Business in Focus

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Introduction - Subscribe

Introduction

COVID spot fires around the country continue to cause headaches for government health officials and wreak havoc for businesses facing potential lockdowns. How do we plan for growth with still so much uncertainty?
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Mid-year economic review - Subscribe

Mid-year economic review

Running Time: 8:02

If you’ve found business planning just a trifle tricky, what with COVID, you’d be only one in many thousands of businesses across Australia struggling with the same issue: what lies ahead?
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Prof Neville Norman, Melbourne University

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COVID’s impact on the accounting industry - Subscribe

COVID’s impact on the accounting industry

Running Time: 10:50

How has the accounting industry been holding up during COVID? Well, Geoff Balmer and his team at Richard Lloyd Accounting Recruitment has conducted a survey on a range of issues.
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Geoff Balmer, Richard Lloyd Accounting Recruitment

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Six principles of persuasion - Subscribe

Six principles of persuasion

Running Time: 11:18

If you are looking to grow, you need to hit the pavement and talk to current and potential clients. And now might be the time to work on your powers of persuasion.
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Bryan Whitefield

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Making the tough calls - Subscribe

Making the tough calls

Running Time: 11:17

Being a coach and umpire manager at the highest level of elite AFL sport has taught Jeff “the Giesch” Gieschen a thing or two about leadership and the nurturing of star performers. Now he’s transferring those lessons to the business world.
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Jeff Gieschen, AFL star umpire manager & coach

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Opportunities in a hot property market - Subscribe

Opportunities in a hot property market

Running Time: 11:41

It’s certainly hot! But is the property market getting too hot to handle – at least for those now losing out because prices have gone bananas? Where are the watchouts as buyers, sellers and investors all search for the best opportunities?
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Nic Don, Odyssey Financial

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Dangers of DIY in selling your business - Subscribe

Dangers of DIY in selling your business

Running Time: 8:37

You probably wouldn’t think twice about consulting a real estate agent when selling your house – so why wouldn’t you seek the advice of experts when it comes to selling your business?
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John Blight, Consultant to Mazars Financial Advisory Division

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Mental health first aid at work - Subscribe

Mental health first aid at work

Running Time: 11:32

The tough road out of mental ill-health is not to harden up and soldier on. Joel Clapham found that out in the saddest of ways when at the age of 35, his father took his own life. Joel was 16 at the time and severely impacted by his dad’s death.
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Joel Clapham, Hearten Up

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Closing comments / quote of the month - Subscribe

Closing comments / quote of the month

Our quote this month is from Bob Beaumont, of Beaumont Tiles fame, who said...
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