Business Hacks: Recent Episodes
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Running a business can be tough. If you own a business, manage people or lead a team, the Business Hacks podcast has you covered. Podcast hosts David and Michael are here to help. Together they have some 50 years of experience in successfully owning and running businesses and they will be sharing some of the lessons that they learned along the way. Business Hacks will cover many of the problems and challenges frequently encountered at work and in business. Episodes are designed to give you the insider secrets on how to make a success of your business and career.
In this episode of the Business Hacks podcast your hosts David and Michael will reveal how the US managed to win WW II and how Toyota became the world's leading car manufacturer. The secret was a philosophy of continuous improvement by small steps which the Japanese call Kaizen. Kaizen can be used to great effect in your business as well as your personal life. Your own Kaizen journey starts right here!
If your business relies on digital data, than this episode of the Business Hacks podcast is of critical importance. Your hosts Michael and David will share the steps they have taken make to improve the cyber security of their businesses. Remember that when it comes to cyber security it's not a matter of if you going to get hacked but only when you are going to hacked.
In this third and final podcast installment on strategic planning , our Business Hacks hosts Michael and David explore the opportunities and threats that exist within the environment that your business operates in. Good business strategy is about leveraging your business capabilities to capitalize on the right opportunties. Also find out just how dangerous Australian kangaroos really can be.
A strategic plan is essential to the sustained growth and success of your business. In this second Business Hacks podcast on strategic planning, your hosts Michael and David will continue to discuss how to decide on good strategy. They will cover the concept of the SWOT analysis and how to assess the capabilities of your business.
If you don't plan you plan to fail. In this first part of a series of podcasts on strategy, your podcast hosts David and Michael, will discuss why it's important that you have a strategic plan for your business. We cover the foundation of every business strategic plan; the business mission, vision and values. Also stick around for the question of the day, when David, who was born in Germany, reveals how he ended up in Albany, Western Australia.
Managing a business can be challenging and complex. What are the essential skills and areas of expertise for a manager and what are the qualitites that distinguish a good manager? In this episode of the Business Hacks podcasts hosts Michael and David will answer these questions and more. Also find out why Albany locals flock to "The Gap" during wild weather.
Meetings can be a major time suck in your working day. Nonetheless effective meetings are important to the success of your business. In this episode of the Business Hacks podcast your hosts David and Michael will discuss how to hold more effective meeting. You will also learn about "Death By Committee" and find out how our podcast hosts feel about president Trump.
Just the mention of policies and procedures is enough for many of us to zone out. However good policies, procedures and systems is what sets apart great businesses from their competitors. Having good systems is the one of the secret keys to business and professional success. In this episode of the Business Hacks podcast, hosts Michael and David will take you through an easy and straightforward process to get policies and procedures in place in your business.
Romantic relationships in the workplace are common. But its not all Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romantic bliss. These relationships can get complicated and there are potential pitfalls as you will discover in this episode of the Business Hacks podcast. Your hosts David Tadj and Michael Jeffery will be discussing some suggestions on how employees and employers can manage the risks of workplace romances.
Fraud and theft within a business are unfortunately common and pose potentially major risks to your business operations. If you have been running your business for a while you may well already have been the victim of such crime. In this episode of the Business Hacks podcast, hosts Michael and David will discuss how to prevent internal fraud and theft perpetrated by business employees. Stick around to discover the meaning of the 10 - 80 - 10 rule of business related theft.
Buying a business is a big commitment and significant investment. In this episode of the Business Hacks podcast, Michael and David will be interviewing their friend Sanil, who bought a sizable healthcare business some two years. Sanil will be sharing with us some of the challenges of buying an established business and what he learned along the way.
Anyone in business will have been faced with a challenging customer or client. In this episode of the Business Hacks podcast, David and Michael will explore how to best approach these difficult interactions. Podcast host David, who has some 20 years of experience working in the health care sector, will share what he learned about dealing with dificult clients.
Whilst we all might want to put the COVID pandemic firmly in the rear vision mirror, the fact is that COVID will be with us into the future and will likely continue to affect your business. In today's epsiode, David and Michael will look at 10 common sense ways to approach the pandemic and make your business more resilient to the current and future pandemics. This episode runs a little longer than our usual podcasts, to allow for a detailed discussion of some our points. As usual, any feedback or questions from listeners is appreciated.
A motivated and engaged team is crucial to the success of your business. In this episode of the Business Hacks podcast, Michael and David will look at how you can motivate your team. We will take a look at the various motivating and demotivating factors that universally affect people. Also stick around for David's question of the episode at the end of the podcast.
In our second installment on the Toxic Workplace, podcast hosts David and Michael will tackle the thorny problem of how to deal with a Toxic Worplace, once you have recognized one. Bringing about meaningfull change in such a workplace can be challenging and time consuming, but it can be done. David and Michael will go through some common sense approaches that you can implement to turn around such a problem workplace.
In our first episode of the Business Hacks podcast, co-hosts David and Michael will be exploring the Toxic Worplace; how to recognize such a workplaces, why they are bad for business and how such workplaces come about. If you ever worked in a dysfunctional or unhappy workplace this podcast is for you.