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The Critical Few Actions — 72 episodes
Can Your Business Grow Without You?
A Good Product Is Not The Same As A Strong Business
Not All Revenue Is Good Revenue: Strategic Lessons for Founders with Paris Singer
Fiona Holland: How to transition from Founder to CEO and Chair and Avoid ‘Tissue Rejection’
John Downes: You’ve Got the Strategy. Now What? Turning Plans Into Action
Carmen McKinney: How to beat AI Slop With Numbers You Can Trust
Grant Lingwood-Smith on the Four Habits of High-Performing CFOs
David Sanders: Why Getting Product/Service Costing Right Is the Key to Growing Performance and Value
Ben Verney: How to Restructure a Business in Distress, Before It’s Too Late
Fiona Hansen: How to Put a Price on Your Brand Before Someone Else Does
Rachel Delaney: From Startup to Sale-The Hidden Legal Traps That Can Derail A Business Exit
Marie Felsbourg: From Trauma to Triumph. How Marie Felsbourg built Astral Consulting in Information Management
Dianne Semmens: Are You Only Using 20% of the ERP You’ve Paid For? How to Level Up
Leanne Simpson: Crisis Leadership. How CEOs Can Lead When Everything Goes Wrong
Kate Goss: Turning Research into Revenue. The Innovator’s Roadmap From Idea to Market in 12 Months
Will Hamilton: From Founder to Steward - What Smart Leaders Get Right About Wealth
Kate Whitehead: How to Win Government Grants Without Losing Your Mind. What Works & Doesn’t?
Damien Lacey: Why Your Organisation Can Do More Without Working Harder
Peter Buckingham: How to Pick Winning Locations Using Strategy and Data, Not Gut Feel
Brian Goldberg: From Startup to Sale: How Trademarks Are Now Business Essentials, Not Legal Extras
Elise Margow: The Hidden Cost of Poor Negotiation and How To Avoid Them
Diem Huynh: How to Win Government Tenders Without Wasting Time or Money
Dianne Semmens: 4 Essentials for ERP Success – and How to Avoid the Trough of Disillusionment
Steve Wood: The Four Aces Every Business Must Play
Jennifer Ford: From Local ROV Service to Global Net Repair Innovator
Craig Peacock: 5 Steps to Build a Business Case Boards Can Say ‘Yes’ To
Herman Mott: The Simple Metric That Transformed a $13M organisation into $230M in 10 years. Yes 25%CAGR
Tom Stray: How a Small Aussie Manufacturer Survived and Exploded Through COVID
Jackson Yin-From a Garage to Global Kit Home Lead in 10 Yrs-driven by OPV, AI, Interns
John Anderton - Clarkepoint - How He Saved $1M Annually with Offshore Talent
Michael Johns - How to Finance Growth Without Giving Up Your House
Joshua Morse: Why Your 5% Net Profit Isn’t Good Enough - And What to Do About It
Anabela Correia: What Every Founder Needs to Know Before Raising Capital
Linda Murray: The Real Reason Feedback Fails—and What Great Leaders Do Instead
Debrief: The Sale, The Shareholder, The CEO – Charles Pratt on Navigating a PE Exit
Mark Cameron: How Smart CEOs Are Using AI to Empower Their People and Drive Growth
Jayston Small - Riskfacta: From Oil Rigs to Gin Risks: the Real Threats Facing SMEs Today
Dominic Russo: Diadem Co-Founder: The Secret to 25 Yrs of Thriving Partnership & Leadership Success
Jacqui Clarke: Built to Sell? The Hard Truth About Business Exits & Legacy Wealth
Belinda Wiggins: How to Build a Business That Thrives Without You (And Sells for More)
Georgie Chapman (HR Law Expert): The Fix for Employee Underperformance & Avoiding Unfair Dismissals
John Cotton (Accounting Recruiting Pro): The Real Reason Top Performers Ignore Your Firm.
Greg Weston (Chemical Industry Vet): The Secret to an Exit-Ready Mid-Sized Organisation
Brett Bonser (B2B Growth Expert): The Secret to Boosting Mid-Sized Revenue Now
Dr. Ellen Pittman (Nature-Led Innovator): The Unexpected Way Nature Solves Your Biggest Problems
Joe Ciancio (Regional Tech Founder): The Unexpected Growth that came from Coaching and Peer Support
Georgie Chapman (HR Legal Advisor): Why Mid-Sized CEOs Can’t Ignore Bullying & Stress
Dianne Semmens (Award-Winning Founder): An Inspiring Story of Customer-Led Growth
Darren Heveren: Are you ready for intergenerational wealth transfer and growth?
Rich Hawker - The 4 steps to design spectacular customer experiences
Rob Olver: Forget evolution! When should you revolutionise your business model?
Judy Cheung-Wood: The Start-up Revolutionising Acne-treatment in Australia
John Downes: How to prioritise those #criticalfewactions with the OPV Diagnostic
Jane Kneebone: What to do when your brand is on the front page and reporters are chasing you.
Georgie Chapman - Three essential tips to ensure a successful recruitment
Chris Moore: Sailor's Grave quest to save a dying timber town
Peter Westlund - What could possibly go wrong
Michelle Bourke - Foresight Digital - Smashing your eCommerce ROI
Steve Ronalds - Gippsland Jersey - Giving farmers a fair go
Dr Lucy Burns - Building an online business to empower Doctors and Patients
Fiona Hansen - Business Valuations: Buying a business? Don’t over-pay! Selling a business? Don’t settle for less!
Olga Koskie - Everything you need to know about avoiding and dealing with ATO debt issues
Linda Murray - How to get great players to play together - Athena Leadership Academy
Scott Blakemore - Harvesting the cash locked in your inventory
How CEOs can guard against malicious actors. Now! Interview with Cybersecurity Expert Joe Ciancio
Tim Cartwright - The Never-Ending Pursuit of Perfection: Leadership Insights
Sue Ellson - What does your online profile say about you?
John Downes - From Vision to Reality - 4 Steps to Craft a Winning Strategic Plan
Damien Lacey - 5 Keys to Transforming Your Business Operations
How Lisa Vincent built her Ed-tech business How Too on Venture Capital through COVID
John Downes - Introduction to The Critical Few Actions Podcast: What is this?
Welcome to The Critical Few Actions podcast