Tony Angus Chat Time Podcast

Mark Squirrel has had a fascinating journey, from college student to special forces soldier to part of the United Nations Rescue Mission in the Solomon Islands and UN Food worker in the Himalayas and Jerusalem.  He is now a high-impact team-building and critical decision-making trainer operating out of the hills north of Melbourne.  In this episode we follow Squiz as he takes on some wild rides through his careers so far.  I also get to ride a quad bike with him down into the paddocks of his farm and feed the sheep and cows and check out where he runs some of his high-pressure decision-making training.
I hope you enjoy the chat and look forward to your feedback.
Squiz can be contacted through his website www.globalfrontline.com.au

Ron Brown-Sarre is the Co-Director of Barton Buckle Casting Agency, providing actors and extras for the film and television industry.  He provides some interesting insights into the screen world from over 32 years experience, where he has worked closely with casting directors and producers on some of the most well-known local productions, from The Man From Snowy River II to Ghost Rider, Charlotte's Web, Preacher and Bloom.

Ron can be contacted through the Barton Buckle website at www.bartonbuckle.com.au 

I hope you enjoy the podcast.  Ciao for now :)

Lesley has a degree in psychology and a long work history in the area of organisational psychology.  She is now the owner and principal consultant of Edge Consulting and has a high level of expertise in delivering a range of training programs, such as Effective Conflict Management, Therapeutic Interventions in Conflict & Crisis Situations, Managing Challenging Behaviours, Preventing Occupational Violence and Advanced Aggression Management.

In this episode we discuss Lesley's history and then tackle communication, training and resilience at some length.  I hope you enjoy the podcast.

Lesley can be contacted at www.edgeconsulting.com.au 

Joe Saunders is a violence management expert, lifelong martial artist and conflict management consultant. He has a degree in psychology and is the host of the Managing Violence Podcast and the Presilience Podcast. He has written articles for several security and martial arts magazines, as well as a memoir of his early years as a young martial artist entering the nightclub security industry.

In this episode Joe and talk broadly about conflict, communication and training and then diverge off and discuss related topics, such as Caesar's tactics and the rise of the Japanese and Nazi empires.

I hope you follow along and enjoy this chat.  Joe can be contacted through Linked In, under Joe Saunders M.ISRM, or at Risk2Solutions.com 

Ian’s interest in leadership and teamwork was sparked many years ago, with his involvement in the Scouts, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and the Rotary Youth Leadership Award programs.  His early professional life focused on delivering effective Information Services to consulting clients, as a member of what is now Accenture, then as the leader of Information Services functions in both Mobil Oil and Phillip Morris.  During his career with Mobil, Ian served as a member of the international audit team, and led a comprehensive systems update project in Lagos, Nigeria.

His work with Phillip Morris led him to support the effective management of information systems projects around the Asia-Pacific region, and his teaching of project management techniques gave him his introduction to the Ken Blanchard SLII® solutions family.  He became accredited to deliver the SLII® and Building High Performance Teams® programs within Phillip Morris and then joined Blanchard International Australia in 2006.

As Managing Director of Blanchard Australia, Ian serves clients across a broad range of fields from education through heavy manufacturing, from financial services through pharmaceutical manufacturing and from fitness through telecommunications. He is based in Melbourne but serves his clients across Australia and around the world. His passion lies in supporting people to fulfill their dreams.

Ian can be contacted through www.blanchardaustralia.com.au  or on Linked In at https://www.linkedin.com/company/blanchard-australia/

Master Jeff Speakman is a 9th degree Kenpo black belt and the star of over a dozen martial arts-based movies, including the 1990 classic, The Perfect Weapon.  A former private student of the founder of Kenpo, the "Father of American Karate", Ed Parker, Mr Speakman now runs the largest Kenpo organisation in the world, Kenpo 5.0, with schools across 22 countries worldwide.  Each year Mr Speakman hosts the Annual Kenpo 5.0 Training Camp in Las Vegas, where Kenpo 5.0 is headquartered.

Mr Speakman has a degree in Behavioural Psychology and his formidable intellect is quite apparent in this interview.  I hope you enjoy the chat as we dig into life, leadership and the future of mankind ... just a few small topics!!!

Mr Speakman can be reached through his website www.jeffspeakman.com

Patrick Veitch has had a very diverse and interesting law enforcement career with Victoria Police weapons and tactics training unit and water police, Australian Federal Police's International Deployment Group trainer in the Solomon islands, privately contracted police initiation trainer for the Iraqi National Guard and inaugural member of the newly formed Marine Unit.  He now lives the quiet life in central Victoria where he runs a successful handyman business and basketball academy. Patrick has much to say about each of these roles and the things he learned about life and leadership within them.

Patrick can be contacted via Facebook on
https://www.facebook.com/patrick.veitch.1

Paul is an ex-police member with Victoria Police.  His final role within the police department was as a program developer within the Operational Safety and Tactics Training Unit (OSTTU), where he was one of the members responsible for researching, designing and developing weapons and tactics training programs for operational members.  Paul is the owner/operator of the highly successful Kando Martial Arts group in south-eastern Melbourne, where he oversees 6 schools and approximately 2500 students.  Paul is also the owner of the wonderful online martial arts advisory and consulting service Martial Arts Business Success (MABS), where he helps schools to become more professional and financially successful.

In this episode Paul and I discuss a number of things relating to martial arts, business management, leadership, tactics and use of force.  We also breakdown our thoughts of the George Floyd incident in the US.

You can get in touch with Paul through his Facebook page, which is https://www.facebook.com/paul.veldman.18
or
https://www.facebook.com/paulveldmanbusinesscoach/
or
https://www.facebook.com/groups/buildingamartialartslegacy/

Disclaimer:  All of the thoughts expressed on the Tony Angus Chat Time podcast are opinions.  We all have them and we are all entitled to express them.  Please do not get your nose bent out of shape if you disagree.  That's more than likely to happen occasionally.  I'm happy to hear your thoughts on ANY TOPIC as long as you present yourself in a mature and balanced way.  If not, be prepared to be completely ignored (as should be the case.  TRUE?)

Enjoy :)

Mark is the Head of Profit Protection for JD Sports APAC and is responsible for implementing the Profit Protection Strategy within the APAC Region. Mark has been the industry for 25 plus years and has held Senior Loss Prevention Roles in major blue-chip businesses in the UK, Middle East, New Zealand and Australia. 

In this episode we discuss the principals of profit protection and touch on the effects of COVID-19 on retail.  We also chat about what it is that makes JD Sports Fashion such a juggernaut!  Enjoy :)

In this episode I chat with Shelley about her journey to becoming a leadership guru and we delve into some of the wonderful teachings from her book The Dynamic Leader.  

Shelley Flett is an expert in leadership development and team performance. She has successfully operated her consulting practice since 2015 after more than 13 years working as a leader herself in various roles across customer service and operations. Shelley is passionate about maximising efficiency and building high performance team cultures in organisations of any size.

She has authored two books: The Direction Dilemma – why knowing what you want makes you a better leader; and, The Dynamic Leader – become the leader others are inspired to follow. What Shelley has experienced is that it doesn’t matter what industry or organisation you work in, the challenges faced by leaders are fundamentally the same.

Her values in business include: Growth, Delivering Results, Sharing Wisdom, Helping others, Fulfilling a purpose, and Having Fun.