Barrels and Business

YOU FINALLY FOUND THE ONE! After a dedicated recruitment process, you finally found the right person for the job and it’s time to start the onboarding process. Now you just need to make sure you don’t mess it up! Did you know that 70% of people start looking for a new job within 90 days of working at a new place? The last thing you want is for all your recruitment effort to go to waste! There are...

How much FUN do you have every day? Jennifer Jefferies is all about including fun as part of your life, including your work life! How often do you find yourself stuck, in a bad mood, and with clear symptoms of burnout eating away at you? Jennifer’s early professional life was filled with exhaustion and doing everything she thought she needed to do to have a happy life. The grueling hours, the stre...

Have you found your TRUE PURPOSE? It’s never too late to be true to who you are and ensure your business reflects that. In this episode, Martiene van Steyn interviews Jade. She opens up about what brought her to leave her career as a corporate recruiter after more than a decade and the process of finding her purpose. Martiene lived through something similar. She is a big believer in businesses hav...

Are you ready for a MARKETING MASTERCLASS?! That is exactly what John Logar provides in this amazing episode with at least a dozen — I’m not exaggerating — insights, tips, and actionable pieces of advice for business owners looking to implement explosive online marketing strategies. John is the CEO and founder of Consulting Unleashed and he is an expert who coaches digital marketing agencies and c...

People often mistake communication for talking.  When,actually, one of the best ways to improve your communication is by listening and listening to connect not just to respond.   In this episode, Kyle Probert from APT Training and Charlotte Lane dish on communication tips and tools that will bring your business to a whole new level. Charlotte is the communication queen who set up he...

Most trades based businesses think that social media won’t really help them..they think no one wants to look at at a tradie popping in a new light switch, a plumber unblocking a toilet or old mate slinging bricks over and over again Well Greg Allan, founder of The Electricians Success Academy and owner of Response Electricians, a business that exploded when they decided to challenge this thinking...

Training a team is all about communication, setting goals, and having an overarching purpose. But how can you communicate correctly and make sure your team is aligned with what you want for your business? Kye Probert is a service engineer who has transcended his skills as a technician and works as the leader of APT Hydraulics. The overall purpose of his business is to help hydraulics engineers be...

If you've seen Anthony Laye on TV or in person, then you've likely had your mind blown! Anthony has performed over 850 live shows, been seen by over 5 million people on TV, featured on over 100 radio stations, and performed with the world's biggest touring magic show 'The Illusionists'. Anthony Laye is one of Australia's most sought-after corporate speakers and entertainers. He is on a mission to...

Surprise! You asked to learn more about me, and I'm delivering. Tune in for my interview with Alexandra Joy at the second Superhuman Summit. My story is the epitome of rags to riches. I had it all: power suits, a sports car, and a million-dollar view of Sydney Harbor. But for all the $$ in the bank, my soul felt like it was being sucked into a meaningless black hole. When you understand that the w...

Three seconds.   That's all it takes for someone to decide to watch your video or not. Can you hook 'em?   After today's episode of Barrels and Business, you'll know exactly what to do to engage people from start to finish. Video marketing guru Ken Okazaki is virtually in the house, delivering some free advice that will change how you approach video marketing. Ken Okazaki heads up Oz Med...

Modern businesses are losing their humanity. After seeing the world and meeting people from all walks of life, Michelle Crawford chose to dedicate her life to helping businesses in Australia become more human in their operation and culture. A Chief Conversationalist for over 20 years, Michelle is unashamedly obsessed about creating a positive social impact, social experiments and the consilience o...

Meet the team behind Amanzi Surf, Clayton Nienaber and Jeremy Dean. Clayton is a high-performance surfing coach and has worked the cream of the crop. His style is part brutally honest feedback and part mind-bending allegories. Add to that picture Jeremy Dean, Amanzi Surf's "IT guy.” By trade, this barrel chaser is a digital product manager and marketing professional in the tech field. He's applied...

At the age of 13, Jared Wiseman knew he wanted to settle for nothing less than living the ideal life . At 22, he launched his first business in the health and fitness industry and has since gone on to crush it ever since. Today Jared is a husband, father of 3, athlete, health nut, lifestyle guru, and coach to fellow business owners, helping them to live the dream life they want. Jared steps into t...

Ray Bisschop is a visual marketing genius, designer, photographer, loving husband and devoted Dad who started surfing about 35 years ago, around the same time he started his passion of all things creative, these two things have led him three decades later to become owner and publisher of Surfing Life magazine, but there’s been a lot in between. When he started as a designer 30 years ago it was alw...

