It gives me great pleasure to welcome Andrew Phillips to this week’s Great Australian stories in the Making. 

Andrew was destined to have a very promising career in the world of AFL in the 80’s. Sadly a degenerative back condition could not stand the rigors of AFL football and his career was cut short.  

The former Carlton footballer turned to the world of business and with the same grit, determination and prowess learnt on the field then applied in the board room.  

He has spent a lifetime working to create educational opportunities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, and is now running The Phillips Brothers Foundation.


Phillips Foundation Website:
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Phillips Coaching
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Andrew Phillips - Co-Founder of Camp Australia

In this special episode, we sit down with Josh Dobija, founder of Dobija Creative and one of our 2024 Business of the Year awardees at The BBG Summit. Josh shares his remarkable journey from a small, results-oriented business to an industry leader in design and signage, driven by a laser focus on specialisation and growth. Tune in as he discusses the strategies that transformed his business, the importance of focusing on core strengths, and the lessons learned along the way. This episode is packed with inspiration for business owners looking to streamline, scale, and achieve sustainable success.

E10 - Focus to Grow: The Power of Specialisation with Josh Dobija of Dobija Creative

Stefan Kazakis and Nikki Sadler discuss how to remain positive and resilient as the world throws everything at us!

Learn our tips and advice on how to stay positive, keep your teams' morale high and lead your business through this time.

(Recording from our video in TradieWives Group on Facebook
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Leading your business through COVID

Meeting your obligations as an employer and keeping your business healthy and hygienic can be tricky.

We have teamed up with Employsure for an exclusive webinar where Workplace Consultant, Gwen Espie and Malcolm Chong will be discussing business fundamentals to prepare you for this ever-changing landscape.

The changing restrictions and rules can make this time stressful as a business owner, but it is our goal to help business owners operate with ease and prepare them to move forward.

What we cover
• Recent legislation updates
• Hygiene & Safety
• Unfair dismissal
• Engaging employees
• Redundancy



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Getting Back to Business(with Employsure)

We had the pleasure of interviewing Verity Hare for our podcast. 
Verity is the founder of TradieWives, a facebook group community of almost 10,000. 

In the podcast we dive deep into what the motivator was to start TW, why its been such a big success, whats next for TW. 

We also listen to a little bit about Verity's background and how she got to where she is. 

Verity is a go getter and has absolutely killed it at everything she has done - it was an absolutely pleasure having Verity on the podcast - we hope you find as much value in it as we did!
 
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Meet Verity Hare, Founder of TradieWives

From Victorian Police Detective to scaling Mt Everest multiple times and starting several businesses we find out what makes Nick Farr tick.

Nick shares his insights on what he is most proud of in his life, the top 3 tips he’d give to his 17 year old self, what prompted him to start on a journey of merging the high altitude environment with the building of his latest business and much more.

Nick Farr's Quote: Take risks – everything worthwhile is up hill 😊


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Nick Farr: From Solving Crimes to Scaling Mountains and Building Businesses

We're excited to speak with Ed Mallett – the founder and managing director of Employsure.  

A former specialist employment barrister, Ed went from start-up to now assisting over 20,000 small and medium sized businesses and has flipped the traditional professional services model on its head.   

Employsure was founded in 2010 following the launch of the Australian Fair Work Act in 2009. 

Ed shares great insight into what it takes to build a business from the ground up, with brilliant advice for business owners to take away. 

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Ed Mallett from Employsure [Great Australian Stories In The Making]

Meet Anthony Phillips, our latest feature in our Great Australian Stories series.

Anthony co-founded Camp Australia with his brother Andrew in 1987. Over the next three decades, Camp Australia grew to become one of the country's most well-known and respected brands. They eventually sold the company just a few years ago.  

Anthony is a man of many talents and is highly regarded in many circles. He has a brilliant story to tell, from his football career to his philanthropic ventures including The Phillips Foundation - and he generously shares so much of the experience and wisdom he's gained along the way. 

Phillips Foundation Website:
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Anthony Phillips - Co-Founder of Camp Australia

Our guest in this episode of "Great Australian Stories in the Making" will be sharing all he knows about mind, body and health. 

Judd Murray, founder and managing director of Cognercise Foundation will share how to be more functional as a human being, how to be less stressed and how to help improve our physical and mental health.  

With over 30 years of experience in core product design and treating people of all ages, Judd has a focus on the preventative rather than reactive way to maintaining good health and wellbeing.  

Enjoy this episode - a much needed one after a tumultuous year to say the least!


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Stefan chats with Judd Murray, founder of Cognercise Foundation

During one of the strangest and toughest years of our lives, we invited Frank Ponissi, the General Manager – Football at Melbourne Storm, 

Frank was at the club during the years when they were heavily punished for salary cap breaches - and the fallout that occurred - and how they had to work through those tough periods, yet were able to rebuild and become the powerhouse club they were before. 

In fact, they became even better despite all the challenges. 

Frank shares much of the wisdom he gained through that experience. The lessons he emphasises always revolve around the importance of high standards, accountability and plain old hard work. 

“Hard work will always beat talent when talent doesn’t work hard"

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Frank Ponissi - General Manager - Football at the Melbourne Storm

James Hatzolos - Director at RT Edgar

The Business Benchmark Group Podcast, hosted by Stefan Kazakis, gives business owners insight and advice delivered by some of the best business coaches in Australia. 

We're dedicated to helping all business owners create and sustain, easy-to-run and profitable businesses that enhance their lives.

Tune into recordings from live events, interviews with business owners who are kicking goals and discussions with thought leaders.

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