Better Happy Business Culture Podcast / With Mike Jones

Michael Jones

Welcome to the Better Happy Business Culture Podcast! This show is for purpose driven business owners and leaders in growing businesses who want to develop a culture that is great for their team, clients, business and selves. Learn directly from award winning culture and strategy consultation Better Happy Founder, Mike Jones, as he shares his insights and experiences. read less
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Employee 101: How to attract, motivate and retain great employees in your small business.
3d ago
Employee 101: How to attract, motivate and retain great employees in your small business.
Want to attract, motivate and retain your ideal people in your small or medium business? It might feel like an impossible tasks, but it's not, you're probably just using wrong strategy. In this episode Mike shares a proven three part strategy you can start implementing today to transform your culture and employee experience. Mikes Socials: ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Better Happy⁠⁠⁠
Employee 101: How to attract, motivate and retain great employees in your small business.
3d ago
Employee 101: How to attract, motivate and retain great employees in your small business.
Want to attract, motivate and retain your ideal people in your small or medium business? It might feel like an impossible tasks, but it's not, you're probably just using wrong strategy. In this episode Mike shares a proven three part strategy you can start implementing today to transform your culture and employee experience. Mikes Socials: ⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Better Happy⁠⁠⁠
Unlocking Business Brilliance: Strategies to Avoid Commoditisation and Ignite Growth 🔥 | Ep 031
21-11-2023
Unlocking Business Brilliance: Strategies to Avoid Commoditisation and Ignite Growth 🔥 | Ep 031
Got no plan for your team and business? Worried about becoming a commodity business with no relevance that has to compete on price? Want a framework that can change this by getting you and your entire team on the same page with the same goals? Check out todays episode to understand why most businesses turn into commodities and get the exact framework that will prevent it from happening in your business. Mikes Socials: ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Better Happy⁠⁠
Time Management for Entrepreneurs: The Battle Between Creation and Consumption | Ep 030
20-11-2023
Time Management for Entrepreneurs: The Battle Between Creation and Consumption | Ep 030
Join Mike as we explore the balance between creating and consuming in entrepreneurship. Learn to overcome overconsumption, build confidence, and strategically plan for progress. At the end Mike shares a free tool to guide you to a more fulfilling business journey. Tune in to master the battle between creation and consumption in your entrepreneurial life. Mikes Socials: ⁠LinkedIn⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Youtube⁠ | ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠Better Happy⁠
How to stop feeling stuck in business - The FOUR levels | Ep 029
17-11-2023
How to stop feeling stuck in business - The FOUR levels | Ep 029
When you're feeling stuck or unmotivated in a business you once loved it's probably because you're stuck in one of the four levels. Learn what those four levels are and how to progress through them so you and your business can enjoy the process of growing. Welcome to the Better Happy Business Club podcast with Mike Jones, founder of award winning business Better Happy. On this podcast you'll hear how to make your business a better happy business that works for your clients, your customers, your profits and you. Mikes Socials: LinkedIn | Instagram | Youtube | Twitter | Better Happy
Buying a business you have no experience in… and nailing it | Simon Wallis Smith - Fritz Fryer | Ep 028
15-11-2023
Buying a business you have no experience in… and nailing it | Simon Wallis Smith - Fritz Fryer | Ep 028
Many entrepreneurs struggle to find work life balance alongside business ownership... but Simon Wallis Smith bought his first business to enable a better work life balance. Simon and his wife Karen brought their business almost 20 years ago, have created a lifestyle they love and continue growing the business today. Find out how they did it and how they have made the business work for them, as well as their customers and team in this fantastic episode. Fritz Fryer Lighting
From Stuck to Unstoppable: Leveraging Discomfort in Business | Ep 027
13-11-2023
From Stuck to Unstoppable: Leveraging Discomfort in Business | Ep 027
Feeling stuck, demotivated or unfulfilled in a business you once loved? It might not feel good but you can turn it into a win for you and your business with this mindset shift.
Psychologist View - How To Lead Your Team | Part 2 | Ep 026
10-11-2023
Psychologist View - How To Lead Your Team | Part 2 | Ep 026
Part 2 of our interview with behavioural psychologist Emmet Colville. Emmet's links: ⁠https://uparallel.com/⁠ Mikes Links: LinkedIn: / mike-jones3 Website: www.betterhappybusinessclub.com
How To Get Your Team To Run Your Small Business For You - 4 Tips | Ep 025
07-11-2023
How To Get Your Team To Run Your Small Business For You - 4 Tips | Ep 025
Owning a business should be enriching, not feel like a life sentence. People driven business owners risk getting stuck in their businesses because they care so much about their teams and customers. In this episode we'll explore why that happens and discover the top 4 tips to move past this issue. Like this episode? I write a weekly newsletter just for business owners like you: www.betterhappybusinessclub.com
Psychologist View - How To Lead Your Team Ep | 024
03-11-2023
Psychologist View - How To Lead Your Team Ep | 024
Leading and managing a team creates mental challenges, how does a psychologist advise you do it? You're not going to want to miss this one. Emmet's links: https://uparallel.com/ Mikes Links: LinkedIn: / mike-jones3 Website: www.betterhappybusinessclub.com
Why Your Team Don't Get Excited By Your Goals | Ep 024
27-10-2023
Why Your Team Don't Get Excited By Your Goals | Ep 024
Business owners can often struggle getting their teams to buy into and get excited by the goals they set. In this episode we'll cover why that is and what you can do about so you can go about growing your business with the support of your team - without worrying about stressing them out.
