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High Altitude
by Dr John Peebles
High Altitude is a podcast by Dr John Peebles about big business in New Zealand from the perspective of the decision-makers, the risk-takers and the money-makers. After nearly 40 years in executive recruitment, Dr John Peebles has amassed many interesting stories, and come to know hundreds of fascinating and talented people. He believes it’s time to share this inside industry knowledge on a public platform.
Episodes
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Sir Jim McLay, On leadership: believe in something, do it for the right reasons, plus politics, climate and world peace
Sir Jim McLay discusses topics frankly and openly; as diverse as Public service, NZ local and national politics, leadership, conservation, whaling, climate, the UN and the law: How to spot and grasp opportunities to serve your community; the dos and don'ts, MMP vs. first past the post, Why he...
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Sudesh Jhunjhnuwala discusses the triple bottom line attitude plus the story behind scaling a family business
Sudesh is a New Zealander who was living "sustainability, accessibility and culture" as a way of doing business way before it was fashionable. A Be Accessible Fab 50 member and recipient of numerous awards, he has set his sights on scaling the business with family origins. Here he discusses his...
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Peter Egan, Pioneering the New Zealand meat industry from the bottom up and top down, living your values and putting something back every single day
Peter Egan is a man who started his working life as an accountancy clerk, switched to the practical and trained as a butcher and subsequently became general manager of his family’s butcher shops in Gisborne. He moved on to larger roles in the meat industry, served on the national industry...
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Kevin Roberts, Diversity of thinking is the sustainable competitive advantage for boards and the only way to change the world
Kevin started life in Lancaster and talks about his early formative years in the north of England, choosing not to be a prefect, sport and entrepreneurship and working for strong women early on. He discusses many themes including leadership vs. management, freelance talent, innovation, failing…
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Naomi Ballantyne, True Grit. An innovation and disruption story. Character and Culture key ingredients to move from start-up to business valued in excess of half a billion dollars
True Grit. An innovation and disruption story. Character and Culture key ingredients to move from start-up to business valued in excess of half a billion dollars within only 7 years This is company founder inspiration and required listening. The story so far and where to next. What keeps you up…
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Dominique Dowding, Creating a masterplan -transforming & reinvigorating a sunset industry
Dominque provides insights into how to diversify while balancing commercial and community objectives. Creating a sustainable business with a “declining” professional sport at the heart of it is also on the agenda. She discusses commercial property development, retail, governance, ideas for...
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Andrew Barnes, The Man Behind the 4 Day Week Initiative
Andrew Barnes chats about various topics including innovation, change management, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, the military, leadership, and team engagement and the 4 day week initiative. Andrew graduated with a MA in law and archaeology from the University of Cambridge, completed banking and...
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Geraint Martin - Healthcare: identifying symptoms & fixing healthcare - what's the prescription for leaders?
The current chief executive of Te Papa Tongarewa who graduated in modern history and science at the University of Birmingham and is adjunct Professor at the Auckland University of Technology and Victoria University in Wellington speaks on process and problem in the New Zealand and International...
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John Spencer - Governance and Changing Fortunes at Tainui
Distinguished corporate director and accountant who made his way from the Chartered Accounting office to industry, to retail and fast-moving consumer goods, working for major New Zealand corporates as a general manager finance and planning before taking the helm as chief executive of one of the...
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Ross McEwan - Leadership and Turning Lemons into Lemonade
London based New Zealander who graduated from Massey University and passed through companies such as Unilever, Dunlop and National Mutual on his way to New Zealand chief executive for Axa at 40 years of age. He moved to Commonwealth Bank in Australia, where he was widely tipped to take the top...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
High Altitude is a podcast by Dr John Peebles about big business in New Zealand from the perspective of the decision-makers, the risk-takers and the money-makers. After nearly 40 years in executive recruitment, Dr John Peebles has amassed many interesting stories, and come to know hundreds of fascinating and talented people. He believes it’s time to share this inside industry knowledge on a public platform.
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High Altitude is a podcast by Dr John Peebles about big business in New Zealand from the perspective of the decision-makers, the risk-takers and the money-makers. After nearly 40 years in executive recruitment, Dr John Peebles has amassed many interesting stories, and come to know hundreds of...
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