’t like being accountable, being open minded or have the right attitude, maybe just keep doing what you do as your job (Just Over Broke). Ben goes on to say business coaches don’t have to sell themselves to you but the other way around, why should they coach you and this is all about the mindset and attitude you are taking into the relationship. A business coach will challenge you, get you focused on your goals, want be there to tell you what you want to hear all the time and when your paying them, will be honest with you and keep your focus (Follow One Course Until Successful).
Ben tells us about the difference between business consulting and business coaching. The business consultant looks and tells with advice, whilst the business coach asks and challenges to help you learn and teaches you. Coaching is about challenging you, making you think, improve those skills that will build and grow a better business.
Ben then takes us through the attributes you should be looking for in finding a business coach, the high value of experience, don’t go for an industry specialist, someone you feel comfortable with that you get on with, a coach that has systems and resources you can access. Coaches that cover multiple disciplines, avoid group programs if you can avoid a one on one coach.
Ben then shares with us the more specific tips and trick for Tradies to consider in the fundamentals such as planning, financials, KPI’s, budgeting, cash flow forecasts the very basics. Then move onto to marketing and systems and structuring the business for growth. Ben then takes us through the advantages that Max My Profit can provide Tradies looking to engage with a coach and talks about The Business Exceleration® Coaching program supports you on your business growth journey like no other program. In addition to working one on one with your highly skilled Business Excelerator®, they’ve established a panel of trusted partners to help grow your business, created a detailed and comprehensive e-Learning platform and built a “members only” hub with hundreds of tools and resources making it easy for you to implement strategies as you go.
You will enjoy listening to Ben’s informative chat about business coaching providing some real clarity to help Tradies better understand the potential benefits of engaging a business coach.
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Oct 12, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Harry Karefilakis
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Harry Karefilakis, Managing Director, Kare Group Australia
Harry takes us through Kare Group Australia, a diverse Electrical Contracting business covering construction, service, Maintenance, electrical auditing, security and air conditioning. Harry gives us an early lesson on social media and how using the self described Electrical Extraordinaire and how this has been a springboard to engaging with more potential customers and converting them into clients. Harry shares how LinkedIn still allows organic reach as compared to other platforms that required paid advertising to get a greater reach. We talk about the early resilience that Harry developed before finally getting a chance to start in the industry and received a call from DESA to begin his journey as a sparky.
Harry was awarded the 2020 Winner Melbourne Young Entrepreneur and he takes us through the process that led to being honoured with this title. Harry shares his insights to what it takes to really make it in a Tradie business including hard work, networking, building strong relationships, learning, good people and marketing.
We explore the things that keep Harry awake at night and off course during the Covid lockdowns the real focus on his team of 34 and looking after them with rotating rosters and keeping them going. We also touch on recruitment and Harry shares his insights into attributes that Kare look for and their approach to find people that fit the Kare Group mold ,culture and values. You will hear Harry genuine passion for people and the value his places on his people. Harry invest time into training, supporting and learning for each of his team and shares these stories.
We explore what is happening when the business is performing at its best and what needs to happen to keep this growth and momentum going forward. Structure, organisation and process are the real keys to the success of the KARE Groups success. Process is at the core of everything they do and helps the team to deliver on the businesses needs and customers expectations. Harry shares his passion for business, how as an entrepreneur, he loves the game that is business, loves the challenge and winning. Harry gives an honest view of the challenges that those in the building and construction industry have created with many having cut-throat pricing strategies due to their lack of understanding and business acumen.
Harry tells us about his and Kare Groups “Why” and the rewards that have come from having clarity in the “Why”. We touch on leadership, people, authenticity, empathy, assessing success, processes, growth. You will enjoy Harry’s passion and entrepreneurial approach to business and an amazing focus on the value of his people.
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/
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Oct 4, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks - The Kids Cancer Project with Owen Finegan
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Owen Finegan, CEO of The Kids Cancer Project
Owen is the CEO of The Kids Cancer Project and starts by taking us through his story from Tradie to CEO with Rugby being a highly influential part of that journey. Owen started out when rugby was still an amateur sport, so having a career outside of sport was essential and how Owen saw locking in a trade was the obvious choice. Rugby has been a big part of Owens life with a distinguished career as player and coach that saw him transition from amateur status to professional sportsperson. Owen earned 55 Caps for the Wallabies from 1996-2003, playing club Rugby with Randwick and is an ACT Brumbies legend.
Our focus for this show is on The Kids Cancer Project and Owen talks to us about his last 6 years as CEO including how it all started on an ordinary day in the late 1980s when Col Reynolds AOM was driving his empty tourist coach past the Children’s Hospital in Camperdown, Sydney. After stopping to let tw…
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Sep 27, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Talking Websites with Bloomtools
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Andrew Osborn, Website and Digital Marketing Owner of Bloomtools
Andrew has rich experience in business development, sales and marketing that has progressed into a passion for supporting Tradie businesses to capitalise on and gain greater success online.
We talk all thing websites and get to understand the important things to consider in having a really effective website presence. The first reason for the need foe a website is to develop credibility as a business, sharing your expertise, your brand, what you do, where you do it, including the products and services you offer. It is the showcase of your business, sells your story 24/7, creates enquiries and more business.