Results Without Burn Out, How? | Ep 022
24-10-2023
Results Without Burn Out, How? | Ep 022
You want your business to be the best, you want your clients to be blown away and you want your team to love working for you. But when you think about what needs to be done to achieve this you worry about burning out yourself and your team. This pushes a lot of business owners into creating a 'nice' culture where things are kept easy.... but ultimately that leads to a lack of fulfilment for the owner and the team (which is just as bad as burnout!). How do you go about this dilemma? Listen to find out.
Culture.. Designed or Organic? Ep 021
23-08-2023
Culture.. Designed or Organic? Ep 021
All business and teams have a culture - but how should that culture evolve? Should you let your culture evolve organically or should you design it? In this episode I explore that question and provide some useful tips on how you can go about it so you have a culture that you and your ideal employees love belonging to.
Setting Goals To Stretch But Not Stress Your People | Ep 020
17-08-2023
Setting Goals To Stretch But Not Stress Your People | Ep 020
If you're not growing your dying... You need to have a structured approach to goal setting within your business to encourage growth as well as create alignment. But in the modern world this is challenging for business owners and leaders because they have so much pressure put on them to protect the mental health of their people. In this episode we explore how structured goal setting is actually key to good mental health, how to create a growth mindset environment and the exact goal setting structure you can use that is working across all businesses. Free resources referenced available at: www.betterhappy.co.uk/freeresources
Why Most Business Owners and Leaders Feel Like They're Going Backwards (and How to Fix it) | Ep 019
15-08-2023
Why Most Business Owners and Leaders Feel Like They're Going Backwards (and How to Fix it) | Ep 019
Feel like you're working harder than ever before but not getting the results you used to? This is a real dilemma for business owners, leaders and managers because they care deeply about their work and the results they achieve. It's not unusual for business owners or managers to get down due to this. In this episode we explore why that happens through the concept of changing gears and what you can do shift from struggle to thrive. Referenced guide: https://www.betterhappy.co.uk/free-download-proactivity-v2
How To Stop Your Business Becoming Negative For You & Your People | Ep 018
14-08-2023
How To Stop Your Business Becoming Negative For You & Your People | Ep 018
There are four factions in any business, balancing the needs of those factions is the difference between work being enjoyable and work feeling like a battle. Tune in to this episode to find out what those factions are and how to go about balancing them so your business can work for you and your people. Post with visuals - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7095323391364055040/ Connect with Mike: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-jones3/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikejones_betterhappy/ Work with Better Happy: www.betterhappy.co.uk
Getting Past The Voices In Your Head As A Leader - With Ross McIntosh Part 2 | Ep 017
10-08-2023
Getting Past The Voices In Your Head As A Leader - With Ross McIntosh Part 2 | Ep 017
Is the biggest barrier to you being a great leader or manager your own mind? Join organisational psychologist Ross McIntosh and Mike for the second part of this insightful podcast. Learn all about why you get negative voices in your head and what to do to get pas them. Ross' links: Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-mcintosh-261a2a22/ Website: http://www.rossmcintosh.co.uk/ Mikes Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-jones3/ Website: www.betterhappy.co.uk #leadership #managementtips #wellbeing #greatplacetowork #wellbeingatwork #happiness #happinessatwork #health #mindset #strategy
Why do you struggle to make decisions and 5 steps to get better at it | Ep 016
10-08-2023
Why do you struggle to make decisions and 5 steps to get better at it | Ep 016
If you want to enjoy leadership or management, you have to get good at decision making.  In this episode we explore why so many people struggle with it and what you can do to get better. We look at: How the human mind has evolvedThe link between decisions and the worth death5 rules to make decision making quicker and betterHow to create a culture of good decision making in your team of business Referenced Scorecard: https://betterhappyhelps.scoreapp.com/ Mike LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-jones3/ Mike Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikejones_betterhappy/
Understand These Four Entities To Stop Your Culture Getting Crap | Ep 015
09-08-2023
Understand These Four Entities To Stop Your Culture Getting Crap | Ep 015
Business is a balancing act and if you let the balance slip too much your team or business will feel like an uphill battle. In this episode we look at the four competing entities any business has and how the key to making work great is finding balance between them. Once you understand this you'll look at your team or business in a completely different way. Referenced Scorecard: https://betterhappyhelps.scoreapp.com/ Mike LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-jones3/ Mike Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikejones_betterhappy/
Getting Past The Voices In Your Head As A Leader - With Ross McIntosh | Ep 014
03-08-2023
Getting Past The Voices In Your Head As A Leader - With Ross McIntosh | Ep 014
Is the biggest barrier to you being a great leader or manager your own mind? Join us in this two part episode to understand WHY that happens and WHAT you can do about it! You're not going to want to miss this one. If so then firstly rest assured, you're not the only one!  Then secondly get excited because in this episode organisational psychologist Ross McIntosh is going to be sharing  Ross' links: Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-mcintosh-261a2a22/ Website: http://www.rossmcintosh.co.uk/ Mikes Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-jones3/ Website: www.betterhappy.co.uk #leadership #managementtips #wellbeing #greatplacetowork #wellbeingatwork #happiness #happinessatwork #health #mindset #strategy
The Real Workplace Wellbeing Challenge No-one Is Talking About | Ep 013
27-07-2023
The Real Workplace Wellbeing Challenge No-one Is Talking About | Ep 013
Not only do you have to please your customer and reach business objectives... now you have to think about wellbeing too. As if management and leadership wasn't already challenging enough. But here's the thing, with the right knowledge wellbeing becomes an easy business opportunity. Wellbeing doesn't have to be expensive or complicated to address. In this episode we explore the real reasons people struggle, why most solutions aren't fit purpose and what how you can fix it starting today. Listen to this episode to get the edge over your competitors, achieve great wellbeing a create a kick ass culture starting today.