Business Benchmark Group Podcast

You can tune in to learn how to set a specific goal and a deadline for when you want to be off the tools. Having a clear goal will help you stay focused and motivated. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

For the 8th episode of the Gala Award Winner podcast, Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, will talk with Alex Tyson, Operations Manager at Found-Space and Board Year 4 Program Business of the Year. They will tackle the strategies made by Alex to be successful in their business. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

On the 7th episode of the Gala Award Winner podcast, Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, will interview Jake Hill-Ford, Owner of JAAZ Electrical and the University Program Business of the Year, about their secrets on succeeding in business. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

Today, we will show you the 6th episode of the Gala Award Winner podcast! Together with Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, he will be interviewing Demian Natakhan and Trevor Ackland, Director of Enhar and the Board Year 3 Program Business of the Year, about their business success. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

Welcome to the 5th episode of the Gala Award Winner podcast! Together with Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, we are interviewing Paul Gay, the Director at Elysium Built and the Board Year 2 Program Business of the Year, discussing their business success. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

We’re back with another episode of the Gala Award Winner podcast! This time Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, will be talking with Jem Freeman, Director of Like Butter, and Sarah Bowman, Business Manager at Like Butter and the Board Year 1 Program Business of the Year, about their business’s success. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

Listen to episode 3 of the Gala Award Winner podcast, where Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, are interviewing creative entrepreneurs. Together with Mitchell Hayes, General Manager at Hayespower Electrics, the University Program Business of the Year, we will discuss their business’s success. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

Listen in for business strategies and interviews with small business experts on our latest podcast episodes. Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, will be hosting Episode 2 of the Gala Award Winner Interview Series, this time with Beau Bugeja, Director of Beaumade Builds, the award winner of the University Program Business of the Year for 2022. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

We've just released a very special episode for the Gala Award Winner Interviews Series, Episode 1. Together with Stefan Kazakis, Founder and CEO of Business Benchmark Group, hear how Bradley Roberts, Director of Bradley Alan Build, won the Academy Program Business of the Year for 2022. Learn how to think strategically about your business. Go stream it now!

Julie Quinton shares her genuinely touching and inspiring personal story of her business life. Without any prior experience in the business, Julie took on the challenge of taking over the family business to ensure Brian’s legacy continued for the next generation of family members. Listen to Julie share all her challenges since becoming a business owner. Know how she achieved so much, how she set up the business for success and her plans for the future. This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

What does it take to actually work and continuously move forward, the ups and downs - the journey that's an exit strategy and succession plan? There's so much investment or learning that needs to be done and created, to ensure that you're working and ultimately delivering on what is a choice. This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

The ultimate essence of partnership is the understanding of who's doing what by when but at a very higher level because the stakes are so much high. As I always say, all my problems today started out as a great idea; and partnerships in most cases are exactly that. This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

A bit of a story is what you'll expect from this episode today. It resonates with most businesses because we all begin somewhere; with that start and that grind. Bek shares with her some great experiences on: - How she dealt with the business issues - How she increased revenue - Better time management system - Better accountability and - Better understanding of her target market This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

The basics of the most successful business model in the world regardless of the industry, regardless of size - it all comes down to how you actually build a repeat and referral-based business. Stefan explains further how we do that: - It's simple - it's an attitude; - It comes down to consistency. Of consistently really being clear about what is it that our clients really want This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

Close relationship with time management, the tools, and the freedom that they created; these business owners made all those things look easy in handling their own "GM time." Listen to how they can help you: - Allocate on your business and - Ensuring with clarity and thinking, you're making a decision that's gonna make a difference This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

Setting goals and retaining customers - while these are some of the struggles many trades business owners encounter, our guests have taken and managed these in a smart way. Ben and Emma Stallworthy, together with Stefan, shares: - The growing of a business at a late twenties - Where to go about setting goals - Where to go and how to go to the next level This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

Diversification, and not just being opportunistic! When it comes to business, we're looking at how to add value and diversify our product or service with an add-on - an additional bit and piece to result in something that goes a little deeper and a little more meaningful; resulting in long-term success in customer retention. Stefan takes us to a learning on: - How to go further in-depth to build the tears of customer - How to stay focused and committed to an outcome - How to take local business to national to global business This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.

Duncan Ward - Founder and CEO of Classroom of Hope recently joined Stefan Kazakis for a chat ahead of our 2022 fundraising gala. Duncan was raised in South Africa and says he is Nelson Mandela’s number one fan. From that stems his belief that ‘education is the most powerful weapon that we can use to change the world. So how does one man go from being a sweeper of London Bridge Station to today being an inspirational leader of Classroom of Hope. Duncan shares with Stefan his biggest learnings in life, what advice Richard Branson gave to him, how he starts his day to guarantee success and much more.

Getting advanced and mature in thinking if a brick wall is about to hit; what should be done about it, how does that look? So the good, the bad, and the ugly in making partnerships is about to unfold. These things leave scars—it challenges trust and taints your view of being open and honest and it ensures vulnerability, and if not considered, you can feel that the world has turned against you. In this episode, Stefan helps us to know more about: - What we may want to be looking for in someone or another party in choosing partners - Why we would be involved This is your chance to hear the conversation of successful trade business owners. Don’t miss it.