One of the main reasons Tradies should have a website is for your business is to increase your business’ credibility. Having a website is an opportunity to make a great first impression to potential customers and gives them comfort that you're a professional and expert business w…
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Sep 20, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - RUOK? with Justin Geange
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Justin Geange an RUOK? Community Ambassador.
Tradies face a range of challenges across their working lives – from job uncertainty to financial pressures, intense physical demands and workplace culture issues. In an industry where stigma is high, these pressures can build up and impact mental and emotional wellbeing for tradies if they don't feel they can talk to others about their struggles.
Justin who is a Tradie, a plumber, speaks openly about the experiences and struggles he had back in 2012, how his boss noticed a change in him and took the steps to help him to get help. This experience led Justin to joining with RUOK? to help others who are needing their story being heard and that it is OK not being OK. We explore some of life pressures that lead to Tradies not travelling so well and dealing with the struggles of life. Justin talks about some of the signs his boss noticed during his struggles and how being out of character led to the convers…
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Sep 12, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Tradie Insurance with PSC My IS
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Sue Yeates from PSC My IS Insurance
We seek to find out what insurance cover Tradies and Tradie businesses need to ensure they are well protected. Sue talks about her experience in all thing's insurance, before focusing on the most common covers that all Tradie businesses need to consider. Sue describes the general insurance maze and the complexity that comes with trying to work out what you need?
We start with “Public Liability Insurance” and what it covers. We then move onto “Product liability Insurance” and why this is also important to consider in your cover. When then move onto “Professional Indemnity Insurance” and the circumstances when you might need this coverage and what it protects. Sue then helps us to understand the other covers that Tradies should consider in their cover including “Tools of Trade Insurance”, “Motor Vehicle Insurance”, “Trailer Insurance”, “Portable electronic equipment insurance”, “Tax Au…
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Sep 6, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Lauren Fahey from NAWIC
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Lauren Fahey from the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)
We get to hear Laurens's journey to becoming the General Manager of NAWIC. Laurens vast experience in behaviour change programs has positioned her well in taking the opportunity to lead the goals and ambitions of NAWIC. Lauren is married to a Tradie and successfully running their Tradie business. Lauren shares her passion for NAWIC and particularly to amazing work all the volunteers are doing with NAWIC which started in Australia in 1995 and has chapters right around the country. We discus what the organisation does, the services, events and functions they provide for their members in the construction industry.
NAWIC is led by a team of passionate volunteers who all strive to help champion and empower women in the construction and related industries to reach their full potential. With Chapters in every state and territory, we are also part of a global network of NAWIC organ…
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Aug 30, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - TradiePad - Technology Training for Tradies
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Clinton Cowin & Scott Simpson from TradiePad
Clinton tells us the story of how TradiePad started and how TradiePad has evolved over the last 10 years. Clinton shares his genuine curiosity around how technology could help the Tradie business he was working in, plus the launch of the iPad that occurred during that time. Scott talks about his journey into TradiePad and a passion for the benefits of software and the opportunities for improvement and benefits that certain software can bring to Tradie businesses.
Clinton talks about how the introduction of iPad really changed the game and the research he did to find options that could be combined with the iPad to build a solution that could simplify the paper-based administration into a digital solution that helped their Tradie business save time, money and a new way of doing business. Clinton talks about how this revolutionised the way their Plumbing business operated and how he saw the potential to tak…
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Aug 23, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Daniel Palumbo from Trade Up Consulting
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Daniel Palumbo, Director of “Trade Up Consulting”
Daniel brings a wealth of corporate experience in the Plumbing Industry with a 22+ year career with Reece Group, the leading Australian distributor of plumbing, waterworks and HVAC-R products to residential, commercial and infrastructure customers through 800 branches in Australia, New Zealand. Daniel takes us through the great experience and learning that this career provided and how it led to Daniel becoming the Chief Operations Officer.
With such an impressive career in the industry Daniel talks about the change that he has observed in the market over that 22 years around technology, innovation and product development. The mobile phone being the biggest change to the way Tradies connect, communicate and order with the branches. Product Innovation has driven productivity and efficiency such as the hot and cold press systems for water and gas, highlighting the fact labour rates are so high in A…
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Aug 16, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Build like A Girl
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Joanne Farrell, Director of “Build like a Girl” & General Manager of Kane Constructions (ACT).
Joanne takes us through her experience as a young woman who chose a career as a Tradie and the real challenges that this decision presented in finding opportunities the traditional fixed mindsets that had to overcome. This experience has fueled Joanne’s passion and commitment to working within the industry to drive change and create opportunities for more talented women to enjoy Tradie careers in building and construction.
We explore Joanne's role as General Manager of Kane constructions in the ACT and the work they are doing in projects and with people to stand out from others. We discus the value of resilience and the essential ingredient of a strong and positive network around you to push through and develop the strength, resilience and support to build on the career.
Joanne recalls her Tradie experiences and network that has led to starting “…
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Aug 9, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - The Vaccaro Group
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Cameron Bruzzese, The General Manager of the Vaccaro Group.
We start out with Cameron sharing his journey from studying a Business Management Degree at UWS and during this time did part time labouring with the Vaccaro Group amongst other part time jobs to get through those Uni years. Cameron became part of the family when marrying his wife Genevieve with Sam and Rose Vaccaro becoming his in-laws and asked Sam for the opportunity to become an apprentice electrician and completed his trade with the company. Cameron quickly built trust and respect within the business and moved into the office of the business before finally becoming the General Manager of Vaccaro Group with Genevieve the COO of the Group.
