I'm honoured to welcome Jennifer Bicknell to The Debra Shepherd Podcast this week.

Most workplace disputes do not start with a legal problem. They start with a conversation someone avoided. Jennifer Bicknell is an employment lawyer who helps businesses fix both. Through Bicknell Law & Consulting she provides practical workplace advice, employment contracts, policies and Fair Work guidance, plus a steady hand when things get messy. Jen also runs Confident Conversations workshops, teaching owners and managers how to plan for and have the hard conversations, so small issues stay small. Jen has practised law for more than thirty years, most of it dealing with disputes, so she has seen exactly how they start and how to stop them. Her goal is to make herself redundant, by giving clients the confidence and tools to handle workplace challenges themselves.

In this episode, Jen shares her story. We talk about how to manage difficult conversations with empathy.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Jen shares what creating a meaningful life and a meaningful business means to her.
• What attracted Jen to law and how Seth Godin led her to do something different.
• The risks that can arise if you avoid a difficult or hard conversation in the workplace.
• The most common difficult conversations leaders, business owners and entrepreneurs leave too long, and what can happen as a result.
• The five key ingredients of every effective conversation.
• Jen's top three tips for managing difficult conversations.

Plus, more!

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Today's quick conversation on The Debra Shepherd Podcast is about success and why success doesn't always feel like success.

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I'm thrilled to welcome Marissa Roberts to The Debra Shepherd Podcast. Marissa hosts The Simpler Business Podcast. Marissa is passionate about helping business owners, service providers, and entrepreneurs find simpler and easier ways to run their businesses.

As a mum of two who built her first business Beautifully Organised working just 10 hours a week or less, Marissa has collected lots of ideas, hacks, and strategies along the way to help you simplify tasks, save time and make work easier - without sacrificing your income or lifestyle.

Marissa shows business owners, service providers and entrepreneurs how to to lighten their workload with systems and processes, how to work to your strengths and natural talents, tighten your boundaries for fewer working hours, and find a simple business model that runs smoothly for you and so much more.

In this episode, Marissa shares her story. We talk about simplicity, lifestyle and business design, wellbeing and prioritising self-care. You'll leave this episode with lots of tips to help you simplify your business for more income and freedom.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Marissa talks about creating a meaningful life and business and what this means to her.
• How Marissa started her first business, Beautifully Organised and how this led to helping business owners simplify and scale their business without sacrificing their wellbeing.
• Why taking a holistic approach is important when it comes to simplifying and scaling your business.
• The importance of mindset when it comes to creating simplicity and designing and lifestyle and business you love.
• Marissa shares tips to get started if you want a simpler business.
• Ways to simplify your approach to marketing for more income, impact, and freedom.
• Ready to build a business simply, sustainably and profitably without sacrificing your wellbeing? Marissa shares her top tips.
• Marissa's approach to wellbeing and self-care.

Plus, more!

SHOW NOTES

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www.debrashepherd.com.au/debra-shepherd-podcast

CONNECT WITH MARISSA

www.marissaroberts.com

www.beautifullyorganised.com

Instagram @MarissaRobertsOfficial

Instagram @BeautifullyOrganisedMarissa

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