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Business Leader Breakthroughs helps you unlock the potential in yourself, teams and businesses.
Hosted by Ryan Castle, along with Dr Mike Ashby, we share insights, experiences and stories on achieving breakthrough successes in business and life.
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- Jul 2, 2025 How to harness AI for business growth and innovation with Brian Russell, PhD
- Jul 2, 2025 Ep 108: Navigate uncertainty: how to lead through turbulent times
- Jul 2, 2025 How to build high-performing teams with IQ, EQ and adaptability with Jennifer Aubin
- Jul 2, 2025 Katie O'Malley, Founder and Leadership Coach at Encourage Coaching, on self-awareness and why great leaders master listening
- Jul 2, 2025 Ep 103: The office debate: is remote work over?
- Jul 2, 2025 Ep 100: Effective manager training: 7 best leadership strategies
- Apr 11, 2023 S3 E3: Chris Morsley, CEO of CMC Global, on charismatic leadership
- Feb 14, 2023 S3 E2: Nadine Tereora, the CEO of AA New Zealand, on how you become a leader worth following
- Feb 1, 2023 S3 E1 : Mark McConnell, Learning & Development Manager at Argenta, on 6 C's of leadership
- Nov 29, 2022 S2 E7: How to Attract and Retain your Stars
- Nov 15, 2022 S2 E6: How to Have Difficult Conversations
- Oct 25, 2022 S2 E5: Alicia Purtell, CPO of Lion Co, on Unlocking a Greater World Through Flexible Thinking
- Oct 10, 2022 S2 E4: Sources of Stress at Work and How to Combat Them
- Sep 19, 2022 S2 EP3: David Mair, CEO of Skellerup, on How to Grow Your NZ Business Using Japanese Business Practices
- Sep 5, 2022 S2 E2: The Myth of the Great Resignation
- Aug 22, 2022 S2 E1: Jen Scoular, CEO of NZ Avocado, on Breaking the Barriers for Women in Leadership
- Dec 6, 2021 [MINISODE EP 37] - Why the Loss of a Big Prospect Isn’t Really a Loss
- Nov 22, 2021 [MINISODE EP 35] - Get Good at Measuring Your Engagement
- Oct 11, 2021 [EP 79] Rebecca Houghton on How to Level up as a B-Suite Leader
- Sep 20, 2021 [MINISODE EP 32] - How to Work From Home Post Lockdown
- Sep 15, 2021 [MINISODE EP 31] - Managing the Tension Between Stabilising and Adapting after the COVID-19 Lockdowns
- Sep 7, 2021 [EP 78] Jack Keeys of KPMG on How to Create Dynamic and Inspiring Leadership
- Aug 23, 2021 [MINISODE EP 30] - Your Organisation Has to Change if You Want Your People to Change
- Aug 16, 2021 [EP 77] How to Navigate Hybrid Working with Ali Hill
- Aug 9, 2021 [MINISODE EP 29] - How To Make Working From Home Work For You
- Aug 2, 2021 [EP 76] Rob Pyne on Transforming Your Leadership Team Through Emotional Intelligence
- Jul 26, 2021 [MINISODE EP 28] - What's Productivity Worth to Your Business?
- Jul 19, 2021 [EP75] Make Clear Communication Your Superpower
- Jul 12, 2021 [MINISODE EP 27] The Regrets of the Dying
- Jul 5, 2021 [EP74] The Power of Daily Scrums
- Jun 28, 2021 [MINISODE EP 26] Changing the Organisation From the Middle, Out
- Jun 14, 2021 [MINISODE EP 25] 4 Types of People Who Take Meetings off Track
- May 31, 2021 [MINISODE EP 24] How to Fix Your Boring Meetings
- May 24, 2021 [EP73] Critical Trends for Ops Leaders and What You Can Do About Them
- May 18, 2021 [MINISODE EP 23] You Can't Fake Work Culture
- May 10, 2021 [EP72] How to Develop Your Team
- May 3, 2021 [MINISODE EP 22] Mindfulness is Valuable for EVERY Business
- Apr 27, 2021 [EP71] 3 Things All Staff Want of Their Leaders
- Apr 19, 2021 [MINISODE EP 21] How Outsourcing and Freelancing Jobs Could Change Your Business
- Apr 13, 2021 [EP70] How to Delegate Effectively
- Apr 5, 2021 [MINISODE EP 20] The 3 Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask Themselves
- Mar 22, 2021 [EP69] How To Manage Your Priorities to Create More Value and Less Busy-ness
- Mar 15, 2021 [MINISODE EP 19] Is Your Marketing Should be as Good as Your Product?
- Mar 8, 2021 [EP 68] Rocket Lab's Head of People and Culture, Estelle Curd, on Being an Authentic Leader
- Mar 1, 2021 [MINISODE EP 18] Learning Ladder - Unlocking you and your team's potential.
- Feb 22, 2021 [EP67] Creating a High Performance Team
- Feb 15, 2021 [MINISODE EP 17] The no bulls**t approach to fitness, health and wellness
- Feb 9, 2021 [EP 66] Angela Cameron, CEO of Consult Recruitment, on the Importance of People
- Dec 14, 2020 [MINISODE EP 16] Get F'd!