Cameron talks through the changes, challenges and struggles that the transition of the successful business that Sam & Rose started in 1984 and the need to align with the current needs including technology, process, modernisation and the mindset shifts…
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Aug 1, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Trade-O
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Renee Boardman, The Founder and Director of Trade-O. We get to hear Renee’s journey and experiences as an automotive refinisher Tradie in New Zealand and the move to travelling and living in many parts of Australia before identifying the opportunity to improve the Tradie recruitment process and the launching of Trade-O to help Tradies connect.
Renee takes us through the conversion of this idea into a platform that could meet the needs of Tradie recruitment and the changes that are occurring during the beta stages of the Trade-O platform. We explore the gap in the market that Renee identified, the existing recruitment process limitations, more effectively identifying skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications in this process as the inspiration for starting Trade-O.
Renee talks to us about how finding a job or skilled workers in the construction industry can be tough, which is why Tradie-O is 100% for direct recruitment. With Trade-O there is…
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Jul 25, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - A Commercial Electrical and HVAC Perspective
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Tracey Wyber, Managing Director of Trackie Industries. We start out by getting an understanding of Tracey’s journey in becoming part of the Tradie world and now the Managing Director of Trackie Industries. This story will be quite familiar to the many, many thousands of wives, husbands, partners, families that are operating their Tradie business together. Tracey talks about the transition from Teacher, Mum to four children and the leap of faith into a Tradie business.
Tracey talks about the great opportunities and potential gold mine that Tradie businesses can provide and how their business coach was such an important part of the start out journey. Tracey shares the interesting story on how the name Trackie was introduced as the businesses name and the fondness that has come over time before talking more specifically about the important role Tracey plays in the business and the real focus on the financial aspects of business success. Trackie Indus…
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Jul 18, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Groundplan - Design, measure and estimate your plans online
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Rex Redden, Founder and Director of Groundplan. Rex takes us through Groundplan from start to finish and explains how Groundplan enables Tradies to simply and easily design, measure and estimate their plans online, collaborate with their team online to create visually stunning takeoffs, while Groundplan accurately estimates materials and labour. Rex talks us through how Groundplan is a cloud-based takeoff software serving all Tradies working in the construction trades.
We start out at the top of the show hearing Rex’s extreme story as a young man, which saw Rex winning 3 world titles in his unique Trade background and travelling extensively in those younger years. Post that career, Rex take us through how he moved his focus into business and as a start up company developed Simtrac which was later sold. Rex tell us about the learning from that early business experience and how this led into working with Tradies through his curiosity in the estimati…
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Jul 11, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Tradies in Sight with Bruno Efoti
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Bruno Efoti, Founder and Director of Tradies in Sight. Bruno is an inspiration as you will hear in this show. Bruno is a Tongan born and moved to Australia from a small village of 200 people to be now based in Dubbo, Western NSW. Bruno shares a very personal family story, becoming a chippy and the amazing contribution he and his wife have made in caring for kids.
We talk through how “Tradies in Sight” was created and the very real experiences that Bruno has had, that led to his commitment to making a difference and starting this journey to help others that might have challenges with mental health. Bruno shares how the loss of close Tradie mates through suicide, impacted him and his family, acknowledging his lack of understanding and awareness of this problem at the time and a real desire in better understanding the contributing factors to how and why this happens.
Bruno’s cultural values from his Tonga upbringing, talks about the importance o…
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Jul 5, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Contract compliance and technology with Contraco
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Chris DeVoy, Founder and CEO of Contraco. Chris shares his journey from the Tamworth to Canberra to study business management before working in a large commercial furniture company in the procurement, importing and exporting of furniture. This led Chris into project management and starting his own construction fit-out company dealing with large contracts and projects. Chris found himself in a situation where the business was not paid by a builder on a large project and identified the gaps in his understanding of the complexities of contract terms and the hidden risks of not having enough experience in this area of business.
This experience motivated Chris to build a procedure to ensure other subbies didn’t have to go through the same situation and help them to interpret and be fully clear on the terms of the contract and compliant to that contract. Chris worked with IT gurus to build an App that would enable sub-contractors to be in a better posit…
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Jun 28, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Kimberley Smyth and Hey Sista Plumbing
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Kimberley Smyth, Founder and Director of Hey Sista Plumbing. Kimberley shares her journey from a night shift machine operator to Tradie and her fascinating commitment to achieve this dream of being a Plumber. We talk about the early challenges and experiences of being a female apprentice moving into in a male dominated industry. Kimberley also describes her experiences in the juggling of family and career in the ambition in becoming a Tradie.
Kimberley speaks openly about the importance of confidence and how important it is, to support and encourage this confidence for other women dreaming of moving into trades roles within our industry. We explore those challenges Kimberley discovered in starting her own plumbing business “Hey Sista Plumbing” after working with her husbands plumbing business from apprentice through to qualified Plumber.
We talk about the important niche that Kimberley identified in the market and how she has positioned “He…
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Jun 21, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Maximising Social Media and on-line marketing with Honeyweb
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Steven “Bomber” Hamilton, Founder and Director of Honeyweb. Steven starts by talking about his career and experiences as an AFL Footballer prior to starting on his journey into the world of social media and on-line marketing.
