Business Leader Breakthroughs

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week's minisode is all about showing you ways you can grow your business further than just revenue! Most business owners get trapped in the sense of overwhelm and urgency trying to keep up with today’s business. In...

Every business leader wants a unicorn in their team. Someone with lots of skill, experience and training in a functional role who, once promoted, becomes a great people leader. However, people don’t turn into unicorns by magic. Many leaders take one of two approaches to developing their best employees: they promote them and do nothing expecting they’ll know what to do, or they send them on some sh...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. In this episode, share insights in the value having a board for your business. Having both chaired for other organisations and their own, they share their experiences and offer advice for listeners who might not currentl...

Miriam Chancellor is one of New Zealand’s leading public speaking/presentation coaches. As a public speaking coach, she has trained teams from numerous businesses including BNZ, Bay of Plenty DHB, Coca-Cola Amitel, Jasmax, and Publicis Groupe. She also coaches some of New Zealand's top C-suite business executives.  In this week’s podcast we talk about something that can give one person nervous but...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. Mike and Ryan give you insight on moving forward in your career from self employed, business owner and then investor. In this episode, Mike and Ryan talk about how people progress through their careers. Specifically, how...

This week’s podcast was recorded at our very own Challenger workshop last week. We hosted a panel with Aurelie Le Gall, Kevin Boroevich, and Britta Christiansen to discuss what it takes to build a great culture, what works well, what doesn’t, and learnings we can take into our own businesses and teams.  This diverse panel shared a range of views about what is really important to company culture. A...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. Mike and Ryan cover the reasons why traditional workplace training is a waste of money. The idea of the classroom as the sole place of learning is dead and the vast majority of money spent on training is a waste of money...

Derek Handley is a New York-based New Zealander and social entrepreneur. He has founded multiple ventures, including the B Team with Sir Richard Branson. He is the founder of Aera, a charitable trust investing in causes and companies addressing social issues in imaginative ways. Derek is also the current Social Innovator in Residence at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania; an Adjunct Executive Pro...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. Mike and Ryan cover important issues around business management.  Most managers end up in management roles having progressed through an organisation because they’ve been good at a technical role or job, and somehow they’...

Post lockdown #1 there was a lot of speculation about the effect working from home was having on businesses. We had our own hypothesis’, but we wanted to see real data from real businesses, so we conducted a survey with 75 businesses to see what their experience was during lockdown and if their businesses working style had changed permanently.  In this week’s podcast we discuss the results of the...

Many leaders and business owners find themselves in a state of constant frustration. Ping pong balls racing around in your head sound familiar? In this episode, Mike and Ryan share their advice on how to overcome frustration in your business by using the 7 P’s framework.  A great practice they recommend in gaining clarity and awareness is a process they call the mind dump, by putting pen to paper...

Most business leaders have felt self-doubt, imposter syndrome, blame and fatigue at some point in their career. For some, it’s a brief thought that they get past within minutes. For many, it’s debilitating and what’s holding them back from achieving brilliance. Janine Garner is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, educator and author helping thousands of high-profile leaders from around the worl...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan discuss the importance of working ON the business as opposed to IN the business. Many leaders in businesses get stuck in the operational tyranny of getting things ticked off the to-do list and fi...

Engagement in the workplace has been a focus in the leadership space for the last 10-15 years. While it’s important for employees to be engaged, focusing on engagement as a target can be limiting and is often challenging to measure. While engagement will have an leading influence on business performance measures, like contribution and productivity, it doesn’t provide value in of itself.  In this w...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan talk you through why busyness isn't a good thing and how being productive is an entire different ball game. Business owners today seem to be have become obsessed with keeping busy. Creating ridic...

Mark McCrindle is an award-winning social researcher, best selling author and influential thought leader. The focus of this podcast is on workplace wellbeing.  No, we aren’t talking about the ‘fluffy’ feng shui, yoga and fruit bowl in the office. We talk data driven, cultural aspects of workplace wellbeing. Data that says “40% of workers reported that work was a key source of stress” makes it clea...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan talk you through the four unlikely principles you need to follow if you want to achieve success.  Being a business leader is stressful. You have both the urgent and important screaming at you to...

Failure is something we all fear, but failure doesn’t have to be bad thing. While we should always strive for success, success doesn’t allow us an opportunity to learn and grow. Mike and Ryan give insight on their own business failures and what they learnt from them, along with questions you can ask yourself if you feel yourself heading towards a disaster. And after a failure has happened, what st...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan discuss why having a boring and predictable business is the best way to ensure a 20% growth in profit. You’ll certainly be demanding a boringly, predictable, profitable business after having list...

Dermot Crowley is the founder of Adapt Productivity and is a well-known thought leader on Personal Productivity. His company ‘Adapt’ provides training and coaching programmes that change behaviours and help participants to apply the concepts discussed in Dermot’s best-selling books ‘Smart Work’, ‘Smart Teams’, and his latest release ‘Urgent!’   This week, Dermot joined Ryan for a discussion around...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan discuss the importance of getting your head, heart and hands working together to succeed in your endeavours. In this podcast Mike and Ryan use a 'home made' framework- Heads, Hearts and Hands, to...

So Auckland is back in Level 3 lockdown. This certainly will have an impact on your business going forward, but logistics aside, what about your people? Productivity, efficiency and contribution are 3 things that all business leaders expect from themselves and their teams. Mike and Ryan discuss why contribution should be at the forefront of leaders' minds right now. Mike and Ryan speak extensively...

Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. Linked below is the full episode for today's minisode if you want to hear more about how to go "All In". In this episode, Mike and Ryan discuss the importance of going "All In" - a concept central to being able to transf...

Mykel Dixon, award winning speaker, author, musician helps business leaders and teams seek truth, rediscover creativity and make work more meaningful. He pushes the boundaries in business coaching, and prides himself on being a fearless non-conformist. This week, Ryan has the pleasure of 'zooming' in with Mykel Dixon, award winning speaker, author, musician and advisor on how he is using creativit...

Cam has gone from doubting his ability to run, to representing New Zealand in athletics which then lead to winning championships in New Zealand, Australia and Canada. Through the journey to make it into the top ten in the world for his sport Cam started to see the world as his playground and exited near the peak of his running career. Wanting to leave a much bigger impact on the world, he didn’t w...