Biz Success Radio: Recent Episodes
Anthony M Turner
Listen in as we chat with everyday REAL business owners about the different challenges they face and gain some great tips about how THEY turned challenges into success.
What an Achiever...
In this episode of #BizSuccessRadioPodcast we chat with Amy Preston winner of the Young Achiever Award in the 2021 East Gippsland Business Awards.
Amy won this Award in recognition of buying a summer business and developing it into a go to destination for healthy food options in the aftermath of extreme bushfires in the Victorian town of Mallacoota.
Not satisfied with running a business and hiring a team of around 15 local under 25's she decided to also pursue an interest in disaster recovery nursing by enrolling in a Bachelor of Nursing Degree.
Amy chats openly about how following a passion is like not working at all (even though you really are) and how entering the Awards program has opened many doorways for future success.
Here’s to a good drop…
In this latest #BizSuccessRadioPodcast episode we chat with @Ken Eckersley from #Nicholson River Winery about how building both a business and tourism destination led to winning the 2021 East Gippsland Business Award for Tourism Activities, Attractions and Accommodation.
Ken chats about how tourism businesses need to get involved in their industry and with their community and customers to ensure ongoing relevance and ultimate success.
In this episode of #BizSuccessRadioPodcast we chat with Stephanie Nelson about being recognised as an award winner in the #whitehorseBusinessGroup’s 2021 Business Awards.
Stephanie, like many, had to dramatically re-invent her business due to the impacts of Covid and talks about HOW these changes and setbacks helped her build both life and business resilience.
Stephanie also chats about how she uses these lessons to empower her dance studio students to accept ‘not winning’ and to build more healthy mental platforms upon which to build their lives.
In this episode of #BizSuccessRadioPodcast we chat with Des Mahoney about being recognised as an award winner in the #whitehorseBusinessGroup’s 2021 Business Awards for following and creating a business around his passions of teaching and music.
Des, like many, changed his life when being made redundant from the agricultural industry and decided to follow his passion for music. He talks about going through a process to get clear about his purpose and then translating that into a viable business of teaching, performing and spreading joy to many of all ages.
In this episode of Biz Success Radio Podcast we chat with Megs Hopman from Playful Paws about the benefits of going through an awards application process as well as the thrill and kudos that comes from winning an award for Innovation and Adaptability in times of Covid in the 2021 East Gippsland Business Awards.
In this latest #BizSuccessRadioPodcast episode we chat with Ben West from #AromaEatery about the powerful business loop he created that both educates and serves customers, suppliers and staff as well as providing full circle economic benefit to the wider East Gippsland community.
Ben also chats about how being an Awards finalist empowers the business, motivates staff, provides peer recognition and cements relationships across all elements of the business.
Note – shortly after recording this interview Ben and his team became the 2021 the East Gippsland Business Awards winner of both the Hospitality Category and overall Business of the Year.
In this latest Biz Success Radio Podcast episode, we chat with Kayla Mossuto about her recent Micro Business Award in the 2021 Whitehorse Business Group Awards.
Kayla shares her story about how she and husband Piers created Precious Plastic Melbourne and are now changing how we deal with plastic waste by getting schools, companies and individuals involved in recycling these plastics on a local and micro level.
In this latest Biz Success Radio Podcast episode, we chat with Glen Dean from Imaging Associates Box Hill about his recent Awards for Health and Overall business of the year in the 2021 Whitehorse Business Group Awards.
Glen openly chats about how the awards process helps with recognizing how far a business has come and provides acknowledgment to all team members for their efforts.
Glen also offers some interesting insights into the health industry as well as how Covid has both changed and how emerging technology is shaping the future of health detection/treatment.
In this latest #BizSuccessRadioPodcast episode, Jodie Willmer chats about the many benefits of participating in business award programs.
Jodie was a finalist in the 2021 East Gippsland Business Awards and has been both an awards judge and mentor to clients/applicants.
Jodie shares some important tips for maximising your chances of being selected as a finalist from both the participant and judges’ perspectives.
In this, our first episode of Series 2 of the Biz Success radio Podcast, we chat with Nathaniel Diong – CEO of Future Minds Network and recent recipient of the Whitehorse Business Association’s 2021 Young Business Leader of the Year Award.
Nathan chats openly about how he created the Future Minds Network and the amazing work his organisation does to further the education and development of young people so they can both get the experience and preparation to make their mark in the world of business and entrepreneurship.
Listen in to Nathaniel and hear his inspiring story about the creation of global partnerships and the empowerment of young people.
In this final episode for Series #1 of the Biz Success Radio Podcast, we chat with Jeremy Chen from GoodThings about HOW they benefited from using SBMS (the Small Business Mentoring Service) Mentors to achieve a tenfold business growth and realise their dreams.
Jeremy openly shares some of the trials and tribulations of pivoting from retail to B2B relationships, planning growth and working with outsiders to help learn new ways of doing things whilst maintaining a focus on realistic growth goals.
Communication is key…
In this episode of #BizSuccessRadioPodcast we chat with Darren Wrigley about the power of effective communications.
Darren explains how we all interpret communications with our own filters and how we have different styles of giving and receiving information. He then offers some insights into the key elements of communication styles, how to pick them during a conversation and how to adjust our own messages in the best way for the person we are talking to/communicating with.
In this latest Biz Success Radio Podcast episode, we chat with Julie Hyde about leadership and how our role modelling (whether consciously or unconsciously) determines both the behaviours of our people and the results we achieve.
In this latest Biz Success Radio Podcast episode we chat with Rachel Allan about how she (with business partner Eve Fisher) created, launched and marketed their new business Flairbnb during Covid.
Rachel talks openly about the intricacies of establishing a new tourism/hospitality business and offers some keen insights and tips about doing so successfully.
