De-stress Your Business

Business doesn’t need to be stressful. This weekly podcast is for business owners, leaders, and managers who want to get better results, with less stress. We go deep on tactics you can roll out today, such as freeing up 15 hours per week (!) of your time, empowering your teams, and sorting out employee onboarding. Paddy Mann and Alexis Kingsbury are serial entrepreneurs who have learned these lessons the hard way over the last 15 years, and now support 100s of other business leaders as co-founders at AirManual.

De-stress Your Business is a business podcast hosted by Paddy Mann & Alexis Kingsbury, with 167 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Paddy Mann & Alexis Kingsbury hosts De-stress Your Business, a business show with 167 episodes published.

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  Episode #167

  E166: Why Charging Using Timesheets Kills Innovation and Value, with Ron Baker

  Mar 2, 202646 minS0

  <p> </p> <p>Alexis Kingsbury interviews Ron Baker, author and founder of VeraSage Institute, about why tracking time and billing by the hour harms professional services firms by distorting behavior, reducing margins, and undermining innovation.</p> <p>Ron explains the “transformation economy” as a shift beyond services and experiences toward guiding clients from a current state to a desired future identity. He argues firms should market and price around transformation rather than tasks.</p> <p>He describes how subscription models change pricing, KPIs, and financial thinking toward lifetime value, recurring revenue, and churn. He says the biggest barrier is unlearning cost...

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  Episode #166

  E165: AI Is Here. Everyone's About to Become a Manager.

  Feb 23, 202627 minS0

  <p >Six months ago, Alexis built a 100% AI accountancy practice called Accrual Intentions. He called it an experiment. What he didn't say at the time: he was hoping it wouldn't work.</p> <p >In this honest follow-up to Episode 164, Alexis shares what he's processed since — the board meeting that ran in eight minutes, the failures that turned out to be management errors rather than AI errors, and the data that suggests professional services firms have about eighteen months before the compliance work their juniors do today is largely automated.</p> <p >The question isn't whether AI will change your firm. It...

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  Episode #165

  E164: I Built a 100% AI Accountancy Firm. It Nearly Put Me in Prison.

  Feb 16, 202620 minS0

  <p>Alexis shares the full behind-the-scenes story of building Accrual Intentions — a 100% AI-powered accountancy firm with 11 AI team members. The AI team completed a 7-month roadmap of 91 tasks and 107 deliverables in just 4 hours, with only 7 requiring human decisions. But the experiment also revealed serious dangers: a £43,000 profit-and-loss error stated with total confidence, terms of business that would have constituted a criminal offence, and every client-facing document pointing to someone else's website. The episode explores what this means for the future of accounting and the emerging skill of managing AI teams rather than doing the work yourself.</p>

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  Episode #164

  E163: Navigating Mergers Without the Headache, with Alex Black FCCA

  Nov 3, 202544 minS0

  Mergers and acquisitions can spark exciting growth — but they also bring chaos, uncertainty, and a lot of stress.   In this episode of De-stress Your Business, we’re joined by Alex Black, Director of Client Services and Innovation at Ad Valorem, a fast-growing accountancy firm now part of the ETL Group.   Alex shares how he’s helped teams navigate the stress of change — from integrating cultures and standardising processes, to preparing teams for powerful innovations like AI.   You’ll learn: What causes stress during mergers — and how to ease it How to overcome resistance when introducing change Why standardising workflows is critical for in...

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  Episode #163

  E162: Workplace Drama Without the Stress

  Oct 20, 20259 minS0

  In this episode of De-Stress Your Business, Alexis Kingsbury delves into the often unexpected and challenging people problems every business leader faces.    From marital disputes to sudden resignations, Alexis emphasizes the importance of strong line management in navigating these issues.    He shares practical advice on building trustful, open relationships between managers and their teams, and highlights the significance of regular one-to-ones and creating a no-blame culture.    Learn how to prepare for crises and support your employees effectively, ensuring your business remains resilient even when life throws curveballs.   ---   Helpful resources:   Playbook for Managing Employee Performance (including guidance on great 1-2-1 meetin...

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