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In this episode of the InnovaBuzz podcast, it's my great privelege to speak with Anthony Howard, founder of the Confedere Group who exist to build a better world by building better leaders.

Anthony is a mentor and a coach for CEOs in large public companies across four continents. He's also the author of the book "Humanise: Why Human-Centred Leadership is the Key to the 21st Century", and a sought after speaker.

I talked with Anthony about the challenges that organisations face with leadership and particularly how they often don't have a leadership strategy, which results in leadership being a random agglomeration of people's personal view of leadership.

Listen to the podcast to learn from Anthony.

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In this episode of the InnovaBuzz podcast, I’m excited to speak with Lydia Lassila the founder and CEO of BodyICE, who produce ice and heat packs for injury management.

In addition to being a business owner, a mother of two young boys, a wife, a motivational speaker, Lydia is also a champion aerial freestyle skier who is currently in full training to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea, her fifth Olympic campaign.

Lydia won the gold medal in aerial freestyle at the 2010 Vancouver olympic games and achieved bronze at the 2014 Sochi winter olympics, becoming the first woman to perform a quad twisting triple somersault jump in competition, a jump she’d landed on snow for the first time only days before.

Lydia's story is also featured in the book and film "The Will to Fly" - an inspirational journey into the mind of a champion.

Of course, we talked about sport, and I was really keen to learn how Lydia applied the lessons from her sporting career to her business. Listen to the podcast to get the full scoop.

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In this episode, I'm excited to welcome back to the InnovaBuzz podcast Ian Altman, author of two Amazon #1 best sellers, “Same Side Selling” and “Upside Down Selling”, host of the Grow My Revenue podcast and founder of the Same Side Selling Academy.

We had Ian on the podcast in Episode 39, and Ali McGill on Episode 70 suggested we get him back, so it's great to catch up with him again and find out what's transpired in that time.

Of course, we talked about selling and an alternative model to do "selling" in a way that it serves your client and builds a partnership.

To find out more and to learn about what Axis Displacement Disorder is (and how to get over it!), listen to the podcast.

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In this episode, my guest is Dr Ilene Ruhoy from the Center for Healing Neurology in Seattle, Washington State, USA. Ilene founded that center  with the mission to treat the person, not the disease.  

This is a fascinating interview with someone who has taken the best of her experience and knowledge from conventional medicine, neurology and complementary therapies to address people’s wellness (not sickness).  I really like this approach to health management and this approach provides many metaphors for business in general as well as advice for business owners about looking after themselves.

Listen to the podcast to find out more.

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In this episode, my guest is Nina Radetich of Radetich Marketing and Media. Nina talked to us about marketing as a system and framework and about using storytelling and video to draw people in and connect.  

We also talk about ways to appear natural on video, the importance of practice and self-assessment to improve and how Nina uses her journalism background to write quality content that tells a story and engages the audience.  As a former news anchor on network television, Nina is uniquely qualified to talk to us about video, storytelling and engaging the audience through the camera.

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In this episode of our Model the Masters series, our featured Master is Colin Gooch, the Technical Director of Resene Paints.  Colin was a valued customer in my previous corporate career, but much more than that, Colin is a person whom I admire greatly, who has been an inspiration to me in my career, who became a friend and mentor in the time we worked together.  He was instrumental in all of the innovative technical developments at Resene Paints and positioning them as a leader in the industry over the past 45 years.  

I had the privilege of interviewing Colin in the early days of the InnovaBuzz Podcast, but unfortunately the technology let us down and the recording wasn’t useable.  So, now, with the technology sorted out, I'm hugely excited to present this Model the Masters special episode of the InnovaBuzz Podcast.

Our question today is “What would Colin Gooch do?”

Listen to the podcast to learn from our Master Model, Colin Gooch.

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In this episode, my guest is Mike Morrison, of the Member Site Academy and host of the Membership Guys Podcast. Mike talked to us about the secrets of running successful membership sites, about engaging an audience and building a community.

We also talk about the importance of content marketing in building up your audience and ways to get new clients while retaining the old ones.

Mike was very generous in sharing all the secrets to running a successful membership site and membership business, so there is a lot to learn here, whether you are running or thinking of running a membership program, or if you just want to consolidate your relationship with your customers.

Listen to the podcast to find out more.

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In this episode of Model the Masters, our featured Master is Marcus Sheridan of The Sales Lion, River Pools and Spas - Trainer, Speaker, Father "and everything in-between".

Marcus turned around an ailing Pools company with a simple, yet astoundingly successful content marketing strategy and has since become a highly sought after and valued speaker, trainer and consultant. He is the author of the book "They Ask, We Answer", the title of which comes from his core philosophy of marketing.

I'm hugely excited to present this Model the Masters special episode of the InnovaBuzz Podcast. Our question today - “What would Marcus Sheridan do?”

Listen to the podcast to learn from our Master Model, Marcus Sheridan.

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In this episode, my guest is Jack Born, the founder of Deadline Funnel and the creator of AW Pro tools. He makes software that helps entrepreneurs maximize their sales through marketing automation. His passion is to make tools that make marketing easy.

Jack talked to me today about developing products for a specific need and focusing on providing an exceptional customer experience right from the beginning.

Listen to the podcast to learn about the secrets of Jack’s success.

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In this first episode of Model the Masters, our featured Master is Troy Dean, co-founder of WP Elevation and RockStar Empires. Troy has been a role model for me for many years and was the person who encouraged me to begin the InnovaBuzz podcast. As a member of both the WP Elevation and RockStar Empires communities, I’ve had the privilege of observing Troy’s work up close.

So I thought it fitting, to begin this Model the Masters special episode of the InnovaBuzz Podcast by asking “What would Troy Dean do?”

Listen to the podcast to learn from our Master Model, Troy Dean.

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