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Join Stephanie Christopher, MD, Vistage Australia and New Zealand as she sits down with business leaders and inspiring guests covering wide-ranging conversations about all things leadership, exploring the questions that are top of mind for small to mid-sized businesses: strategic planning, exit strategies, family business, talent, scaling up, AI, transformation, economic updates and more. Success thrives on different perspectives.
If you are passionate about growth, improving your decision-making or just interested in what is going on in the world of the midsized or small business then this podcast is for you.
Take the first step towards results – listen now.
If you are passionate about growth, improving your decision-making or just interested in what is going on in the world of the midsized or small business then this podcast is for you.
Take the first step towards results – listen now.
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In this epidsode Ron Schwartz, founder of Brass Tax and expert in organisational transformation shares valuable insights on aligning your organisation by asking five key questions, and the importance of roles, goals, and decision rights. Whether you're a small business or a large corporation, Ron's advice on creating effective management systems and aligning talent is a must-listen! Tune in to learn how to turn challenges into growth opportunities.
Two top areas of focus for mid-sized business:
Management Systems - Systems and processes for growthAligning your talent around roles, goals and decision rights
In this episode Stephanie Christopher talks to Jane Lewis, Principal at the Outlook Consulting Group, about the challenges of change in professional services firms. Jane discusses the importance of tapping into the emotional and purpose-driven drivers of employees in order to navigate change successfully. She also emphasises the need for leaders to understand the difference between technical problems and adaptive challenges, and to approach adaptive change with a focus on discovery and understanding the promoting and resisting forces within the organisation. Jane suggests using the SCARF model (status, certainty, autonomy, relationships, and fairness) to address the needs and concerns of employees during times of change. Overall, the conversation highlights the complexity of change and the importance of effective leadership in managing it.
In this inspiring podcast Nicole Golan, a proud Ngarrindjeri woman and CEO/Founder of Nik&Co. consultancy, speaks from the heart. Nicole highlights the inequity in our society and brings to life how business has a role to play in making a difference. Nicole and Stephanie unpack what reconciliatory practices within a business environment look like. How do leaders embrace reconciliation and inclusive practices within the workplace, and where to start?The good news is that ‘anybody can make a difference and support equality and justice for first nations peoples by applying a cultural lens over everything we do. We have to confront our history to be able to build our new world together.Nicole delivers a powerful and thought provoking vision.
In this action packed podcast David explores the science of people performance at work and how to link habits of high performing CEOs to end outcomes for long term business success. Change has never been faster, and leaders are having to change-up their game and re-assess – ‘What got me here won’t get me there’. David shares the 3 critical steps that will put leaders on the right path for re-invention to help unleash sustainable performance.‘Leadership is now a contact sport’, says David. Leaders need to be brave and have meaningful real time conversations with their top talent- it’s about frequency more than duration. CEOs and managers need to be constantly involved in the careers of their top talent and asking how they can accelerate their direct reports ambitions within the context of your growing business.
Stephen has always been passionate about helping small business and entrepreneurs, however after visiting Hobart’s Art & Culture Museum five years ago a new purpose unfolded for Stephen – To create opportunities for indigenous entrepreneurs and small business leaders.In this conversation, Stephanie and Stephen explore the similarities and differences between Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Western Entrepreneurship and the need to apply open innovation principles for the next horizon of growth.Critical to success is bringing the two worlds together, find out how all business leaders can take that first step.
Rob Kinkade, Co-Founder & CEO FORUMM Digital and Director of DuToday brings a cross-sector perspective to digital transformation and in simple terms, unpacks what it means for the future of business, small or large. Rob say's ’It's about having a lightweight, agile approach to digital, it’s no longer a set and forget’. Rob gives great insights about how to go from idea to outcome with a great working example. Rob and Steph circle back at the end of this conversation with his top 3 tips to kick off digital transformation today. There are so many actionable insights in this podcast you'll need to listen again and again.
Warren Hogan sits down with Stephanie to talk about the current economic environment that business leaders are now operating in and what it will take to succeed.‘The world has shifted a lot, particularly in the last 6 months. Our economy is robust, but will also bring many challenges over the next couple of years - It will be dynamic, exciting and frightening for business and one of the most interesting economic backdrops that we’ve had in this country for a generation or longer.’Is your business in a defensive posture or an expanding posture? A must listen podcast for all business leaders!
Christa Lenard discuss the recent High Court decision in WorkPac and Rossato regarding casual employment in Australia. In a nutshell, the position in Australian employment law is now clear. Christa talks to Stephanie about the implications of this recent decision for SME Business Leaders and also for the GIG economy.
The landscape has shifted rapidly as we transition to the new normal and living with COVID. The conversation has shifted from restrictions to risk management and compliance. With a number of businesses bringing people back into the office it's time to re-access those COVID safe plans. Christa Lenard provides business leaders with clear practical measures that will minimise ongoing risk and increased compliance in a COVID world. Stephanie asks the question, 'Are there increased risks for employers because of shifts in expectations of health and safety at work, as a fall out from COVID, from a workers compensation perspective?' and 'How are employers managing issues around proof of public health orders with their staff?' This brief update is an essential listen for all business leaders.
