Episode 332: The Path to Success for Couples in Business with Gillian Andale
As couples, understanding each other better is the first step towards building a harmonious relationship whether in life or running a business. Gillian recognizes that whether couples are similar or different, both scenarios come with their own challenges and advantages.
On the sidelines of the Done For You Branded Retreat, Adam Stott interviews Gillian Andale, the winner of the Best New Product and Service award at the Branded Done For You Retreat. Gillian shares her journey from the corporate world to starting her own business. Her unique approach to addressing the emotional side of relationships emphasizes the importance of building a life by design rather than default.
Gillian is the founder of Osprey Couples Dynamics and is passionate about helping couples build the lives they want while growing their businesses.
Show Highlights:
- How Gillian helps couples and families in business
- Helping couples define the life they want before building their business to support it
- Importance of caring for clients and creating a safe space for them to address their relationship challenges
- Gillian’s experience as a blended family with six children and 16 grandchildren, which have given her a wealth of knowledge and understanding of family dynamics
- How Gillian overcame her initial fear of reaching her target audience and now helping couples navigate the emotional aspects of their relationships
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Transcript:
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Adam Stott:
[00:00:00] Adam Stott: Hey everybody, Adam Stott here. Thanks for checking out my podcast, Business Growth Secrets. You’re absolutely in the right place. This podcast is going to reveal to you all of the secrets that you’ve been looking to discover. They’re going to allow you to cure your cashflow problems, attain. More clients bring in more leads for your business and create systems and processes that give you the growth that you want.
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[00:00:55] We’re at the Branded Done For You Retreat. Had an amazing time. And, you know, one of the people I’ve really enjoyed spending time with, getting to know personally, is the one and the only Julian Andad. Who has, uh, won an award from us at the Bronwyn Retreat, which is in, uh, And she really deserves this because she put so much time, thought and effort into honing her products and service to really meet the marketplace.
[00:01:22] I know that she’s done a lot of coaching, a lot of mentoring to really nail this down. And what I feel she’s bringing to the market. is exceptional and that’s why she’s won Best New Product and Service. Uh, really looking forward to hearing your story, uh, Gillian. So welcome on, how are you? How are you feeling right now?
[00:01:41] Gillian Andale: I’m feeling stoked. Uh, this was really the award I wanted to win because as you said, I spent a lot of time honing in, really trying to focus on what are the problems that I can help, uh, couples in business and family businesses with. Absolutely. So I’m stoked. You’re
[00:01:58] Adam Stott: stoked. You’re super happy, which is awesome.
[00:02:01] And look, you know, I first met you as we were talking yesterday in Park Plaza, Waterloo. You came to our Business Grower’s Secrets event. You and your husband, who I know well as well, joined us on Business Circle. You’ve been doing a great job. You’ve worked really, really hard and then you made the decision to come to, to The Real Tree.
[00:02:18] What’s it been like? Have you enjoyed it so far?
[00:02:19] Gillian Andale: It’s been the most amazing experience. Uh, as you mentioned, I’ve done a lot of coaching and mentoring previously, but it’s the implementation that makes all the difference. And the whole three days have been about implementation. They’ve been about taking action.
[00:02:35] Uh, which is, which is the, the piece of the puzzle that, that I’ve struggled to put in place.
[00:02:40] Adam Stott: So many people do, right? And, you know, I’ve, I’ve, you know, you’ve had some great results while you’re here. You’ve been featured in the media, you’ve won your award, which you entered, with lots of other people entered as well.
[00:02:51] Um, and we really felt that you deserved that award. In addition to that, you’re on the podcast, we’re having a great chat, getting to know each other. Uh, you’ve had your professional photo shoot and we just really enjoyed your company. We had a great time in the spa as well. We did, we did. You know, so some really nice.
[00:03:05] Gillian Andale: You know, I laughed.
[00:03:07] I, I actually barely laughed for the first time in a long time. Just with such great people, um, the jokes, the camaraderie in the spa, it was such a pleasant Uh, experience, but really for me, it took me away from that seriousness of, of what I’m doing and why, and I just laughed.
[00:03:28] Adam Stott: Yeah, it feels like, and, and we’re gonna, we’re gonna jump into the business in just a moment, but it actually feels like you, you definitely come out of yourself in this environment.
