Karen Lindsay is a Partner in the award winning Brisbane based accounting firm Aegis Business Services. The name Aegis comes from Greek mythology. The Aegis was the shield or breastplate of Athena and Zeus, famously bearing Medusa’s head. The modern concept of Aegis is a knowledgeable, supportive, guiding and protective source. This is what Aegis Business Services strives to be, a source of knowledge and support for your business so that you have more time to spend on the real business of your business. Karen also uses her industry knowledge and experience to help woman who have been able to extract themselves from domestic violence and are needing help in how to bounce back financially in the Financial Super Woman workshops.One of the key takeaways for me in the interview how the business has built a culture that enables honest communication and that allowed Karen to ask the question of Tori to consider an alternative to her current situation. The other piece is that sometimes it takes a little push for the Owner to acknowledge that they can’t do this all on their own. Karen LindsayLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenvlindsay/Email [email protected] www.aegisbusinessservices.com.auStephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/

There is so much value in Amber’s story. How growing up in PNG has given her cultural awareness and acceptance of diversity. Not surprisingly Amber values relationships and was drawn to Human Resources as a career. This has morphed into a career as a Lecturer and eventually running her international online business.In all of this Amber and her husband Bundy are raising their 8 year old daughter. Amber’s passion for helping comes through in our discussion. The lesson which comes through as an underlying ingredient was a consideration of the situation and the people around Amber and valuing both herself and ‘filling her cup’ as well as the consideration of those around her. There is so much value in this episode it’s one of those that makes you thinkAmber ReiherLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-reiher-63205b8a/Email [email protected] Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia

Floris Blok is the head of Blok Business Consulting, based in Brisbane and offers strategic marketing, focusing on the customer experience and developing digital transformation strategies to improve the overall marketing performance of his clients.Floris has worked with some well know brands like Canon, Nikon, Targus, Samsung, Baxi Heating UK in executive management positionsFloris has some fantastic insights especially his comments about Corporations having scale that allows them to weather the cost of mistakes whereas small business have people and that’s an asset that when used properly, gives them a real advantage.When it comes to your marketing strategy, be intentional and clear about the product or service you offer solves your customer’s problem and you are delivering it in through the right channels.Floris has been kind enough to offer a conversation with you on any of the topics we spoke about in this episode and his details can be found in the show notesFloris Blok LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/florisblok/Stephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia

Melissa Donnelly heads up Affinity Communications, based on the Gold Coast has worked with some household names like MTV, Microsoft, ESPN and Telstra.  Melissa uses her over 30 years of experience, knowledge and skill to help use branding, marketing and communication to support and realise her client’s strategies for growth and transformation. Melisa spoke about being strategic about everything you do and thinking about the implementation of the strategy, in Melissa’s case she speaks to the customer journey as a part of the branding and communication strategy. The lesson is that these fundamentals are able to be applied to every functional line within the business. Melisa also spoke about providing a three-phase methodology around communication and branding for small and mid tier businesses.Build ClarityThe first step is to build clarity on the strategic plan and direction of the organisation and how well has that been communicated to the staffSystems BuildingDeveloping the strategic communication plan for the business.CapabilityWhat internal and external capability are available to implement the strategy?  Melissa Donnelly and Affinity Communicationwww.affinitycomms.comLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissadonnelly/ Stephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia 

Melisa Cohen is a New Zealand based high performance coach trained in NLP and has used her experienced in the high pressure world of television production.     Melisa spoke about business owners embracing the difference and diversity of their staff and by learning from those differences that it’s possible to grow a strong and positive culture. You'll find all the links to Melisa’s website and for her personal coaching business at www.melisacohen.com as well as Pure Results the service provided for organisations with ex-patriate staff at www.pureresults.co.nz Melisa has also been kind enough to offer you a complimentary call and provide you with information on your Action Plan.Stephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia

