The People Powered Business Podcast

Do you find yourself sometimes soooo busy with all of the other aspects of running a business, that you don't have time to be a 'leader' in any real way? The reality is Small to medium-sized business owners often find themselves immersed in day-to-day operational tasks, leaving little time for strategic thinking and leadership. The never-ending to-do list can consume their focus, hindering their a...

Hello and welcome to Episode 172 of the People Powered Business Podcast. Today we’re talking trust, and why it’s so important to your teams success. Specifically in today’s episode we’re looking at why: Your team need to trust you; You need to trust your team; your team need to trust each other. When your team don’t trust you as the leader the results will be increased turnover, under-performance,...

Culture is a tricky thing, it’s hard to articulate and even harder to describe. Often, when working with businesses, I see team cultures that are not in line with what the business owner wants – but they don’t seem to know how to change it, or how it’s been created in the first place. So today I wanted to share a simple framework from Simon Sinek which is this: Values + Behaviours = Culture. If yo...

Hello and welcome to Episode 171 of the People Powered Business Podcast. Today I’m excited to bring you a conversation I had with Nick Mills. Nick is an expert facilitator, trainer, coach with a strong focus on leadership, management, and inclusion in the workplace. To list all of his qualifications would take a long time but safe to say he has a variety of qualifications in leadership, management...

Recently I was watching a TV show and there was a seen where the wife was standing in a very lush kitchen in a very fancy house. Her very busy (and important it would seem) husband walks into the kitchen in a suit, on the phone, talking loudly. He takes things out of the fridge and leaves things on the bench, and then leaves the house without acknowledging his wife. A family friend or relative sta...

Hello and welcome to Episode 170 of the People Powered Business Podcast.  Well we have hit the time of year where motivation tends to be low – so today we’re talking about giving your team a mid year motivation boost! Firstly we’ll unpack why motivation wanes at this time of year. From the high energy and enthusiastic start to the year, post Easter we always see a decline in motivation. Coupl...

Despite what we might think, as a leader or business owner, you don't have to have all the answers. Embracing the power of not knowing allows for growth, collaboration, and a stronger team dynamic. By fostering a learning culture, empowering others, and building trust through authenticity, you can create an environment where innovative solutions emerge and your team flourishes. The Myth of Knowing...

Hello and welcome to Episode 169 of the People Powered Business Podcast. This week we have a brief but important technical update for you after the Fair Work Commission announced its decision around the National Minimum Wage increase effective 1 July. This year has seen the most significant increase in the history of the Fair Work Act with a 5.75% wage increase being applied to the National Minimu...

Brene Brown says ” Clear is Kind –Unclear is Unkind” Yet as business owners we often struggle to be clear with our teams. Today We'll uncover the importance of clarity in leadership and how it can positively impact your team's performance and overall success. Let's dive in! Many business owners have a fear of being clear because they feel like that will be perceived as being bossy. As a result, ma...

FROM THE VAULT! Hello and welcome to Episode 168 of the People Powered Business Podcast! In today's episode we are talking about revisiting one of the most popular episodes - tackling tough talks with your team. You know the conversations I mean, the one where you get a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, the ones which give you heart palpitations at the thought of having them, that keep you...

Hello and welcome to Episode 167 of the People Powered Business Podcast. Today I’m covering off the key compliance changes that every business needs to be across right now – given the absolute avalanche of changes that we are seeing, it feels ‘unprecedented’. Starting with the introduction of the ‘Secure Jobs Better Pay Act’ which as the name suggests, is designed to make jobs more secure for work...

Ever felt like you can’t make any more decisions in a day? For me it usually comes at dinner time, when I ask my husband or my kids what they want for dinner and I get ‘you decide’ or ‘what do you want?’ The only thing I want is not to have to make the decision! Some sources say that we make 35 000 decisions per day as an adult, if you’re a business owner or manager, you’re making more than most –...

