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The Critical Few Actions — 69 episodes

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Fiona Holland: How to transition from Founder to CEO and Chair and Avoid ‘Tissue Rejection’

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John Downes: You’ve Got the Strategy. Now What? Turning Plans Into Action

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Carmen McKinney: How to beat AI Slop With Numbers You Can Trust

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Grant Lingwood-Smith on the Four Habits of High-Performing CFOs

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David Sanders: Why Getting Product/Service Costing Right Is the Key to Growing Performance and Value

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Ben Verney: How to Restructure a Business in Distress, Before It’s Too Late

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Fiona Hansen: How to Put a Price on Your Brand Before Someone Else Does

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Rachel Delaney: From Startup to Sale-The Hidden Legal Traps That Can Derail A Business Exit

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Marie Felsbourg: From Trauma to Triumph. How Marie Felsbourg built Astral Consulting in Information Management

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Dianne Semmens: Are You Only Using 20% of the ERP You’ve Paid For? How to Level Up

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Leanne Simpson: Crisis Leadership. How CEOs Can Lead When Everything Goes Wrong

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Kate Goss: Turning Research into Revenue. The Innovator’s Roadmap From Idea to Market in 12 Months

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Will Hamilton: From Founder to Steward - What Smart Leaders Get Right About Wealth

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Kate Whitehead: How to Win Government Grants Without Losing Your Mind. What Works & Doesn’t?

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Damien Lacey: Why Your Organisation Can Do More Without Working Harder

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Peter Buckingham: How to Pick Winning Locations Using Strategy and Data, Not Gut Feel

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Brian Goldberg: From Startup to Sale: How Trademarks Are Now Business Essentials, Not Legal Extras

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Elise Margow: The Hidden Cost of Poor Negotiation and How To Avoid Them

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Diem Huynh: How to Win Government Tenders Without Wasting Time or Money

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Dianne Semmens: 4 Essentials for ERP Success – and How to Avoid the Trough of Disillusionment

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Steve Wood: The Four Aces Every Business Must Play

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Jennifer Ford: From Local ROV Service to Global Net Repair Innovator

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Craig Peacock: 5 Steps to Build a Business Case Boards Can Say ‘Yes’ To

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Herman Mott: The Simple Metric That Transformed a $13M organisation into $230M in 10 years. Yes 25%CAGR

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Tom Stray: How a Small Aussie Manufacturer Survived and Exploded Through COVID

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Jackson Yin-From a Garage to Global Kit Home Lead in 10 Yrs-driven by OPV, AI, Interns

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John Anderton - Clarkepoint - How He Saved $1M Annually with Offshore Talent

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Michael Johns - How to Finance Growth Without Giving Up Your House

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Joshua Morse: Why Your 5% Net Profit Isn’t Good Enough - And What to Do About It

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Anabela Correia: What Every Founder Needs to Know Before Raising Capital

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Linda Murray: The Real Reason Feedback Fails—and What Great Leaders Do Instead

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Debrief: The Sale, The Shareholder, The CEO – Charles Pratt on Navigating a PE Exit

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Mark Cameron: How Smart CEOs Are Using AI to Empower Their People and Drive Growth

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Jayston Small - Riskfacta: From Oil Rigs to Gin Risks: the Real Threats Facing SMEs Today

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Dominic Russo: Diadem Co-Founder: The Secret to 25 Yrs of Thriving Partnership & Leadership Success

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Jacqui Clarke: Built to Sell? The Hard Truth About Business Exits & Legacy Wealth

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Belinda Wiggins: How to Build a Business That Thrives Without You (And Sells for More)

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Georgie Chapman (HR Law Expert): The Fix for Employee Underperformance & Avoiding Unfair Dismissals

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John Cotton (Accounting Recruiting Pro): The Real Reason Top Performers Ignore Your Firm.

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Greg Weston (Chemical Industry Vet): The Secret to an Exit-Ready Mid-Sized Organisation

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Brett Bonser (B2B Growth Expert): The Secret to Boosting Mid-Sized Revenue Now

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Dr. Ellen Pittman (Nature-Led Innovator): The Unexpected Way Nature Solves Your Biggest Problems

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Joe Ciancio (Regional Tech Founder): The Unexpected Growth that came from Coaching and Peer Support

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Georgie Chapman (HR Legal Advisor): Why Mid-Sized CEOs Can’t Ignore Bullying & Stress

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Dianne Semmens (Award-Winning Founder): An Inspiring Story of Customer-Led Growth

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Darren Heveren: Are you ready for intergenerational wealth transfer and growth?

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Rich Hawker - The 4 steps to design spectacular customer experiences

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Rob Olver: Forget evolution! When should you revolutionise your business model?

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Judy Cheung-Wood: The Start-up Revolutionising Acne-treatment in Australia

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John Downes: How to prioritise those #criticalfewactions with the OPV Diagnostic

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Jane Kneebone: What to do when your brand is on the front page and reporters are chasing you.

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Georgie Chapman - Three essential tips to ensure a successful recruitment

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Chris Moore: Sailor's Grave quest to save a dying timber town

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Peter Westlund - What could possibly go wrong

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Michelle Bourke - Foresight Digital - Smashing your eCommerce ROI

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Steve Ronalds - Gippsland Jersey - Giving farmers a fair go

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Dr Lucy Burns - Building an online business to empower Doctors and Patients

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Fiona Hansen - Business Valuations: Buying a business? Don’t over-pay! Selling a business? Don’t settle for less!

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Olga Koskie - Everything you need to know about avoiding and dealing with ATO debt issues

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Linda Murray - How to get great players to play together - Athena Leadership Academy

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Scott Blakemore - Harvesting the cash locked in your inventory

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How CEOs can guard against malicious actors. Now! Interview with Cybersecurity Expert Joe Ciancio

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Tim Cartwright - The Never-Ending Pursuit of Perfection: Leadership Insights

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Sue Ellson - What does your online profile say about you?

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John Downes - From Vision to Reality - 4 Steps to Craft a Winning Strategic Plan

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Damien Lacey - 5 Keys to Transforming Your Business Operations

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How Lisa Vincent built her Ed-tech business How Too on Venture Capital through COVID

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John Downes - Introduction to The Critical Few Actions Podcast: What is this?

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Welcome to The Critical Few Actions podcast