Live Smarter

Liz shares her tips on how to improve your reflections when you get the time to pause and rethink your life. How do you get the most value out of this time rather than making it a time to beat yourself up?

In my FULL conversation with Liz O’Neil on The Story Hub we hear about her experience working for large Corporates such as Lion Breweries, Spark, Fonterra, and most recently Coca-Cola Euro-Pacific Partners as CFO of New Zealand. Hear about her journey where she didn’t take the traditional Chartered Accountancy path into a professional accounting firm and started in-house. Liz has had a wide ranging career from finance, business analyst and strategy roles to managing the Fonterra Farms in Beijing China. 

If you are interested in hearing her leadership tips as she has learnt what it means to lead through others and take your blinkers off you will love this conversation. 
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Hear what it means to live developing resilience & discipline. 

If you want to hear Paul Gerritsen’s FULL conversation on The Story Hub where we discuss his whole rowing for New Zealand experience, working for the NZ Fire Service for a decade, and starting Purpose Fill, his own waste business, check it out now. We talk through his crazy journey where he rowed across the Atlantic Ocean with a team with no preparation or training. 

If you are interested in inspiring stories showing grit, discipline, and curiosity this conversation is for you. 

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Imposter syndrome - what is it? How do you overcome it? Jeff shares wisdom from his journey and talks through practical tips to become more confident in who you are.

If you are interested in more from Jeff McLuckie, hear about his journey into Tech Consulting in a late part of his career. We explore how to overcome Imposter Syndrome, and how to succeed by getting clarity around expectations and showing initiative. 

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Sir Ross came in to run the New Zealand Tax division and had never worked in tax before. How do you turn a divided team around and create a new culture of success? Sir Ross shares a special turning point in that journey.

If you want to hear more from Sir Ross Buckley talking about his leadership approach after 38 years at KPMG, working abroad (Netherlands & Canada), and practical tips & life advice - find Sir Ross' full conversation on The Story Hub on ⁠Spotify⁠ & ⁠Apple Podcasts

Stop the pressure of getting every step in your career perfect on the first try. You often don’t know what areas of work you’d love to work in. Hear Celia’s journey that led her to develop excellent consulting skills without realising as she discovered her passions in work. Her journey from an Art History degree to technology consulting. 

This was one of the most replayed episodes on The Story Hub podcast out of all seasons. If you want to hear some of Celia Austin's other great moments ranging from taking criticism seriously but not personally, developing great mentors, to overcoming perfectionism - why not check out her full conversation? 

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What does a career in the New Zealand Fire Service look like? Paul Shares his experience and some of his stories.

If you want to hear Paul Gerritsen’s FULL conversation on The Story Hub where we discuss his whole rowing for New Zealand experience, working for the NZ Fire Service for a decade, and starting Purpose Fill, his own waste business, check it out now. We talk through his crazy journey where he rowed across the Atlantic Ocean with a team with no preparation or training. 

If you are interested in inspiring stories showing grit, discipline, and curiosity this conversation is for you. 

Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

iCLAW is a law firm in the Waikato & now Bay of Plenty that became well known in a short period of time. Owen teaches this principle that helped iCLAW define itself in the first years of business. 

If you want to hear Owen Culliney’s FULL conversation on The Story Hub we discuss Owen’s success in Law, building up multiple successful law practices including his own. We talk through Owen’s entrepreneurial journey purchasing Clinico, a Denture and Hearing business, and when he finally decided to start his own firm iCLAW alongside Aasha Foley. 

If you are interested in a career in Law, tips & wisdom in starting your own business, and developing a fun high performance culture you will love this conversation. 

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Kim had the unique opportunity to lead a global sales team - she shares how she created a quality team culture, ensured people were successful, and her biggest learning curves. 

In my FULL conversation with Kim Ballinger on The Story Hub we discuss her success in the Global Dairy Industry, starting out in a technical role with a Chemical Technology degree to being the first female salesperson in Brazil for NZ Milk Products. Hear her leadership journey which saw one of her teams get the highest engagement scores in Fonterra after only leading it for a year. We discuss her learnings as CEO of TipTop before and during the process of its sale and reflections on her time so far as CEO of Asure Quality, NZ’s leading food quality state-owned enterprise. All of this epic story from a shy girl from Invercargill. 

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Stoney Creek has only one value - TRUST. Hear why Brent believes this is the most important value you can have and how trust shapes the culture of Stoney Creek as an organisation.

In our FULL conversation with Brent McConnell on The Story Hub we discuss his journey as a dairy farmer and subdivision developer, the full Stoney Creek turnaround story where it was 1 week from receivership to a multi-million dollar global hunting brand today, and his thoughts on resilience and courage.

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What are the principles Pat Peoples believes will guide aspiring professionals to success? Start your career with intentional success and listen now!

In our full conversation with Pat Peoples on The Story Hub we discuss how he makes it into the NZ rowing team after not competing in any sport for years, how he transformed Schick construction from a concrete pad business into a commercial construction firm in the North & South Islands of New Zealand, and what purposeful leadership means to him. 

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