Steven explains the importance of articulating a value proposition that gives a clear message that differentiates your business from your competitors. In simple terms, what are the problems that people have and what are your solutions to fix those problems. Steven talks about developing a strategy that ensures you get found during the search stage and then converted into leads once they find you. Steven highlights the fact that people are spending more time on social media than they are watching television, highlighting the importance in having a good social media presence for your Tradie business.
Following the eyeballs is the secret to getting the attention of potential customers and this is the expertise that a good soc…
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Jun 14, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - B2B Payment options with BizPay
In this show Ash & JW are joined by David Palummo, Executive Account Manager at BizPay. David talks about his time in recruitment consulting and specialising in SME Tradie businesses and the construction industry, during that time he noticed their need for more flexible purchasing options in making payment for those type of services. This led to David connecting with BizPay and it quickly became a natural fit to speak with Tradies about BizPay as a great option for their “business to business” transactions.
David explains that BizPay is “a buy now pay later option for B2B Transactions” David tell us how BizPay works for both getting paid and paying invoices in those B2B transactions and the positive impact it can have on the working capital as you get paid instantly for your products or services and conversely you have 120 days to make payments on your purchases with a small interest rate applied to that transaction. David also explains how simple BizPay is to use and a great…
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Jun 7, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Insights into Tendering with Tender Relief
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Eliza Carbines, Founder and Director of Tender Relief. Eliza is located in Karratha in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and brings a wealth of experience in sales, business development and has spent many years in big industrial industries with vast experience in tendering and bids of $750M plus contracts.
Eliza shares how her affinity with small business started early with her parents running their own small business and the appreciation of what it takes to run a small business and then shares the excitement and passion of working on tenders in a very large multinational business, the size of those deals and the bidding process that is involved. Whilst Eliza loved her work and time with the multinational businesses she noticed a lot of businesses have amazing products and services but didn’t have the skills, experience or knowledge to prepare a tender good enough to win, which has resulted in Eliza starting Tender Relief to help businesses…
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May 31, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Importance of Private Health Cover with Medibank
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Matthew Cooper, Business Development Manager, Medibank.
Matthew is a health insurance expert with many years experience within the sector and a fitness fanatic, particularly running and has a passion for health and wellbeing. Matthew shares how health insurance is important to business owners in looking after the needs of their people, used to engage, attract and retain as well as support their employees.
We discus the considerations that Tradies should make in choosing the right options and inclusions for the best cover that will meet their needs. Being a Tradie can be quite physically demanding and some of those niggles might require Chiro, Physio, massage etc. to better manage the situation and to keep you or your team on the job whilst reducing down time. Matthew highlights the key points of difference between public health care coverage and the key advantages of Medibank's coverage which gives Tradies the peace of mind and priority treatments…
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May 24, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Understanding Estimating with Concept Electrical Estimating
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Clint Hewish, Director and Founder of Concept Electrical Estimating with Jack Clarke, Director of CEE. They share their stories from stonemason and landscapers to Sparky’s to master estimators. They talk about their experience in working with large Tradie businesses and the expertise they developed in electrical estimating and structured processes during that time.
They identified the special skills required to be an effective estimator and an understanding that many Tradies either don’t enjoy estimating or don’t have the required skills to be able to estimate accurately and consistently. This led to the starting of Concept Electrical Estimating which is set up to support Tradies that wish to outsource this function to these experts and make CEE an extension of their Tradie business. 100% of all CEE Estimators are experienced Sparky’s who understand the intricacies of electrical installations and processes ensuring the accuracy and professio…
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May 18, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Trade Business Training with Jeremy Thornton
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Jeremy Thornton, Director of Trade Business Training. Innovative Tradies Club is very fortunate to have Jeremy leading the business training focus for our members and brings a rich history of working with Tradies and Tradie businesses. Jeremy takes us through his beginnings as a land surveyor, civil engineering and project management working with small business and in his search for basic business models and plans, found there wasn’t one that met his needs and was simple to implement. He developed his passion and his extensive experience in business training and insights while working within his family's small business and then into many other SME & Tradie businesses.
He quickly discovered that a large amount of Tradie businesses had great experience on the tools but less knowledge and understanding in business principals and processes which has led him to creating Trade Business Training and working with Tradies to upskill in the key areas of tho…
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May 11, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tales of a Legend with Gary "Buzzy" Busbridge
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Gary “Buzzy” Busbridge. Buzzy has recently retired from Clipsal after an amazing 45-year career with the business finishing in the role of Standardisation Manager which has taken Buzz to all parts of the world and connected him with tens of thousands of Sparkys, Tradies, Wholesaler, Engineers & the broader electrical industry both within and external to Clipsal & Schneider Electric.
Buzz shares some insights to that 45-year journey reflecting on the past and sharing insights into the future. Buzz continues to be the Chairperson for the Wiring Rules chairing the ASNZS3000 Committee.
He reflects on the personal journey he had from the outset as a long-haired surfing Uni student, graduating as an Industrial designer, travel and then beginning with Gerard Industries in 1975 as a draftsman, then into managing the engineering design team for many years before finally moving into the standardisation manager’s role.
