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Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast

Nicola J Barnett

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

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5:26

S2E10. Scale by Design: Bringing It All Together

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/04/08

Welcome to the season finale of Get Your Shift Together. Throughout this series, we haven’t just been talking about improving your business; we’ve been rebuilding how it works from the ground up. If you look at your business today and feel like you’re constantly trying to keep up rather than being in control, this episode is for you. Most of us didn't build our businesses to feel stretched or reactive, but as growth happened, complexity and pressure followed. We often normalise this, telling ...

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5:11

S2E8. Accountability: Staying on Track to Build Momentum

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/04/08

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together. We are continuing our journey through the Achieve milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework. After setting a clear destination in our last episode on Direction, we now tackle the strategy that ensures you actually get there: Accountability. We explore why the "whirlwind" of daily operations—the urgent problems and demanding clients—constantly pulls you away from your important goals, and why normalising this drift keeps your business stuck in...

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S2E7. Direction: When Growth Has No Destination

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/04/08

In this episode, we transition into the final milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework: Achieve. We've moved past "operating in the dark" (Analyse) and solved the problem of "dependence" (Optimise). Now that your business is running properly, the next crucial question is: Where is it actually going? This is where we tackle the first strategy of the Achieve milestone: Direction. This episode is for any business owner who feels like they are growing, making money, and staying busy, bu...

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6:46

S2E9. Achieve: Seeing Results and Keeping Them Moving

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/04/08

We have arrived at the final strategy within the Achieve milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework: Success. After setting your Direction and building the Accountability to stay on track, this episode is about the crucial step of actually recognizing and understanding your results. Many business owners are moving forward and improving, but because they only focus on what needs fixing next, everything still feels like a relentless slog rather than an achievement. We explore why tradit...

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5:41

S2E6: Creating Confidence

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/03/18

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together. In this episode, we complete the Optimise milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework by addressing the final, crucial piece of the puzzle: Confidence. We’ve built structure to solve the problem of dependence, and we’ve built stability to stop the business from wobbling. But often, even after these improvements are made, business owners still feel a lingering uncertainty. You might have better systems and cleaner finances, but that small voice still ...

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7:00

S2E5. Stability: Why Growth Feels Fragile

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/03/18

We are continuing our deep dive into the Optimise milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework. After building structure to solve dependence, we now tackle the feeling that holds so many growing businesses back: a lack of Stability. This episode is for any business owner who feels like their business could "wobble" at any moment, even when revenue is strong. You're constantly adjusting—to cash flow swings, spikes in demand, and operational pressure. You’ve likely accepted this volatilit...

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7:21

S2E4. Create Structure: When Everything Depends on You

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/03/18

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together. In this episode, we move into the second major milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework: Optimise. After building visibility in the Analyse stage, we now tackle a different, more personal problem: dependence. Many business owners understand what's happening in their business, but it still relies entirely on them to hold it all together. This is where the first strategy inside Optimise comes in: Create Structure. This episode is for you if you've e...

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4:33

Control: The Difference Between Growth and Chaos

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/02/25

Today we are closing out the "Analyse" milestone of my Efficiency & Profit Framework by discussing the missing link in most scaling businesses: Control. Many business owners I work with feel like they are "on top of things" because they have more data and more meetings. However, they are often still operating in a reactive state. If you find yourself constantly putting out fires or responding to urgency, you aren’t in control—the chaos is. In this episode, I share why information alone is...

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5:40

Review: Why the Bottom Line Isn’t Enough

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/02/25

We are continuing our deep dive into the Analyse milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework, moving from Awareness to the second crucial strategy: Review. This episode is for every business owner whose relationship with their numbers is reactive. You glance at the turnover, check the bank balance, or see a reasonable profit figure and assume everything is fine. You tell yourself you'll deal with the details at year-end, but this habit of only looking at snapshots is quietly disconnect...

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5:32

Awareness: You Can’t Fix What You Haven’t Faced

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/02/25

Welcome back for Season 2 of Get Your Shift Together! We're kicking things off by diving straight into the first and most crucial milestone of the Efficiency & Profit Framework: Analyse. This episode is for every business owner who feels responsible for knowing everything, who absorbs the pressure when things get tight, and who has become the final sense-check for every decision. We explore why this feeling of constant involvement—which feels like diligent leadership—is actually a symptom...

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22. Growth vs Scale: Busy Growth Doesn’t Make an...

