Electrical Contractor Solar Business Advice
Electrical Contractor Solar Business Advice is THE podcast for any electrician or electrical contractor. We talk to the King Of Solar - John Horan. He discusses his struggles in business and how to prevent them. Learn how to set yourself apart from your competition, have more time and money!
Horan and Bird Director Josh Horan shares Electrical Contractor Solar Business Advice
John Horan is the director of Horan and Bird an electrical company specialising in Energy Management and Sustainable Energy Solutions. If you are still working long hours and weekends, this episode is for you. John discusses how his health was at risk with the amount he was working in electrical contracting and how his PPH Formula saved his life.
Learn what John did to take his electrical contracting business to the next level with tried and proven strategies you can implement in your life and business. He also shares a few tips on solar workforce development.
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Show Summary of Electrical Contractor Solar Business Advice:
2.40: Why did John Horan become an electrician?
3.30: How to MAXIMISE your practical learning of the electrical trade.
5.00: John's drive to become an electrical contractor and run his own business.
5.30: What to do if you want to start your own electrical contracting business.
5.50: What is the biggest lesson's learned as an electrical apprentice in a Sugar Mill.
6.30: What every 20-30 year old electrician should be doing.
7.00: The benefit's of having a mentor in life an business.
7.40: How to find a mentor or a board to help you develop your business or life.
9.45: How to set yourself ahead of your competition in the electrical industry.
10.30: How John's business nearly ended his business and his life when he found himself in the hospital.
11.15: How working harder doesn't get you ahead when you are struggling!
12.00: The PPH Formula and how it will change the way you do business?
14.00: How to get your weekends back, spend more time with friends and family and less time at work.
15.45: THE QUICKSAND EFFECT - How to turn a disaster into a positive.
17.00: How winning the Master Electrician Of The Year boosted Horan & Bird to the next year.
17.30: How to look and charge more through better marketing.
18.30: How Horan & Bird became an Energy Solutions Company and now Energy Company.
19.30: Discussion around Origin Energy purchasing Horan & Bird in 2015.
20.30: How John sold his house to purchase a container of solar panels to take his company to the next level.
22.30: The future of Energy Solutions and how to build a relationship with Origin Energy.
23.45: What John sees as the biggest mistakes that electricians make when starting in Solar!
24.45: What is the biggest waste of time that John sees in the Solar game.
26.00: Resources that electricians can use to learn about solar installation and design.
27.30: John's POWER LESSON on Solar System Design and Installation to win $1 Million!
29.30: What you need to know to SELL Solar Panels and make money doing it!
31.30: How to build a good supply chain for solar installation
33.00: The things that John attributes his biggest growth and success to.
34.50: How to PARTNER with big companies to grow your electrical business.
35.45: Where electricians can go to learn about sustainable energy solutions.
36.50: How to become a partner with Origin Energy or Master Electricians Australia
38.30: One thing that would teach an electrical contractor that is just starting out in business.
39.45: What tools to use to measure your performance.
40.30: The number one tool that John would recommend spending money on.
42.00: What John does in his spare time
43.20: How has John set up his business to allow him to maintain the lifestyle he has.
44.40: How to get paid quickly to maximise cashflow.
Electrician Success ACADEMY Member Q&A:
46.20: What are the recommended courses or resources that electricians should complete to enhance their skills and understanding of Sustainable Energy Solutions such as solar and battery back up?
47.30: With so many options of batteries coming onto the market, which do you think will be the best going forward - like VHS vs Betamax?
48.50: How to compete against the electricians selling the cheapest products in the industry.
51.00: What John thinks is the benefits of battery back up.
54.10: What is your go to panels and inverter combo setup for optimal conditions and why?
56.00: Final comments to the electrical industry and the take aways that you can implement today for instant improvements.
57.45: Where electricians can go to learn everything you need to know about sales and marketing.
Electrical Contractor Solar Business Advice & Growth Tips
Electrical Contractor Business Mindset & Goals
Electrical Contractor Business Mindset & Goals Podcast features Ashley Ralph, the General Manager of Clipsal Schneider, who is currently raising money for the Julian Burton Burns Trust and Variety The Children's Charity by running 1000km in 10 Days.
Clipsal Schneider General Manager Shares Electrical Contractor Business Mindset & Goals
This interview is guaranteed to motivate and inspire you as an electrician. Ashley talks about his career as an electrician apprentice in the Army to building up his electrical contracting business to becoming the General Manager at Clipsal Schneider.
Follow Ashley Ralph's journey and preparation to running 1000km in 10 days to fundraise for the Julian Burton Burns Trust and Variety The Children's Charity. That is 100km in 10 days!! Learn how he prepares mentally for the challenges that are about to face him and how he plans to minimise mistakes and increases the likelihood of success in relation to the electrical industry. You can implement his strategies in your electrical contractor business plan to see your electrical business grow a lot more!
