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To Hell with the scripted questions that you've heard a thousand times before. Sam Dean sits down with artists, musicians, entrepreneurs and a whole lot more to get them talking about what really matters to them personally. No Filters! No Censorship! No BS! Listen Today!
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In our expert professional services businesses, where the rules were written last century and the world keeps changing around us...how do we as experts who have spent years, sometimes decades getting our technical skills to the ultimate level and proportionally little time learning the ones required to grow our businesses based on our own terms, re-write the rules for ourselves. That’s the question and this show explores the answers. Stay tuned and enjoy some brave conversations. Find out mo ...
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In Episode 124 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Angela Tsai, Chief Marketing Office and CEO, and Cristina Castro, Chief Commercial Advisor of GYBWI – Grow Your Brand with Impact (GYBWI). Together Sam, Angela and Cristina have a fascinating conversation about entrepreneurship, doing work that you love, and finding your identity outs…
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In Episode 123 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by James Rose, Co-Founder of Content Snare, a company designed to help businesses overcome the endless back and forth emails with their clients, both when onboarding and throughout the relationship, and the inevitable data loss that ensues when inadequate processes are in place. More tha…
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In Episode 122 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined once again by Filip Fucic, Founder of Lift-off, a business designed to work with professionals such as accountants, lawyers and expert freelancers to help them rise their prices closer to the value they provide to the client. In this conversation, Sam and Filip explore the dollars for ho…
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In Episode 121 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Founder of Life-Changing Accountants and The Greater Good Publishing Company, Harvee Pene, to talk about purpose-driven businesses, and leveraging your time and experience to generate recurring revenue, so your work can continue to do the work, for you. Harvee Pene had bought an accou…
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In Episode 120 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Maite Grisard, Founder of Marketrotters, a field consulting company that “goes in, shakes thing up, gives perspective, and gets out”. Today Sam and Maite are talking about data, and how it can help you and your team steer your company in the right direction. More than just a conversat…
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In Episode 119 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Executive General Manager of Ab2 Institute of Accounting, Sarah Stone, to talk about the impact of education in the workplace and how the right training framework can boost business performance and attract the best talent to your organisation. With close to twenty years’ experience in…
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In Episode 118 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by time management researcher and expert on time, Brad Aeon, to delve into the philosophy of time and how it can be better managed by aligning to your personal goals. In his 2017 TEDx Talk, “The Philosophy of Time Management”, Brad urges the audience to reflect on their relationship with…
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In Episode 117 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by award-winning international business expert and executive coach, Hilary DeCesare to talk about the importance of treating yourself as one of the greatest assets in your business, and what that looks like in terms of managing your energy and getting out of your own way. With reference …
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In Episode 116 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam takes a closer look at the topic of the expert paradox and the disparity between the knowledge and expertise needed to become a leader in a chosen field, and the specific set of management skills required to successfully run a thriving business. Sam is joined by Chris Turner, founder of Vet Servic…
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In Episode 115 of The Business Habitat podcast, Alan Stevens returns to the show once again, this time to talk with Sam on the topic of facial profiling and how learning to read a person’s face can give you an instant insight into their personality. Following on from episode 109 where Alan and Sam discussed The Campfire Project and how first unders…
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In Episode 114 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Steve Sandor, Business Performance Strategist and CEO of Inspiring Business, to talk about the importance of intentionality when it comes to creating the type of businesses that help us grow, both in wealth and in ourselves. With a background in the financial services industry, Steve …
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Episode 113 of The Business Habitat podcast takes a bit of a different slant this week, as Sam is joined by Co-Founder and CEO of FreeFuse, Mike Liu. Headquartered in Los Angeles, FreeFuse is an interactive video platform which allows the user to build personalised digital communication, for a multitude of purposes such as corporate training and ed…
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In Episode 112 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by International best-selling author, speaker and Beyond Loss Expert, Karen Chaston, to talk about understanding loss, the self, and how we can benefit from looking after ourselves first. In this inspiring and through-provoking conversation, Karen shares how a family tragedy was the cata…
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In Episode 111 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Christian van den Bosch, Organisational Leadership Coach and Change and Efficiency Advisor, to talk about the need for sustainable learning in the work environment and the difference between a service mentality and a peer mindset. In this compelling conversation, Christian relates his…
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In Episode 110 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Irene Emily, Brand Consultant and Director of Branded and Demanded, a fast growing brand, design and marketing agency focused on inspiring and empowering purpose-driven businesses. In this conversation, Irene and Sam discuss the importance of congruency in marketing and why understand…