For those that know Buzzy, you wi…
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May 4, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Talking outsourcing admin support with Office Shed
In this show Ash & JW are joined by the Director and Owner of Office Shed, Jay McClure. Jay explains how Office Shed provides a specialised outsourced admin support solution for Tradies which includes daily admin support, bookkeeping, job management software set up, reception services and more.
We delve into how Office Shed have been working with Tradies for over 7 years developing a deep understanding of how Tradies work, the best job management systems like SimPRO, optimal admin processes and trades customers’ needs.
Jay helps us to better understand how many Tradie businesses would be much better off focusing on managing their business rather than spending hours on time-consuming administrative or customer service tasks? Outsourcing will free up time to focus on other parts of their business, helping them grow and delivering a better work life balance.
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InnovativeTradies LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin…
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Apr 27, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - The importance of estimating with ePlumbing Estimators
In this show Ash & JW are joined by the Director and Founder of ePlumbing Estimators, Lynton May. Lynton began his Tradie career as an apprentice plumber in South Australia back in 1972 and spent time with several Plumbing businesses before developing his passion for estimating and spent a lot of his time estimating for those businesses and picking up on their systems and processes. Lynton decided to go out and start his own plumbing business where he continued to utilise what he had learned from the experience he gained within the industry. A family issue led to Lynton reconsidering his role in the industry and how he could continue to generate revenue during these challenges.
Lynton had learned from all his industry experience that successful businesses needed a good process and the need to be methodical in their adherence to that process, so he founded ePlumbing Estimators. ePlumbing Estimators can handle all plumbing and drainage estimating needs. They have experience in all facet…
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Apr 13, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Bulletproof My Business
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Cameron Marsden, the Director and Founder of Bulletproof my Business.
Cameron shares his story and experiences in business that found him losing $140K in a non payment of his business and the impact that this event had on him personally that also coincided with a life changing health issue when he was diagnosed with cancer. Cameron shares the transformation that these 2 events had on his life and his perspective on business.
He talks to us about why he started Bulletproof my Business and how he has built a process to prevent bad debt and ensure businesses get paid when they implement this process. We discuss the fact that many businesses are essentially offering credit to their customers without any real protection, recourse or clarity on the terms of trade and the great risk in operating in this way. We discuss how simple the process is and make things so easy that even with absolutely no Credit process experience you can protect your business.…
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Apr 7, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Trades Women Australia
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Fiona McDonald, Executive Director and Founder of Trades Women Australia.
Fiona takes us through her experience and observations as a light vehicle apprentice and shares insights as a young women working in a male dominant industry and the inspiration that came from that experience.
Tradeswomen Australia was established to encourage, recruit and retain women in skilled trade roles that are male-dominated. They support industries to capitalise on previously untapped workers through the engagement of all stakeholders and by leading large scale culture change projects. By recognising the need for change in social attitudes they support businesses to take the lead and remove the barriers for women who wish to enter their trade.
Building relationships and establishing partnerships with business and industry, Fiona developed and implemented strategies to increase the participation of women in trades. With rounded experience, Fiona understands the opport…
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Mar 31, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - A great chat with Amber Electrical Services
In this show Ash & JW are joined by the Directors and Founders of Amber Electrical Mark Cossor & Scott Jones. Mark and Scott have been business partners in Amber Electrical for over 20 years and share their stories from apprentices, starting out and the growth over time as successful Tradie business owners.
We discuss their passion from a young age to own their own business, the experiences and learning they gained from the early days of Amber Electrical, the need to have a good capital base at the start as you build the brand and attract new business and the challenges and rewards in the growth phase. The importance of relationships and business development with their targeted customers and working with other Trades to get the best results whilst onsite.
We dig deeper into the things that they found really matter including "Know your Numbers", Company Values owned by all employees, clear job descriptions, well documented workplace procedures, clarity in expectations, a good recruitm…
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Mar 24, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - A pair of experienced Sparky's
In this show Ash & JW are joined by two very experienced and successful Tradie business owners; Matt McGarry from Nelson Bay Electrical Services & Bob Cross from BCE & CJ Electrical. Both of these Tradies have vast experience in running their own Tradie businesses and share their stories from the early days of starting out, through to the way the businesses look today.
One of the key messages from this show is how they both came to the realisation that the business needed to transform to be be more effective and efficient in its operations. Bob talks about the growth in BCE Electrical that led to the acquisition of the CJ Electrical to build their capacity and that CJ had a business management program already established that ultimately needed to move across the entire business.
Matt shares a similar story about the growth in their business and the pros and cons that come with a larger team as well as the importance of finding the time to make the change to introduce a business manag…
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Mar 16, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - A Builders Perspective
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Tom Purvis, Director and Owner of TRP Upright Construction. Tom takes us through the interesting journey he has made from Tradie to Ambo and then back to Tradie from the south to the north and back again. We discuss the experiences and challenges associated to running a family Tradie business. Tom shares his passion for developing apprentices both within his business and also as a part time educator through the TAFE system.
We also explore the importance Tom has placed on implementing a good business process and why it is so important to running a Tradie business and how it contributes to a better customer experience. Tom also shares some tips and tricks to securing and maintaining a good customer mix and closes out with some really insightful advice on the important factors that contribute to building a successful and profitable Tradie business.
