Becoming a Better Leader Interviews Mark Asquith

Hey, Mark here with a quick update about this evergreen interview series and my other podcast, The Podcast Accelerator (https://www.markasquith.com/listen).

Welcome to Excellence Expected.



Episode 1 is my opportunity to thank you for picking up the show and beginning this journey with me.



During the episode I talk about how I bounced back from a business catastrophe to become founder of a rapidly growing design & digital agency, whilst also discussing how that rapid growth and the challenges it brought, caused me to burn out only two years ago.



I take this opportunity to talk about what you can expect from each episode of Excellence Expected and the value that you, as a business owner or entrepreneur, can draw from the podcast.



I also introduce my free eBook "The Essential 14 Day Guide to Cutting Your Working Hours and Increasing Your Impact", which is my blueprint and work-through template that will show you how to create more time every single day, become instantly more effective in your business and create the time to enjoy the things that matter to you.



Excellence Expected is a podcast for business owners, by business owners, with each and every episode adding value to your busy business life.



Let's learn, share and grow together; don't forget: the more you expect from yourself, the more you will excel.

This week I talk to Duncan Michael-MacGregor, a digital entrepreneur who owns and operates Duck on Water, a web design and development studio based in the south of the United Kingdom.



Duncan is currently overcoming the challenges associated with recruiting his first full-time employee, the risks associated with that and hunt for the 'right person'.



This episode focusses on actionable tips from Duncan to ensure that finding the right employee, at the right time is as secure and measured as it can be.



Throughout the episode we talk about conquering the mysterious "Superhero Syndrome" that all business owners face, zero hour contracts and Duncan shares his top 3 pieces of advice that you can implement when deciding to become an employer for the first time.



Don't forget guys, the more you expect from yourself, the more you will excel.

Making your business attractive to the finest talent is one of the most difficult challenges facing you as a business owner.



Compounded by the lifestyle driven, passionate millennial generation becoming more and more influential in todays recruitment marketplace, we business owners are facing difficult decisions when choosing the right team members to introduce to our organisation.



Louisa Harrison-Walker successfully recruits some of the UK’s finest talent into the most prestigious organisations in the country.



Louisa shares her experiences navigating the Generation Y recruitment process, and shares her 3 way roadmap to successfully creating a culture that millenials flock to.



Links mentioned in this episode:



* Benchmark Survey Monkey Results

* Louisa Harrison-Walker on Twitter

* Benchmark on Twitter

* Heineken Recruitment Video



You can’t miss this one guys, it’s some of the most valuable advice you’ll ever hear.



The more you expect from yourself, the more you will excel.

Do you really know how your business will look a generation from now?



More importantly, do you know what the pioneers of your business will look like a generation from now; their motivations, desires, dreams, goals, values, ethics and how you can begin to nurture these TODAY?



Ryan Jenkins has built a career based on understanding these values and advising some of Corporate America’s biggest businesses in nurturing, developing and creating value for the “Millennial” generation (“Generation Y”) and the emerging “Generation Z”.



These generations are the future of your business and you cannot afford to miss this episode.



Ryan is an expert in helping like yours both understand and integrate Generation Y into a company whilst providing the motivation and the engagement needed to stimulate this passionate generation.



There’s no doubt that the Millennial generation is shaping the future of business and really, can you afford NOT to understand how that generation thinks?



Links featured in this episode:



* www.ryan-jenkins.com

* Wynter - New Worlds Comics

* Zapos Shoes, Las Vegas



I’d LOVE to hear your stories and allow you to share your lessons from your own business journey - the comments are waiting folks!

Introducing "Resources & Reflections" - Even More Value, Even More Action From This Week Onwards...

"Resources & Reflections" is my follow up episode to help you take action and EXCEL!



Publishing the Wednesday following each week's topical, expert interview, I share my own actionable advice along with resources & recommendations to galvanise your thoughts into the will to take action.

Listen to This Week's "Resources & Reflections"

Each episode of "Resources & Reflections" focusses solely on the topic in hand each week and is only available via your subscriptions feed - iTunes, Stitcher et al - or the player within each individual episode like this one:







This week's resources are:



* Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage Generation Y - Bruce Tulgan

* The Undercover Recruiter "How to Recruit Millenials" Infographic



Don’t forget: the more you expect from yourself, the more you WILL excel.

You're in business to succeed, yet there's no question at all that the success you WILL achieve can be gained through so many different means. Today I'm joined by Alan Wilkinson, franchise expert, to discuss how franchising your business can offer a low risk growth opportunity with unlimited capability.



Alan has spent his career helping multi-national corporations such as McDonald's & Mars, and businesses just like yours achieve sustainable growth through a solid franchise model that he calls "5 Star Franchising" and today, Alan shares that roadmap to growth.



Alan shares his top tips to readying your business for franchising along with how to actually define if your business can be franchised and the pitfalls & problems that you must be aware of before diving in.



After sharing his top tips about readying your business, Alan shares his 5 tips to turn you into the ultimate franchisor and just how you can develop your own low risk growth plan, starting today.



Alan can be found online at The Franchise Development Centre.



Don't forget, the more you expect from yourself, the more you WILL excel!