[00:03:37] You got off the grid, you got to a place where you brought a lot of energy, you’ve been smiling the whole time, it’s been great to see. So look, your, your business, Best New Product or Service. Yeah. And I love the name of the business, and I think you should, uh, introduce the business and explain that name, because it’s a beautiful name for what it is, indeed.
[00:03:54] Gillian Andale: So, the name of the business is Osprey Couples Dynamics, and the reason I went for Osprey is because Uh, osprey birds, they mate for life and they’re very protective of their family, of the, um, the environment around them. Uh, and they can be quite fierce, but they’re also very gentle.
[00:04:13] Adam Stott: And I love that, right?
[00:04:15] And you put a lot of time, a lot of effort. You’ve done lots of, you said you’ve been a big advocate of personal development. You’ve done lots of personal development over the years. I know that you understand personality profiling. Uh, people’s dynamics at a really high level. Um, you’ve put a lot of time and energy into that.
[00:04:32] And you’ve come up with this new product to, um, to help couples out there, which I think you’ve definitely nailed. Do you want to tell us a little bit about that?
[00:04:39] Gillian Andale: Yes, so the product’s called, um, Relationship Harmony Formula, or Relationship Harmony. And it covers three areas. As you said, the personality.
[00:04:49] It’s more than just the personality. It also covers the values, the love languages. And what makes each of the partners tick? Because whether they’re very similar or whether they’re very different, it both, uh, have challenges and both have advantages. So it’s understanding each other better is the first part.
[00:05:06] Second part is very much about following the North Star. My, my clients tend to be ones who are drowning in their own success or in their growth. At the expense of their relationships, but they also have, you know, strategies for their business, but not, not often for their lives and they have a life by default, not a life by design.
[00:05:33] And that’s my key is the business you build together defines the life you lead. So why not build the life you want first, and then get your business to support that.
[00:05:45] Adam Stott: And this is why you’re picked, because you have a very clear vision of what the problem is, how to help people with the problem. And I’m a big believer, you know, having been, been that person that just works, works, works, works, works, works, works, and sacrifices relationships because of it.
[00:06:03] And it leads to a lot of problems, right? But actually, why do you work, work, work, work, work? You do that to build a great life. Yeah. So you have choices and you have freedom and, you know, that’s why I love what you’re doing. I think it’s, uh, going to help a lot of people. Um, so congratulations for that. And look, along the way, what got you into this?
[00:06:23] Have you had some struggles along the way? Where did this start from? Tell us a little bit about that.
[00:06:27] Gillian Andale: Okay. Well, I’ve always been, uh, an overachiever, if you like, in the corporate world. And, uh, I’ve, I’ve lived on five continents, worked in 40, over 40 countries, taking my, my little young family with me. Uh, and, and that was always, that met my needs, my, um, my personality.
[00:06:47] And then, back in 2018, It was one event, uh, actually one, one day, uh, in the company I was working for. And I realized that one, I’d lost my why, but two, so many of the big corporates, they have their own, they have their own agendas and the, the agendas are not necessarily serving. the, the company, but also the community or, or, or the country.
[00:07:16] Um, so I actually resigned that day. I didn’t, didn’t know where I was going to go, what I was going to do. Uh, uh, but then I really wanted to work with small business owners or small to medium business owners who had, they had investment in their business. And, and that’s because I’ve also done 20 years of, uh, human, human behavior, uh, study.
[00:07:41] Uh, I wanted to combine and, oh, the other thing is I’ve got six children, uh, blended family. We’re a blended family. We’ve got 16 grandchildren. So there’s not too many of the family type of. Issues that I haven’t experienced along the way. So it was bringing my, my family, um, experiences with my corporate, um, and business and entrepreneurial training and putting them together.
[00:08:05] And it just seems so logical to then work with, with businesses on, on both their business and their relationships.
[00:08:13] Adam Stott: What’s the outcome? So, you know, you, you’ve gone out, you, you’ve made that decision to come out and build this business, you know, really going to help people. What’s it been like going on that journey, helping people?
[00:08:23] How does it make you feel when you? You see these people change, put more quality in their life around their relationship. Is that quite rewarding for you?
[00:08:30] Gillian Andale: It’s, it’s, it’s amazingly rewarding. As you can see, you know, I’ve got a lot of wisdom behind me. And to be able to see the, the Just the light bulbs come on for people, for couples, uh, and to see the softening in their eyes, it’s, it’s incredibly rewarding, and the feedback I get as well is, is always that I care, and I do care, and that’s what I want, uh, that’s what I want other people, um, to recognize, that if you care, and that’s what You can go, you can go, uh, a lot of places.
