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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...

Resilience hacks - boost your wellbeing

10 mins; May 16, 2022

"How about a discount?"

11 mins; May 15, 2022

Dealing with self-entitled employees

9 mins; May 12, 2022

Know your customers? Really?

11 mins; May 11, 2022

10 pillars of the new small business charter

9 mins; May 10, 2022

Hot leads from cold calls

13 mins; May 09, 2022

4 keys for effective communication

10 mins; May 08, 2022

Turning bosses into leaders

8 mins; May 05, 2022

Small business opportunities in India

11 mins; May 04, 2022

Making mistakes matter

8 mins; May 03, 2022

The credit glass ceiling

9 mins; May 02, 2022

Why do your customers choose you?

9 mins; May 01, 2022

Are you digitally engaged?

10 mins; April 28, 2022

Want to grow? Get prospecting!

9 mins; April 27, 2022

Rethinking agency contracts

12 mins; April 26, 2022

What do you suck at?

8 mins; April 25, 2022

Should you outsource payroll?

6 mins; April 24, 2022

Plan for long-term, prepare for short-term

10 mins; April 21, 2022

Are weak processes killing your company?

8 mins; April 20, 2022

How to handle a bad Google review

11 mins; April 19, 2022

How to tackle a changing world

9 mins; April 18, 2022

Time's ticking - 5 months to get your .au domain

8 mins; April 17, 2022

Beyond COVID... now’s the time to plan!

10 mins; April 14, 2022

Making yourself memorable to customers

9 mins; April 13, 2022

7 conversations to have with staff

8 mins; April 12, 2022

The talent lottery

8 mins; April 11, 2022

Disasters - planning for the worst

12 mins; April 10, 2022

Power to the people!

11 mins; April 07, 2022

Delegate to do more

7 mins; April 06, 2022

2022 Federal Budget review

9 mins; April 05, 2022

Stop! It's a scam!

13 mins; April 04, 2022

2022 Budget take aways

11 mins; April 03, 2022

Recognising your own blind spots

9 mins; March 31, 2022

Making the call

9 mins; March 30, 2022

Does your new idea have legs?

8 mins; March 29, 2022

Shielding yourself from burnout

9 mins; March 28, 2022

Building a pharmacy empire

11 mins; March 27, 2022

Don't underestimate the sales follow-up

8 mins; March 24, 2022

Overcoming your business obstacles

9 mins; March 23, 2022

Wellbeing and the competitive advantage for business

11 mins; March 22, 2022

Combatting labour shortages

16 mins; March 21, 2022

9 ways to manage underperforming people

9 mins; March 20, 2022

Fear not! Sales isn't scary

10 mins; March 17, 2022

5 tips for improving organisational health

11 mins; March 16, 2022

Digital v Personal Touch

11 mins; March 15, 2022

ATO sets sights on private groups

11 mins; March 14, 2022

Protecting your business against Russian cyber attacks

11 mins; March 13, 2022

The character test for success

8 mins; March 10, 2022

I'll drink to that! How I built a multi-million-dollar pub empire

11 mins; March 09, 2022

Finding one more hour in your day

10 mins; March 08, 2022

Rules around casual employment

11 mins; March 07, 2022

The great reassessment

8 mins; March 06, 2022

Reinventing yourself - body, mind and business

9 mins; March 03, 2022

Mitigating COVID at work - the health advice

8 mins; March 02, 2022

Don't forget the fundamentals of selling

9 mins; March 01, 2022

How to attract more people into the workforce

9 mins; February 28, 2022

The brave new business normal

9 mins; February 27, 2022

Investment Overview

12 mins; February 24, 2022

Supporting teams at a tumultuous time

10 mins; February 23, 2022

Making the most of peer networks

7 mins; February 22, 2022

Search Engine Optimisation - make your way to the top

13 mins; February 21, 2022

Economic tips & predictions for 2022

12 mins; February 20, 2022

Breaking down barriers to productivity

10 mins; February 17, 2022

Search engine ads - 5 ways to make them work for you

11 mins; February 16, 2022

Is the office obsolete?

12 mins; February 15, 2022

Executive loneliness – the smiling depression

12 mins; February 14, 2022

6 priorities for better team performance

9 mins; February 13, 2022

Storytelling works!

9 mins; February 10, 2022

Hallelujah! 5 tips for website conversions

9 mins; February 09, 2022

Boost your super and claim on tax

7 mins; February 08, 2022

What does sales look like now?

13 mins; February 07, 2022

Prepare to nail the sale

8 mins; February 06, 2022

Retirement made simple

11 mins; February 03, 2022

Piles of success - online rug retailer disrupts the market

12 mins; February 02, 2022

Going international with your small business

10 mins; February 01, 2022

Google Analytics - 5 things you should know

10 mins; January 31, 2022

Be brave - be expensive!

13 mins; January 30, 2022

Be strategic with your social media

11 mins; January 27, 2022

Heads up about super insurance

7 mins; January 26, 2022

Shaming big business into paying their bills

7 mins; January 25, 2022

Spice Invader - shaking up an industry

12 mins; January 24, 2022

How to deal with angry customers

15 mins; January 23, 2022

5 essentials for first-time managers

10 mins; January 20, 2022

Kicking leadership goals

10 mins; January 19, 2022

Boosting brain and body for better business

10 mins; January 18, 2022

Keeping the tyre kickers at bay

11 mins; January 17, 2022

New rules for company directors

9 mins; January 16, 2022

Your brand is an asset – use it well!

9 mins; January 13, 2022

Time's money - invest it well!

12 mins; January 12, 2022

Family business restructure for the next in line

10 mins; January 11, 2022

New years resolution - controlling email

7 mins; January 10, 2022

Predictions for the New Year: Interest Rates & Growth

10 mins; January 09, 2022

Summer Series: Success in half a second

11 mins; January 06, 2022

Summer Series: How to handle difficult conversations

10 mins; January 05, 2022

Summer Series: Don't box me in!

12 mins; January 04, 2022

Summer Series: Being "right" can be oh-so wrong

9 mins; January 03, 2022

Summer Series: Business - it's a marathon!

10 mins; January 02, 2022

Summer Series: Overcoming insecurity

12 mins; December 30, 2021

Summer Series: Data and the rebuild of hospitality

9 mins; December 29, 2021

Summer Series: I'll tell you a story

11 mins; December 28, 2021

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