September 2009 - Featured Person
5 Minutes
with Clive Jones
UB: What has been your biggest challenge in business and how did you overcome it?
CJ: Starting off from scratch is always a hard way to build a business, but by persistence and determination, with a plan I have now built 5 businesses from scratch. Starting off I did a lot of knowledge building through reading and other methods, and recommend this to be ongoing. One tool that I have developed to keep me focussed is what I call an IPAR (income Producing Activity Report) on which I daily check off a point for each activity I do towards achieving my goals.
UB: If you had to start your business or employment again from scratch, what would you do differently?
CJ: Go harder and look for more leveraged solutions to the growth sooner.
UB: Who do you admire and why?
CJ: Brad Sugars as the founder of ActionCOACH; as he has done it many times over, talks a lot of practical common sense, and is a great leader.
UB: It takes a lot of determination and dedication to succeed in business. What keeps you motivated?
CJ: Paying the bills is always a solid motivator, but really doing what I do is rewarding when I see the changes I make in other peoples lives. Also, having a great support team around me, including a coach to keep me accountable.
UB: What are your 3 biggest success tips?
CJ: Only 3?? OK then...
1. Educate yourself.... embark on a continuous learning plan, reading, watching videos, audio programs, workshops... make sure you learn something new every day.
2. Have an Action Plan... be clear about why and what you are trying to achieve. Make sure that the plan is reviewed and updated quarterly to ensure that actions are completed and on track.
3. Get a Coach or mentor... like a sports person has a coach to help expand their comfort zone, business people need one too to stretch us. Without someone to keep you accountable, give you guidance and help with your motivation, how do we know we are really maximising our potential?
Tell us about Clive
Here are the 9 Most Important Things You Should Know About Clive and why he can help...
1. Business Owner
Described by many others as an Entrepreneur; having owned, and grown 5 businesses, Clive has also been responsible for successes in others businesses prior to starting out on his own.
As a small business owner himself of some 16 years, and growing up in a family of small business owners, he knows what it is like to worry about the day-to-day survival of the business and making the amount of money needed to run a business and personal life. He understands what it’s like to put in long hours and wonder what happened to the dreams and vision he had for his life and future.
2. Broad Experience
Clives' wide range of experience includes Sales & Marketing, Business Management, Accounting, Systemisation, Troubleshooting, Team Building, Project Management, Cost Reduction and Planning.
He has worked with small to large businesses and this diversity of experience shines through in his coaching style. Working within the manufacturing, distribution, health and service industries, Clive has learned what works well for successful businesses and what does not.
When an accredited MYOB trainer he trained many in both one-to-one and classroom situations enabling them to get the best from the software to manage their businesses.
3. Passionate
He enjoys helping other Business Owners achieve thriving enterprises and helping them to really go for their dreams. Clive strongly believes in the benefits of every business working with a Business Coach and practices what he preaches by being coached regularly by Australia’s most experienced and best performing business coaches.
4. Un-biased
He will use his experience at seeing the big picture and cutting to the core problems. Clive is your ally who speaks the truth and has either the right answer or the right question to help you. Continuously in touch with the latest business trends and practices, he can bring them to your doorstep and help you apply them in your business.
5. It’s all about You!
You will find him to be reliable, confident, persistent, patient, supportive and a great listener. The success of his own business is due to being 100% focused on getting results for clients. Clive wants every one of you to become ‘raving fans’.
His goal is to help small business owners, such as yourself, spend less time working in your business and more time working on your business. In the end, you'll be spending less total time working and will be making more money. He would also like to help you put the FUN back in your business and your life.
We define a successful business as: a commercial, profitable enterprise that works without you.
As your Business Coach, he will function as an unreasonable friend who tells it like it is and keeps you working on the path toward your dreams.
6. Keep it Simple
Clive believes in the KISS principle and keeping things simple. The strategies introduced to you will be practical and easy to implement in your business. As your coach, he will be working with you in five key areas. The emphasis on each area depends on your needs, the type of business you have, and your goals. The key areas are: Sales and Customer Service; Marketing and Advertising; Team Building and Recruitment; Systems and Business Development; and Time and Personal Management.
7. Yachtmaster Instructor
His coaching ability flows through to his favourite pastime too, and he's spent many years training others to help them enjoy the exciting sport of Yacht racing and develop their individual and team skills in the process. Many students requested that he be their coach on subsequent courses.
8. Successful Coach
Clive is now a certified Platinum level Business Coach with ActionCOACH, the World’s #1 Business Coaching Franchise (Entrepreneur Magazine, Jan. 2004 & 2005). Currently benchmarked in the top 5% of ActionCOACH worldwide.
9. Motivation to Grow
Clive is here to help you change and grow. He will work together with you to redefine your dreams and vision, and then help put into place the necessary systems, strategies, and tactics that will allow you to turn your business venture into a thriving, successful one.
There is no time like the present, right now, to get started on your dreams and goals. If you are ready to move your business to the next level, contact Clive today for a FREE, NO OBLIGATION consultation. Find out how you can change the way you do business to achieve the results you deserve!
CALL 02 4976 3266 AND ASK FOR HELP