Podcast

Episode #170: Gaining Willing Cooperation From Others

The hero’s journey is for the very, very few. I did it my way, I slaved away in a garret and got to the top...

Episode #169: Three Critical Things Entrepreneurs Need

Usually, when we think about how to succeed in our own business, we favour things like sufficient cash flow ...

Episode #168: Real Freedom

Motivational quotes are everywhere and they remind us of useful things we already know, but have forgotten. ...

Episode #167: The 106 Centimeter Cold Caller

Salespeople are world class whiners. They are the most creative group amongst all professions for coming up ...

Episode #166: Keep Your Shtick To Yourself Buddy

Smoothly memorised shtick, elaborate glossy materials, sharp suits, large expensive watches, bleached teeth,...

Episode #165: Stage Fright Got You?

Hands and legs quivering, knees knocking together, face turning red, pulse racing, mind whiting out – this i...

Episode #164: Leaders: Get Off the Chems

Our cave dwelling ancestor past is still with us today. Rather than sabre tooth tigers though, we are reacti...

Episode #163: Dream It

“We all have possibilities we don’t know about. We can do things we don’t even dream we can do”. This quote ...

Episode #162: We Won't Follow Bots

Basically your job is toast. There is a machine or there will soon be a machine that can do it faster, bette...

Episode #161: Effective Project Management Rules

Projects have been around for a long time of course and in the modern era we have accumulated a vast amount ...

Episode #160: REAL Leadership

We love acronyms! Our workplaces are thriving with them, such that we can hold extended conversations compos...

Episode #159: Running A Foreign Business In Japan

Running your own business is challenging anywhere, but Japan adds a bit of spice to the broth. According to...

Episode #158: Good Messages Delivered Badly

Seriously sad really. Our speaker had some excellent points to convey but due to silly basic errors, killed ...

Episode #157: Structured Project Planning

It sounds so obvious that we should have structures for doing our project planning. Projects are part and pa...

Episode #156: Charismatic Leadership

Are you a perpetual student? I am always keen to learn and improve in my business, so I recently participate...

Episode #155: You Don't Want Sales

Clever, shallow, smooth as silk, glib, “rat with a gold tooth” salespeople are the scourge of the earth. The...

Episode #154: Hard Talk Fallacies

You have to tell people how it is or you will lose power and authority. If you swallow what you want to say,...

Episode #153: How To Be A Much Better Leader

“Born to lead” is nonsense. Many things shaped that person in order for them to achieve credibility with oth...

Episode #152: Ancien Regime Corporate Leaders

Sport is a popular source of inspiration for corporate leadership. Coaches attend off-sites and make good mo...

Episode #151: Drucker On Leadership

Peter Drucker has this great quote. “Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusio...