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.
What happens when your manufacturing business grows, your team gets bigger… but somehow everything feels harder to control?
In this episode of What One Thing, Hayley Baxter and Phil Davenport are joined by Harvey Leach to talk about a problem many growing manufacturing businesses will recognise: firefighting.
Harvey shares his own experience in the automotive industry, where every day became a cycle of chasing parts, answering problems and simply trying to get through the day. The turning point wasn’t working harder or recruiting more people. It was creating visibility, structure and simple daily routines that helped the team regain control.
We talk about:
- Why growing manufacturing businesses can lose control as teams expand
- The difference between urgent work and important work
- How to create better visibility across production and your wider team
- Why departments need to understand how their work fits together
- How to move from constant firefighting to continuous improvement
- Developing people as they move from technical roles into management
- The small changes manufacturing leaders can start making tomorrow
If your business is successful but increasingly feels like everyone is incredibly busy without quite knowing whether you’re moving forward, this episode is packed with practical ideas you can actually use.
Because sometimes the answer isn’t more people, more hours or working harder.
It’s stepping back long enough to understand what’s really going on.
What One Thing is brought to you by Corbar Accounting Ltd and Affirm IT, sharing practical conversations and ideas to help business owners build stronger, better-run businesses.
What One Thing is brought to you by Affirm IT and Corbar Accounting.
Listen to What One Thing? and discover the one lesson that could change the way you run your business.
What One Thing? is the business podcast focused on practical ideas growing business owners can actually implement — without the fluff.
Connect with Harvey Leach:
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jharveyleach/
Connect with the hosts:
Hayley Baxter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-baxter-/
Phil Davenport: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-davenport-affirmit/
Affirm IT Services https://affirmit.co.uk/
Corbar Accounting https://corbar.uk/
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