Send us a text The role of the CEO relies heavily on setting the vision for an organisation, defining the mission, devising a strategy, then executing it. Underpinning success is the organisations' people and the culture they choose to belong to. Communicating the CEO's vision, mission, strategy, and how it willl be executed can be challenging, particularly with a disbursed organisation. Listen as Julie Trelstad, Head of US Publishing at Amlet.AI and a highly credentialled ...

Send us a text AI is creating a great deal of focus on using technology for business advantage. Technological advances have been relentless since the beginning of human existance, albeit digital technology is accelerating advancement with AI being the latest, but perhaps not the last, iteration. In this episode, Barbara Witmann, Founder and CEO of Digital Wisdom Collective, offers essential insights into Business Success via Digital Wisdom. Listen as Barbara offers insights in 3 ...

Send us a text Public Relations is a critical factor in the success or otherwise of an organisation. Astute CEOs recognise that they play a critical role in the public image of the organisation and work closely with their teams to ensure that Public Relations (PR) is used to benefit the stakeholders. In this episode, Erin Huckle, CEO of Chuckle Communications and a strategic PR consultant, book publicist, and writer who helps purpose driven people raise their profile and get the recognition t...

Send us a text AI (Artificial Intelligence) is the next wave of technology changing how we "work, live, play, and learn". CEOs and business leaders must understand how to embrace AI and leverage it or be left far behind their competitors that embrace and leverage it. In this episode, Michelle Hill, the AI Execution Expert, provides insights into how to take business to the next level by implementing AI. Michelle delivers her 3 key insights and expands on: ❇️ Why 'what got you her...

Send us a text Executive Success relies on a cycle of thinking and decisive action in key areas that is summarised as P.A.U.S.E. Thinking (TM) with the letters standing for: Purpose - the reason the person is in the executive role beyond rewards and prestigeAbility - the combiniation of attitude, skills, knowledge, and experience to enable them to lead and fulfill the positionUrgency - a strong work ethic to continually drive for resultsStrategy - a documented business plan that includes the ...

Send us a text Remote working is now an essential part of modern business practice. The traditional management practice of insisting that all their people must work from a single location at all times no longer suits the modern work force who require more flexible arrangements. In this episode, Lisa George, the Remote Team Queen, offers essential insights into creating and leading outstanding performing organisations and teams with remote working as the foundation of the operatio...

Send us a text Traditional business models are being challenged due to rapidly changing demands based on global uncertainty, generational change, exponential shifts in technology, etc. Innovation is essential to compete in this volatile environment. CEOs have a critical role in their organisations' ability to innovate and satisfy customers to stay ahead of their competitors. Cherie Mylordis, Founder of Nextgenify and Nextgenify Academy, is a Leadership and Innovation expert with ...

Send us a text Only 7% of businesses achieve revenues beyond $2M. Jenny Stilwell, Managing Director of Hanby Park Consulting, presents and discusses three key actions that CEOs can take to enable their businesses to exceed $2M in revenues and join the 7% Club. Listen as Jenny shares her insights based on her career as CEO of a publicly listed company combined with her experience in multnational companies and her consulting that has enabled her clients to accelerate their businesses. Sup...

Send us a text Success in business relies on creating and satisfying customers. Vance Smith has built his highly successful businesses based on creating and satisfying customers leveraging the experience he gained from over 10 years with Disney at Disneyworld, Florida USA where he successfully turned around and grew various attractions, and from his early career as a rock musician where he paid for his college degree studying Pscychology. Vance outlines key 'secrets' that CEOs and...

Send us a text Effective CEOs lead by effectively communicating with their people, customers, the stakeholders, and the press through presentations, interviews, 'pitches', podcasts, etc. Mastering the art of presentation is essential for CEOs. In this episode Theresa Miller, Director and Principal Trainer of TM Media, offers highly valuable insights for mastering the art of speaking for CEOs, senior executives, and all that aspire to lead. Theresa has nearly 30 years experience in media and p...

Send us a text Becoming a newly appointed CEO is a challenging undertaking. There are key actions that can be taken to enable rapid success in the new position. In this episode I outline 3 key initiatives with associated actions that I have used to enable success in assuming CEO roles, both as an internal promotion and as an external appointment. For more information relating to the podcast and how you can gain access to advisory services to assist you with your business, see www....

Send us a text Mastering the art of Public Speaking is a major asset to the CEO, or any leader no matter what their position is in the organisation, for them to achieve success for their organisation by inspiring a shared vision and encouraging the heart of their people. Join me on this episode where I am honoured to speak with Trang Nova, an eminent Speaking Coach and widely recognised Keynote Speaker with engagements that include a TEDx Talk and keynote addresses for a 'who's who' of major ...

Send us a textLeadership is crucial to success for any organisation. Listen to this episode of CEO thinking to learn from leadership expert Simon Smith, CEO of Southern Cross Coaching and Development, who offers insights into Coaching Leadership, a demonstrated highly sucessful method of leadership that has its foundation in neuroscience. Simon shares his T.O.A.D ™ method which has enabled global listed organizations, as well as Australian enterprise and government organizat...

Send us a textCrisis management is an essential skill for CEOs. The astute CEO understands that corporate reputation has tangible value in the face of their industry and their stakeholders, be they investors, shareholders, partners or customers. Any type of crisis will be costly in terms of money and time. In this episode, Stephanie Craig, President of Kith.co, an elite U.S.A. based crisis management firm that assists organisations around the globe, outlines key areas of crisi...

Send us a textCEOs often think in terms of their greatest assets belonging to the businesses they lead.This episode takes a different view and focuses on the CEO asset that is far more important for their success than anything that is on the Balance Sheet of their organization.Failing to pay the necessary attention to this asset can have disasterous results for them personally and for their organization.For more information relating to the podcast and how you can gain access to advisory servi...

Send us a textMergers and Partnerships offer the opportunity to better serve a target market and to profitably expand the capabilities of the respective parties to the merger or partnership. Whilst the statistics for successful mergers and partnerships are not good, there are many instances where highly successful organisations, ranging from small businesses through to massive multi-nationals, have been created through merger or partnership. This episode outlines 3 key areas for suc...

Send us a textSuccess relies on being different from the competition in a way that the market appreciates and will pay a premium for. Innovation is key to being different. Whether it is innovationg to provide a highly differentiated product, or to improve operations, or to attract and maintain the best people, or any combination of these and other areas, CEOs and leaders across the organisation must work with their people to innovate.Join me on this episode where I offer 3 key ide...

Send us a textTalent is a critical component of business and organisational success. Hiring best talent requires a clear process to ensure that the best talent is selected and is retained in the organisation.In our conversation, Brianna Smith, HR Specialist and Senior Consultant Psychologist, outlines three key areas that will support not only successfully hiring best talent but ensuring that they are set for a long, productive tenure. For more information relating to the podcast a...

Send us a textBusiness success is built on executing a well structured business plan. A great deal of effort is put into devising strategies and business plans, yet, they are rarely properly executed. Lack of execution is a major factor in business failure. This episode offers 3 key initiatives that will enable effective strategy execution.For more information relating to the podcast and how you can gain access to advisory services to assist you with your business, see www.lseconsu...

Send us a textBusinesses are usually founded by highly talented people with unique capabilities. Even though they may have outstanding talent with unique offerings, this is not enough to ensure the success of a business. Business acumen is required to enable the talent to be applied to a fertile market, effectively compete, and reach its highest level of success. This episode uses 4 all-time great Rock acts as an example of how talented artists were able to prevail and domina...