Get Your Shift Together: The Business Fixer Podcast

About Get Your Shift Together: The Business Fixer Podcast

Feeling overwhelmed and overworked in your own business? You're not broken—your business is. Join "business fixer" Nicola J Barnett for the straight-talking advice you need to fix it. Each week on Get Your Shift Together, we tackle the real challenges facing small business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn to: Fix profit leaks and master your cash flow. Streamline your operations and kill the chaos. Build systems that give you freedom, not steal your life. If you're a founder or service-based business owner ready for less stress and more profit, hit subscribe and start building a business that truly serves you.

Publisher

Nicola J Barnett

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Sept 2025

Latest episode

5 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   5 Aug 2026

   Bonus Episode: Why I See Businesses Differently

   Welcome to a slightly different, unplanned episode of Get Your Shift Together. Usually, we are breaking down the technical mechanics of profit, cash flow, and systems. But today, I’m sharing a personal look into my own journey, my background, and why I see businesses differently. My path didn't start in a fancy corporate office; it started in a messy portacabin surrounded by filing cabinets, cupboard paper trails, and years of unreconciled accounts. Without anyone asking, I simply began organizing things because I physically could not ignore the chaos. Over the last thirty years—from managing finance teams in London to helping guide a struggling manufacturing firm through a massive turnaround to a successful seven-figure exit—I’ve realized one crucial thing: most owners aren't failing because they don't work hard enough. They simply haven't been taught how to build a business properly. My goal is to help you ‘Fall in love with your back office’ by turning your operational chaos into a reliable, structured system. I don't do this because I love spreadsheets; I do it because I love helping business owners take back control of their lives and build businesses they are proud of. Key Takeaways from This Episode: Business Sense Comes from the Ground Up: Real financial and operational expertise isn't learned in textbooks. It’s built by stepping directly into chaotic situations and systematically resolving them. Hustle is Not the Problem: Most business owners work ridiculously hard. The common barrier to scaling is simply a lack of foundational knowledge on how to structure a business. Confidence Transforms Performance: When you empower team members with clear structure and teach them how to own their roles, their performance and job satisfaction skyrocket. Cash Flow Changes Everything: Reducing debtor days (such as shrinking a cycle from 95 days to 35 days) is one of the most powerful levers to rescue a struggling operation and build asset value. Structure Replaces Stress: True success is moving your company out of survival mode. When you replace chaos with repeatable systems, you stop chasing time and start leading with confidence. Want to fix your business? Join The Business Fix With Nicola Here's what you'll receive when you work with Nicola J. Barnett to get your business on track. A Proven Framework: Use the Efficiency & Profit Framework to end overwhelm, get cash flowing, maximize profits, and build a business that won't break you. Clarity and Control: The first step is a "Financial Awareness Review," where Nicola will dig through 12 months of your financials to give you the truth about your business and create a 90-day roadmap. Hands-On Implementation and Transformation: In "The Business Fix" program, you'll get structured action and accountability to turn awareness into fast results. This will help you fix cash flow leaks, improve profits, and implement smooth systems. Full Support for Deep Transformation: For those needing a complete overhaul, the "Survive to Thrive" program offers hands-on support to rebuild your business from the ground up, giving you predictable cash flow and sustainable profitability. Ongoing Momentum & Accountability: With the "Strategic Advisory Partnership," you get monthly focused strategy sessions to ensure your progress sticks and your business continues to grow on solid foundations. Learn More about the Profit & Efficiency Frame work  &  For a deeper dive into this topic and more, visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠profitandgrowth.co.uk (https://profitandgrowth.co.uk/)

2. 