[00:09:08] Adam Stott: Absolutely. And after stepping out of corporate, building this business, building these products, going out and helping people, there have obviously been ups and downs along the way. And, you know, perhaps you had some fears at different times. What are some of the fears that you had? How do you feel about those fears now?
[00:09:25] Gillian Andale: Well, um, we, we’ve had some major challenges financially. We, we got, we lost our pension in a Ponzi scheme. And yeah, we’ve, we’ve had a lot of challenges, but knowing that I have these skills, that’s the wealth that, that I have. I might’ve lost the, the, the penny or the pounds, um, but I’ve still got that wealth and I think with this branding weekend, it’s really, um, galvanized me to, to remember that I have so much wealth that I can then capitalize on and help other people, um, along the way.
[00:10:06] Adam Stott: I think that’s absolutely amazing. Obviously, it’s been a great experience. We’ve really enjoyed your company and it’s been amazing in the room. Is there a member of the team that you feel has helped you or made an impact on you or something that’s been said that you could pass on to the people watching this video that would perhaps help them
[00:10:21] too?
[00:10:22] Gillian Andale: Um, obviously yourself, uh, the way, if I had to use one word that was missing, um, before, uh, before being part of the, um, big business, it was clarity. And. Just spending some time with you. I got that clarity, but it’s also Ben Jacob Smith and his, his sales process. Um, I actually have his sales process up on my wall and I don’t see it as a sales process.
[00:10:49] It’s, to me, it’s a structured conversation.
[00:10:51] Adam Stott: Yeah, and you talked about that, how much has helped you. Yeah, and I love that because Ben’s got a lot of passion for helping people. He has as well. does an amazing job. And, you know, I remember when Ben first became a part of what we do, that we, and we showed him that sales process and he went out and he started using it, getting amazing results, really owned it.
[00:11:11] And I told it to so many of our clients and like yourself, I love the fact that you’re using it. You, you bring that into what you do, which is absolutely incredible. So, so well done for you on that note. And in terms of your beliefs, what did you believe to be true in the past that you now, Do not believe to be true, because often beliefs can hold people back.
[00:11:30] Did you have a feeling back in the day, was there something that you believed? Maybe I can’t build this business, maybe I can’t get out there, maybe people won’t want my products, something like that is holding you back, that you’ve been out of squash.
[00:11:42] Gillian Andale: Uh, the biggest one was. How do I get to my audience and, uh, will they want my product?
[00:11:49] Because it’s not something that you can, you know, put on a table or, you know, it’s not, it’s not a specific service. It’s, it’s, it’s about emotion. It’s addressing the emotion side, which a lot of people hide from. I really did struggle with, uh, what service can I really offer? And, and now, you know, I’ve realized that it’s, it’s a very needed service.
[00:12:15] And I know that with your help, I’m going to be able to use the right words. That get, that unlock people actually admitting to themselves, we need a bit of help here.
[00:12:28] Adam Stott: I actually love what you just said because I think there’s a lot of service based business owners that are probably listening right now and they’ve had that same feeling.
[00:12:35] You know, how do I describe my service in a way that people see the value in it? And I love the fact that you’ve overcome that. You’ve got a new belief. That’s, that’s really, really powerful for me. Look, there’s probably a lot of people watching this that have got challenges in their relationships that might want to talk to you, Gillian.
[00:12:51] Um, what would be the best way that people would contact you?
[00:12:54] Gillian Andale: I think, um, on LinkedIn, it’s more personal. Um, if they send me a direct message. Then I can get back to them really quickly and we can have a conversation. So that’s Jillian Andale. Yes So that’s spell that for us just in case. Yes. It’s Jillian with a g.
[00:13:10] Yeah, and then it’s Andale. A N D A L E Nice and easy.
[00:13:15] Adam Stott: Go and connect with Jillian She’s a lovely person and someone that has a wealth of knowledge and skills that can really, really help you if you’ve got challenges anywhere in your relationship and you really want to work on those and get them right.
[00:13:27] Look, it’s been a pleasure working with you. I really enjoyed it. You know, well done for being here. Well done for the action you’ve taken while you were here. And I really look forward to seeing this product or service go far and get everything that you deserve.
[00:13:40] Gillian Andale: Thank you so much. You’re welcome. Thank you.
[00:13:42] Thank you.
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