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Business Essentials features interviews with business experts and industry leaders, providing up-to-date, insightful advice on wide-ranging topics, including winning sales strategies, HR issues, mental health and leadership.Hosted by Grace Jennings-Edquist, the goal is to…
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Practical AI for SMEs, and the financial mistakes that cost business owners (opens the original)
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Is your business embracing AI wisely - and are your financial habits building wealth or holding you back? This episode explores two practical areas every leader of a small or medium-sized business should master. First, Vice President and General Manager of Oracle NetSuite ANZ, Scott Wiltshire, explains how small businesses can safely adopt artificial intelligence to improve productivity without creating unnecessary risk. Then, Australia's finance guru Noel Whittaker shares the most common financ
How leaders respond in a crisis. Plus: one remarkable CEO journey (opens the original)
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How would you respond if a workplace crisis struck today, and what does it really take to build a career from the ground up? In this week's episode, crisis expert Paul McFarlane – who has been on the ground during traumatic events like the Lindt Café siege and Black Summer bushfires – explains how leaders can navigate the critical first 60 minutes after a workplace emergency with calm, honesty and empathy. Then, CEO of SKG Services Group, Prabin Shrestha, shares his remarkable career journey fro
Why career growth is driving staff turnover, and what really drives exceptional performance (opens the original)
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What's really driving your best employees to leave – and what does it take to achieve exceptional performance? In this episode, Head of HR Solutions at people2people Suhini Wijayasinghe explains why career growth has overtaken salary as the biggest driver of staff turnover. Suhini also shares practical ways businesses can improve retention through better development, clearer expectations and meaningful career conversations. Then ultra-endurance athlete, entrepreneur and high-performance coach Ja
Business value in uncertain times, and why psychological safety pays off (opens the original)
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How do you protect your business's value when costs keep rising and uncertainty shows no sign of easing – and why does psychological safety matter in your workplace? In this week's episode, business sales and acquisitions expert Simon Bedard explains how rising costs, inflation and economic uncertainty are reshaping business value. Simon – who is Managing Director of Exit Advisory Group, and author of new book Exit Like an Expert - also unpacks why many owners are absorbing costs instead of pass
Is AI shifting work onto managers? Plus: why leaders need to provide optimism (opens the original)
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Is your team's AI use actually making work easier – or just creating more work for your most experienced employees? In this episode, workplace writing expert Vikki Maver, founder of Communication Skills Academy and Refresh Marketing, explores the hidden costs of AI. She explains how poor governance can increase rework, shift responsibility onto managers and even undermine customer trust. Then executive coach Chris Power explains why optimism, direction and hope are essential in uncertain times –
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