Business Essentials

Imagine being able to free up valuable time from responding to customers and staff. Well now you can, by using a new and powerful language generation tool, called ChatGPT. The implications for business are endless, and we’re only just now learning how much of an impact it will have in our lives. Our favourite futurist, Steve Sammartino, explains ChatGPT’s ability to understand and respond to natural language.

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It appears artificial intelligence will soon render the annual staff performance review extinct. One company is harnessing its powers to generate real-time, objective feedback for employees to empower them at work by boosting their confidence and exposing their blind spots. In this episode, CEO and Co-Founder of software development company OnLoop, Projjal Ghatak, describes their new product, enabling staff to report on their progress, using artificial intelligence, at the touch of a mobile button – producing objective reports based on feedback and self-analysis.

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What’s worse than having people talk about you behind your back? In a business sense, it can be worse if nobody’s talking about you at all. So, if you want your brand spoken about, it’s best that you control what people say. You can do that by telling your own stories. These days more and more businesses are discovering the powerful benefits of brand storytelling. Gabrielle Dolan is a business storytelling expert who shares ideas from her book, ‘Magnetic Stories: connect with customers and engage employees with brand storytelling’.

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Great leadership is important in business to inspire others, to make decisions, and to get things done. So what makes a great leader? Productivity expert and business advisor, Les Watson, outlines the values great leaders have, and how discipline ensures that the team is on track, and focused on the important drivers of the business.

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The shift to a hybrid working model has left many business owners and managers in a state of high anxiety. How can they be sure that staff are actually being productive?  CEO and Co-founder of OnLoop, Projjal Ghatak, says teams that work from both the office and home can actually be more powerful and more productive. He says the secret to ensuring both strong productivity from workers and peace of mind for managers, is to set goals and consistently monitor progress.

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How does your brand stand out from your competitors? Do you use tired, cliched images on your website, or are you a bit more creative? Brand creator and consultant, Bec Hughes, says to succeed in brand design, you need to provide memorable experiences for your potential customers.

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Change can be a daunting prospect — something many fear and dread. But that doesn’t have to be the case, according to change expert Esther De La Cruz. She says that change can, instead, be an entirely positive experience, depending on the mindset you approach it with. By focusing on the benefits, purpose and rewards, change can become not only easier, but possibly even enjoyable.

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Being a coach and umpire 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. Leadership’s tough, he’ll tell us, but fairness, empathy and team spirit are paramount if you want to move from good to great.

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It’s far easier today to start a business than ever before, which has resulted in more competition in almost every space imaginable. Forget about benchmarking, ‘best of breed’ analyses, and price wars with your competitors, according to entrepreneur Roy Osing. Instead, you need to establish a clear, relevant and unique claim that distinguishes you from everyone else. Roy explains how that’s achieved with his strategic game plan.

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Change expert and coach Esther De La Cruz says businesses are still in a post-COVID flux at the moment, with many managers worried that they’ve not yet found their new groove. The worry isn’t necessary she says, and to help, offers three main areas businesses should focus on for 2023: 1. How to maintain or build corporate culture while working remotely; 2. Adopting a modest approach to goals and some belt tightening due to a worsening economic landscape, and 3. How to attract and retain favoured staff.

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