Managing Family and Business Boundaries

In this episode of the Workshop Whisperer podcast, producer Mel and Rach discuss the importance of rest, setting boundaries, and avoiding burnout while balancing business and family life. They emphasize the need for trust in team members, the significance of creating new habits, and the benefits of…

Identifying and Overcoming Workaholic Tendencies

In this episode of the Workshop Whisperer podcast, producer Mel, Rach, and Dean discuss their experiences on the road, touching on hotel antics and the challenges of travel. The conversation then shifts to the topic of workaholic tendencies, exploring the impact of workaholism on personal and profe…

Customers you can do without

In this day and age we're all going the extra mile to give our customers the best service possible both personally and on their vehicles but what happens when it all goes south and we're getting customers we can do without regularly, to the point where it's really affecting the day to day running o…

Handling Difficult Customers Without Discounting

In this episode of the Workshop Whisperer podcast, producer Mel and Rachel discuss various challenges faced by auto repair shop owners, including how to handle clients who frequently ask for discounts and how to deal with late payments. They emphasize the importance of valuing one's work, setting c…

Stuck in a cycle of Anxiety? We can help

Are you stuck in a cycle of anxiety with your business? Huge highs and low lows, cars coming in and going out and you seeing the money coming over the line riding the high times but then freaking out in those slower periods? That was Adele and Brook’s story but they put their hands up to do the wor…

Your customers are the hidden key to your success

Our Auto Repair Shops tend to develop overtime and our customers follow our processes and interact with us according to our rules but what if you responded to your customers directly in relation to the way that best suited them? Listen in to learn the four ways your customers buy and how you can a…

Californian life as a workshop owner

Scott Brown from Diagnostic Network joins us from California to talk about the lay of the land in America at the moment the challenges they've faced what they've learnt and how they've grown from it. He also gives you an insight into what the Diagnostic Network can do to help and grow your auto-rep…

Taking control of people that are taking you for a ride

As a busy workshop owner you juggle many different tasks and wear many different hats. You also trust in third parties when outsourcing different companies and people to do things for your business but what happens when they're taking you for a ride or even worse taking advantage of you. It's time …

Worst enemies of the independent shop owner with Craig Deakin from Sabtool

Craig Deakin dives straight into the worst enemies facing the independent shop owner in this day and age and the way forward. From technology advances to the way we’re educated, sharing of best practice and labour rates. This is a great episode to tune into, pardon the pun. Rate and review wherever…

The missing piece from your marketing strategy

Marketing used to be easy, put an add in the newspaper or call up your local radio station or TV network and off you go. These days its all very confusing you’ve got social media strategists telling you to spend thousands with them to get a fine looking ‘feed’ and often it just all seems too much. …