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SCOTT BAILEY
- ANSCOT SAFETY SOLUTIONS AND TRAINING What mindset or values do you carry with you in order to be a good leader? I come from a background of military discipline and integrity, as well as a service background from working in the funeral industry. I endeavour to provide customer specific safety solutions, rather than generic style answers. I focus on the needs of the individual business, as well as the requirements of the workers within it, to ensure a positive safety culture, rather than negativity. How has your business changed in the last three years? I started out in 2010 doing purely safety management systems and their supporting documents to assist small business meet their OH&S compliance requirements. Training is provided as part of my operations, as well as regular training for local RTOs like SkillsLink and Men at Work. With ongoing involvement with my clients, my role has evolved to researching, sourcing and supplying of safety equipment and PPE. In the last 18 months I have also added onsite drug and alcohol screening to the business profile. When it comes to creating (new ideas, products or processes) where do you get your inspiration? I have been a member of the Safety Institute of Australia for five years and with this membership comes exposure to the latest safety programmes, ideas and products, so I am constantly looking at ways of adding better systems or equipment to my clients’ businesses.
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Do you think businesses need to take risks in order to be successful? I believe that if you don’t take risks, how will you know whether you will achieve your goal or not? All people who own businesses take risks - buying or starting your own business is the biggest risk of all - but in the end it is all worth it.
The team at Nationwide Property Brokers are very excited to have John join the team. John brings extensive knowledge in coordinating house and land packages and thus helping people realise their dreams of building their own home. You will see John’s friendly face at our display centre for Orion on the Beach situated at 50 William St. It will be a tough place for John to spend time there. It will be a tough place for John to spend his working day, we hope those amazing view up the beautiful coastline towards Point Plomer won’t distract you too much! Welcome aboard.
What creative things do you do to develop a likeable company culture? I don’t know whether I’m creative, but I believe family is important. This is a family owned and operated business, so it’s important to make everyone feel welcome and treated the same. We also like to make sure our customer service is friendly and helpful 100% of the time. If you could be mentored by another business leader or person of influence for one day, who would you choose? Mmmm ... that’s a hard one. I’d have to say I have always admired Sir Richard Branson, from starting his own company at 16 and now owning 400; that is is a great achievement and would make for some good converstation over a beer or two. What is one of the current challenges for local business, and how do you think it can be tackled? Online shopping by far. These days it’s just so easy to jump online and purchase whatever you need or want. It’s so important that people support local businesses and the communities they live in.
Johns thoughts on moving forward in business... When it comes to creating (new ideas, products or processes) where do you get your inspiration? I pull a lot of inspiration from different countries around the world: “What they are doing, and how they are doing it?” then try and relate that to my situation to see how it can benefit what I am working on. What is one of the current challenges for local business, and how do you think it can be tackled? I think one of the biggest challenges our local businesses are facing is the trend of online shopping and/or services. What do we do to keep the business local? I believe it’s about people and how you treat them; people will always see value in good service, and therefore the local person will always become the first option.
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