On our latest episode of Better Business, Better Life, I am joined by Tony Falkenstein who will be sharing his experiences with the Topic of ‘Managing the People Issues’.  

Tony was born in Auckland, and has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland. 

He is a serial entrepreneur, who has started over 50 companies. 

He is the CEO and majority shareholder of Just Life Group Ltd, a publicly listed company which he founded 32 years ago. 

In 2003, Tony established New Zealand’s first Business High School, at Onehunga High School, with a view to include ‘business and entrepreneurship’ as a subject in the National Curriculum. 

In 2011 this goal was attained, and he has assisted the Ministry of Education with establishing Business High Schools throughout the country. 

In 2008, he was inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame. 

In 2010, he was appointed as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to business. 

In 2011, Tony received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Auckland. In 2012, he received the World Class New Zealand Award for ‘New Thinking’. 

Tony has been married to Heather for 39 years, and has one daughter.  

In this episode we learn from Tony:

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Warner describes himself as a business development pro, social outcomes champion, Maori Entrepreneur, Veteran and Engineer.   

He and his wife, Liz set up Height Project Management nearly 8 years ago and it is now Australasia's leading technical tendering & procurement consultancy, employing 20 staff.  

“Simply put, they help organisations buy and sell complex, expensive and risky stuff!”  

Warner was a late bloomer as an Entrepreneur - spending his early years in the air force, in corporate life (such as Downer and Metronet rail ) and travelling the world.   

What he has learned is that all of this experience helps when it comes to scaling a business so it's a myth that you have to be young to start your own business.  His business is thriving, even with Covid, and his team won 2 significant awards last year.

We took a deep dive into how these roles have enabled his topic of Happy Wife, Happy Life or more specifically how he creates space for his personal and family life, as Warner is the first to admit that he may not always have been a role model husband but he did  say, "thinking of some great things we have done, are generally born out of things that have gone wrong."

In this episode we cover:

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Debra Chantry-Taylor

Professional EOS Implementer | Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach | Business Owner

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Welcome to episode Zero of Better Business, Better Life.

This podcast is about me wanting to help other established business owners, who may be feeling some pain - you know the stress, the overwhelm, the people issues, the money issues & that feeling of not being able to let go - that can often come with owning a business & that have such a major impact on your life.

There's no academia here I'm afraid - just real, honest sharing of experiences so that we can learn from each other & laugh at the things that we sometimes take too seriously!

Together with my guests, we will share some practical tips, tools & takeouts that you can start to implement into your business & life to help you get a Better Business, Better Life.

What does better business, better life mean?

You've heard the saying happy wife, happy life. This not only applies to marriage but also to business leaders.  

We go into business looking for more freedom, money and happiness. But before too long you find yourself working long hours, stressed, overwhelmed and feeling like your business has a grip on you.  

From the outside things look good - you've got the car, house, wife, kids, bach and toys but how often do you get freedom to do what you truly love? And is your wife loving you or leaving you?  

We’re going to focus on 6 key areas to help you take your already good business to great so that you can truly get what you want out of business & life.

These topics are:

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Welcome...

Welcome to Better Business, Better Life where everything we talk about is to help you take your good business to great, so that you can get what you want out of your business & your life.

We share tools & tips so that you can understand how to break through the ceiling, create more profit, remove the people issues, manage stress & overwhelm, learn to let go, live healthier & happier & have the freedom to do what you love, including spending more time with your loved ones & pursuing outside passions.

I’m your host Debra Chantry-Taylor & I am a trained Entrepreneurial Leadership & Business Coach, a professional EOS Implementer & an established Business Owner myself. I am passionate about helping Business Owners to have a Better Life through creating a Better Business.

Before coaching, for close to 20 years I held GM & Leadership roles in medium sized organisations, with up to 220 staff. My specialty was in taking them from Flatline to growth & this is something that I became very good at & also very passionate about.

From there I went into starting my own businesses. I’ve now owned & led a few of my own businesses & I have been extremely fortunate to live the high life as well as experiencing a horrendous train wreck.

If I’m honest, I learned more from the train wreck that from all the success.

Since starting my coaching in 2010, originally with The Icehouse & now in my own coaching practice, I have worked with over 500 business owners & their leadership teams.

Every time I work with a leader & their team I feel privileged to be part of their journey.

I have hand-picked my guests for this podcast series from those business leaders that I have worked with or subject matter experts & colleagues from my journey.

In each episode we cover one of the six topics that will help you take your business from good to great & we invite special guests in who have been there, done that & got the T-shirt so that they can share with you how they did it.

My guests have also experienced the highs & lows of business & we want to share those learnings with you to help you avoid some of the common mistakes.

We also want to have some fun with it, because life is too bloody short!

My hope is that you take something from each of these short episodes that you can put into action to help you get what you want, not only out of your business but also your life!