Business Leader Breakthroughs

By Ryan Castle, Dr Mike Ashby

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Welcome to Business Leader Breakthroughs where we help unlock the potential in you, your teams and your business. Hosted by Ryan Castle, along with Dr Mike Ashby, we share insights, experiences and stories on achieving breakthrough successes in business and life. In addition to a podcast, The Breakthrough also specialises in delivering management training that actually sticks, is cost effective, and easy to implement at scale to sustain change from the inside out.

Episode Date
EP 113 - Big announcement: The end of an era and new beginnings
Jul 17, 2025
EP 112 – 94% of Gen Z and millennials don’t want leadership: are your managers ready for them?
Jul 04, 2025
EP 111 - The Growth Mindset: How to develop your business and team
Jun 19, 2025
EP 110 – Why good employees leave: The real cost of poor management
Jun 05, 2025
EP 109 – How to harness AI for business growth and innovation with Brian Russell, PhD
May 22, 2025
EP 108 – Navigate uncertainty: how to lead through turbulent times
May 08, 2025
Ep 107 – Win back your time: Stop being busy and start leading
Apr 24, 2025
Ep 106 – From stuck to scaling: 3 business growth strategy questions
Apr 10, 2025
Ep 105 – How to build high-performing teams with IQ, EQ and adaptability with Jennifer Aubin
Mar 27, 2025
EP 104 – Katie O'Malley, Founder and Leadership Coach at Encourage Coaching, on self-awareness and why great leaders master listening
Mar 13, 2025
Ep 103 – The office debate: is remote work over?
Feb 27, 2025
EP 102 - Managing stress: how to thrive under pressure
Feb 13, 2025
Ep 101 - Better decisions: 3 rules every manager should know
Jan 31, 2025
Ep 100 - Effective manager training: 7 best leadership strategies
Jan 23, 2025
Ep 99 - Develop your team: Your role as a leader
Dec 27, 2024
EP 98 - 15-Minute coaching: Fast-track your team’s performance and growth
Dec 19, 2024
Ep 97 - How to delegate effectively: Task vs. capability delegation explained
Dec 13, 2024
EP 96 - The art of difficult conversations: leadership with empathy and purpose
Dec 05, 2024
Ep 95 - Clear communication: Your superpower to build stronger teams and foster trust
Nov 28, 2024
EP 94 - Conquer big goals: Practical leadership strategies for growth and resilience
Nov 21, 2024
Ep 93 - Understanding different working styles: How team diversity enhances productivity
Nov 14, 2024
EP 92 - The secret to productive meetings: Build culture and drive results
Nov 07, 2024
Ep 91 - How to manage your priorities: Focus on what really matters
Oct 31, 2024
Ep 90: Mindfulness at work – Break free from autopilot
Oct 23, 2024
S3 E4 - Micah Lorenc, owner of Tailored Consulting, Leadership unveiled: insights from on self-awareness and coaching.
Dec 19, 2023
S3 E3 - Chris Morsley, the CEO of CMC Global, on charismatic leadership
Apr 11, 2023
S3 E2 - Nadine Tereora, the CEO of AA New Zealand, on how you become a leader worth following.
Feb 14, 2023
S3 E1 - Mark McConnell, L&D Manager at Argenta, on 6 C's of leadership.
Jan 31, 2023
S2 E7: How to attract and retain your stars
Nov 29, 2022
S2 E6: How to Have Difficult Conversations
Nov 16, 2022
S2 E5: Alicia Purtell, CPO of Lion Co, on Unlocking a Greater World Through Flexible Thinking
Oct 24, 2022
S2 E4: Sources of Stress at Work and How to Combat Them
Oct 10, 2022
S2 E3: David Mair, CEO of Skellerup, on How to Grow Your NZ Business Using Japanese Business Practices
Sep 19, 2022
S2 E2: The Myth of the Great Resignation
Sep 05, 2022
S2 E1: Breaking the Barriers for Women in Leadership with Jen Scoular, CEO of NZ Avocado
Aug 22, 2022
MINISODE 37 - Why the Loss of a Big Prospect Isn’t Really a Loss
Dec 06, 2021
MINISODE 35 - Get Good at Measuring Your Engagement
Nov 22, 2021
EP 79 - Rebecca Houghton on How to Level up as a B-Suite Leader
Oct 11, 2021
MINISODE 32 - How to Work From Home Post Lockdown
Sep 21, 2021
MINISODE 31 - Managing the Tension Between Stabilising and Adapting after the COVID-19 Lockdowns
Sep 15, 2021
EP 78 - Jack Keeys of KPMG on How to Create Dynamic and Inspiring Leadership
Sep 08, 2021
MINISODE 30 - Your Organisation Has to Change if You Want Your People to Change
Aug 24, 2021
EP 77 - How to Navigate Hybrid Working with Ali Hill
Aug 17, 2021
MINISODE 29 - How To Make Working From Home Work For You
Aug 10, 2021
EP 76 - Rob Pyne on Transforming Your Leadership Team Through Emotional Intelligence
Aug 02, 2021
MINISODE 28 - What's Productivity Worth to Your Business?
