In this episode, we chat with Josh Pullman, founder of The Conditioning Co. Josh shares his journey from semi-professional footballer, to personal trainer, then business owner and how his experience with sport shapes his approach to business, and life in general.
We cover:
Flexible leadership and choosing the right leadership style for the situation
Prioritising play for as long as possible, at all stages of life
Getting to know your clients and learning the ‘why’ behind their goals
Finding new tools to help declutter your mind and keep you focused
🔗 https://www.theconditioningco.com.au/
In this episode, Sophie Stott shares her journey of taking over her family business, Quickmail. She shared how she navigated the rapidly changing technological landscape, shifting her business from traditional mailing services successfully into e-commerce fulfilment.
We cover:
Tune in to hear Sophie's valuable insights on leadership and driving business growth through resilience, innovation and empathy.
Today we chat with Mo Daya from SQ Squared about the power that exists in leading with empathy.
From immigrating on his own and seeking a safe and secure journey, to taking big risks in service of a vision, Mo shares his fascinating story that led to the founding of SQ Squared.
We talk about:
1️⃣ Cognitive bias and how it presents in the entrepreneurial journey.
2️⃣ Transferrable skills from policing and counter terrorism work into leadership coaching and development.
3️⃣ The difficulty of leading with genuine empathy.
4️⃣ The power that exists when you get this right.
5️⃣ How family factors into big decision making.
Today we chat with Shane Addis, the entrepreneurial leader behind the impressive team building Australia's largest safety and emergency training organisation for hight risk industries. ERGT Australia is a 200+ person organisation which doubled in size in the last 5 or so years. Shane generously share with us the journey from inception through incredible growth, and what it means to have built a business that celebrated 30 years this year. We cover: 1️⃣ The importance of creating a sustainable organization that can thrive beyond its founders 2️⃣ The crucial role of hiring the right people and cultivating a positive culture 3️⃣ The importance of a clear, simple business strategy 4️⃣ The need to develop strategic thinking capabilities within your team 5️⃣ The importance of facing reality, and being resilient in the face of challenges
We get to have the 'Weird Growth' podcast veterans on the other side of the mic this time.
What a great chat with Cam Sinclair and Jack Hallam from AMMO Marketing about a decade of small business ownership. We dive into 10 years of growth marketing and working with start up founders. They also share on their journey through leadership handover as the business evolves.
This episode is chock full of wisdom:
1️⃣ What's priority in marketing when starting out
2️⃣ What should you NOT do
3️⃣ How to be close to your customer
4️⃣ Behaviours that set each other up for success
5️⃣ Doubling down on your culture
🔗 Weird Growth Podcast 🎙️
Gabe sits down with Pete Winn and Andy David from Other Stuff Studio. Two guys with as much passion for helping small and medium businesses be resilient, as we have at adapt.
Their thesis, business owners understand the crux of what their business does best. But it's the other stuff that can trip you up. And this is where they like to play.
Here's the data that Bill collects and publishes on the Bush Bash website:
https://bitcoinbushbash.info/houseprices/
Where we see the median house price in Perth has fallen since 2016 from ~959 BTC to 14 BTC and it probably around 5-8 right now ;)
Here's a chart someone spun up on this to make it look prettier which is across Australia as a whole and back to 2014 https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/E8jkx/5/
If you are thinking about a merger or acquisition in order to grow, listen to this first!
We're privileged to hear from Jason about his founding journey alongside co-founder Jesse Hill, as they built Horizon Digital and ultimately merged with Blue Sky Digital.
We unpack topics like:
In his characteristically laid back style, Jason shares openly about the ups and downs of a merger journey and what you might expect if you go down the same path.
There's complexity in the nuance of doing Ownership work vs. Organisational Leadership work.
Hamish (Founder) and Tania (Organisational Leader) generously let us in on their perspectives when it comes to the dance of doing ownership and leadership and having empathy for the other role..
We spend time unpacking:
Tania and Hamish takes a fun and lighthearted approach to many big topics that effect the owners and leaders of small and medium businesses.
When others think you're taking on 'Nuclear Warfare' in a crowded market but you see clearly the road to a far better experience for the customer.
This conversation is an exercise in invigoration. Listening to the mindset and drive Mikaela, along with her with her co-founder and sister Eliza, bring to the table of innovating in the hospitality space will put a fire in your belly.
We spend time unpacking:
Mikaela demonstrates a wisdom and an entrepreneurial knack far beyond her years and has tons of valuable lessons to pass on to other founders.
Have you ever listened to ANOTHER startup story hearing 'it was hard but look at our 20x growth now' and wondered why that feels so far removed from what your journey looks like?
In the episode with Alex, he is as real as it gets about starting from scratch and walking the hard and lonely road of entrepreneurship.
We spend time on topics like:
This humble and honest conversation with Alex is incredibly refreshing and will leave you with some valuable truths to serve you well on your own journey.
How often do you hear the warts and all truths about building real and lasting culture across hundreds of people?
In this belter of a chat with Michelle Chin, we get real about the work it takes to build trust, psychological safety and accountability in a business with over 200 people.
From stewarding the cultural legacy that came with over 30 years of service, to driving a philosophy of 'striving to do more than the benchmark', Michelle says it as it is.
We explore topics like:
There is something special in the humility and authenticity of Michelle's leadership and this conversation captures at least some of that.
If you're leading, or developing leadership beyond yourself then there's tons of value and truths to discover in this chat with Ben Charlton, Founder of Unveil Development Partners.
We go very deep in a wide range of ideas including:
Learn from this incredible and supremely humble founder who has been there many times over, as he now builds a portfolio of resilient SMEs where their people are encouraged to find their MORE!
We talk to three time founder and the original thinker behind the concept of 'Succession Thinking', Bill Withers.
He shares his founding story behind adapt and the big events that led to his approach for building resilient businesses.
In this episode we unpack what it really takes to build a vision driven business. We cover topics including:
Bill literally wrote the book on Succession Thinking which you can find here: https://www.successionthinking.com/
If you're a small or medium business owner building a sustainable and scalable business then this podcast is for you.
Join me, Gabe Enslin, co-founder and leader of adapt as I chat with many amazing business operators aiming to do things differently.
We’ll explore the stories of how they are learning from their epic fails, adapting in business, building for resilience, and solving challenges creatively. All whilst keeping their people & culture at the core of everything.
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