Kim Seeling Smith, CEO of Ignite Global, Award winning author, Speaker and Future of Work Expert is Stephanie's guest in this episode, and Kim shares her insights about The Great Resignation and the Future of Work. Kim gives us key tips on what every size business can do to bring in the right talent and explains the paradigm shift in hiring. It all comes down to the Manager and the critical role they now play in our organization. A must listen to podcast - practical tips for business leaders of any size organisation can implement now.
It’s critical for any size business to have a Communication Strategy. Frances Dwyer, Marketing Communications & Strategy expert, kickstarts the conversation with 3 driving factors to guard against Reputational Damage for your business and tips on risk & crisis management.When it comes to your Communication Strategy Frances’ recommendation is to take an ‘Inside Out’ approach - What’s your Purpose and Values, how do they intersect with your product/services and the ‘What that you do’. Frances unlocks how you can develop an effective Communications Strategy in a meaningful & practical way that’s helpful to your target audience.Frances covers a lot of ground in this podcast and rounds the conversation off with Messaging tips to help you connect with your ideal customer, media tips, myth busting and more.
Stephanie Reuss and Victoria Stuart, Co-founders & Co CEOs of Beamible (formerly Beam). Five years ago they created a flexible jobs marketplace called Beam alongside their consulting business supporting flexible work solutions. After helping to move the needle on normalising flexible work they could see that there was more work to do.They've shifted their business model to a cloud-based platform solving the next set of flexible work challenges for business leaders, such as #burnout, #resourcing, lack of #visibility and lack of access to real #workforcedata. It's all about removing barriers to flexible and sustainable working.
If you’re shaping a positive future for your organisation, you know the importance of having a great, connected team. In this podcast Mark Puncher, CEO of Employer Branding Australia shares his expertise about how you can attract and retain the best talent, and keep them engaged, through employer branding strategy, employee value proposition development, storytelling and content marketing. Mark turns recruitment on its head and talks about the key components of effective employer branding to help you accelerate and enhance your employer branding journey for business success.
Trudy MacDonald, MD of TalentCode HR and award winning speaker, shares insights about what’s going on in the marketplace with the war for talent and how talent professionals are applying innovative recruitment marketing strategies for success. In this podcast, find out what are great businesses doing differently to find and attract the right talent and why an Employee Value Proposition is more important than ever. As Trudy explains it's also important at the same time to employ different ways to retain your top performers and keep them from getting poached.
David Thomas, China Expert and BRIC specialist, empowers business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors to thrive in the Asian Century. He believes that Australia is well-positioned to become the new Gateway to Asia and that SMEs can play a vital role in changing the conversation from the International Diplomacy stage to opening up new business opportunities for Australian and New Zealand businesses. David shares his observations about how our two nations may be perceived by our nearest trading partners and provides practical takeaways that you can deploy in your business to demonstrate your openness to access new markets and talent pools.
In this fascinating, but practical podcast, Craig Rispin, Business Futurist and Innovation Expert shares how business will be transformed by the fourth industrial revolution and what opportunities this presents for SMEs.Where there's emerging technology or innovation coming onto the global scene, Craig knows about it.Hear how visionary CEOs are transforming their strategic planning by employing AI, to scan and analyse worldwide trends that are then peer reviewed by hundreds of futurists.Are you a future focused CEO?
In John Bellamy's entertaining and provocative style he'll challenge your sales mindset and what you're really using LinkedIn for.He shares his 5 top tips to optimize your LinkedIn Profile for successful selling.John also gives us insight into how to hone your sales messaging to increase your opportunities to have more sales conversations. ‘It’s about connecting with the right people in order to steer a conversation off platform so we can get to know each other better.’
Nigel Stoke, alias ‘Skipper’, reflects on his 2016 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race experience. After 2 days of exhilarating high speed ocean racing, things took a turn for the worse. As Nigel says “when things go wrong, they always go wrong when it’s pitch black in the middle of the night and to make matters worse they were in 25 knot winds in Bass Strait!”.Fortunately Nigel’s 20 years of leadership experience equipped him to make that all important split second judgement call – knowing the difference between the urgent and the important. The foundation of any high performing team is trust and as Nigel recounts they pulled off, what other crews would have thought impossible!
For any CEO or business leader with ambitious growth plans this is the podcast to listen to. Adam Siegel, CEO and growth advisor unpacks the complexities of transforming and rapidly scaling a business using best practice business growth methodologies. Adam also reveals the key attributes of a successful leader for business success and so much more!
In the last 12 months of disruption and rapid change, organisations forced into remote work practices have discovered the unpredicted benefits for both their teams but also for themselves. ‘It’s been a lived experience’.
Maja Paleka talks about how we can retain those benefits as we move into a new norm. Whatever workforce model organisations opt for, it needs to be designed with a human centered approach. Maja shares how a Hybrid model can be the best of both worlds, but it does require a bit work to get there. It needs a very clear framework, tailored implementation and constant review process. Here Maja’s 3 step framework for success!
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