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In Episode 109 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Alan Stevens, International Profiling and Communications Specialist and Founder of the Campfire Project, a group dedicated to creating a safe space for people, and particularly men, to come together to support each other as they work to build stronger relationships, families and commu…
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In Episode 108 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam identifies the issue facing so many businesses in the current climate, of attracting and retaining the right staff. She also looks at the question of leadership and emphasises the importance of tackling issues early and head on, for the benefit of all parties. As we emerge from the last couple of …
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In Episode 107 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by business performance specialist Geoffrey Wade for a thought-provoking conversation around the importance of embracing emotions and the merits of employee engagement. From a background in engineering, robotics and computer science, Geoffrey became fascinated by people and in particular…
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In Episode 106 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Aveline Clarke, Customer Journey and Marketing Growth Architect, Founder of Journey Point and host of the 6 Star Business Podcast. Together they talk about the importance of building customer loyalty through alignment of values and authentic communication. With a background in marketi…
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In Episode 105 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined from the UK by marketing expert and Founder of Agency Local, Chris Bantock, to talk about the power of collaboration and knowledge sharing by peers and industry colleagues. With a background in corporate sales and marketing in the technology sector, Chris initially set out to build a bus…
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In Episode 104 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined all the way from Canada by Wendy Brookhouse, Founder and CEO of Black Star Wealth. Sam and Wendy are united in their passion for knowing your numbers and catch up today to discuss the interconnection between business and wealth, and the obstacles that often stand in the way of growing bo…
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In Episode 103 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by seasoned communications leader and start-up veteran Kirin Kalia to discuss Kirin's new venture, Grow Through Story, and her passion for helping founders attract capital whilst retaining more equity and control of their vision. With a background in journalism and technology in the star…
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Episode 102 - Naming his website the Greatest Copywriter Alive may be a bold claim but Adil Amarsi has the numbers to back it up. Generating over $821 million in sales for his clients between 2008 and 2021, Adil is living proof that loving your numbers is paramount when it comes to growing your business. You can't help but be impressed by Adil's gr…
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Episode 101 of The Business Habitat Podcast, Sam pauses for a moment to reflect on how we should be treating ourselves as our biggest asset. Using the metaphor of our material assets to demonstrate the priorities we place on external factors, Sam illustrates how our attention is sometimes misplaced, often to the detriment of our values and boundari…
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Episode 100 - In this very special episode, Sam is joined by world-renowned Business Coach, Founder of Safi Media, and Host of top-rated podcast, Power + Presence + Position, Eleanor Beaton. Sam and Eleanor share an inspiring conversation centered around business scalability and the importance of support and lived experience in an often overwhelmin…
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In Episode 99 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam continues her Love Your Number Series in conversation with Nicole Barham, CEO and Finance Coach with Design your Wealth, and creator of the 5 Minute Bookkeeper. Nicole designed The 5 Minute Bookkeeper as a means to help small business people and entrepreneurs get on top of their finances. Recognisi…
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Episode 98 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Jay Fields, Somatic Coach and LinkedIn Educator, dialing in all the way from California to discuss the mind/body connection and how being true to yourself and aligning your is fundamental to living a more fulfilling life. In her game-changing work, Jay helps people leverage their nervous …
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Episode 97 - As we head in to the second month of 2022, when many of us are wrangling with our intentions for the year, Sam explores the challenge of getting unstuck and making clear progress towards our goals. In her first solo podcast for the year, Sam shares her insights and the lessons she has learned around goal-setting. With reference to Jame…
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In Episode 96, Sam teams up with Dr Karen Wilson, Clinical Neuropsychologist and Director of West LA Neuropsychology. Amongst Dr Wilson's many accolades, most recently are the Forbes next 1000 and the Amex 100 for 100 Founders for Change. Dr Wilson is the Founder of ChildNEXUS, a web application that provides information to parents who have childre…
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Episode 95 - In this re-release, Troy Morgan shares his WHY around helping people engage with change, and the reason the internal personal work needs to come before any business change work that we do. Troy is a wellbeing specialist, CEO of Willows Health Group, Director and Shareholder of health companies Well360 and SpringDay. He is also a sought…
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Episode 94 - In this week's inspiring episode, Sam welcomes networker extraordinaire, Ungenita Prevost, host of podcast Billion Dollar Rolodex, and Founder of FEMME 500 Global Feminine Leadership Network and Networking in Stilettos. Calling in from London, Ungenita shares her passion for networking and explains how women are missing the mark when i…
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In Episode 93 of The Business Habitat podcast, Sam is joined by Evannah Jayne, Founder and CEO of Terran Industries, a business dedicated to helping companies and individuals reduce their environmental footprint in new and creative ways. With a goal to tackle global sustainability, Evannah believes that every object can have a second life, and that…
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Episode 92 - If you've ever wondered how businesses scale up to $10m-plus turnover, this is a conversation you can't afford to miss. In this episode, Sam is joined by Margy Feldhuhn, CEO of the world's first podcast booking agency, Interview Connections, who's working on doing just that. As the ultimate 21st century business, Interview Connections …