Charles Kovess has directly impacted the lives of many people around the globe as a celebrated international author with his best selling books, public speaking engagements and live appearancesHelping you unharness passion, develop leadership skills and clarify strategic thinking. Australia's Passion Provocateur.As you will here in the interview Charles believes that business owners are duty bound to create Purpose and Meaning in their business.Money is the reward for fulfilling purpose and value to the customer.Charles Kovess can be contacted at www.kovess.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskovess/ Stephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia

Dave Shillington played one of the physically toughest sports in the world, Rugby League. Dave’s role as a 6’ 5” 105 Kg forward is to terrorise the opposition. Dave’s coach noticed that he was not himself and offered some advice to seek mental health support. This helped provide a foundation for Dave that led to him representing his state and country and once he retired has made this his purpose and passion to help businesses embrace the value having a strong mental health program within their strategy. Dave’s LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-shillington-5855346b/The Wellbeing Code LinkedIn Group https://www.linkedin.com/company/wellbeingcode/The Wellbeing Code website https://wellbeingcode.com.au/Stephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia

Mike Irving is the Managing Director of the Western Australian based Advanced Business Abilities who help Business Owners to uncover the resistance that is holding them back from being effective in their communication. With a focus on authentic sales communication Mike reveals how his personal experience as a young entrepreneur shaped how he evolved and came to, first be exposed to the science and facts behind communication, and how he has adapted this knowledge into a tool for business owners to improve their performance and increase sales. Mike has generously offered to hear from you and offer his thoughts on how you might identify the key to unlocking possibilities. Advanced Business Abilitieshttps://advancedbusinessabilities.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/irvingmike/ EmailContact Mike here to book your [email protected] Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia

Lior Izik is the owner of Canadian based Amazing Business Results and the author of Entrepreneurial Evolution, Bottom Line Lessons To Bring Your Business to the New Age. Lior has a unique way of looking at not just systemisation but also on life.You'll hear how he started off as a young entrepreneur and took those early successes and failures to build not just a business but more importantly a lifestyle for himself.Lior believes that Business Owners should be lazy. Not in the "I'm not doing anything" sense, but the "I'm not doing anything that I'm not a genius at doing".It sounds counter-intuitive but when you hear Lior's story and the work he has done and continues to do with automating business you can see why he has the successes he has.You can find out more on Lior and the Amazing Business Results by going to his websiteSubscribe to Lior's valuable You Tube videos  Stephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia 

This interview with the Managing Director of the Usher Group Theo Vairaktaris.In this interview Theo shares how as a young boy he had a purpose and passion to help out his Mother and although he didn’t know that as being an Entrepreneur it was the foundation for building the business he has today.Patience and going back to basics is currently at the core of Theo’s day.He’s intentionally slowed down his pace and spending more quality time going deeper in the activities. This is in contrast to him skimming across each topic and moving onto the next that didn’t allow him to be fully present to the problem and therefore the solution.Achieving more by doing less.Underpinning the business are core values and agree behaviours, with 12 Pillars, one for each month. October being random acts of kindness.People are attracted to the Usher Group because one of the key KPI’s is “Love what you do”Theo spends time explaining how they go about selecting and then nurturing their staff.“Passion with the right action always equals results”The other key point to the growth and success of the Usher Group has been Theo recognising that asking for help and delegating to the right people has accelerated the success of the business.Creating a culture of trust amongst the team and allowing the staff involved and contributing to the culture of the business.The Usher Group has outsourced its HR processes that allows a separation between the process and the people, but the ‘performance management’ of the team sits with the daily discussions amongst the teams and any issues are resolved before it gets to a formal HR process.On a personal level Theo is curious about the inner workings of the mind and how the study of the mind is evolving and how we create our own realityUsher Group  https://ushergroup.com/Stephen Sandor CEO Inspiring BusinessInspiring Business websitewww.inspiringbusiness.net Book an Exploration Call herehttps://inspiringbusiness.net/exploration-call-booking/ The Scale to Success Systemhttps://inspiringbusiness.net/deep-dive-program/Stephen Sandor LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sandor/Inspiring Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspiring-businessFacebook https://www.facebook.com/inspiringbusinessaustralia