The Jason Clause Show

3 helpful tips to keep technology from ruining vacation Our technology helps us deliver great client service and access information quickly. It can also be what stops us from escaping the grinding day to day of our professional lives while on vacation. If not properly disconnected, our technology can rob us of the escape that a vacation provides to think, invest in our relationships at home and grow as a person. In this episode I share 3 tips to unplug from technology while on vacation: Put...

Be on the lookout for a new Apple-flavored email phishing attack. New European data privacy regulation is going into effect this week. It's called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and bad guys are using it as bait in a variety of ways. This scam looks like it is from Apple and claims that if you do not take action, your account will be "restricted". But in reality they steal your identity and credit card information. Do not click on links in emails, or social media links related to...

We spend years in the formal education system learning about how to get a job and a career and earn money, but very little of that, if any, is spent learning how to manage that money to reach lifestyle goals. Money and the problems associated with personal finance are a source of a lot of anxiety and strife. This can have a huge impact on personal happiness and our organization's culture. The main culprit, most of us learn about managing our personal finances through trial and error. So how...

How do you know when it's time to start looking for a new accounting system? Is the tool that you're using good enough? Can you extract enough value from some future state that would justify all the hassle and headache associated with upgrading to something different? Before you can even start asking those questions, it's important to figure out the current gaps associated with the status quoe approach. In this episode my guest, Doug Kennedy and I talk about a few key indicators that your...

*This is part two of an interview that I started in the previous episode.* You can find part 1 by clicking here: Listen to Part 1 What’s the business worth? Who will buy it and at what price? Should I even sell the business? Is there another option? It is never too early to plan your exit strategy. It can take 3 years or more to prepare your business for you to leave and receive maximum economic value. In this episode I talk with my friends and business experts, Thomas Mele and Kirsten...

It’s never too early to plan your exit strategy What’s the business worth? Who will buy it and at what price? Should I even sell the business? Is there another option? It is never too early to plan your exit strategy. It can take 3 years or more to prepare your business for you to […]

We all need to give more attention to identity theft in the wake of the Equifax breach Most of us already know that Equifax reported a data breach that affects more than 143 million US customers, about 44% of the population. It's an extremely serious breach; hackers got access to full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver's license numbers -- exactly the sort of information criminals can use to impersonate victims to banks, credit card companies, insurance...

CEO Fraud is a very simple and effective cyber attack that can cause significant business losses CEO Fraud couldn’t be simpler. There’s no malware to write and no malicious code or links to implant. It’s a text only email, plain and simple – but it’s the social engineering that makes it work. Due to its simplicity, these spoofing attacks are one of the fastest growing forms of cyber crime. During the period from Oct. 2013 to April 4, 2016, the FBI reported losses due to this kind of attack...

Everyone can be funny if they can follow a process.I'll never forget a Chris Rock Interview that I listened to. That was when it dawned on me. Comedians don't just get up on stage and start making people laugh. They follow a rigorous process. The discovery lead me to the San Francisco Comedy College and introduced me to my guest, Rich Stimbra. Rich helped me learn that everyone is funny and he taught me the creative process that comedians use to develop jokes and perform stand up comedy. I...

Goals are great for helping us figure out where we want to go. Systems will get us there. We all have things that we want to achieve in our life and for many, the path to those things starts by setting specific and actionable goals. Goals are good. They can provide direction and even push you forward in the short-term, but a well-designed system will lead to better results. Having a system is what matters. Committing to the process is what will get you where you set your sights. James...

There are a multitude of tools and apps in the world designed to help us stay organized. I’ve tried many of them, but I’ve never come close to achieving the organizational zen that I’ve hoped for. That is until now. In this episode, my guest Aaron Lowe and I talk about Bullet Journaling a pen and paper based framework for capturing and saving information, to do lists, schedules and much more. There’s no software, no hardware. Just pen and paper. It seems too simple, but Bullet Journaling...

61% of cyber attacks by hackers each year involve small to medium-sized businesses. At least half of those companies won’t even know the attack has happened until it’s too late. IT system security and data protection have always been important. But as the statistics highlight, the need to focus attention on security is increasing for companies of all sizes. Larger firms have the resources to spend heavily on the issue, but what can a small or mid-sized firm do? In this episode, I share 3...

My first reaction to the daily huddle was, “What can we possible have to talk about everyday?” But what I came to learn was that the daily huddle can be the cornerstone of a team’s meeting rhythm and a system by which everyone is constantly vetting, in a very transparent manner, their tactical actions against the organization's goals, core values, brand promise and core purpose. In this episode I share how my team structured its daily huddle and I share a few articles about the topic. Show...

It can be frustrating as a manager when we’re not getting the results that we expect from an employee. Assuming the team member wants to be successful and is giving us his best effort how can we help him get unstuck? In this episode we're going to talk about a framework that I learned from a really smart manager, Rick Scherle, for diagnosing the reasons why an employee might be struggling. Spoiler alert, it's probably the manager. Show notes: Excel Tip - How to Use Structured Formula...

It's just easier to use shorthand. This is never more true than when working with your team. It allows a manager to leverage habits and pre-agreed to norms of behavior to quickly communicate with team members. But to work properly, our shorthand needs to be carefully scripted so that we can eliminate as much ambiguity as possible. In this episode: We build on some of the concepts we talked about in the previous episode and share a few ideas for building and developing shorthand with your...

It’s what the receiver hears that’s most important.. That seems pretty simple, but if it’s true, why does there seem to be so much miscommunication! As a manager, how can we make sure our team hears what we mean the way we mean it? In this episode my guest Samuel Hatton and I talk about: How we mislead others without meaning to The chorus of negative voices and how that colors everything we hear The right things to say How to make sure your people heard what we mean Show Notes: I’m not a...

I get in the car, start the engine and an hour later, I’m at work. I don’t remember the trip. I'm not alone, chances are the same thing happend to you. It’s a habit and when you think about it, that’s a little scary. Driving a car is not a simple thing to do. Research suggests that some huge percentage of our day is nothing more than a series of habits, complex routines that are triggered by a cue and reinforced with a reward. In his book, “The Power of Habit”, Charles Duhigg helps us...