Striver Podcast

Speaking with Scott Bunny, head of partnership and growth at Striver, our clients have taught us many great lessons and of which, there have been plenty over the last 6 months. But now, we have a few of our own that we HAVE to share - plus things have been made a bit easier, check it out...

Our professional lives are exciting and there is a lot to learn, sometimes it is best to learn them our selves and sometimes others can help us avoid some pitfalls. Working through some of this with Scott Charlton and his book 'Your Professional Headspace' is valuable to peeople at allstages of their professional life.....

This week we chat to Heather Porter about some of the trends she is seeing in how people are consuming and ultimately engaging with content. We are all doing things a little differently these days so staying ahead of the curve and building awareness is still key, check out some simple ways to add value through education and video...

With all the movement and changes in Financial Planning, it was great to get a chance to dig a little under the numbers with Angus Woods from Adviser Ratings, we also got a chance to talk about smelling the roses.....

Helping make meaningful differences is the core of professional services; and the world we have found ourselves in, has highlighted the need for this more than ever. I had the chance to catch up with Annick Donat to discuss resilience, decision making and creating a sustainable profession, this was a great chat...for now and into the future.

In this podcast, I spoke to David Reed, from The Retirement Advice Centre. While discussing the journey of finding resilience, we discuss the ability to ask 'Why?' as one of the key things to look for when making great hiring decisions, especially with Millenials. (Oh) Plus great storytelling...I hope you enjoy it.

It's always a joy speaking with Cris Parker on all things Ethics related! We covered the topics of 'Zoom Gloom'; redesigning purpose; innovation through lockdown; moral fatigue; and - if you wait till the end - Rio Tinto and the unintended consequences. I hope you enjoy!

The Professional Year - clients love it, productivity increases and mentoring can be rewarding. When it comes to the professional advisers in your firm, the 'Grow Your Own' strategy can ensure the sustainability of (not only) your own firm, but the profession as a whole. We speak to Greg Cook, CEO of Eureka Whittaker Macnaught, and their Associate Adviser, Tim Manwaring.

Catching up with Brad Fox is always energetic and this time we covered off walking Kokoda with www.adventureexcellence.com, adult learning cycles, the psychology of change and the future of the advice profession. Time flys when you are having fun I hope you enjoy....

I had a great chat with Jonathan Hoyle from Stanford Brown about how they grow their own talent and on their philosophy on communication skills and the benefit of 'Tough Love' feedback. I hope you enjoy

We had a great opportunity to speak to Jonathan Elliot from Collins SBA who have won awards for the innovative work environment and a focus on understanding the human. There was also a focus on the holistic wealth management firm of the future, I hope you enjoy....

We have all been forced to change the way we do things temporarily but it would be madness to not combine our old good habits with our new good habits to create better good habits moving forward. In this podcast, I had a chat with Matthew Fenning from Advise Wise to find out what they are doing better...

In the short time we have all been isolated we have unlearnt some bad habits and learnt some new ones, but which ones will we keep when we go back to the new world (the old one has gone!). This was a great opportunity to explore Gerhard Diedericks recent article about the Entrepreneur's Economy https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/entrepreneurs-economy-coming-gerhard-diedericks

This week, we speak with Anna about how Universities have been delivering content and lectures digitally for longer than the recent pandemic. The best students think it is a better way to learn, so what could this mean for your business?

As businesses all scramble to work through the flexible and virtual, work setup is the current focus for business continuity. Then as we get used to the new normal, the tried and tested method of team building and collaboration will be put to the test. Virtual Team building will be a thing and I really enjoyed my chat with Luke Cook the founder of FUNLOCKA and how they are thinking about work plac...

Back to school with the FASEA exam can be nerve racking, so we chat to Nancy Mikhail from Tafe NSW to uncover some great ideas to reduce the nerves and pass with flying colours….

The Professional Year Register hasn't been swamped so where are all the new entrants to the profession? We have been placing many of them in great firms but if not the Professional Year then where .....

Times are changing and there isn't an industry in the world that isn't experiencing margin squeeze. We catch up with Sue Viskovic from Elixir Consulting to discuss how to approach the price increase conversation with clients. Check it out! Visit Striver. Careers

2020 has already started with a different level of activity than the last 6 years we have been running the business with a lot of our clients jumping into February ready to execute their business plans for 2020. This doesn't always work with university graduates who were looking for jobs in December and January, so how can you beat the stampede?

The way we want our clients to engage with us is not always the quickest and most on ours journey for our clients, what if we let our clients engage with us a different way? This week we explore this with Jonathan Shaw the CEO MoneySoft to find out how this could work

If your plan is to grow talent to be client facing in your business then growing talent into these roles can be far simpler and valuable to the over all business outcomes than you think, check out how.......

Growing your own talent into future super stars can be very rewarding but it does take time and developing people into super valuable contributors to your team can start right away in a variety of ways, check out some ideas.... Happy holidays!

This time of the year often ends up in burn out with clients wanting things done urgently, Christmas parties, kids school events and then of course business as usual. In this podcast I speak with Andrew George from Elixr Consulting to help discuss some tactics to stay sane this Silly season, enjoy..

Sometimes our resourcing decisions come with urgency due to unforeseen event, however poor people decisions can have a major impact on your firm to there are a couple of things that may quickly improve your decision making or avoid a bad outcome… Visit striver.careers

When you get that excellent client service experience personally does it make you reflect on your clients experience with you ? In this podcast I speak to Brad Dawson from Dawson Insurance and unpack a great experience I had recently and even cover the World Rally Championship Check out Brad's podcast here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxGnu_5kPdGDVz-jmvcbA8Q