Jul 27, 2021
EP 75 - Make Clear Communication Your Superpower
Jul 20, 2021
MINISODE 27 - The Regrets of the Dying
Jul 12, 2021
EP 74 - The Power of Daily Scrums
Jul 05, 2021
MINISODE 26 - Changing the Organisation From the Middle, Out
Jun 28, 2021
MINISODE 25 - 4 Types of People Who Take Meetings off Track
Jun 15, 2021
MINISODE 24 - How to Fix Your Boring Meetings
Jun 01, 2021
EP 73 - Critical Trends for Ops Leaders and What You Can Do About Them
May 24, 2021
MINISODE 23 - You Can't Fake Work Culture
May 18, 2021
EP 72 - How to Develop Your Team
May 10, 2021
MINISODE 22 - Mindfulness is Valuable for EVERY Business
May 04, 2021
EP 71 - 3 Things All Staff Want of Their Leaders
Apr 27, 2021
MINISODE 21 - How Outsourcing and Freelancing Jobs Could Change Your Business
Apr 20, 2021
EP 70 - How to Delegate Effectively
Apr 13, 2021
MINISODE 20 - The 3 Questions Every Business Owner Should Ask Themselves
Apr 06, 2021
EP 69 - How To Manage Your Priorities to Create More Value and Less Busy-ness
Mar 23, 2021
MINISODE 19 - Is Your Marketing as Good as Your Product?
Mar 16, 2021
Ep 68 - Rocket Lab's Head of People and Culture, Estelle Curd, on Being an Authentic Leader
Mar 09, 2021
MINISODE 18 - Learning Ladder - Unlocking you and your team's potential.
Mar 02, 2021
EP 67 - Creating a High Performance Team
Feb 22, 2021
MINISODE 17 - The no bulls**t approach to fitness, health and wellness
Feb 16, 2021
EP 66 - Angela Cameron, CEO of Consult Recruitment, on the Importance of People
Feb 09, 2021
MINISODE 16 - Get F'd!
Dec 14, 2020
EP 65 - Time to Get Uncomfortable
Dec 09, 2020
MINISODE 15 - Learning From The All Blacks
Nov 30, 2020
EP 64 - Jason Paris, CEO of Vodafone NZ, on Strategy and How to Be a People Leader
Nov 25, 2020
MINISODE 14 - Are You The Best In Product, Price or Customer Experience?
Nov 20, 2020
EP 63 - Coaching - What Is It and How to Do It Right
Nov 17, 2020
MINISODE 13 - 5 Things To Remember When Hiring and Growing Employees
Nov 12, 2020
EP 62 - Time Management. How to Increase Your Contribution While Working Less.
Nov 09, 2020
MINISODE 12 - Grow Your Business Further Than Just Revenue
Nov 05, 2020
EP 61 - How to Build Your "Unicorn" Factory
Nov 02, 2020
MINISODE 11 - Everyone Needs a Board
Oct 29, 2020
EP 60 - Miriam Chancellor on How to Become a Powerful Public Speaker
Oct 28, 2020
MINISODE 10 - Your Wealth Path from Employment to Business Owner
Oct 22, 2020
EP 59 - What it Takes to Build Great Culture in your Business (Panel)
Oct 20, 2020
MINISODE 9 - Traditional Training is a Waste of Time and Money
Oct 15, 2020
EP 58 - Derek Handley on Shifting your Perspective to Create a More Sustainable Future
Oct 12, 2020
MINISODE 8 - If You're Doing Your Managers' Job, You're Doing a Poor Job Managing Them
Oct 08, 2020
EP 57 - Returning to the Office Post Lockdown and Impact of Working From Home (Survey Results)
Oct 06, 2020
MINISODE 7 - Using "The 7 P's" to Overcome Frustration in Your Business
Oct 01, 2020
EP 56 - Janine Garner on Leading a Life of Influence and Unlocking your Brilliance
Sep 28, 2020
MINISODE 6 - How to work ON your business, not in your business
Sep 25, 2020
EP 55 - How to Accurately Measure and Direct Engagement
Sep 22, 2020
MINISODE 5 - Overcoming the overwhelming state of busyness in your business and personal life
Sep 18, 2020
EP 54 - Mark McCrindle on a data driven approach to wellness in the workplace
Sep 15, 2020
MINISODE EP 4 - Four surprising success principles to boost your business and improve your life
Sep 11, 2020
EP 53 - Turning failure into long term success
Sep 08, 2020
MINISODE EP 3 - How to have a boringly predictably profitable business
Sep 04, 2020
EP 52 - Dermot Crowley on Productivity and How to Reduce Senseless Urgency
Sep 01, 2020
MINISODE EP 2 - How to Get Your Head, Heart and Hands Working Together
Aug 28, 2020
EP 51 Why contribution, not productivity or engagement, should be at forefront of your mind
Aug 25, 2020
MINISODE EP 1 Are you going ALL IN in your business and life?
