Building Your Business

We are excited to launch Season Five of our Building Your Business podcast as we welcome Amelia Reddiex - Co-Founder & Buyers Agent (Tailored Buyers Agents) , and Aisha Thomas as they unpack current sentiment surrounding the Residential Property market in Brisbane and across the country. Sharing expertise on what buyers & sellers can expect from transactions in 2026, Amelia highlights how...

In our latest  Building Your Business   podcast episode,  Lincoln Ray-Smith  chats with  Smiljan Jankovic  (AGR Managing Director) and Greg Rankin (AGR Manager) as they discuss Market updates in the Management and Letting Rights industry. Throughout the short discussion, we discuss highlights and challenges in the MLR industry, common trust account audit issues, and recent legislative changes affe...

In the latest episode of the  Building Your Business  podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Greg Jorgensen ( Founder, Management Rights Brokers Australi a) and Peter Spranklin ( Principal, Spranklin Legal ), alongside Smiljan Jankovic (AGR Managing Director) as they discuss the Management Letting Rights industry over the last 12 month period. Throughout the episode, each provide their expert insights into th...

In the latest episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Ian Bloemendal - Partner at Clayton Utz , alongside Ian Walker (AGR Executive Chairman) as they discuss Ian's journey to partnership, a career within one of Australia's leading law firms and his practice responsibilities with Clayton Utz - a "Big Six" firm in Australia. Throughout, we'll speak thro...

In our Season 4 premiere episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Smiljan Jankovic (AGR Managing Director) as they discuss the business lifecycle journey and the progression pathway businesses take along four phases, from: start-up to growth then maturity , and finally succession/exit . Throughout the conversation, each define the various stages of the process - highlightin...

Welcome to a new year of the Building Your Business podcast for 2023! We're excited to be returning back for Season 4 of our series, where across the year, Chris Lewis will be joined by a brand new cohort of leading C-Suite Executives and senior business leaders from across industry. As we welcome guests, alongside AGR Directors - Ian Walker, Smiljan Jankovic, and Valda Glynn - we'll look to discu...

In our season finale episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts a special compilation edition - sharing clips from our 2022 releases throughout Season Three. For businesses throughout Australia, 2022 was the emerging on the other side of the global pandemic, with emphasis placed on "what now?" in this post-pandemic economy and workplace environment. A key theme from guests th...

In our latest Building Your Business podcast episode, Chris Lewis chats with Aisha Thomas as they discuss the newly released draft Taxation Ruling (TR2022/D2) providing an update on expat Australian's individual tax residency rules. Throughout the mini-episode, Aisha highlights the previously proposed rules following the 2021 Federal Budget and what the new tax residency classifications mean for A...

In the latest episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Darrin Drew - Director, Business360 - Performance & Productivity and Smiljan Jankovic as they discuss the current trends in Human Resources and Workplace Health & Safety Management, with specific focus given to the 360-degree view surrounding staff management and HR compliance. Throughout the episode, each discu...

In our September episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Matthew Joiner - Partner, Cor Cordis and Ian Walker (Executive Chairman) as they discuss the Australian Tax Offices' (ATO) recent focus on director obligations and debt recovery activity, the Director Penalty Scheme, and the increased issue of Director Penalty Notices. Throughout the discussion, Matthew and Ian provi...

In our latest Building Your Business podcast episode, Chris Lewis hosts Wayne Clark - Director, Maxwell Stone Consulting and Smiljan Jankovic (AGR Managing Director) as they discuss how businesses can build their talent attraction strategy and the connection between your brand and employee recruitment. Throughout the episode, each provide their insight into the importance of establish a thorough t...

In our latest Building Your Business podcast episode, Chris Lewis chats with Smiljan Jankovic (AGR Managing Director) as they discuss what has been seen across the last 12 months in the Management Rights industry, and an overall sector update for MLR professionals. Throughout the short discussion, Smiljan highlights the common occurrences seen in the Due Diligence process in 2021 & 2022, comme...

In our latest Building Your Business podcast episode, Chris Lewis hosts Dominic Doan - Associate Lawyer , McLaughlin & Associates and Ian Walker as they discuss the Accounting & Legal considerations involved in Commercial Lease Agreements. Throughout the episode, both Dominic and Ian provide their insight into how to structure your Commercial Lease to achieve ideal business outcomes - whet...