Living and working with chronic Pain?
In this episode of Biz Success Radio Podcast we chat with Zoe Simmons, a young self-employed copywriter and journalist, who speaks frankly about her journey of living and creating a business whilst suffering from chronic pain.
In this latest Biz Success Radio Podcast we chat with Hunter Leonard about ageism and listen to his thoughts about how older age groups can rethink work to ensure ongoing productivity and financial security.
In this episode we talk with Anita Ahearne about her new initiative Kids on the Spectrum - a website that provides a wide range of home and business services she has collated to support both the autistic and those living and working with them.
In this episode we chat with Kim Deans about reinventing agriculture and how our businesses (whether agricultural, rural or city based) are a direct reflection of ourselves that CAN be changed.
Is your future looking a bit bleak?
Paul Tero chats with #BizSuccessRadioPodcast about future trends of and for small business and offers his thoughts about how we can best interpret these future trends in to actions for ensuring ongoing success.
Words make ALL the difference!!!
In this interview with Nicole Ashby we hear about the power of words and how we can better use our words to both attract and retain the customers we most want to do business with.
In this fascinating chat with we ask Emma Rhoades to explain why she believes our workplaces are broken and offer tips about how to fix them.
In this episode of Business Success Radio Podcast we chat with Kate Egan about her side business, Ziva, an online bespoke wedding dress maker and why she decided to purchase an existing business.
Kate shares her insights into running this online bespoke fashion manufacturing business as well as the power of anticipating customer problems to ensure positive customer experiences.
Liz Nable chats about the challenges, benefits and real work required to select and run a successful franchise.
Liz openly chats about how Franchising can be a huge leg-up and potentially set you up for incredible success, but it can also become a deep black hole of stress and debt if you don't get the right advice from the outset and if you don't understand the work that needs to happen to build and grow your business to smash all those goals you’ve only ever dreamed about.
In this Biz Success Radio Podcast episode we chat with Clint Steele an engineer who changed careers to become a dance instructor.
Clint speaks freely about how the concentration on business processes and location mixed with a willingness to experiment with new ideas has helped him flourish when others fell by the way side.
Jaci Hicken chats with Biz Success Radio Podcast about living the tree changer dream and how managing disaster with a recovery plan helped her bounce back more quickly.
In this latest Biz Success Radio Podcast we chat with Justin Costello from Costello Rural in Corryong Victoria about rural business and how technology has helped him both manage and recover from the impacts of devastaing bushfires and Covid.
In this episode of Biz Success Radio Podcast we chat with Tom Adam owner of Canberra Martial Arts & Fitness about his push to follow his passion, create his own business and how he has created a powerful community for his clients.
Cinzia Cozzolino started Smoothie Bombs from humble beginnings when she was determined to find a solution after her youngest daughter stopped eating breakfast.
In this episode we chat with Cinzia about the joys and challenges of working with family as well as how she created a successful online business in food.
In this interview we speak with Patrice O’Brien, Chief Community Officer from Beyond Blue about the unique mental health challenges small business owners face. We also chat about their latest FREE support program (New Access for Small Business Owners) and how coaches with real small business backgrounds are used to help business owners navigate their many challenges.
In this re-run of a 2014 interview, Lauren provides some fascinating insights into how our minds react to marketing and how we can improve both the relevance and effectiveness of our marketing messages.
Melbourne Podcast expert Derek Myers chats about his journey from blacksmith to creating a professional podcast studio that provides recording and editing services for TV, radio and several well known media personalities.
In this interview David Gregory, CEO of the Small Business Mentoring Service chats about how the inevitable small business evolution turned into a Covid enforced revolution.
He discusses the challenges and opportunities created by Covid and suggests some simple, practical steps small business owners can take to better position their businesses for the future.
In this interview with Linkfluencer CEO and founder Alex Pirouz, we chat about the road called entrepreneurship and how we can combine our passion and purpose to create powerful results.
In this episode we chat with Jacqui Harvey of Yarra Valley Gourmet Foods about challenges she has faced in scaling up a specialist premium product food business.
Jacqui shares her tips on topics like 3 physical moves, staffing a scaling business and working with diverse distribution channels.
In our latest Biz Success Radio Podcast episode we chat with Les Watson aka The Time Lord about HOW he developed a level of productivity envied by many and offers some great tips to get more productive hours in YOUR day.
Would you let a 5 year old run your business?
Sadly, as you will find out from this fascinating chat with Louise L Kallaway, many of us do.
Louise helps us understand that it's often the scared, not good enough inner child that makes our adult decisions and provides some great insights and tips into using our full power for creating the success we desire.
Tafy is one of the many migrant women who have turned their passion into a buisness. In this interview, Tafy talks about some of her challenges and triumphs whilst moving from employee to succesful business owner.
Ben chats with Anthony M Turner about coaching, mentoring and the many benefits support can bring to your business in this re-run of a 2014 Business Success Radio Interview
Christine Boucher is a regional based business owner who uses her extensive health experience to help business owners and businesses create both healthy lifestyles and healthy workplaces.
In this interview Christine shares her tips and challenges for prioritizing self to ensure personal and business wellbeing.
Anne Hurley has a strong career in the law and telecommunications. In 2014 we interviewed Anne about her transition from corporate life to running her own business in the aftermath of personal tragedy and what lay ahead regarding the digital economy. Listening back shows just how accurate Anne's predictions were for a digital life as we now see in post-Covid times.
Jennifer chats about the challenges of mixing motherhood, caring for aged parents and how these, along with creating a new business, helped build her confidence and success.
Grant Ferry chats with Anthony M Turner about innovation as a mindset and how even the smallest innovation steps can ensure the survival of YOUR business.
Donna chats with Biz Success radio host Anthony M Turner about hiring the right people and getting your products online.