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Show Summary of Electrical Contractor Business Mindset & Goals:
3.10: Why Ashley Ralph became an electrician initially.
4.00: What it is like to be an electrician in the Army for the Australian Defence Force.
5.40: What skills and mindset Ashley took away from the Army.
7.30: When Ashley had the drive to start his own electrical contracting business.
8.00: Outline of the electrical contracting business and why Ashley stopped contracting and started working at Clipsal.
9.00: Ashley's number one technical ability and how to develop speed and agility on the job.
10.00: How Ashley's team was able to complete house re-wires fast and efficiently with minimal issues and disruption to the home owner or customer.
11.35: The worst looking electrical job Ashley has faced.
12.30: Ashley's recommendations when doing sales as an electrician or electrical contractor.
13.50: Ashley Ralph's General manager role at Clipsal Schneider and what he does there.
15.30: Why Ashley is running 1000km in 10 days for charity.
16.30: The charity's that Ashley is supporting at the Clipsal 1000 and why they are supporting Julian Burton Burns Trust and Variety The Children's Charity.
17.30: What the funds are going towards for the fundraiser.
18.30: What people can do to support this charity event.
20.10: Following Ashley on the Clipsal 1000 Facebook Page.
20.30: How becoming fit and healthy or maintaining your health and wellbeing will enable you to success.
21.30: The breakdown of the skills, mindset and routines that have enabled Ashley to complete ultra events and and pushing himself to the next level in everything he does.
24.00: How Ashley decided to run 1000km in 10 days and WHY!
25.00: Dealing with people who tell you you can't achieve something and what to do about it.
26.00: What drives Ashley to keep growing and improving.
Electrician's Success ACADEMY Member Questions:
26.30: Tony: What is Ashley's nutrition and training plan over the festive season?
28.00: Ashley's nutrition plan for the training for the 1000km run
30.00: Ashley's training plan for the 1000km run for the Clipsal 1000
32.00: How Ashley would tie an event like the Clipsal 1000 to something that an electrical contractor would deal with in day to day business.
33.45: Ashley's number one skill that he has developed to continue improving and growing.
35.00: What has always driven Ashley to be successful.
36.20: Bennet: What is the most influential book that Ashely has read and why?
37.30: What would you teach your younger self in business?
39.00: How to get paid fast to assist with cashflow!
41.00: What is the most used and recommended apps that you use at the moment?
42.10: How to test and measure for success
43.00: Ashley's thoughts and information he would like to share with the electrical community.
44.25: How to watch the Clipsal 1000 LIVE in February.
46.00: A run through of exactly what is happening with the Clipsal 1000
47.00: What is happening at Clipsal at the moment.
Electrical Contractor Business Mindset & Goals
Electrical Contractor Business Communication Strategy
Electrical Contractor Business Communication Strategy Podcast discusses WHY we value open and transparent communication above all else. This episode is packed with practical strategies to for electrical contracting work and how an electrician can increase productivity.
Greg Allan and Kirk Neal share the Electrical Contractor Business Communication Strategy
This episode really outlines WHY we value open and transparent communication above all else at Response Fire & Electrical Services. Learn about our perspective and how we approach difficult conversations to maintain a high level of trust and keep every person we deal with happy and valued. It will help you to take your electrical business to the next level.
Improving your communication will change everything you do and achieve at work and in life. Learn how to communicate better and implement it in your electrical contractor business plan. Enjoy a more fulfilling life with better conversations, easy conflict management, better team productivity, improved state of flow and minimise stress. Are you pumped up to take your electrical contracting business to the next level?
Show Summary of Electrical Contractor Business Communication Strategy
1.35: Examples of interruptions that cause distraction and loss of productivity.
2.40: Setting and utilising POWER BLOCKS to maximise productivity.
5.40: A practical way to slash interruptions from electricians about technical queries.
6.45: Strategies to approach upset customers or clients to maintain a good customer relationship.
8.40: The process Kirk follows to ensure that the customer knows they are valued.
11.00: People management steps to diffuse a bad situation. A highly efficient electrical contractor business communication strategy.
13.00: The listening modality to demonstrate that you have listened to them.
15.30: How to manage yourself under a stressful situation like when you are being yelled at.
17.00: A must have attitude to ensure you stay calm under high stress conversations.
18.15: How to detach from emotion to communicate better.
20.30: The steps and process to take to manage conflict.
22.30: How to be a good conversationalist.
24.45: The disastrous effects of non-billable time, call backs, non-chargeable time.
27.20: How to communicate your way out of non-billable time so that you can charge for all actual time.
29.30: How to be an EXPERT electrician and not a slave.