In our latest Building Your Business podcast episode, Chris Lewis hosts Jonathan Mamaril - Director & Principal, NB Lawyers - the Lawyers for Employers and Smiljan Jankovic as they speak to the Legal and Human Resource considerations workplaces now face in today's post-COVID-19 "new world". Throughout the episode, each discuss the overall Legal and Human Resources attentions and the effects of...

In our latest Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis hosts Andrew Staehr - Director & Partners, Archers - the Strata Professionals and Smiljan Jankovic as they provide in-depth insights into body corporate and community management within the developer engagement process for the Building & Construction industry. Alongside this, each provide a focus on building realistic body corporate...

In our first guest episode of the Building Your Business podcast for 2022, Chris Lewis hosts Robert Dunne - Director, Commercial Sales at Savills Australia, alongside Ian Walker (AGR Executive Chairman) as they discuss the current trends in the Commercial Property market for 2022. In the episode, each will give their attention to the macro & micro-environmental factors impacting property acros...

We're excited to be returning for Season Three of our official 'Building Your Business' podcast series, hosted by Chris Lewis and presented by Archer Gowland Redshaw . Across the new season, Chris will be joined by AGR Directors: Ian Walker , Smiljan Jankovic and Valda Glynn as they sit-down with leading C-Suite Executives and Senior Leadership professionals from across industry to discuss the imp...

For the latest episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis and Smiljan Jankovic are joined by guest: Vanessa Sciortino , Special Counsel - Nicholsons Solicitors . Returning to the series following our March episode where we discussed legal and accounting issues affecting established Management Rights businesses, Smiljan and Vanessa provide their expertise on purchasing Management Ri...

For our latest edition of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis & Ian Walker are joined by special guest: Margaret Lawson - Managing Director, Cole Lawson Communications as they discuss the critical considerations for business owners in building your reputation management strategy. Across the episode, Margaret provides her expert insight into the factors involved at personal and busi...

For the latest Building Your Business podcast, we bring you the final episode in our 'Importance of Estate Planning' miniseries, featuring special guest: Ann Janssen - Founder & Special Counsel, Estate First Lawyers . In Part-Three of the series, Chris Lewis hosts Ann, alongside Ian Walker & Valda Glynn as they discuss estate planning for business structures, and how crucial it is for SME...

For the latest episode of the Building Your Business podcast, we bring you part-two of our 'Important of Estate Planning' miniseries, featuring special guest: Ann Janssen - Founder & Special Counsel, Estate First Lawyers. In Part-Two of the series, Chris Lewis host Ann, alongside Ian Walker & Valda Glynn as they discuss the essential components in organising your estate when involved in a...

For our latest special interest episode of the Building Your Business podcast, Chris Lewis & Valda Glynn highlight the Healthcare sector, hosting special guests from Core Schedule - Healthcare Rostering Solutions . Featuring speakers Dr. Stephen Pool (CEO/Founder) and Jasmin Kelly (General Manager) , across the episode each discuss a number of operational management issues relevant within the...

For our latest episode focusing on the Management Rights industry, Chris Lewis and Smiljan Jankovic (Management Rights Specialist, Archer Gowland Redshaw) host Vanessa Sciortino - Special Counsel, Nicholsons Solicitors . With over 15 years' experience in the legal sector, Vanessa practices in the areas of Management Rights, Hotels & Motels, Body Corporate, and Property Law. Vanessa is an AMBA...

The official Archer Gowland Redshaw Building Your Business podcast series is back for its second season, as AGR Leadership team: Ian Walker, Smiljan Jankovic and Valda Glynn are joined by a range of business leaders, C-Suite and Senior Management professionals to discuss and provide their insights on the important topics relevant to business owners associated with growing & maintaining their busin...

For our latest episode of the ‘Building Your Business’ podcast, I’m joined by Archer Gowland Managing Director, Ian Walker, and special guest: Michael Fingland – CEO/Founder, Vantage Performance as they discuss how SME businesses can begin the process of business recovery, and address the critical challenges of building business resilience in a post-pandemic world. As an award-winning specialist i...