Hello and welcome to Episode 166 of the People Powered Business Podcast. Often here on the podcast I chat about themes or topics that keep showing up –whether with my private coaching clients in the Power BOSS Program, with our People Powered HR members, my consulting clients, in conversations I am having with leaders and experts I am speaking to and generally in the content that seems to randomly...

I have been wanting to discuss this topic for a Power Play for a few weeks now, and through the week I was reading “The One Thing” by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan and the principle again came up, so that’s what we’re speaking about today. The principle I am referring to is The Pareto Principle - also known as the 80/20 rule – and the big concept is that 20% of your effort = 80% of your results. We...

Hello and welcome to Episode 165 of the People Powered Business Podcast. In today's episode we are looking at just one of the latest Industrial Relations updates – this one relates to our ability as employers to direct employees to take annual leave over a close down period – the most common of which for most businesses is over the Christmas and New Year period. Let’s be honest, there is an absolu...

So often when I’m working with business owners, leaders and managers, they resists delegating (or even worse take things back), because they can do it faster. For many, if not most things, it’s true – we can do it faster than the team member we are delegating to – but that doesn’t mean we should hold onto it. I think largely we can have unrealistic expectations on our people – that they’ll think l...

Hello and welcome to Episode 164 of the People Powered Business Podcast. In today's episode we are discussing how adaptable we are as leaders, and whether we’re displaying adaptive leadership with our teams. We all have a natural or default leadership style that we tend to lean towards, and we all also have blind spots or weak points in our leadership – but how well can we move from one style to a...

The above the line/below the line framework or theory was first introduced by the Conscious Leadership Group, a coaching and consulting company. What are above and below the line behaviors? Above the line behaviors are positive, proactive, and solution-focused behaviors that help individuals and teams achieve their goals. Examples include taking responsibility, being accountable, and seeking solut...

Hello and welcome to Episode 163 of the People Powered Business Podcast. In today's episode, I’m excited to again be speaking with Brett White of Be Leaders. Brett has worked with hundreds of leaders across not only Australia but the globe, and works with organisations to help them develop their leaders, with a special passion for emerging leaders. Brett is passionate about helping leaders, teams...

We know we in theory we should lead by example, but we’re human and therefore not always perfect. But the reality is, our team are watching everything we do, every move, every decision, everything we miss – and it’s what they observe, quietly, day to day that shapes their view of us as a leader, that helps them decide how they’ll behave and ultimately influences their performance. A study from Gal...

Hello and welcome to Episode 162 of the People Powered Business Podcast. In today's episode, we're going to be talking about a topic that many of us have experienced or even been guilty of ourselves - micromanagement. We'll be discussing what micromanagement is, the common characteristics of icromanaging bosses, and why we tend to do it. We'll also be exploring the negative consequences that micro...

Recently I was interviewing leadership expert Brett White of Be Leaders for a full episode of the podcast that’s coming out really soon – we were discussing leaders behaviours. Now it’s no surprise to most of us that this is an important topic because we know people follow our actions not our words. Brett has developed a framework of 15 core and key leadership behaviours and as we were unpacking s...

Hello and welcome to Episode 161 of the People Powered Business Podcast.   Do you avoid being a leader in your business? Are you a "non boss" who struggles to manage Effectively? In this episode, we'll explore what a "non boss" looks like and why people might adopt this mindset. We'll also discuss the downsides and consequences of being a "non boss" and provide strategies for overcoming your...

Welcome to Power Play, the mini-episode series within The People Powered Business Podcast where we focus on the mental game of being a boss. Join us each week as we share leadership tips, insights and advice to help you level up your leadership game and unleash the full potential of your team. These quick and powerful episodes are designed to give you the tools you need to become a more confident...

Hello and welcome to Episode 160 of the People Powered Business Podcast. Today we’re discussing why doing performance reviews is more important now than ever before. We’ll start by unpacking what are performance reviews and why do we avoid doing them. As business owners, leaders and managers putting off reviews, or avoiding them completely is more common than we’d like to admit. Whether it’s due t...