32.00: Using communication to KNOW your day to maximise productivity, maximise income and minimise losses. An electrical contractor business communication strategy for you.
33.40: The 30 second strategy that will break first meeting awkwardness down to build trust in you as an electrician.
35.20: Techniques to take control of your day.
36.00: The dangerous state of rushing and the effect it has on your mental state and how that effects your day.
38.30: Being prepared and the actual effects it has on your Productivity.
Electrical Contractor Business Communication Strategy
Successful Electrical Contracting Business
This Successful Electrician Interview is sure to boost your understanding of the electrical industry! Tony Arnold is the current President of Master Electricians Australia. He shares a few successful electrical contracting business tips.
President of Master Electricians Australia shares Successful Electrical Contracting Business Tips
Tony Arnold is the current President of Master Electricians Australia and the Director of Arnolds Electrical & Data Installations based in Queensland, Australia. In this episode, we discuss Tony's ability to compete in Ironman, Marathons and Huge Bike Races while running a large electrical business and performing his duties as president at Master Electricians Australia. He is a truly inspirational person with a lot of electrical contracting business lessons to share with you. The podcast can help you to become successful as an electrician or electrical contractor in the electrical industry.
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Show Summary of Successful Electrical Contracting Business Podcast
3.00: Tony's recent exercise achievements and how he fits these around running a large electrical business and life itself.
7.20: The electrician journey of Tony and why he became an electrician.
10.30: Factors to why modern electrical contractors are failing.
12.30: Processes to estimating for successful electrical contracting business.
14.30: Tools to provide clarity to electrical contractors.
16.30: Experiences that took him to the next level in the electrical industries.
18.30: How it used to be before software and mobile phones.
20.10: How Arnold's has changed over the years in terms of the electrical work they do.
22.00: Steps contractors can take to work for QUALITY clients that you want to work for.
23.50: Mistakes that contractors make when starting with new clients.
24.20: How to approach variations to maintain a good client relationship and develop a successful electrical contracting business.
26.30: Discuss the role as President at Master Electricians Australia.
28.30: What Tony is learning about the industry now he is President of Master Electricians Australia.
30.30: What Tony wish he knew when he was 30 years old.
31.30: How trusting people has caused some major issues in Tony's life in business.
34.00: More mistakes and how to identify them early to create the right solution for the issue.
36.00: How to minimise the risk of losing out on jobs.
37.30: Tools and strategies for accurate estimations for tenders
40.00: The process AEDI go through to ensure the correct electrician is hired for the correct role to maintain culture.
43.30: Main takeaways and advice that from Tony's experience in the electrical industry.
45.30: How succession planning will provide the best opportunity for success.
46.30: The cause of some of Tony's hardest times in business and life and how to create a balanced life.
48.00: Steps to take to create an environment where you can have a life outside of business.
51.00: How to connect with Tony Arnold and AEDI
52.00: How to become a member of Master Electricians Australia.
Successful Electrical Contracting Business
Electrical Contractor Business Attitude
Electrical Contractor Business Attitude Podcast has Greg and Kirk discuss the effects of the ego and how it limits your ability to learn new things and develop as an electrician. Learn how to accelerate your electrical business growth, learning, and understanding!
Response Electricians Team shares the Electrical Contractor Business Attitude
In this episode of Inside Response, learn how we have created flexibility within the team to allow us to adapt to any situation when we do not have a key team member come to work. We discuss how you can become a super learner and the most valuable electrician at your electrical company.
The ego is not necessarily a bad thing, it is what you think of yourself and it is there to protect you at all times. In this electrical business lesson, you will learn how to adapt your ego to maximise your learning and become a student of every person you come in contact with in life and at work.
Show Notes from Electrical Contractor Business Attitude:
1.30: Cross Training your team to protect your lifestyle.
2.30: Strategies to ensure that you aren't crushed when key team members don't come to work.
4.30: To develop a free-style mobile office and model of management.
6.30: Hiring virtual assistance to assist you with basic administration roles.
8.00: Hiring electricians who are willing to learn without ego.
10.00: How a hierarchy limits the flexibility in your team.
12.20: How to deal with criticism to maximise your learning.
13.30: How to understand people and develop an electrical contractor business attitude.
15.30: Why telling people that they shouldn't have a licence is detrimental in the long term.
17.30: How to get someone to NOT listen to you.
20.30: The problem to learning WHAT to do but not WHY.
24.00: How people interpret the things the way they do!
25.00: Techniques to learn from everyone to cultivate an electrical contractor business attitude.
27.40: How your ego protects your FEELINGS but limits your growth.
30.00: How performance does not matter if you aren't demonstrating you are learning.
35.00: How the customer will perceive an electrician with an ego.
40.00: How to find the values of the company you work for
45.00: How a business owner can ensure that they are doing to learn with you.