“I just try to be a good use of people’s time.”

In this episode, I sit down with Brian Briscoe, founder of Briscoe Search, to unpack his journey from Irish backpacker to respected executive recruiter in Perth and how a cancer diagnosis at 24 shaped everything that came after.

We talk about:

✈️ Landing in Australia and falling into recruitment (armed with only Yellow Pages and a phone)

🧬 Getting four wrong diagnoses before discovering he had cancer and how that rewired his priorities

👂 Why being a world-class listener beats being a good talker in business

👨‍👧‍👦 Teaching his kids resilience without shielding them from life’s hard stuff

💼 How he built a high-trust executive search business with no marketing, just referrals

🧠 Why most leaders don’t need more charisma they need more self-awareness

This one’s full of grounded wisdom from someone who’s seen real adversity, stripped away the ego, and built a career by doing “a thousand things well over time.”

🎧 Now live on Spotify, Apple, and wherever you listen.