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/02/18

Welcome to the first episode of Series 2 of Get Your Shift Together. In this episode, we are tackling a truth most business owners feel but rarely say out loud: growth doesn’t automatically make business easier. In fact, for many, it makes it heavier. You’ve built momentum and proven your business works, but somewhere along the way, something shifted. More clients, more revenue, and a bigger team have led to more complexity, more responsibility, and more dependency on you. You're no longer as...

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21. What You Know Now — And What Comes Next

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/02/03

Welcome to the final episode of Series 1 of Get Your Shift Together. This episode is a moment to pause, take stock of everything we've learned, and set the stage for what comes next. Over this series, we've moved from guesswork to clarity. We've untangled the mysteries of cash flow, explored the quiet ways profit leaks out of a business, and understood why being busy doesn't always equal being profitable. The goal was never about quick wins; it was about building awareness. Because when you c...

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9:29

20. Cash Trapped Inside Your Business – When Profit...

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/01/27

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together, the Business Fixer podcast. In this episode, we are tackling a common and frustrating problem: your business looks profitable and busy on paper, but cash in the bank feels tight, restricted, and uncomfortable. Many business owners assume this means they need more sales. But often, the real issue is that your cash is already in the business—it's just trapped. It's sitting on your shelves, disguised as stock, unable to support your decisions, pay your bills, ...

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19. Profit Slipping Away Quietly – Why Selling More...

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/01/20

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together, the Business Fixer podcast. In this episode, we are diving deep into one of the most confusing and frustrating experiences for a business owner: watching your sales numbers look good while your bank balance tells a different, more stressful story. Have you ever had a strong month for turnover, only to find that cash still feels tight? Do you believe that if you could just sell a little bit more, things would finally get easier? This common belief is a trap ...

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18. Why Being Busy Is Costing You Profit

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/01/13

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together, the Business Fixer podcast. In this episode, we are tackling one of the biggest and most misunderstood frustrations in business: being constantly busy, but not seeing the profit to match. Do you finish your week exhausted, feeling like you never get to the important work? Do you look at your team, all working hard, and wonder why the financial rewards don't align with the effort? Many owners assume this is just what growth feels like, but it isn't. It's a s...

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17. More Profit Without More Sales – The Money You’re...

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2026/01/06

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together, the Business Fixer podcast. In this episode, we are tackling one of the most common and misunderstood challenges in business: the relentless pursuit of more sales. Are you constantly busy, but the profit in your bank account never seems to match the effort? Do you find yourself thinking, "If we could just get more clients, everything would be easier"? This is a belief that keeps so many business owners on a treadmill of working harder, only to find that cos...

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16. Winding Down, Speeding Up

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2025/12/23

Welcome to the final Get Your Shift Together episode of the year. This is a short and sweet wrap-up to acknowledge the reality of this strange and busy season for business owners. From the outside, it looks like your business is gently closing for a peaceful break. But behind the scenes, you’re sprinting to the finish line, working extra hours just to earn that time off. You're not alone in this feeling—it's that odd moment where the business is winding down, but the business owner is speedin...

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9:48

15. Your First 90 Days — How to Start the New Year...

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2025/12/16

Welcome to Get Your Shift Together, the Business Fixer podcast. This episode is the final step in our series on planning, where we turn your goals and your 12-month plan into a powerful, intentional start to the year. The first 90 days of any year are crucial. They set the rhythm, priorities, and momentum for everything that follows. Too often, business owners ease into January, telling themselves they'll "get organised later" when the madness settles. But the madness doesn't settle on its ow...

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14. How to Create a Budget That Funds Your Goals

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2025/12/09

In our last two episodes, we set meaningful goals and turned them into an actionable 12-month plan. Now, we're diving into the step that makes it all possible: creating a budget that actively supports your vision. Most business owners avoid budgeting, not because they're bad with money, but because they're scared the numbers will tell them "no." They wait for things to calm down or for "the right time," which never arrives. This episode reframes that fear. A budget isn't there to restrict you...

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13. How to Create a 12-Month Plan From Your Goals

Get Your Shift Together: The Profit & Growth Podcast ·

2025/12/02

In episode 12, we set meaningful, measurable goals to give your business real direction. But a goal without a plan is just a nice idea written in a notebook. Today, we're closing that gap. This episode is for every business owner who has felt the excitement of a new goal, only to get stuck wondering how to actually make it happen. We tackle the common traps of waiting for "the right time" or for "things to calm down," and instead, build a practical framework that works in your real life. This...

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