Elevate Podcast

Episode 88: Balancing leadership, management and family – Melanie Laing

In this week’s edition of The Leadership Diaries, our special guest is Head of Connectnow, Melanie Laing. Melanie (Mel) boasts an impressive resume as a leader, having held senior roles AGL and HSBC - and learned from one of the best in Jack Welch during her time at GE. In this episode she, of course, gave Sam the scoop on some…

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Episode 87: Securing the transaction with Lee Bailie

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean sat down with InfoTrack General Manager of Product and Innovation, Lee Bailie. Sam and Lee had a chat about the biggest cyber threats facing real estate businesses right now and how the company's latest offering - Securexchange, can help keep you and your clients protected.

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Episode 86 Chris Hanley OAM: How to remain optimistic while planning for challenges

In this week's edition of The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean sat down with First National Byron Bay Principal Chris Hanley OAM. Chris had just come back from New Zealand soon after the Christchurch attacks and in this podcast Chris talks about what's happening with Rise conference, the 80/20 rule in real estate, effective delegation and how you might plan for…

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Episode 85: Adam Bryant and Bobby Reynolds – Behind the suits

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean catches up with the boys from Agency Central, Adam Bryant and Bobby Reynolds. Adam and Bobby share their real estate journey so far, their philosophy behind social media, digital marketing and the making of their successful podcast.

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Episode 84: John McGrath – What it takes to win in 2019

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, it's a warm welcome back to John McGrath. Samantha McLean caught up with John to talk about this year's AREC conference, winning in the current market, the future and what's changed since he wrote the classic You Inc. back in 2003.

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Episode 83 Owen Wilson: ‘Stay the Course’

In this week's special edition of The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean sat down exclusively with the new CEO of REA Group, Owen Wilson. With the industry currently in a fluctuating state, Owen shares his immediate goals for REA Group, where he sees the opportunities for growth in the industry and what the future might look like. He also shares some…

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Episode 82: Dave Stewart – Transparent and time saving transactions

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean catches up with industry gamechanger Dave Stewart. Dave is the AREA award-winning brain behind Market Buy, an online offer management system that is making it as easy for consumers to buy houses just like they're buying their groceries.

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Episode 81: Kul Singh – The latest rental research and The ‘Real Ideas’ Prize.

In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, realestate.com.au’s General Manager of Rent, Kul Singh joins Samantha McLean to analyse landlord habits that may surprise you, share his tips on how you can stand out as the go-to property manager of choice and he also gave us an exclusive look into The Real Ideas Prize. realestate.com.au's groundbreaking new competition that aims to reimagine the…

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Episode 80: Tom Panos – Advice for the current market, Whats happening at AREC19, The Leadership Diaries

In this weeks edition of the Elevate podcast as part of our series, The Leadership Diaries, Samantha McLean talks to real estate coach Tom Panos about  AREC 2019. The two-day extravaganza is not far away and we got Tom, who is once again hosting this year, into the studio to give us the inside scoop of what you can expect from the…

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Episode 79: How to growth hack your business like Uber and Facebook with Anton Babkov

Want to hack your way to growth like the big guns of Silicon Valley? In this week’s edition of the Elevate podcast, Anton Babkov, CEO of Rexlabs, explains the mechanics of how to use the measurement tool they use - The North Star Metric or NSM.

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Episode 78: Pancho Mehrotra on motivation and how your mindset determines your outcome

Having the right mindset can either make or break your chance of success at achieving your goals. In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Pancho Mehrotra, CEO of Frontier Performance, breaks down the science of motivation, decision making and the difference between the wrong kind of stress and the right kind of stress to help you achieve whatever you…

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Episode 77: Reducing waste in your business – John Knight

In a changing market, you might be thinking you need to cut costs. But that’s not necessarily the case, says Business Depot CEO, John Knight. It is better, he says to think about cutting waste and getting as productive as possible.

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Episode 76: How’s the market? With special guest Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at realestate.com.au

“How’s the market?” It’s a question agents get asked a lot, not just by clients but by friends, family and the community. This week REA released their Demand Index for the last quarter of 2018 showing clearly that different areas are experiencing very different conditions. Our guest this week is Chief Economist at realestate.com.au Nerida Consibee who is the author…

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Episode 75: Leading with heart and innovation: Peter Baines OAM

While you might not be familiar with the work of Peter Bains OAM many of you will clearly remember where you were when you heard about the Bali Bombings in 2002 or the Boxing Day Tsunami in Thailand in 2004. The identification of victims of both of those disasters fell to those who were first on the ground, in many…

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