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Business Essentials

Business Essentials features interviews with business experts and industry leaders, providing up-to-date, insightful advice on wide-ranging topics, including winning sales strategies, HR issues, mental health and leadership. Hosted by Grace Jennings-Edquist, the goal is to encourage and inspire a new generation of Australian business owners and entrepreneurs to grow healthier, happier and more profitable businesses. Business Essentials is a podcast four decades in the making, from SoundCartel, the producers of the world's longest-running business audio magazine by the same name. Business Essentials is produced by the team at SoundCartel - Nick Schildberger, Grace Jennings-Edquist, Nicole Goodman and Mariah Stonehewer. Technical p...

Summer Series: What does it take to innovate?

8 mins; December 27, 2021

Summer Series: Got a good story? Tell it!

11 mins; December 26, 2021

Summer Series: Making the tough calls

13 mins; December 23, 2021

Summer Series: Catch of the Decade - The rise and rise of online sales

7 mins; December 22, 2021

Summer Series: Catch of the Decade - It's all about your people

8 mins; December 21, 2021

Summer Series: Catch of the Decade - lessons from a digital titan

11 mins; December 20, 2021

Summer Series: Don't lead with 'crumby' promises

11 mins; December 19, 2021

Take time to recharge this Xmas

9 mins; December 16, 2021

Are you a bad boss?

10 mins; December 15, 2021

A healthy you, a healthy business

13 mins; December 14, 2021

The cyber threat to business

9 mins; December 13, 2021

A new campaign for struggling small businesses

11 mins; December 12, 2021

Unleashing your greatest potential

12 mins; December 09, 2021

The art of saying no

10 mins; December 08, 2021

The phone's ringing - goody goody!

9 mins; December 07, 2021

Simple Strategies for business success

10 mins; December 06, 2021

Bitter news for the coffee industry

9 mins; December 05, 2021

Beware sociopaths in your business

10 mins; December 02, 2021

Disruptive leadership - 4 steps to creating a winning team

9 mins; December 01, 2021

Has COVID eaten your culture?

14 mins; November 30, 2021

Taking the Stress out of Decision Making

9 mins; November 29, 2021

7 deadly start-up sins

12 mins; November 28, 2021

Is efficiency turning your customers away?

11 mins; November 25, 2021

Perfecting your pitch

8 mins; November 24, 2021

2021 Economic wrap-up

12 mins; November 23, 2021

Encore: How to get buy-in to your ideas

10 mins; November 22, 2021

Building a resilient business

10 mins; November 21, 2021

Do you feel like an imposter?

11 mins; November 18, 2021

Enore: Managing talented but tricky staff

9 mins; November 17, 2021

The small business big power bill shock!

7 mins; November 16, 2021

Encore: Keep your integrity intact!

11 mins; November 15, 2021

Under stress? 5 ways to boost your energy levels

10 mins; November 14, 2021

Getting juiced-up with Pomodoro

10 mins; November 11, 2021

New sexual harassment protections at work

13 mins; November 10, 2021

Litigation - the last resort!

5 mins; November 09, 2021

Encore: Sales and marketing - get it together!

10 mins; November 08, 2021

Big changes to franchising laws

9 mins; November 07, 2021

Encore: The 5 values for business success

11 mins; November 04, 2021

What are the attributes to success?

8 mins; November 03, 2021

Encore: Beware handshake agreements

7 mins; November 02, 2021

Mediation to settle disputes

7 mins; November 01, 2021

How do you reward your staff?

11 mins; October 31, 2021

How well do you speak?

8 mins; October 28, 2021

Encore: 7 tips for writing great SEO content

12 mins; October 27, 2021

Loan structure details – pay attention!

7 mins; October 26, 2021

Encore: How to become time rich

10 mins; October 25, 2021

Outsourcing HR: what to look for

10 mins; October 24, 2021

4 ways to creatively build your business

11 mins; October 21, 2021

Encore: 6 steps to a lead-generating website

10 mins; October 20, 2021

Protecting your business secrets

9 mins; October 19, 2021

Do you have the right mindset for sales?

10 mins; October 18, 2021

Encore: Get comfortable with feedback

10 mins; October 17, 2021

Encore: Don't isolate your business thinking

13 mins; October 14, 2021

Is property a good investment?

10 mins; October 13, 2021

Encore: R-E-S-P-E-C-T (more than just a little bit)

13 mins; October 12, 2021

How selfish is selfcare?

8 mins; October 11, 2021

What's your legacy?

10 mins; October 10, 2021

Encore: 5 types of salespeople – but who’s most successful?

7 mins; October 07, 2021

ATO’s spotlight on SMSF transactions

10 mins; October 06, 2021

What’s in a name? Trademarks and the law

7 mins; October 05, 2021

Encore: COVID-19 - an online business bonanza

9 mins; October 04, 2021

Dual occupancy - a smart investment?

7 mins; October 03, 2021

Count to 5...then just do it!

8 mins; September 30, 2021

Encore: The 5 core principles of sales

9 mins; September 29, 2021

The sharemarket's recurring all-time highs

10 mins; September 28, 2021

Your team’s wellbeing = success

10 mins; September 27, 2021

Redesigning work-life balance

8 mins; September 26, 2021

Vinomofo's next step - conquering the world

11 mins; September 23, 2021

Vinomofo - building an online tribe

10 mins; September 22, 2021

No jab, no job - no problem?

11 mins; September 21, 2021

7 things to kickstart sales growth

10 mins; September 20, 2021

The tactical approach to negotiating leases

9 mins; September 19, 2021

Encore: Taking team culture to the max

9 mins; September 16, 2021

The truth about trust & bad behaviour

8 mins; September 15, 2021

What makes a good business coach?

9 mins; September 14, 2021

Encore: The serious business of cashflow

6 mins; September 13, 2021

Shhh...don’t call it selling

10 mins; September 12, 2021

Encore: 35 years and still learning

11 mins; September 09, 2021

Going for leadership gold

12 mins; September 08, 2021

5 ways to make B2Bs buy

8 mins; September 07, 2021

Build your culture with intention

8 mins; September 06, 2021

Restraint of trade watchouts

8 mins; September 05, 2021

Encore: We're lying to our kids

10 mins; September 02, 2021

The 3 legal documents you must have

9 mins; September 01, 2021

7 steps to becoming a human manager

11 mins; August 31, 2021

Avoiding disaster when buying a business

6 mins; August 30, 2021

Bob Beaumont’s strategies for success

9 mins; August 29, 2021

Protecting your business from a disgruntled employee

11 mins; August 26, 2021

Encore: It's not you, it's impostor syndrome

10 mins; August 25, 2021

8 essentials for sales leadership

9 mins; August 24, 2021

Encore: 10 commandments of customer service

11 mins; August 23, 2021

Economic outlook: planning for COVID

9 mins; August 22, 2021

Encore: Sleep your way to success

11 mins; August 19, 2021

B2B growth in the new normal

10 mins; August 18, 2021

Shhhh...discreet digital healthcare

13 mins; August 17, 2021

Encore: Don’t let divorce destroy your business

11 mins; August 16, 2021

For good or bad - the UGRs driving your culture

12 mins; August 15, 2021

Don't think big, think HUGE

13 mins; August 12, 2021

Encore: A star is born

12 mins; August 11, 2021

Gen Alpha - the new kids on the block

11 mins; August 10, 2021

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