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.
Most manufacturing businesses spend their time chasing new leads while overlooking one of the biggest opportunities already sitting in front of them.
In this episode, we are joined by Rene Power, an industrial marketing specialist with more than 30 years’ experience helping manufacturing and professional service businesses attract, convert and retain high value clients. CIM qualified and self employed since 2015, Rene has guided businesses through the challenges of pre Covid, the pandemic itself and the ever changing business landscape that followed. Today, through Rene Power Marketing, he helps businesses build sustainable growth using practical, high impact marketing strategies that actually generate results.
Together we discuss the “blindingly obvious” strategy that many manufacturers still aren’t using, why businesses are often afraid to simply “make the ask”, and how historical sales data could become your most valuable source of new work.
In this episode we cover:
● Why reactivating previous prospects is often faster and more profitable than cold outreach.
● The real reason business owners avoid direct conversations.
● How to combine LinkedIn, personal branding and one to one networking effectively.
● Turning past enquiries into a warm sales pipeline.
● Managing ghosting, stalled projects and inconsistent sales cycles.
● Lessons from running businesses through Covid and beyond.
● Why being brave enough to ask can transform your business.
Whether you’re a manufacturing business owner, sales director or marketer looking to win more of the right work, this episode is packed with practical advice you can put into action immediately.
Connect with Rene Power:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renepower/
Connect with the hosts:
Hayley Baxter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-baxter-/
Phil Davenport: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-davenport-affirmit/
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