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01:22:38

Electrical Lords // The Sparky Coach Lounge Room ft...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/11/01

On this episode of the pod we have Sam Ackland from Alpha Tradie, Build Clean + Delta Temp. Sam and I have been back + forth over online sorcery (aka insta DM’s) over the past few months and we felt it was about time to jump on a pod and hang out for an hour or so. We discuss branding, marketing, organic content, product, charge out rates aka the age old debate of “$120+ per hour” (lol), the coaching industry, accounting, finances, company culture, raising up people from within plus much more. For

00:35:56

Electrical Lords // Baby Got Back Charged (Part Two)

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/29

The Sir Mix-A-Lot references are back and far out are we in for a good time here or what. In the first “Baby Got Back Charged” we discussed if you back charge employees or not (spoiler: we think not). The second iteration references when business gets back charged by the client. The insecure business owner says ”I’m sorry baby I didn’t mean that I think they are excellent back charges” Happy Gilmore style. The egotistical business owner says “NO WAY GET STUFFED STUFF OFF” as they put some poo in a

00:29:47

Electrical Lords // Baby Got Back Charged

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/27

While the title is no doubt a play on Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 classic “Baby Got Back”, in this pod we take it back a few decades and draw inspiration from The Rolling Stones’ song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. A common question we get around here is “do you back charge employees when they make a mistake?” After all there is parking fines, falling through ceilings, crashing cars, turning up late, cutting holes in the wrong spot, damaging tools, leaving torches in a roof, broken ceiling tiles

00:48:14

Electrical Lords // Live Pod At The Live Event ft...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/25

Such a pleasure to have Tommy + Ford back on the pod again and all be in the same room with an audience! A few of the Sparky Coach members set aside two days this week and invested into ourselves hearing great workshops from great speakers on great topics such as emotional intelligence, mental health, leadership + setting a clear business plan. It was so much fun to get around each other, learn, laugh, swim, gym, surf, discuss nerdy electrical things, rage about Makita vs Milwaukee (lololol) and

00:24:18

Electrical Lords // The End Of The Road

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/22

To start off let’s confront a couple of key items. Firstly, yes the title is indeed a Backstreet Boys song. Secondly, yes I indeed knew this. Thirdly, yes I indeed know all (or at least most of) the words. And finally, I indeed have a question for you: did YOU know that it was a Backstreet Boys song too? Don’t lie to me I’ll bet you did!!! Lololol. But let me answer your question with another question Zoolander style, is it ok to grow apart from clients? Isn’t the whole goal to make every client a

00:25:32

Electrical Lords // What Would You Do ?

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/20

Today we take a trip down memory lane and take some serious inspiration from the 2001 City High smash hit “What Would You Do?” The conundrum we discuss is what do you do when your schedule is stacked to the rafters and your best client calls with a major job that they need done? Obviously we know the answer, say yes and figure it out later! But yeh it’s so much easier said than done. There are many moving parts to consider here, especially when your best clients require your best staff members (and

00:55:11

Electrical Lords // The Sparky Coach Lounge Room ft...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/18

Alright the big dog automation god self appointed and self anointed rough in lord turned automation lord turned sexiest man in the electrical industry (voted by 1000’s of sparkies throughout Heathcote + Engadine) Tom Ryan is here running us through how he uses Groundplan. Tommy runs Ryelec Automation based out of “Trade God Country” aka the Sutherland Shire and while he was unlucky not to lock his spot in on the reality TV show “The Shire” a few moons back, he was lucky enough to be building a

00:23:35

Electrical Lords // Your Smile Fades In The Summer...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/15

Ahh Blink 182 references, what a time to be alive! While you can choose to disagree about the best Blink album being “Chesire Cat”, one thing that you can for sure not disagree on is that summer is coming! Summer. December. Christmas. January. Holidays. Break from work. No break from work. Staff holidays. Clients needing stuff done. It’s all coming up. And really soon. Really really soon. The harsh reality is that there are 12 working weeks left until Santa arrives and the trade world stops on a

00:29:36

Electrical Lords // Your Smile Fades In The Summer...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/13

01:07:43

Electrical Lords // The Sparky Coach Lounge Room ft...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/11

The Ford Dog / Ford Lord is back on the lounge and what a pleasure it is to have the big dog back in the house! We discuss Lock Out + Live, getting quotes wrong, the importance of safety, awards nights, networking, preparing for the busy season, why to invest into wholesaler relationships, communication, plus much much more! 100% all sparkies should get around the Lock Out + Live business, purchase your safety kits, give them a follow and like on social, honestly let’s make safety cool again. Ford