- Dec 9, 2020 [EP65] Time to Get Uncomfortable
- Nov 30, 2020 [MINISODE EP 15] Learning From The All Blacks
- Nov 25, 2020 [EP 64] Jason Paris, CEO of Vodafone NZ, on Strategy and How to Be a People Leader
- Nov 19, 2020 [MINISODE EP 14] Are You The Best In Product, Price or Customer Experience?
- Nov 17, 2020 [EP63] Coaching - What Is It and How to Do It Right
- Nov 12, 2020 [MINISODE EP 13] 5 Things To Remember When Hiring and Growing Employees
- Nov 9, 2020 [EP62] Time Management. How to Increase Your Contribution While Working Less.
- Nov 5, 2020 [MINISODE EP 12] Grow Your Business Further Than Just Revenue
- Nov 2, 2020 [EP61] How to Build Your "Unicorn" Factory
- Oct 29, 2020 [MINISODE EP 11] Everyone Needs a Board
- Oct 27, 2020 [EP 60] Miriam Chancellor on How to Become a Powerful Public Speaker
- Oct 22, 2020 [MINISODE EP 10] Your Wealth Path from Employment to Business Owner
- Oct 19, 2020 [EP59] What it Takes to Build Great Culture in your Business (Panel)
- Oct 15, 2020 [MINISODE EP 9] Traditional Training is a Waste of Time and Money
- Oct 12, 2020 [EP 58] Derek Handley on Shifting your Perspective to Create a More Sustainable Future
- Oct 8, 2020 [MINISODE EP 8] If You're Doing Your Managers' Job, You're Doing a Poor Job Managing Them
- Oct 6, 2020 [EP 57] Returning to the Office Post Lockdown and Impact of Working From Home (Survey Results)
- Oct 1, 2020 [MINISODE EP 7] Using "The 7 P's" to Overcome Frustration in Your Business
- Sep 28, 2020 [EP 56] Janine Garner on Leading a Life of Influence and Unlocking your Brilliance
- Sep 24, 2020 [MINISODE EP 6] How to work ON your business, not in your business
- Sep 21, 2020 [EP 55] How to Accurately Measure and Direct Engagement
- Sep 17, 2020 [MINISODE EP 5] Overcoming the overwhelming state of busyness in your business and personal life
- Sep 15, 2020 [EP 54] Mark McCrindle on a data driven approach to wellness in the workplace
- Sep 11, 2020 [MINISODE EP 4] Four surprising success principles to boost your business and improve your life
- Sep 7, 2020 [EP 53] - Turning failure into long term success
- Sep 3, 2020 [MINISODE EP 3] How to have a boringly predictably profitable business
- Sep 2, 2020 [EP 52] Dermot Crowley on Productivity and How to Reduce Senseless Urgency
- Aug 27, 2020 [MINISODE EP 2] How to Get Your Head, Heart and Hands Working Together
- Aug 25, 2020 [EP 51] Why contribution, not productivity or engagement, should be at forefront of your mind
- Aug 21, 2020 [MINISODE EP 1] Are you going ALL IN in your business and life?
- Aug 3, 2020 [EP 50] Mykel Dixon on rediscovering your creativity to make work more meaningful
- Jul 14, 2020 [EP 49] Building a Kingdom of Inspiration with Cam Calkoen
- Jun 17, 2020 [EP 48] 4 Ways Lying Has Become the Norm In Your Business with Ron Carucci
- Jun 9, 2020 [EP 47] The future of working from home now that lockdown’s over
- Jun 2, 2020 [EP 46] David Galbraith, Unleashing Greatness author, on living your best life with courage and care
- May 25, 2020 [EP 45] Managing the tension between stablising and adapting
- May 11, 2020 [EP 44] Real transformation happens when you change who as well as how
- May 4, 2020 [EP 43] David Pich, CEO of IML ANZ, on Impactful Leadership, Workplace Culture and The 4 Day Week.
- Apr 22, 2020 [EP 42] Heather Polglase, HR Director at Spark, on being agile, collaboration and the importance of people
- Apr 22, 2020 [EP 41] How To Make Working From Home Work For You
- Mar 31, 2020 [EP 40] How to Measure the Results of Leadership Training
- Mar 23, 2020 [EP 39] Gihan Perera on Futurism, Artificial Intelligence, and Diversity
- Mar 16, 2020 [EP 38] The Regrets of the Dying
- Mar 9, 2020 [EP 37] Transforming a Business from the Inside Out
- Mar 2, 2020 [EP 36] Joanne Fair on Flipping the Traditional Freelancer Model with FutureWork Studios.
- Feb 24, 2020 [EP 35] How to Stop THAT Person From Taking Your Meetings off Track
- Feb 17, 2020 [EP 34] Do Your Team Meetings Suck? Here’s How to Fix Them
- Feb 10, 2020 [EP 33] Michelle Gibbings on The Power of Teams to Create a High Performance Culture
- Feb 3, 2020 [EP 32] Take your Company Culture off the Walls and into the Halls
- Jan 27, 2020 [EP 31] Mindfulness at Work: It's Not Yoga
- Jan 20, 2020 [EP 30] How to Outsource Work you Can’t or Won’t do