The Business Take-Away Podcast
The “business take-away” podcast is a program that’s designed to make you, the listener think about life, motivations or the business you are in.
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Your Team Might Fear You More Than Respect You - Ep 35, Kyle McDowell, Begin With WE (opens the original)
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What happens when you’re getting results, but your team is afraid to challenge you? Kyle McDowell found out that the people around him feared him more than they respected him. Kyle had spent nearly three decades in corporate leadership. Honest feedback made him question the kind of leader he had become. He went on to develop the principles behind Begin With WE , then put them to the test while leading an organisation of around 15,000 people. In this conversation, Ben and Kyle talk about the gap
Why More Growth Can Make Your Business Worse - Ep34, Cameron Magee, CEO avad3 (opens the original)
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What happens when growing your business stops making it better? Cameron Magee started working in event production as a teenager in Arkansas before building avad3 into a national US event production company. But his most valuable lessons aren't about AV or live events — they're about scaling a business deliberately and the leadership tips, management skills and ceo insights that come from that. In this episode, Cameron explains why he doesn't believe in growth at all costs, why he'll turn down cu
Being Good at Your Job Isn't a Career Strategy? — Ep 33, Kim Sawyer Executive Coach (opens the original)
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You can be brilliant at your job and still have no real strategy for your career. In this episode of The Business Takeaway Podcast , Ben Payne sits down with executive coach Kim Sawyer to explore why working hard, delivering results and accepting the next promotion isn't necessarily the same as building the career you actually want. This is the true advice any business person needs to hear! Kim argues that this can become particularly dangerous for successful people because, for a long time, the
Your Logo Is Not Your Brand: Trust, AI and the Marketing Mistakes Businesses Make - Ep 32, Jason Clark CMO Tectonic (opens the original)
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What really makes a strong brand — and why do so many businesses still confuse branding with a logo? This week, Ben speaks with Jason Clark, Chief Marketing Officer at Tectonic and former owner of VIA Studio, about brand strategy, customer trust, AI in marketing and what makes businesses genuinely different . Jason explains why rebrands driven by ego or trends often fail, why good branding has to connect back to the commercial fundamentals of the business, and why AI can make marketing faster wh
Your Business Sucks: Escape the Hamster Wheel Before It Breaks You - Ep 31, Peter Boolkah Scaling Up Business Coach (opens the original)
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Most people start a business because they want greater freedom, more control over their time and the opportunity to build a better life. But for many founders, the opposite happens. They lack finding the best business advice or business mentorship to really go forward. The business becomes increasingly dependent on them. Every important decision reaches their desk, customers expect their personal involvement and the team waits for their approval. The founder becomes trapped inside the company th
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