What One Thing?
What One Thing?
Podcast Description
One business. One lesson. Every week. Real businesses. Real stories. Real-time.What One Thing? is the straight-talking weekly podcast for growing UK businesses with a team who are on the move — building, scaling, and figuring it out as they go.Join co-hosts Hayley Baxter (Corbar Accounting) and Phil Davenport (Affirm IT) as they chat with fellow business owners and share their own lessons from the journey — the things they wish they'd known, the wins, the wobbles, and the one thing that made the biggest difference.Each episode is 15–25 minutes of real-world insight, a few laughs, and practical takeaways to help you grow a better business — without the fluff.🎙️ Expect:Honest interviews with business owners on the growTopic episodes on key business challengesStraight answers, no jargonOne clear lesson, every week👀 Also on YouTube — because yes, it’s filmed too.📍 Based in Derbyshire, speaking to businesses across the UK.New episodes every week — follow to catch the next one.
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The podcast focuses on key business challenges and personal growth for entrepreneurs, with episodes addressing topics such as transitioning from corporate roles to starting a business, overcoming imposter syndrome, and the significance of networking. For example, Episode 2 highlights Hayley's journey from burnout to founding her accounting business, while Episode 1 details Phil's experience in navigating redundancy to establish a managed service provider.
One business. One lesson. Every episode.
Real businesses. Real stories. Real-time.
What One Thing? is the straight-talking bi-weekly podcast for growing UK businesses with a team who are on the move — building, scaling, and figuring it out as they go.
Join co-hosts Hayley Baxter (Corbar Accounting) and Phil Davenport (Affirm IT) as they chat with fellow business owners and share their own lessons from the journey — the things they wish they’d known, the wins, the wobbles, and the one thing that made the biggest difference.
Each episode is 15–25 minutes of real-world insight, a few laughs, and practical takeaways to help you grow a better business — without the fluff.
🎙️ Expect:
- Honest interviews with business owners on the grow
- Topic episodes on key business challenges
- Straight answers, no jargon
- One clear lesson, every week
👀 Also on YouTube — because yes, it’s filmed too.
📍 Based in Derbyshire, speaking to businesses across the UK.
New episodes fortnightly — follow to catch the next one.
In this episode of What One Thing, we sit down with entrepreneur and author John Lamerton to explore the single shift that transformed his business — and his life.
After years of running multiple businesses, working long hours, and trying to do everything himself, John hit breaking point.
A health scare forced him to rethink how he was working and led him to a powerful realisation:
You don’t need to do more. You need to focus on one thing.
John shares how he went from being a “busy fool” juggling everything — from marketing to operations to finance — to focusing on his role as the marketer of his business.
We cover:
• Why doing everything holds your business back
• How to identify your “one thing”
• The dangers of constant busyness and burnout
• Practical ways to simplify your workload
• How to capture ideas without getting distracted
• Why focus beats productivity every time
This episode is for business owners who feel overwhelmed, stretched too thin, or stuck in the day-to-day running of their business.
🎧 If you’re ready to stop doing everything and start focusing on what actually moves the needle, this one’s for you.
John’s Website
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