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Mar 11, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Contractors Debt Recovery
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Anthony Igra the Director and Founder of Contractors Debt Recovery. In essence Anthony and his team specialise in helping Tradies secure payments and are experts in their understanding and actioning of the "Security of Payments" Act and work with Tradie businesses who find themselves in the position of needing help in securing payments and debt recovery.
Anthony shares his vast experience and provides tips and tricks insights to help Tradies better manage their business processes and to mitigate the chances of needing to chase payments. In the event you still need to use the services of Contractors Debt Recovery; Anthony shares the types of information, evidence and documentation that is so important in building a case that can be submitted for determination.
Anthony has a real passion and enthusiasm in helping Tradies raise the bar as business owners and a genuine encouragement to build good business process so that they are in the best position t…
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Mar 7, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Insights of a Builder (Joe Dageforde)
In this show Ash & JW are joined by chippy & builder Joe Dageforde the Director and Founder of 4 Shore Projects. Joe has really rich experience in construction and the high pressure world of project management. Joe takes us through some of the challenges life has put in front of him and the actions and steps he has taken in moving from employee to employer when starting his Tradie business.
We explore the real challenges of going from a resource rich company environment to being responsible for everything "I am everyone" when he first started the business. Joe shares some fantastic insights into how he sought out experts in other fields to build a good business foundation particularly around bookkeeping and accounting support to set it up the right way in the early stages of the business.
Joe shares many of the tips and tricks that Tradies who are thinking of starting a business or even looking to grow their business will find extremely valuable and shares some great tales about bu…
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Feb 28, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Health & Nutrition with Health and Performance Collective
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Chloe McLeod the Co-Owner of Health and Performance Collective. Chloe and Health and Performance Collective have a proven track record in working with high performance teams and athletes to ensure their health and nutrition decisions put them in peak condition to perform at their best. Chloe shares this experience in the context for Tradies to consider their health and nutrition options and to enable effective balanced diets and eating habits.
Chloe helps in simplifying the way we can think about preparing and choosing the meals and snacks we consume. We discuss how this intake can improve our energy, performance and health by starting small and building up over time to reach the overall goals and outcomes we might commit to.
Chloe shares insights into the balance of Protein, Carbohydrate, Colours & Healthy Fats, being kind to yourself as you make changes, choosing options you enjoy eating and that are satisfying in meeting your hunger lev…
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Feb 21, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Intellectual Property with Corrs Chambers Westgarth
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Alex Dunlop, an intellectual property lawyer at Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Alex shares his vast experience and real insights that Tradies need to consider when it comes to Intellectual Property (IP). During this show we delve into 4 specific areas of IP being "Trademark" "Patent" "Design" and "Copyright". Alex takes us through each of these elements to help us best understand what they mean, what they represent and why it might be important for you to take action to protect you, your business and your reputation.
On the other side of the coin, Alex provides some insight and potential risks of not understanding their importance and potential liabilities that could apply. If you are new to business, thinking about starting a Tradie business or even a well established Tradie business there is sure to be some insights that will challenge the way you think about IP and more importantly encourage you to take the actions that will best meet your needs.
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Feb 16, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Insights into V8 Supercars & the UTE support series
In this show Ash & JW take a break from the business focus to explore a better understanding into the world of Motorsport in Australia and the exciting 2021 Supercars and support series. they are joined by Craig Dontas, Head of Sales Supercars Australia; Team Principle at Mitsubishi Team Triton & a current V8 Ute driver. Craig has a lifelong connection and career within Motorsport in Australia and shares insights into the upcoming Supercar series, the exciting changes to the Ute series this season and what Mitsubishi Team Triton has been doing to prepare for this years racing.
Craig takes us through the fitness and resilience demands that Drivers require to race at this elite level, the demands and expectations of high performance in a competitive environment and what it takes to be in front of the competition. We also explore the marketing, sales and business elements that are so important to the motorsport industry and share the same relevance in the needs of running a Tradie busine…
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Feb 10, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Construction contracts with Quantum Contract Solutions
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Cian Brennan, the Managing Director of Quantum Contract Solutions. The reality of the construction industry is that 99% of the contracts are either client written “hostile” contracts or highly amended standard contracts. The further down the chain you are, the more the risk is pushed onto you. Quantum Contract solutions provide a managed service for Construction Contract Reviews, Contract Administration, and Dispute Management. Cian takes us through some of the real critical points and insights that all Tradies need to hear about contracts and helping to get you and your Tradie business in the best position.
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/ & https://www.facebook.com/InnovativeTradies
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Feb 3, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - 2021 Welcome Back Kickoff
In this show Ash & JW return from the summer break and set the scene for whet is going to be a huge year for Innovative Tradies club members. There is the launch of the Tradieology Campus with weekly Tradie Training on-line sessions. The launch of the Tips & Tricks series which is also a weekly session hosted by the expert Partners of Innovative Tradies Club who will present a broad range of insights, topics & information to ensure Tradies are able to simplify the business part of business in 2021. Finishing out with show around the activity on the social platforms and encouraging all Tradies to sign and get involved in what Innovative Tradies club promise will be a huge 2021!
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/ & https://www.facebook.com/InnovativeTradies
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Jan 3, 2021
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - All things HR with Doody & Associates Workforce Management Services
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Graham Doody - Owner and Founder of Doody and Associates Workforce Management Services.
