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Effort is an essential business and continual consistent effort even more so but what if these efforts are producing diminishing returns or not achieving what we set out to? There comes a time in any business when we must move the focus from effort to outcome if we are looking to change the game. Are you asking yourself the right questions to make an impact? Are you able to self adjust and change...

Businesses eat cash, and if you are looking to grow your business you are going to have to feed it on an ongoing basis.   Today  Tim and Elana focus on SME owners out there who are self-funding their business growth and facing all the challenges and opportunities that go along with it. They ask the ever-important question many Business Builders struggle with…Are you investing enough in your busine...

We live in a time of business celebrities.  Society has created a picture of what success looks, sounds and acts like and many SME owners take on these attributes. During their own journey but what if this is the thing that is holding you back?  What if letting out that little inner weirdo that many of us keep hidden is actually the key to achieving your success both in business and life? Member’s...

Your one role as a leader is to make decisions. Often you will have to make those decisions without all the information you require or make a choice that files i the face of what others or the market recommends. It is at times like these that  you as a business leader must deploy your most vital skill… Courage.   But courage is a muscle, one that must be built over time and repeated application. t...

As business owners, we all have dreams of landing that ‘one client’ who is a game-changer.  That one client who could change the journey of your business; change your future.  But how do you get ‘The One’? How do you show The One that your business is the game changer THEY need to work with? And when you do land them, can you ensure that you and your team service them to the highest level possible...

One thing that 2020 gave us was a shared global experience. As business people, we need to ensure we have come out the other side stronger and better prepared to achieve our goals. In our first episode for the year, Tim and Elana share the high-performance habits and principles they have learnt over their journeys, and how they are applying them professionally and personally in order to build stro...

2020 has been a wild year.  Whether you have become stronger because of it or not, it has certainly been a rollercoaster and offered many of us the opportunity to reflect upon where we are at, and where we are going.   In the final episode for year, Tim and Elana sit down to discuss what they would do (by necessity or by choice) if they had to start again in 2021, and how they would best set thems...

As 2020 draws to a close the team take the opportunity to reflect on the lessons we have taken from it and in the spirit of the season share the gifts this unprecedented year has given us and that we will take into the new business year and beyond.   Happy Holidays everyone, stay safe, take care and enjoy.   Join Backable Below: Member’s FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/backable Linkedin:...

Are you currently not where you  think  you want to be? (Read that again)! Where you’re at is a reflection of your current ability and decisions.  We all feel that we’re smarter than the next person - that we know more and can do more - but are we just unlucky or perhaps we haven’t had the same opportunities. That's a good fairytale. To change trajectory, you will decide to be one of two types of...

Your business is limited by you and who you are as the founder, CEO and leader. Managing yourself must be part of an owners business strategy? Finding that sweet spot where you have enough pressure to progress but no too much to stop you in your tracks. Find out how you can find the perfect balance of pressure that allows you to perform, without breaking you and the business. Join the Backable Com...

The evolution of a business is heavily linked to the evolution of the owner's thoughts and interpretation of the world. As we evolve our thinking, we begin to fix problems in our business in a far more efficient way.  We just begin to see problems with a new set of filters and we sometimes feel like we have ‘new eyes’, we can see the problem quickly. When you begin to understand this path, you wil...

As your business grows, so too does your value to clients. When you start your business you will say yes to any client and every sale you can. you will go above and beyond and do everything; sometimes to the detriment to you and your business. As you gain more experience, you begin to see and understand the value of your business. You begin to understand what happens when you say  yes to a non-ide...

As business owners, pressure is something we are all intimately familiar with. It comes in many forms both internal and external and if we are striving for something greater it simply will not go away but should we even be looking for it too?   Today Philotimo CEO Tim Krotiris and Group COO Elana Harari look at on the dangers of the default setting. The ask the question, how do we maintain momentu...

If you are a business owner one thing you are never short on is advice.  Whether you pay for it or it comes from a trusted source someone will always have an opinion on what you should be doing but is all advice weighted equally?   Today Philotimo Group CEO Tim Krotiris and COO Elana  Harari sit down to discuss advice and advisors. We look at the who to, when to and how-to of your advisory team an...

Today Philotimo Group CEO Tim Krotiris and COO  Elana  Harari sit down to deep dive into one of there favourite topics relationships. Specifically business relationships. How to establish them, how to maintain them and the true value that quality relationships can provide to both your business and yourself personally. It is something we all know we should invest in but are we paying our relationsh...

A business' success can be measured by the strength of its leadership. As you build your army those leadership skills need to constantly evolve but often that path can be unclear. Today Philotimo Group Founder & CEO Tim  Krotiris and  Group COO  Elana Harari sit down to discuss their evolving roles in leadership, the mistakes they have made, the tough conversations they have had to have and th...

If you are a regular listener of this podcast odds are there is a part of you that wants something more out of life. More wealth, more happiness, more surety more life. This episode is one not to be missed. Today  Philotomo Group CEO Tim  Krotiris and Media Head Nigel Walton sit down to discuss the 3 key questions he has asked himself and his businesses every quarter for the past 20 years. The que...

Today Tim Krotiris Philotimo Group CEO sits down with Nick Hulett the General Manager - Media, Communications & Community at ICC T20 World Cup 2020. Nick has had a long career in the media and communications space. He led the division at Collingwood football club in the early 2000s, worked with government and ASX 200 companies In Singapore right up to his current position with the T20 world cu...

Something we have all done at one stage on our business journey is hide our gaps, whether it’s a gap in knowledge, a gap in offering or even a gap in confidence but what if by hiding these so-called gaps we are actually holding ourselves back fro growth, from assistance or from becoming the type of business our clients actually deserve.   Today Tim and Elana share some the elements that they once...

As business owners and leaders, it can be very easy to fall into the trap of seeking out excitement or drama on our business path particularly in recent times when via social media some entrepreneurs have gained an almost rockstar status. But what if boring is better?  That's exactly what  Philotimo Group CEO & COO Tim Krotiris and Elana Harari discuss today. the power of being boring in your...

Today Tim is joined by Brian Gallagher co-founder of throwback fitness, Author of the Simple Man Guide. A  man who turned his back on the path he had spent 20 years carving leaving behind a high paying career as an investment banker in the heart of New York City to become a global citizen on a mission to simplify everything. Health, money, possessions, travel, home. Brian joined us from Croatia an...

Perseverance is a fundamental and necessary trait for all business owners particularly when faced with hard times but how do we know when we’ve tipped the scale from perseverance to arrogance when you are trying to force a square peg into a round hole. This week Tim and Elana share some of there experience around this topic both in their business and personal lives, we discuss the decision-making...

Today Tim  Krotiris, Philotimo Global Founder and Backable host sits down with Rhys Gorgol founder and Creative Director of  Melbourne based design-led creative agency TCYK  (The Company You Keep). It’s not often you get to sit down with someone who has mastered their craft and Rhys has truly done that. In this episode, Tim and Rhys delve into the real value that a well-considered brand brings to...

Today husband and wife team Tim Krotiris, Philotimo CEO  and Elana Harari Group CEO sit down to discuss a topic close to their hearts. Partnerships. The right partnership can be the key ingredient for success in your business but one that is misaligned can spell disaster. They share the lessons learned from a long history of both working together and bringing on other partners into various busines...

Today Tim Krotiris, Philotimo and Backable CEO sits down with Elana Harari Philotimo Group COO sit down to reflect on the worst business advice we’ve ever received. It’s a really fun one where we dig into what makes advice good or bad. we look at the filters and situational factors that help us make that distinction, how some of the worst advice we have each received was perhaps not bad advice but...