The NXT LVL Podcast

EP 03

Your host // Nat Hodges

Our guest // Jack Conway

About Jack

Jack is an athlete with his sights set on competing at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018. He has been achieving in athletics for 10 years, specialising in 110m hurdles. However his passion for sport and all things fitness extends far beyond the track.

Away from athletics, Jack works for Flight Centre in one of the finance teams and is currently studying to complete his CPA. Jack's value in loyalty combined with strong family ties, helps keep his feet solid on the ground through the journey of being an athlete.

When he is not in training, you can often find him at your local Guzman Y Gomez lining up for a burrito.

This Episode:

o The realities of being an athlete

o Inside the pitfalls of injuries

o The importance of coaching

o Life outside of sport

o Some important advice a coach gave Jack

o Preparing mentally for beyond the sport

o Why do it?

o Coaching vs high performance within sport

o Competition

o What keeps Jack in check when the mechanics get boring

o You can't be normal. You need to be exceptional.

o Does belief play a role in achievement?

If you're ready to play a bigger game, go here | www.nxtlvl.com.au/zero

EP 02

Your host // Tim Bishop

Our guest // Ross Hanson

GOLD Chunk from Ross

"The best ultimately the best businesses are the ones that know how to harness the collective of lots of people and get them all focused in the same direction towards the same vision to achieve massive great."

About Ross

Specialist business builder with a reputation and track record in creation, building, and management of IT businesses in the Australian marketplace. Passionate about creating effective and motivated teams through mentoring of leaders and developing company culture, sales growth, team leadership, innovation, team building, reorganisation and growth strategies.

To date, I have been involved in seven IT growth success stories including one of my own which I exited after a trade sale to a US publicly listed organisation in just 2.5 years.

Roles include Chief Executive Office (CEO), Country Manager, Managing Director, Vice President Asia Pacific, General Manager, State Manager, Management Consultant & Consulting Partner. I have also represented on boards in Chairman and Non-Executive Director roles.

With a Master of Business Administration MBA and a Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors GAICD, my focus is to build exceptional businesses in this region.

This Episode:

· Ross's journey to building businesses and his experiences through the rollercoaster of dot.com boom and down the other side of dot.com bust

· Why Culture is EVERYTHING and how you must create it intentionally

· The important balance of culture and commercial outcomes in a business

· How a business can create that 'X Factor'

· Why failing fast is important

· Controlling your positioning in the marketplace

· The power of referral introductions / clear positioning statements

· How big businesses scale and grow

· Why sales is one of the most misunderstood areas of the business

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

Ross Hanson on his website www.rosshanson.com.au

If you're ready to play a bigger game, go here | www.nxtlvl.com.au/zero

EP 01

Your hosts // Tim Bishop & Nat Hodges

GOLD Chunk from Tim & Nat

"The best businesses are the ones that know how to harness the collective of lots of people and get them all focused in the same direction towards the same vision to achieve massive great."

This Episode

• What is NXT LVL and how it all began in a car...
• How Tim & Nat crossed paths
• Human potential
• What's in store for the NXT LVL Podcast

About Tim

For over a decade, Tim and the businesses he built have been showing people and organisations how to breakthrough and achieve their next level - no matter how successful they already are - he has directly impacted and enabled leaders and 1000's of people to play a bigger game. Actually achieving what they want in the areas that matter most, be it their business, financial, relationships, family, career, and health.

He's been honored and privileged enough to work with everyone from business and military leaders, government members and top athletes. But the work is not just limited to CEOs and athletes. Tim and the NXT LVL Team have a relentless and active passion for SMB owners, entrepreneurs, community leaders, parents and students of excellence.

Because of the diversity of leadership roles, military background, conditions, challenges and constant human contact, Tim became obsessed passionately, with human excellence, emotional strategy, leadership performance and now, his deep appreciation of the field of applied psychology and mastery.

About Nat

Nathaniel, more commonly know as Nat has over 10 years experience in the fitness industry as a coach, business owner, and Mentor. Working not only for himself but also was employed by QUT as a sessional academic and research assistant in 2012 on an innovative injury assent device that was licensed by top level AFL clubs and the Australian Cricket team.

While growing his own 50m square studio into a 650m square facility that boasts 7 coaches and 3 admin staff, he has helped grow and exit 2 side businesses in the industry while building a reputation for the go-to person for business results, personal clarity and performance strategy backed with neuroscience and physiologic evidence.

Extremely energetic and coming from a place of all heart, Nat is heavily client-centric and has the ability to intuitively spot things that will unblock individuals and businesses to move forward with more clarity and momentum.

Nat is now full-time individual and team performance strategist with NXT LVL.

Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

NXT LVL Blog

NXT LVL Website

Tim on Facebook

Tim on Linkedin

Nat on Facebook

If you're ready to play a bigger game, go here | www.nxtlvl.com.au/zero