In The Raw with Mark LeBusque

Zac DeSilva, the Founder of Business Changing, Nurture Group and the #1 Business Coach in Australia/NZ, joined me to share his simple and practical tips to plan for both crisis and recovery.

He shares how his purpose of helping others be successful shaped the work he does in helping clients of all business sizes to keep an eye on the now of crisis and the future in recovery. These lessons are also relevant to individuals.

Ray McLean is the co-founder of Leading Teams and author of several best selling books about how to build and sustain high performance in teams.

His work particularly across elite sport and now corporates is well documented and stemmed from challenging himself to find time to reflect and study the qualifiers for high performance.

Ray's willingness to share his knowledge and "give back" stems from his backstory in growing up in rural Victoria where he learned some valuable lessons about the importance of community.

In this episode, I'm joined by the Director of the Australian School of Etiquette, Zarife Hardy who delves into why etiquette is not so "yesterday" and how smiling, making eye contact and being "posture aware" will help you to build trust with other humans and be successful in your personal and business life.

New York City based Aussie Entrepreneur Sel Watts gets real and raw as she shares her experience of the last 9 weeks of running multiple businesses and homeschooling her 3 boys in NYC, how this can be a time to shine and why it's important right now to create a list for your self of what really matters.

Best Selling Author, International Speaker and Host of the Five of My Life Podcast Nigel Marsh went from being corporately "upended" at 40 to then slide into a life of less pretending and more reflecting. In this episode, Nigel shares the importance of finding time for self-reflection, talking honestly, flicking off the "bullshit switch" and the reality that being honest and authentic doesn't always lead to a successful life in the corporate world.

CEO Of the AIM WA and Workplace Expert Gary Martin is an expert in understanding Workplaces and has seen a lot of what's working and not working with Working from Home (WFH) during the Pandemic. He shares his thoughts on why experimentation is vital in these times, why we shouldn't compare COVID WFH with historical WFH, and some simple and practical tips for Managers in getting the best out of the experiment.

Bestselling Author, Founder of Jargon Free Fridays and Global Expert on Real Communication Gabrielle Dolan shares her simple and practical tips on why getting real when communicating and sharing stories are so important to help humans to connect with your message. Gabrielle knew the power of storytelling before it became "sexy" and has used lessons learned from her parents to demonstrate the power of stories no matter how big or small.

In this episode Abbie Kadom shares some life-changing personal stories that sent her on a pathway to discover the secret to being happy and positive even in the face of tragedy and crisis. Abbie now practices these learning in the workplace and shares her simple and practical tools and tips for others to step into. Abbie walks her walk and shares how it is the little things that make a big difference to happiness and positivity.

Jennie Wetzler has battled aggressive breast cancer twice over 20 years and learned many things about herself and others as she returned to work. In this episode, Jen shares her passion for her new business called Cancer and The Workplace, and some incredibly simple and practical tips to help organisations and managers to step into the awkwardness of not knowing what to say and do when another human returns to work and is fighting a potential life threatening illness.

Bestselling author, international speaker and drama researcher Cy Wakeman is an incredible human being who has mastered the art of "ditching the drama" and teaching humans why Ego can be such a limiter to personal and business success. In this episode Cy shares her simple and practical tips on taking out judgment, editing your story and creating microboundaries so that you aren't recruited into someone else's drama show.