Gripping Business Tales

Jumping quick and leaving slow, trusting your instincts and knowing when to get help - Bark Control Australia.

Neil Smith has a long history working with animals. His professional career began in the Queensland Police Service as a dog handler. Through many years of operational policing Neil developed deep skills in working with animals and understanding people. While in the police service Neil began helping dog owners with training programs. This grew into a business so large he left the police service to concentrate on his new venture.As his business grew Neil saw further opportunities in the provision of pet products online. Capitalising on this opportunity, Neil developed his business into offering a large range of pet products across four websites in Australia and New Zealand, including Bark Control and Ready Pet Go.In this episode Neil discusses his approach to business, the importance of thinking through decisions, trusting your instincts and when to focus on improving the structure of your business for further growth and to weather the many storms of the sea of business. To learn more about Ready Pet Go click here. To learn more about Bark Control click here.To learn more about EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) click here.

Living without fear - Daniel Williams

Daniel Williams is the founder of several successful businesses and Certified EOS Implementer. Yet few know of the struggle he has had for most of his life with managing his mental health. There have been some difficult times for Daniel as he has progressed through his life and some amazing breakthroughs. In this episode Daniel opens up about how he navigates his personal journey, his conversations with leadership teams in his EOS practice and the commencement of his latest venture, Without Fear. Without Fear is a clothing label that exists to inspire others to live without the fear of seeking help with their mental health. It all starts with a conversation, like this one on Gripping Business Tales. Your can learn more about Without Fear - here . You can learn more about Beyond Blue - here . Note: This is the last episode for 2022. New episodes of Gripping Business Tales will launch in early 2023.

Meeting the challenge of filling the integrator talent gap - Independent Executives

Sammi Jaeger is a co-founder of Independent Executives, a company designed to the meet the needs of businesses running on EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) and having difficulty filling their integrator talent gap. Finding the right person for the integrator seat in a business can be difficult. Mark C. Winters, the co-author of Rocket Fuel, describes the integrator as 'unique' and 'harmoniously integrates the major functions of the business, run the organisation, and manage the day-to day issues that arise. The integrator is the glue that holds the people, processes, systems, priorities, and strategy of the company together.' Sammi has been an integrator in a number of EOS run businesses and has brought her knowledge and skill to assist in the establishment of Independent Executives. In this episodes she explains what the gap she was seeing was, what pain businesses might be feeling and how this can be solved. To learn more about Independent Executives, click here . To take the Fast 50 assessment of your business, click here . To learn more about EOS, click here .

A pathway to growth - market hard, sell to the right customers and deliver service excellence - Yo Media

Nathan Harding is the founder of Yo Media, a digital marketing agency operating across Australia. Yo Media was founded after Nathan had spent a lot of time building his skills in Wesfarmers. Nathan then took the big leap and bought his own business, a newspaper, that had a significant revenue base. Unfortunately, Nathan bought this newspaper as advertising and information consumption was moving from print to electronic. While running his newspaper Nathan honed his skills in selling and marketing and what it means to hustle as he was sometimes making 50-100 cold calls to generate advertising revenues from his car! Having the skill for marketing and technology, Nathan was asked to improve the on line advertising for a small business. What he did worked and then more people kept asking him to improve their business, and from here Yo Media was born. In this episode Nathan reflects on the value of exposure to great leaders, listening and experimentation. He also talks about the value of building an 'engine' around marketing hard, selling to target market and providing a great customer experience. Finally, he talks about what affect EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) Implementation has had on his business. To learn more about Yo Media click here To learn more about EOS Implementation click here

Navigating a changing environment at speed - Triggerfish

Mirko Roettgers is the Integrator for Triggerfish, a Brisbane based technology company that helps enterprise clients maximise their customer experience platforms to better engage and market to both long standing and new customers. Mirko has had quite a geographic and professional journey to get to his current role. Now firmly ensconced in the Australian way of life, in this episode, Mirko discusses his leadership experiences, how he engages his team and where his motivation is drawn from. Mirko also provides insights into the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and how it has shaped Triggerfish into the business it is today. For more information about Triggerfish click here. For more information about EOS click here.