Aug 21, 2020
EP 50 - Mykel Dixon on Rediscovering Your Creativity to Make Work More Meaningful
Aug 04, 2020
EP 49 - Building a Kingdom of Inspiration with Cam Calkoen
Jul 14, 2020
EP 48 - 4 Ways Lying Has Become the Norm In Your Business with Ron Carucci
Jun 16, 2020
EP 47 - The future of working from home now that lockdown’s over
Jun 09, 2020
EP 46 - David Galbraith, Unleashing Greatness author, on living your best life with courage and care
Jun 02, 2020
EP 45 - Managing the tension between stabilising and adapting
May 25, 2020
EP 44 - Real transformation happens when you change who as well as how
May 11, 2020
EP 43 - David Pich, CEO of IML ANZ, on Impactful Leadership, Workplace Culture and The 4 Day Week
May 04, 2020
EP 42 - Heather Polglase, HR Director at Spark, on being agile, collaboration and the importance of people
Apr 17, 2020
EP 41 - How To Make Working From Home Work For You
Apr 06, 2020
EP 40 - How to Measure the Results of Leadership Training
Mar 30, 2020
EP 39 - Gihan Perera on Futurism, Artificial Intelligence, and Diversity
Mar 24, 2020
EP 38 - The Regrets of the Dying
Mar 16, 2020
EP 37 - Transforming a Business from the Inside Out
Mar 09, 2020
EP 36 - Joanne Fair on Flipping the Traditional Freelancer Model with FutureWork Studios.
Mar 02, 2020
EP 35 - How to Stop THAT Person From Taking Your Meetings off Track
Feb 24, 2020
EP 34 - Do Your Team Meetings Suck? Here’s How to Fix Them
Feb 17, 2020
EP 33 - Michelle Gibbings on The Power of Teams to Create a High Performance Culture
Feb 10, 2020
EP 32 - Take your Company Culture off the Walls and into the Halls
Feb 03, 2020
EP 31 - Mindfulness at Work: It's Not Yoga
Jan 27, 2020
EP 30 - How to Outsource Work you Can’t or Won’t do
Jan 20, 2020
EP 29 - The 3 big questions every business owner should ask themselves
Jan 13, 2020
EP 28 - Kate Daly on the future of banking and building a high-performance culture
Dec 16, 2019
EP 27 - How to be as Good at Marketing as you are at Product
Dec 09, 2019
EP 26 - A Look Inside Xero's Flexible Working with Ryan Ghisi
Dec 02, 2019
EP 25 - The Learning Ladder - Unlocking you and your team's potential
Nov 25, 2019
EP 24 - Franceska Banga on Being a Woman in Business, Pushing Boundaries, and Personal Courage
Nov 18, 2019
EP 23 - The no bulls**t approach to fitness, health and wellness
Nov 10, 2019
EP 22 - Get F'd!
Nov 04, 2019
EP 21 - Sharn Rayner on Entrepreneurship, Hiring the Right People, and Mental Health
Oct 28, 2019
EP 20 - The All Blacks Business - On-Field Leaders
Oct 21, 2019
EP 19 - The Competitive Tripod
Oct 15, 2019
EP 18 - Matt Church on leadership, speaking, and his personal insights on living authentically
Oct 08, 2019
EP 17 - Hire and Grow the Best Employees - The 5 Rings
Oct 01, 2019
EP 16 - Darren Ellis, owner of Crossft NZ, on optimal nutrition, sustainable fitness and work/life synergy
Sep 24, 2019
EP 15 - Grow tomorrow's business today
Sep 17, 2019
EP 14 - Alia Bojilova, an organisational psychologist on leadership, diversity and surviving being kidnapped in Syria
Sep 10, 2019
EP 13 - Board Reports are not for the Board
Sep 03, 2019
EP 12 - Your Wealth Path from Employment to Business Owner
Aug 26, 2019
EP 11 - Raelene Castle - CEO of Rugby Australia on Leadership, Diversity, and Resilience
Aug 20, 2019
EP 10 - Traditional Training is a Waste of Time and Money
Aug 11, 2019
EP 9 - If You're Doing Your Managers' Job, You're Doing a Poor Job Managing Them
Aug 05, 2019
EP 8 - Using "The 7 P's" to Overcome Frustration in Your Business
Jul 29, 2019
EP 7 - How to work ON your business, not in your business
Jul 23, 2019
EP 6 - Q&A with Darrell Trigg, Trigg Construction and National President, RMBA
Jul 15, 2019
EP 5 - Overcoming the overwhelming state of busyness in your business and personal life
Jul 02, 2019
EP 1 - Are you ALL IN in your business and life
Jun 24, 2019
EP 2 - How to Get Your Head, Heart and Hands Working Together
Jun 24, 2019
EP 3 - How to have a boringly predictably profitable business
Jun 24, 2019
EP 4 - Four surprising success principles to boost your business and improve your life
Jun 24, 2019