#07 RadEO with Andrew Brown of the Daily Buzz

In this episode, we talk about coffee, what it means to be a true leader, how to enable your team to perform and take outs from the Regional Leadership Academy with George Gan and Warren Rustand. Subscribe on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radeo/id1250841955) or Soudcloud (https://soundcloud.com/radeopodcast) About Andrew: Andrew qualified as a CA in Johannesburg, he spent a year in London working and travelling. After working as a finance manager in the tech and motor industries, he joined the credit risk area at one of the large SA banks. Whilst working on risk projects he became an expert in banking regulations and capital management. It was at this time at the bank that he spotted the opportunity for proper coffee and so The Daily Buzz was born 12 years ago. For the first ten years, he divided his time between risk management consulting and growing the coffee business. 5 years ago he started a coffee roastery called Craft Coffee to supply The Daily Buzz and other discerning customers. He has been a member of Entrepreneur Organisation for 5 years which has been an integral part of his personal and business journey up to now. http://www.thedailybuzz.co.za https://www.craftcoffee.co.za Show notes: Explain what your business is 0:31 Where is the best coffee in South Africa is? 1:18 How did you end up becoming a coffee expert? 1:58 What was the biggest surprise that you learnt by starting the Daily Buzz 3:28 How many cups of coffee do you drink a day 5:21 Share your experience from the EO regional leadership academy 6:11 How have you applied the learning to the Daily Buzz 13:47 Talk a bit about how you “allow them to be free to make mistakes” 16:33 How have you restructured your management/EXCO meetings since the EO regional leadership academy 19:36 Acknowledging people’s behaviour 30:41