Graham talks to us about all things Human Recourses. Doody and Associates provide support for Tradie businesses across the complete HR lifecycle; from recruitment, induction, selection and performance management strategies, through to the employee leaving your business.
Graham and his team are recognised as specialists when it comes to providing human resource, recruitment and industrial relations advice to small business owners. Graham shares some great insights for Tradies to consider when it comes to managing your HR requirements.
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/ & https://www.facebook.com/InnovativeTradies
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Dec 23, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - A Big Christmas 2020 Call-out
In this Show Ash & JW reflect on 2020 and the start of Innovative Tradies Club, talking about the huge plans for working with Tradies in 2021 and finishing with their thankyous and Christmas wishes.
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Dec 22, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - WHS with SafetyMinder
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Craig Smith, Director and Co-Founder of SafetyMinder. Craig shares his story from Tradie, through to business coaching and then into software and digital tools.
During his journey he uncovered the need for a solution that would digitise and improve compliance, engagement and outcomes around Work, Health and Safety in Tradie businesses. Craig also reminds us of the real pain points that Tradies endure in managing their WHS requirements and how SafetyMinder was built to meet all of those gaps and needs to ensure WHS is much simpler for Tradies that introduce it.
Craig also talks about documentation management, procedures, Asset tracking and management, automating reminders, time savings and how simple the use of SafetyMinder can be once it is customised and set up.
Join us @ https://innovativetradies.club/ & https://www.facebook.com/InnovativeTradies
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Dec 15, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Tradie Vehicles with Mitsubishi Motors
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Fulvio Fattore, General Manager - National Fleet Partnerships - Mitsubishi Motors.
Fulvio chats with us about the Mitsubishi Diamond Advantage and the exciting partnership and great value that Innovative Tradies Club members enjoy with Mitsubishi Motors. Fulvio takes us through the extensive range of Triton Utes including the GLS, GLX-R & GSR that are packed with features for the hard stuff and the fun stuff. Then we talk through the New Mitsubishi Express that delivers for your business including Mitsubishi’s reputation for robust reliability, and creature comforts you’d expect in a modern SUV, Express is a star recruit for your team.
Fulvio shares some really valuable tips and tricks for Tradies around the importance of understanding the lifetime cost of ownership and the Mitsubishi Motors Business Advantage program which is the perfect solution for any Tradie business needs.
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Dec 10, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Quality Assurance with Conqa
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Daniel O Donoghue, Director and Co-Founder of Conqa. Daniel takes us through the importance and value of applying a Quality Assurance process into Tradie businesses. Daniel really simplifies what Quality Assurance means for Tradies and some tips and tricks to getting better outcomes and the real benefits of applying QA.
We discuss how good QA can drive higher productivity, minimise and better manage risk, simplify compliance and reporting, identify and remove pain points, protect you and your business in times of dispute and payment resolution. Daniel takes us through the innovative approach and functionality that Conqa delivers to provide Tradies with a more accurate, more efficient & more effective tool to best meeting your Quality Assurance requirements. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Dec 8, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Managing the numbers with Zebra Bookkeeping
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Michele Chantrell, Director and founder of Zebra Bookkeeping. Michele shares her journey from a banking and Army reserve background through to the business owner of Zebra Bookkeeping. We talk about the some of the challenges in starting a business and the importance of branding. Michele shares some really interesting Tips and Tricks for Tradies to consider when thinking about the value, benefits and improvements in productivity from utilising professional bookkeeping. Compliance is a big part of small business and a great bookkeeper can take a lot of those worries away to free you to do what you do best. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Dec 3, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Everything OH&S
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Tracey Cameron, Director and Founder of Everything OH&S. Tracey brings rich experience in the Occupational Health and Safety environment with a strong passion and focus in preventative safety. Tracey takes us through the pioneering way that Everything OH&S filled a gap in helping businesses to access the right information and best position their business around mitigating and managing risk and implementing safety procedures.
Tracey shares some really relevant tips and tricks for Tradies, insights that Tradies can put into practice, ways to develop the right safety knowledge and effective ways in applying the codes of practice. Tracey also confirms that open communication is one of the important keys to changing the culture and improving safety awareness. Tracey finishes with some really great offers for the premium Innovative Tradies Club members. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 29, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Telecommunications Technology with ArbiTech
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Greg Devine, the Founder & Director of Arbitrium Technologies (Arbitech). Greg shares his insights and expertise into the Telecommunications industry and the really game changing work ArbiTech is doing to bring great value to the existing clients already using their services and the professional services they provide Tradies and Tradie businesses in developing the best communications solutions and providers that are fully aligned to their needs. We chat about the pace of change in technology, how Covid has amplified the urgency in streamlining business communications and as a trusted advisor and fully independent partner, how the ArbiTech team can get you the best options and deals. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 25, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips and Tricks Series - IMALIA Insurance
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Carole-Anne Priest, the Founder and CEO of IMALIA. Carole-Anne shares her amazing journey as a Lawyer by training and the opportunities that her early career provided right through to an international C Level business leader in finance & insurance and the motivation that contributed to building the IMALIA brand and business when she returned to Australia. We then focus on the importance of being customer centric, really understanding the client you are targeting, understanding their needs and how to meet those needs.