00:19:04

Electrical Lords // Your Smile Fades In The Summer...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/08

The third (and maybe final I guess only time will tell) instalment of our Blink 182 title inspired “your smile fades in the summer” is here. In this pod we discuss what a January client is, your Christmas party, your clients Christmas parties, the importance of client relationships, treating employees well, planning your holidays season, planning your shutdown times, manufacturing your January, and why the busy times can be your time to shine and get some new awesome clients. I’ve said it before and

00:29:20

Electrical Lords // Your Smile Fades In The Summer...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/06

This is the second instalment of our podcast series designed to get you thinking, planning and strategising for your best Christmas period yet. We are big believers that a good to great January will set up a good to great year. And on that, the opposite is also true. A bad to terrible January can have negative ramifications for months. In this podcast we break down 4 key components to excelling in this upcoming busy December / January season, including: -looking after your current staff // now is

01:14:59

Electrical Lords // The Sparky Coach Lounge Room ft...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/04

We discuss admin jobs, admin hiring, virtual assistants, job management systems, invoicing, quoting, the importance of relationships, looking after clients, how to build processes, the importance of systems, plus much much more. Always a great time hanging out with Michael so we really hope you enjoy the pod. Much love x Chapters00:00 Introduction and Client Relationships03:09 Finding and Retaining Clients05:58 The Importance of Client Interactions08:54 Process and Administration in Business11:51

00:30:24

Electrical Lords // Your Smile Fades In The Summer...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/10/01

00:21:04

Electrical Lords // Land The Job Or Die Tryin’

Sparky Coach ·

2025/09/29

Lemme tell you about my friend Jimmy from Lord Voltemort. Jimmy got a call from a potential excellent client. He almost didn’t answer the call coz he left his AirPods at home and was up a ladder but hey he got there in the end. He was also mad that the phone rang coz he is “so busy right now”. He heads to site that afternoon to meet the client. For all his procedural flaws, Jimmy sure is good with people. They meet and before long are talking like old friends. “We can do this!” ”And this!!” “And

01:34:54

Electrical Lords // The Sparky Coach Lounge Room ft...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/09/27

This week we have the honour of having Heath Knight aka “Hspark Electrical” on the lounge. Heath is many things - a devoted husband to Rhi, a loving dad to Airlie, a business owner, a connoisseur for land cruisers + Toyotas, a YouTuber, an influencer, a cage fighter (who may just eat your head off in the ring), a lover of mostly black uniforms, a sparky, plus more! One thing you can always guarantee is that Heath is going to call it how it is, call things how he sees them, and be 100% honest

00:29:48

Electrical Lords // Capturing Project Variations

Sparky Coach ·

2025/09/24

As projects get moving, it’s incredibly easy let variations slip through without capturing. This can be due to a number of reasons: rushing, busyness, genuinely unsure of what the current plans are, missed emails, not documenting site conversations, ego, insecurity, lack of established company process, + much much more. So what is the best way to capture them? Is it at certain points of the job? But what about one that comes through half way through rough in?We discuss all this, and more, during the

00:24:23

Electrical Lords // Embracing The “Oh While You’re...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/09/22

Have you ever been at a job and the client has asked “oh while you’re here can you just do this too?” Honestly, of course you have!! It’s relatively common isn’t it? Sometimes it’s easy to make the client the problem. But as we are in the service industry, it’s incredibly important that our company excels in providing an excellent service. Remember you don’t have to do it for free, you don’t even have to do it on the spot, you can quote it, do it if you have time, or re book it in for another time

01:00:38

Electrical Lords // The Sparky Coach Lounge Room ft...

Sparky Coach ·

2025/09/20

This week we have the absolute honour of having Hib on the lounge. Hib runs an awesome crew out of Hobart and specialises in a range of different commercial, residential and solar projects. Cam and Hib discuss what it takes to start a business, maintain a business, find work, run an admin team, build relationships, maintain relationships, the importance ofworking with A players, the importance of diversifying, the importance of knowing your numbers, + much more. To know Hib is to love Hib, he is

00:29:11

Electrical Lords // Just Say Yes And Figure It Out Later

Sparky Coach ·

2025/09/17

A couple of weeks ago we put out a pod called “Forecasting Like Tim Bailey”. It was basically encouraging everyone to sit down and take control of their schedule for the rest of the year. If you have not much work on, this is a good thing to do coz it will help you see what you need to do for the upcoming busy season. If you have lots of work on, this is a good thing to do coz it will help you see what you need to do for the upcoming busy season. But when is enough work actually enough? Is there a

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