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In Episode 91, Sam caught up with Cheryl Leong of The Growth Hub, to share her compelling story of building the quintessential purpose-driven business. This conversation shows how one business meets a multitude of needs, but ultimately at its heart is a people-centric endeavour to make the world a better place. Cheryl Leong built The Growth Hub out…
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In Episode 90, Sam embarks on a special "Love your Numbers" series with her first guest, Tracey Bissett, joining all the way from Toronto, Canada. This conversation focusses on a topic very close to Sam's heart, exploring the importance of financial literacy for business owners. Tracey Bissett is a Canadian based Financial Coach, and President of B…
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In this throwback to a popular episode (Episode 4), Sam dives deep into the art of having difficult conversations. Beginning with first discussing what conversation is and why it's important, Sam then drills down on two types of conversation that many people find difficult: value conversations and difficult feedback conversations. There's two main …
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In Episode 88, Sam brings together the ostensibly distinct topics of networking and technology and notes how the two subjects are in fact intertwined. Sam draws on her conversations with Matt Kreis and Avon Collis and outlines the similarities between these two critical business activities. Having been down the exhausting path of networking for the…
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In Episode 87, Sam talks with Relevate Consulting's Avon Collis about the value of retaining customer information through the use of a solid Client Relationship Management (CRM) System. As a CRM and Marketing Automation Specialist, Avon is focussed on helping organisations build stronger relationships with their clients, by making it easier to impr…
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In Episode 86, Sam digs deeper into value pricing, a topic close to the heart of anyone in business. She is joined in this discussion by Filip Fucic, a value pricing expert based in Croatia, who has helped business leaders around the world improve their pricing by 15 to 50% within a two month timeframe, by shifting how they think about the value th…
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In Episode 85, Sam looks at how changing our mindset around success metrics, moving away from the traditional benchmarks of revenue and productivity and closer to people centred KPIs, is key to getting better results Walking the talk by heading off to the State Dressage Championships, Sam explores how we can align our own personal goals to those of…
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Episode 84 - Did you know that 25% of people would rather get a root canal than visit their Accountant, according to research out of the US. In this episode, Sam explores why this is the case. Are Accountants bad people? Or is it more the reason that numbers tell a story and oftentimes it's easier to ignore the facts than to deal with the situation…
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In Episode 83, Sam is joined by Matt Kreis, co-founder of Connect Collaborative, an enterprise focused on bringing people together to build meaningful connections based on trust and mutual advocacy. Taking the view that work is unnecessarily hard and that most networking is agenda-driven and siloed, Matt's vision is to provide an example of what ca…
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In Episode 82, Sam delves deeper into Leadership Fatigue Syndrome and explores how the process of aligning ourselves internally and really understanding who we are and what drives us is the key to resolving the mental exhaustion that plagues so many leaders in business today. Most expert leaders follow a similar career trajectory to get to where th…
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In Episode 81, Sam highlights the epidemic of leadership burnout that has been prevalent for decades and now with COVID is increasing exponentially. Sam draws on her own experience to discuss this important topic with compassion and honesty. While there appears to be widespread recognition that burnout is real and impacting both individuals and bus…
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In Episode 80, Sam talks to Paul Jansz of The Professional Partners, an accounting network collaborating with accounting firms and financial advisory firms to offer niche opportunities to their clients, disrupting the traditional client service model. With a background in coaching and training accountants, and a strong track record of dealing with …
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In Episode 79 of the Business Habitat (formerly The In Demand Accountant), Sam identifies the missing link between having a business built on expert knowledge alone, and building a thriving business designed on your own terms. If the purpose of business is to solve a problem, and that problem is created by the need for compliance to government or f…
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Episode 78 - In this first episode with the new podcast name - The Business Habitat, Sam chats with Joshua Lewis, business efficiency expert and Director of Dorks Delivered, a Brisbane-based IT company helping small businesses optimise their operations by building better processes and leveraging their systems. From early days outsourcing the making…
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IDA Episode 77 - Sam lets us in on an exciting new name for the In Demand Accountant podcast. With an ever growing audience and topics that extend beyond the professional services realm, Sam and the team at BlueprintHQ have decided to change the name of the podcast to one more reflective of the diverse subjects and listeners it encompasses. Explain…
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IDA Episode 76 - In this raw and authentic account, Sam shares the journey that led her to walk away from a successful leadership position in a multi-million dollar accounting practice, and regain control of her professional life in a way that resonated with her own personal goals. In 2014, feeling depressed, unfit and burnt out, Sam made the brave…
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IDA Episode 75 - Sam talks with Family Business Specialist Susanne Bransgrove about the special role that women play in family business, and navigating the unique challenges and opportunities encountered in multi-generational enterprises. As a third generation family business member, Susanne is Founder and Director of LiquidGold Consultants Pty Ltd…
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