Brent‌ ‌Valle‌ ‌is‌ ‌an‌ ‌award‌ ‌winning‌ ‌entrepreneur,‌ ‌speaker,‌ ‌mentor,‌ ‌adventurer‌ ‌and‌ ‌caring dad.‌ A snowboarder and a surfer! In‌ ‌this‌ ‌episode‌ ‌we‌ ‌talk‌ ‌in‌ ‌detail‌ ‌about‌ ‌all‌ ‌what‌ ‌Brent‌ ‌has‌ ‌learned‌ ‌from‌ ‌selling‌ ‌his‌ ‌award-winning‌ ‌$27‌ ‌million‌ ‌gross‌ ‌revenue‌ ‌tech‌ ‌company‌ ‌to‌ ‌following‌ ‌a‌ ‌new‌ ‌path‌ ‌putting‌ ‌passion‌ ‌before‌ ‌profits ‌buil...

In this special episode, Jade gets interviewed by Mads Singers on his management podcast and shares more about who she is and how she got to be the serial entrepreneur she is today. Mads Singers is a management consultant and outsourcing expert, and they exchange in an exceptional and fulfilling conversation untold ways to schedule your business towards success.  They talk about the importanc...

Cory Moore is a volunteer lifeguard, surfing coach and the founder of Little Frothers surfing school , a surf school that is all about having fun and enjoying youth.  Cory is blessed to live in beautiful Burleigh Heads, the Northernmost headland in the series of point breaks that make up the Gold Coast. He uses his 25 years experience surfing and the memory of how much he frothed over surfing...

Franziska Iseli is a maverick entrepreneur, leading marketing and brand strategist, mad adventurer, author (Including “The Courage Map” with foreword by Sir Richard Branson) and the co-founder of Basic Bananas , The Business Hood , Oceanlovers and Moments of Humanity .  In this episode we talk in detail about some of Franziska’s most meaningful principles such as flow, non attachment and intu...

Brett Odgers is one of Australia‘s leading business coaches, authors and keynote speakers. He’s an experienced thought leader, providing coaching and mentoring services to businesses and sporting teams for the last two decades. On top of that, Brett is also a proud father, an enthusiastic surfer, musician and the founder of The Million Dollar Author Program. In this week’s podcast, Brett will shar...

Nikki Smith on How to Play to your Strengths and Gain Back 10 Hours a Week After changing careers several times, Nikki discovered her life fulfillment as a performance and career coach. A mother of two and an avid surfer, she’s an advocate of empowering others to enjoy a successful work-life balance by playing to one’s strengths.  In this week’s episode, Nikki will share insights on how to tr...

Scotty Schindler’s lessons from a Competitive Surfer on Dominating Business Connect with Scotty Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottyschindler/ Website: https://www.scottyschindler.com/  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV_YLINqZeVefJrLNrjjhHg Others: https://www.system1357.com Pure grit enabled Scotty to become a recognized business leader & magnate. Initially, he didn’t...

In this episode I sat down with Meryl Johnston, Founder and CEO of Bean Ninjas, host of the Bean Ninjas podcast and creator of the Know Your Numbers online finance course.  Meryl is a Chartered Accountant who specialises in the cloud accounting software “Xero”. She founded Bean Ninjas in July 2015 with $1,000 following a 7 Day Startup methodology. Now, 5 years later, the company operates in A...

Our guest for this week is John Abbott, founder of Results Platform About John Abbott John is an audience awakening specialist and adventurer. A marketing and funnel savvy who teaches people business giving modules, etiquette programs and retreats. Moving on from his 9-5 routine while growing up in South Africa, he was able to shape his life based on the unlimited bounds of freedom from the beach...

Our guest for this week is Dan Carlin, co-founder and CEO of Invigorated Water. From being a solo-entrepreneur, to growing and scaling a bricks and mortar business that is on the trajectory for being in the ASX list; Dan has grown as a stellar entrepreneur who has spent the last five years running an online business while following his passion for surfing. https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlindaniel/...

In this episode, I sat down with Luke Farr, a great friend of mine who’s had a 10 year career in sales across media, real estate, and technology surpassing 20 Million in sales revenue. Luke has a firm belief that the key to sustainable success is the fundamental aspect of building sound relationships. He believes that the strength of a person’s emotional intelligence determines the strength of the...