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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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Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan discuss why having a boring and predictable business is the best way to ensure a 20% growth in profit.
Read MoreMark McCrindle is an award-winning social researcher, best selling author and influential thought leader. The focus of this podcast is on workplace wellbeing with lots of other amazing talking points such as the importance of true leadership vs management, the three circumstances through which our lives really grow and how absolutely anyone in an organisation can influence change, yes, even you!
Read MoreWelcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan discuss why having a boring and predictable business is the best way to ensure a 20% growth in profit.
Read MoreMike and Ryan give insight on their own business failures and what they learnt from them, along with questions you can ask yourself if you feel yourself heading towards a disaster. And after a failure has happened, what steps you can take to assess what happened and learn from them so that you improve your chances of long term success.
Read MoreWelcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan discuss why having a boring and predictable business is the best way to ensure a 20% growth in profit.
Read MoreThis week, best selling author, Dermot Crowley joins Ryan for a discussion around all things productivity, urgency vs importance and how to recognise and reduce 'senseless' urgency'. Dermot teaches us his famous ‘PASS’ process that he uses every day to set his schedule. He shares tips on how to get the coveted empty inbox, including reducing the number of emails coming in the first place.
Read MoreWelcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. This week, Mike and Ryan discuss the importance of getting your head, heart and hands working together to succeed in your endeavours.
Read MoreSo Auckland is back in Level 3 lockdown. This certainly will have an impact on your business going forward, but logistics aside, what about your people? Productivity, engagement and contribution are 3 things that all business leaders expect from themselves and their teams. Mike and Ryan discuss why contribution should be at the forefront of leaders' minds right now.
Read MoreWelcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs Minisode Series. Every Friday, we will post a shorter version of a popular previous episode so you get all the best bits in half the time. Linked below is the full episode for today's minisode if you want to hear more about how to go "All In".
Read MoreMykel Dixon, award winning speaker, author, musician helps business leaders and teams seek truth, rediscover creativity and make work more meaningful. This week, Ryan has the pleasure of 'zooming' in with Mykel Dixon, award winning speaker, author, musician and advisor on how he is using creativity, artistry and vulnerability to boost businesses, improving performance metrics and also making work more meaningful for employees and leaders.
Read MoreCam Calkoen has gone from doubting his ability to run, to representing New Zealand in athletics all around the world. In this weeks podcast, Ryan chats with Cam Calkoen, a renowned New Zealand athlete, inspirational speaker and all round awesome guy.
Read MoreHow often do you sit around your meeting table, pull out your mission statement and brand values, and say "Hey, how well do we live these?"
Are you constantly changing around your most important values to match what is the top priority that month?
Do you even KNOW the values you say your business lives by?
Finding it difficult to answer one or more of these questions, don't worry, this podcast episode will give you a clear guide.
In this podcast episode, Mike and Ryan address the question that most business leaders have when they are about to invest in leadership training – How do you measure the results of leadership development programmes? Since it is difficult to attribute a hard value to soft skills, or translate it directly into measures like profit, this can be a challenging question to answer.
Read MoreDavid Galbraith shares frank insights and funny personal stories on how to live your best life with courage and care. He draws on a wide range of experiences as a clinical psychologist, high performance mental coach of athletes from Super Rugby (Chiefs) to Olympic sports, youth worker, author, husband and dad. He encourages all of us to let go of fears and doubts, break free from others’ expectations, commit to values and embrace the unknown. WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE.
Read MoreBeing a business leader during this time comes with a lot of tension. After an emotional roller coaster that was working from home, we now need to think about how we can get back to the ‘old normal’ while acknowledging that things have changed and we must shape a ‘new normal’. Mike and Ryan talk about the kinds of questions you should ask yourself, your team and your customers.
Read MoreThink about the learning workshops you've done over your career. Did you go away, have an inspiring day or two, only to go back to your workplace and keep doing what you've always done? You may have been introduced to some great new ideas and skills, but there was no path to bring that into your work within the organisation.
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![[EP 52] Dermot Crowley on Productivity and How to Reduce Senseless Urgency](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68a893a4c7c100019a7c9e/1598580677244-KYA0OFEKTWBWN41QVZI7/Dermont+Promo.png)
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![[EP 49] Building a Kingdom of Inspiration with Cam Calkoen](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68a893a4c7c100019a7c9e/1596507119788-8XVLD1WZNFJCWV4MOJ6J/Cam+calkoen+promo.png)
![[EP 48] 4 Ways Lying Has Become the Norm In Your Business with Ron Carucci](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68a893a4c7c100019a7c9e/1597625494252-QXDCQZHBK8UKE8V2LVP7/ron2.png)
![[EP 46] David Galbraith, Unleashing Greatness author, on living your best life with courage and care](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68a893a4c7c100019a7c9e/1597632636781-4W3Y8H43ZCJQJE7KG8T9/david+G+fixed.png)
![[EP 45] Managing the tension between stablising and adapting](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68a893a4c7c100019a7c9e/1597629310479-BQJFCUJHPOGGEZA95I0M/New+tile.png)
![[EP 44] Real transformation happens when you change who as well as how](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d68a893a4c7c100019a7c9e/1597629377342-87P5Y18CYOL2JY0T3ST2/New+tile.png)