On this episode, I chatted with business powerhouse, Simone Douglas who shared her many years of business wisdom and dropped a ton of golden nuggets!
Simone is the Publican & Licensee of the Duke of Brunswick Hotel & The Port Admiral, Executive Director for BNI Adelaide North, CEO of Digital Marketing AOK, Owner of the cafe - dob on King William and a best-selling author with her books "Seriously Social" and “The Confident Networker”.
She also sits on the branch council for the Australian Hotels Association SA Branch and is co-founder of the Hospo Owners Collective. Her businesses have garnered more awards than can be comfortably included in a bio, and her passion for supporting business, community, and industry is well known. Simone's down-to-earth attitude makes her someone that people feel comfortable around and she loves supporting others to be successful.
1:37 Where did her entrepreneurial streak come from. At a very early age she learnt she could do whatever she wanted.
3:10 When is enough? She is fitting as much as possible into this short life.
4:50 Simone's recipe for self care. Work/life balance is rubbish, its work/life harmony
6:52 Reward psychology. the importance of small and regular rewards.
9:00 Recruitment and retention of staff in bare talent pool. Do you position yourself as an employer of choice?
14:20 Keeping and attracting customers in the current challenging environment. They key is building community and going beyond the transaction.
18:11 Businesses 2 biggest challenges beyond 2023. The importance of community.
23:35 The key attributes to her success. her responses will surprise you.
26:50 What Simone looks for when acquiring businesses. "I was looking for office space and I bought a pub!"
33:00 Simone's 'why?' What's yours? Her strategy for for when she has had enough and wants to go home.
35:30 You can't change the circumstance but you can change your response.
37:15 What advice would Simone give her 20 year old self? "Your worthy...do you and don't worry about others"