Striver Podcast

What do the Banking and Finance Oath and Master Chef have in common? We love chatting with Cris Parker from the Banking and Finance Oath at the Ethics Centre and discussing some other industry examples of where an Oath can have effect…

While the cost of living in Australia is amongst the highest in the world the salary expectations of university graduates is not the number one consideration when they are looking to start their career, in fact our research shows it is not even in the top 5, so what drives the career decisions or choices of our next generation….

Silly season is just around the corner and for many it can mean a heavy work load with a loaded social calendar. In the past it has been a period of 'overwhelm' for me. Keeping the core the Silly Season. Over the last 14 weeks we have been developing www.striver.careers and I have been as busy as ever, there were a few things I did to maintain the focus and energy......

Education standards and the Professional Year are front and centre of the conversation at the moment when talking about bringing new people into the profession, however there is some practical flexibility in how this can be done to broaden the talent pool in which you look for great people to become the assets of your business, here I talk you through them …..

Acting on gut feel can sometimes be warned against especially in hiring talent for your business but as long as all the checks and balances have been done it is the one thing that will determine the right fit. But when looking to hire a grad with no 'relevant or related' experience demonstration and examples of work ethic and exceptional customer service is what you should be looking for as lead i...

Being flexible is one of the competitive advantages a small to medium professional firm has over the large corporate employers in the ability to attract, engage and retain great talent. In the lead up to university graduation season at the end of the calendar year what we don't find is a bunch of the best talent completing their degrees and then looking for full time work. The best businesses and...

We are seeing hot demand with graduate talent with Marketing and IT majors in financial services firms which is great. We believe this is where some of the jobs of the future lie, however, from a firm's perspective is this the specialty of your firm? Or should you be looking closer at the problem you are trying to solve, here is what we mean …..

Like the lyrics to Tim Finn's 1983 classic, today's innovation and race to delightful customer experience focuses on the areas of frustrations and anxieties in the way we as consumers consume. The business that focus on removing this friction and improving the customer journey have a customer satisfaction advantage. Here are some more thoughts to think about the potential areas of friction on your...

In this podcast I discuss with our marketing intern, Kate Paterson, about the benefits of internships. We compare unpaid and paid internships, talk about Kate's personal experience and highlight why she sees the need to add value to the firm as well as some key beneficial learnings for her own development.

Wow this was a good conversation! We spoke with Milo-Arne Wilkinson from the Eleven Executive Leadership Program about what is forgettable, where we focus our time and what if what we did could get a 9 times better outcome. Some great examples of both business and personal that I am sure you can all resonate, this is worth a listen…

I can't stop banging our drum about this! Making poor hiring decisions in your professional services firm can HURT and the current state of the Financial Planning Profession in particular is causing people to focus on the WRONG things when hiring people, they are focusing on hiring for things that can be taught, not the things that will ensure good cultural fit and a better long term outcome! Here...

No one ever says 'actually I have a heap of spare time' and we probably will never say that but we are aware of what is the most important to us and sometimes that thing is right under our nose. We are all super busy and this is going to be a constant but here are some things I recently discovered to help me get some quality engagement with what is most important..

Now that's a mouthful but this is a really interesting chat with Cris Parker from the Ethics Centre and Director of the Banking and Finance Oath, we covered Amazon, Google and Casinos but fired off some great food for thought. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did….. We have just launched all our podcasts on iTunes so you can subscribe directly and binge on some of our favorite podcasts over the ye...

Privately owned professional services firms needing to rely on their people and skill sets more now than ever before. Don't get distracted by what is relevant or approved, instead focus on what will serve you and your clients, that's the most relevant. Here's what we mean...

Margin squeeze in professional service is hitting us all and the lure of tech as a solution is becoming more and more overwhelming. In this podcast we explore some practical approaches to scoping out how to approach it with a focus on Client, Business and Technology, check it out.

This is my favourite podcast to date….. I sat down with Cris Parker from the the Ethics Alliance & The Banking and Finance Oath and explored the Banking and Finance Oath and more practically how Ethics and Trust interrelate and form inside an organisation, believe me it is fun!

We have podcasted this before but with our 3 most recent events complete it has become a lot cleared that the power of the authentic individual with a clear purpose can have a far bigger impact on attracting talent than any other component of becoming an employer of choice an construction of an employee value proposition.

We have had a rapid increase in change in the beginning of 2019 which will have major impact on the evolution of the professional services industries we operate in. Change won't go away but we can hire to fill the gaps and competencies in our firms with the new breed of millennial graduate, here are some ideas….

Keeping It Simple S@#$d is often the best advice as it is easy to over complicate things including key decisions in your firm. When it comes to making people decisions most often the ones that are made complicated or stray off course due to some external factors are the ones that end up costing us the most!

There has been a lot of conversation on the use of technology in professional services firms, the practical application of it on the other hand can be a bit harder to navigate. We got chatting with Ben Marshan from the FPA to discuss the research they did into some of the cutting edge applications that could support your firm, check it out!

With so much change and distraction in 2019, now we get some time to stop and reflect but also put some personal and business plans together for the year ahead. I hope these tips help!

We have had some of the best talent we've worked with, give us a consistently unique reason to picking one firm over the other. All of which are coincidentally closely related to changes in education standards. Check out what the reason was by listening to our podcast.

The majority of the global work force are going to soon be of the social generation, does a google search represent you and you firms culture the way you want it, here what your google search may show….

This is always a very busy time of year with a mad rush into the end of the calendar year, but what we know is that university graduates are looking to secure opportunities now and businesses tend to look to secure talent in the new year, there is a mismatch. Here are some keys to making sure your firm finds the best talent before they get snapped up…

Looking at the recent changes in the financial services profession as an opportunity is the best way to approach it and in this tech series podcast we speak to the CEO of CCUBE Nathan MacPhee about what he sees as the Chasm of Opportunity to escalate the professional recognition of an industry !