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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...

Plan for long-term, prepare for short-term

9 mins; April 15, 2024

Stories are good for sales: that’s a fact!

10 mins; April 14, 2024

Serving 'humans' in the digital era

10 mins; April 11, 2024

How to tell someone they smell

11 mins; April 10, 2024

No.1 priority is cashflow

11 mins; April 09, 2024

Capturing the purchasing power of women

9 mins; April 08, 2024

7 beliefs holding you back from sales

10 mins; April 07, 2024

A better smile, a better business

13 mins; April 04, 2024

Are weak processes killing your company?

8 mins; April 03, 2024

Rethinking agency contracts

11 mins; April 02, 2024

Don't underestimate the sales follow-up

8 mins; April 01, 2024

Navigating uncertainty with an adaptive mindset

10 mins; March 31, 2024

Reinvent your risk of dying

10 mins; March 28, 2024

What do you suck at?

8 mins; March 27, 2024

What's wrong with Blue Ocean strategy?

10 mins; March 26, 2024

Shaping workplace culture

11 mins; March 25, 2024

Productivity has fallen across Australia – has yours?

9 mins; March 24, 2024

A fresh approach to leading sales teams

8 mins; March 21, 2024

Making yourself memorable to customers

7 mins; March 20, 2024

Overcoming your business obstacles

8 mins; March 19, 2024

Guns, germs and steely resolve

11 mins; March 18, 2024

Leadership in action

14 mins; March 17, 2024

Celebrating 1,000 episodes! – the business case for podcasting

14 mins; March 14, 2024

Delegate for better results

9 mins; March 13, 2024

Where sales & marketing meet

11 mins; March 12, 2024

How detailed are your employment agreements?

9 mins; March 11, 2024

Your price reflects your beliefs

8 mins; March 10, 2024

The power of other people's networks

10 mins; March 07, 2024

Fear not! Sales isn't scary

9 mins; March 06, 2024

Be diverse and be authentic

12 mins; March 05, 2024

How to build psychological safety at work

11 mins; March 04, 2024

‘Right to Disconnect’ law explained

10 mins; March 03, 2024

Rapid growth of AI - what you need to know!

11 mins; February 29, 2024

Be mindful - it's good for business

10 mins; February 28, 2024

Balancing act — the 2024 economic tightrope

12 mins; February 27, 2024

Shut up and sell!

10 mins; February 26, 2024

1st quarter market update

12 mins; February 25, 2024

It's not retirement...it's RENEWAL!

10 mins; February 22, 2024

How to handle the sickie

9 mins; February 21, 2024

The dividends of diversity

12 mins; February 20, 2024

Go on, fail, I dare you!

11 mins; February 19, 2024

5 steps to making a sale

8 mins; February 18, 2024

Biggest trends in sales: collaboration

11 mins; February 15, 2024

The man who put the "i" in iPhone

10 mins; February 14, 2024

Take action now!

9 mins; February 13, 2024

Got a good story? Tell it!

11 mins; February 12, 2024

Consumer habits are changing

9 mins; February 11, 2024

How Roy got to $1 billion in sales

10 mins; February 08, 2024

Your brand is an asset – use it well!

9 mins; February 07, 2024

Define yourself: the story of KX Pilates

8 mins; February 06, 2024

Making the tough calls

12 mins; February 05, 2024

Understanding AI for business growth

10 mins; February 04, 2024

Making sales with LinkedIn

9 mins; February 01, 2024

How to deal with government bodies

11 mins; January 31, 2024

2024 HR trends

8 mins; January 30, 2024

Building customer service habits

10 mins; January 29, 2024

Luck or leadership? How we avoided recession

12 mins; January 28, 2024

Don’t trust your memory – write things down

11 mins; January 25, 2024

Jumping bureaucratic hurdles

9 mins; January 24, 2024

The power of 'yes'!

11 mins; January 23, 2024

Why I don't do affiliate marketing

7 mins; January 22, 2024

The prince of pilates

16 mins; January 21, 2024

Changes to casual employment rules

6 mins; January 18, 2024

A healthy you, a healthy business

13 mins; January 17, 2024

Getting an economic GRIP

10 mins; January 16, 2024

Executing with discipline

11 mins; January 15, 2024

Kicking off 2024 with focus

9 mins; January 14, 2024

Summer Series: Join the good culture club

11 mins; January 11, 2024

Summer Series: "How about a discount?"

12 mins; January 10, 2024

Summer Series: Hot leads from cold calls

13 mins; January 09, 2024

Summer Series: Turning bosses into leaders

8 mins; January 08, 2024

Summer Series: Making mistakes matter

8 mins; January 07, 2024

Summer Series: Power to the people!

11 mins; January 04, 2024

Summer Series: Want to grow? Get prospecting!

9 mins; January 03, 2024

Summer Series: How to tackle a changing world

10 mins; January 02, 2024

Summer Series: 7 conversations to have with staff

8 mins; January 01, 2024

Summer Series: Does your new idea have legs?

8 mins; December 31, 2023

Summer Series: The character test for success

8 mins; December 28, 2023

Summer Series: Breaking down barriers to productivity

10 mins; December 27, 2023

Summer Series: Be brave - be expensive!

13 mins; December 26, 2023

Summer Series: Keeping the tyre kickers at bay

12 mins; December 25, 2023

Summer Series: 6 priorities for better team performance

9 mins; December 24, 2023

Summer Series: Storytelling works!

9 mins; December 21, 2023

Summer Series: Success in half a second

12 mins; December 20, 2023

Summer Series: Retirement made simple

11 mins; December 19, 2023

Summer Series: Don't box me in!

12 mins; December 18, 2023

Summer Series: Prepare to nail the sale

8 mins; December 17, 2023

Optimism starts with you

10 mins; December 14, 2023

Being "right" can be oh-so wrong

9 mins; December 13, 2023

Elevate your life & your business

8 mins; December 12, 2023

Business - it's a marathon!

10 mins; December 11, 2023

Don’t be distracted by ‘yummy’

10 mins; December 10, 2023

Mastering your marketing message

9 mins; December 07, 2023

Going for leadership gold

11 mins; December 06, 2023

Switching to omnichannel retailing

9 mins; December 05, 2023

Forget beauty, bucks & brilliance

9 mins; December 04, 2023

Xmas cheer and watchouts

8 mins; December 03, 2023

Cleaning up the competition

9 mins; November 30, 2023

For good or bad - the UGRs driving your culture

9 mins; November 29, 2023

I must, I must, I must increase my ASSETS

10 mins; November 28, 2023

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