We then move into the insurance offers and how insurance is a tool of business, identifying business risk/s , putting thought into the right solutions and offers to protect and cover the risks that are part of the business model and wrap up with the influence technology and change is having on the industry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 22, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tales of a Tradie - Social Marketing, Talent Management & Transformation
In this show Ash & JW are again joined by Patrick Zarzour, Managing Director of Oztech Sparks Electrical. Pat shares his insights to how social media and social marketing is an important part of their success. The great value they put into their people (Talent) and their individual development. We look at Mission, Purpose and Values and how these build a very strong culture within the business and finish with Patrick reflecting on the key learnings and milestones in business so far. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 16, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Finance with Private Clients Services
During this show Ash & JW are joined by Private Client Services Australia with David McGargill & Luke Robertson. We discus current trends impacting financial services and the real benefits of using experts in helping you with personalised solutions for your individual and business finance. Talk through the types of loans and services that will best meet your needs, some great tips and tricks to getting your personal and business finances in order. How change has transformed the finance industry and really focusing on the importance of setting up your finances from the very start. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 11, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tales of a Tradie - Importance of People and processes
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Rob & Connie from Sydney Electrical Contracting to share what they are doing to engage and inspire their team to be more successful both as Tradies but a people. Look at the importance of goals, good communication, business partnerships, working to strengths and ways to encourage and support continuous professional development. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Nov 5, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - A big week of news
In this show Ash & JW catch up after a week of Networking (Golf) look at the big sporting results as the footy season came to an end, How Covid is starting to ease with borders starting to open, some big election results. Innovative Tradie and partners updates as well as some first aid tips and it rounds out with other recently topical events that might be shaping the Tradie landscape. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Oct 26, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - How Dell Technologies is driving human progress
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Chris Osborn, Chris is the Regional Director for Dell Technologies. Chris has a wealth of experience & an extensive career in the IT industry enjoying the last 16 years with Dell Technologies. Chris informs us of the emerging trends that are driven by the digital transformation, how innovation and technology is changing our workplaces, the value & productivity gains from leveraging the new technologies. Chris also explains the Tips and Tricks for Tradies when choosing the right IT solution for them and their business. Finally, Chris shares the amazing Dell Technologies deals available to the Premium Innovative Tradies Club members. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Oct 22, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tips & Tricks Series - Eyes on the Numbers
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Amanda Watchman, Amanda is the Managing Director of RittWatchman & Associates. Amanda is a qualified Accountant who transitioned into Partner of RittWatchman & Associates following her vast experience in supporting 1000's of clients in their business needs. Amanda helps us better understand the tips and tricks that Tradies need to consider when it comes to managing the numbers, how technology is changing the accounting game in a positive way and sharing best practices for setting up & running a Tradie business. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Oct 19, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - A Sparky's view
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Miles Astley, Miles is the Managing Director of MAES (Miles Astley Electrical Services). Miles takes us through his journey from Tradie, to a partnership in a Tradie business before starting his own Tradie business MAES and how family is such an important part of MAES. We also talk about the impacts of change, technology and productivity as the market and its customers are constantly evolving. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Oct 13, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Insights of an Electrician
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Robert Theodoridis, Rob is the Managing Director of Sydney Electrical Contractors. Rob shares his experiences from starting out as a young Tradie and then some real insights into the challenges of starting and running a Tradie business right through to being an award-winning business owner. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Oct 8, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tradie Tales - Insights of a Sparky
In this show Ash & JW are joined by Patrick Zarzour, Managing Director of Oztech Sparks Electrical. Pat shares some amazing insights into his journey from a young Tradie through to Business owner. Pat shares the challenges he faced, experiences he has gained, the lessons he has learned, the importance of people and team and the building blocks of business that he has become most passionate about. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Sep 29, 2020
Tradie Avant-Garde - Inform Transform Celebrate
In this show Ash & JW chat about some of the core principles that make Innovative Tradies Club a great place for Tradies to join and be a part of.
They share insights to what they mean by Inform, Transform & Celebrate. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Sep 27, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Partners make the difference - Part 2
This show is the continuation about the value and importance of Partners & Partnerships in business --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Sep 22, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Partners make the difference - Part 1
In this show Ash & JW talk about the value of Partners and strong Partnerships that can support better business outcomes and results. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Sep 15, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Networking for Business
In this show Ash & JW discuss the value and importance of effective networking. They explore the various platforms and participants that can contribute to growing your Tradie network scattered with insights that might help you develop and grow your Tradie business. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Sep 11, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Business Stuff
In this show Ash & JW talk about business stuff and break it down into some key areas that will help Tradies to think differently about what those blocks are and what role they play in building a Tradie business. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Sep 8, 2020
Tradie Avant Garde - Tales of a Tradie
In show #2, Ash shares his insights into his time running a Tradie business. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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Sep 2, 2020
Tradie Avant-Garde - The Launch
If you are a Construction Tradie or Tradie business owner, then this could well be the Tradie insight you've been searching for as Ash & JW take you through a journey in their world of transforming tradieology and inviting you to join them at Innovative Tradies Club.
They're talking Business, Technology, Networking, Innovation, Connectivity, Digitisation, Marketing, Growth, Productivity, Planning, Procurement and Profitability stuff with industry leaders and experts that will be sure to pique your attention and positively impact the way you think, feel and act. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tradieavantgarde/message
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