   29 Jul 2026

   The Summer Reset: Why Switching Off is Part of Scaling by Design

   We are wrapping up a season that has hopefully been a real eye-opener into how profit leaks, cash flow squeezes, and lost time are all connected. If you found yourself nodding along to our episodes on contracts, pricing, and boundaries, it might be the right time to consider getting better financial support to help guide your business forward. I have decided to take a summer break this August to spend some precious, uninterrupted time with my boy. One of the main reasons I built my own business was to gain the freedom to prioritise my family, and sometimes we simply need to practice what we preach and take the pressure off our own shoulders. We help you build the systems that make this level of freedom possible. It is time to ‘Fall in love with your back office’ so that you can step away from your inbox without your business going dark. I will be back in September with a brand-new series focused on how to grow your business. We will be going far beyond basic bookkeeping and accounts to look at the powerful, game-changing strategies that bring real success to your life. Have a wonderful summer, enjoy your break, and go get your shift together. Want to fix your business? Join The Business Fix With Nicola Here's what you'll receive when you work with Nicola J. Barnett to get your business on track. A Proven Framework: Use the Efficiency & Profit Framework to end overwhelm, get cash flowing, maximize profits, and build a business that won't break you. Clarity and Control: The first step is a "Financial Awareness Review," where Nicola will dig through 12 months of your financials to give you the truth about your business and create a 90-day roadmap. Hands-On Implementation and Transformation: In "The Business Fix" program, you'll get structured action and accountability to turn awareness into fast results. This will help you fix cash flow leaks, improve profits, and implement smooth systems. Full Support for Deep Transformation: For those needing a complete overhaul, the "Survive to Thrive" program offers hands-on support to rebuild your business from the ground up, giving you predictable cash flow and sustainable profitability. Ongoing Momentum & Accountability: With the "Strategic Advisory Partnership," you get monthly focused strategy sessions to ensure your progress sticks and your business continues to grow on solid foundations. Learn More about the Profit & Efficiency Frame work  &  For a deeper dive into this topic and more, visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠profitandgrowth.co.uk (https://profitandgrowth.co.uk/)

3. 

   22 Jul 2026

   S3EP12. Why Is Everyone Flat Out But There's Nothing to Show for It?

   Welcome to Get Your Shift Together. We are wrapping up our three-part series on contracts with our final lens: time. We’ve looked at profit and cash, but today we are tackling the ultimate silent leak: why your team is flat out, yet there is nothing to show for it. Many owners fall into the trap of thinking a job is a job. They assume 100 small, one-off callouts are worth the same as 10 regular contracts because it all goes into the same bank account. But ad hoc work charges you back in hours. Every one-off job needs its own quote, invoice, report, and chasing. I recently worked with a drainage company spending £60,000 a year on Google Ads just to win emergency domestic jobs. They were run off their feet but making zero money. By dropping the ad hoc work and building structured maintenance agreements with their existing commercial clients, we completely turned their profitability around. It is time to ‘Fall in love with your back office’ by separating standard work from the noise. Regular, repeatable contracts pay you twice: once in money, and once in the time they don't take. Key Takeaways from This Episode: Not All Turnover is Equal: Ad hoc, one-off emergency jobs might bring in cash, but they consume massive amounts of administrative time in manual quoting, invoicing, and chasing. Standard Work Pays You Twice: Recurring contract work is predictable. It pays you once in reliable revenue, and a second time in the hours you save because the processes are automated and standard. Stop Chasing "Busy": A high volume of inbound calls can mask a highly inefficient business model. True scale comes from repeating standard work, not from managing a high volume of unique crises. The Danger of the Lead Generation Trap: Spending heavily on marketing (like Google Ads) to chase one-off emergency jobs can actually cost you more to service than the revenue they generate. Run the Two-List Audit: Separating your standard work from your ad hoc tasks allows you to see exactly where your paperwork is coming from. If the least profitable work causes the most admin, your model is unstable. Want to fix your business? Join The Business Fix With Nicola Here's what you'll receive when you work with Nicola J. Barnett to get your business on track. A Proven Framework: Use the Efficiency & Profit Framework to end overwhelm, get cash flowing, maximize profits, and build a business that won't break you. Clarity and Control: The first step is a "Financial Awareness Review," where Nicola will dig through 12 months of your financials to give you the truth about your business and create a 90-day roadmap. Hands-On Implementation and Transformation: In "The Business Fix" program, you'll get structured action and accountability to turn awareness into fast results. This will help you fix cash flow leaks, improve profits, and implement smooth systems. Full Support for Deep Transformation: For those needing a complete overhaul, the "Survive to Thrive" program offers hands-on support to rebuild your business from the ground up, giving you predictable cash flow and sustainable profitability. Ongoing Momentum & Accountability: With the "Strategic Advisory Partnership," you get monthly focused strategy sessions to ensure your progress sticks and your business continues to grow on solid foundations. Learn More about the Profit & Efficiency Frame work  &  For a deeper dive into this topic and more, visit our website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠profitandgrowth.co.uk (https://profitandgrowth.co.uk/)

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