Hello and welcome! This month, my friend and colleague Martin Leuenberger joins me for part 2 of our mini series on performance and potential coaching. In season 2, episode 7, I interviewed Marty, where he shared his remarkable journey from development management into performance coaching as well as the coaching that I would be undergoing with Marty’s guidance.  Today, we delve deeper into the coaching sessions I've experienced so far, exploring the data we've collected and my reflections on the invaluable benefits of being coached. You’ll get a glimpse of how fundamental aspects like bou ..read more

Hello and welcome! This month I’m thrilled to share a conversation I recorded with John Foong - Chief Revenue Officer at Domain Group. In this conversation, John shares his career journey and experiences through some of the world's most innovative companies, including McKinsey, Google, Uber, and now Domain Group. You’ll get a glimpse of how John's audacious mindset, adaptability, and focus on learning have enabled him to take on various leadership roles, emphasising the significance of building high-performance teams and making a positive impact in both for-profit and non-profit environments ..read more

Hello and welcome! This month I sit down to speak with Rebecca Angel, Founder and Managing Director of Level 6 Venture Management. Level 6 is a boutique project management and advisory firm that partners with a range of high profile players in property and construction. Rebecca, like myself, trained as an Architect but found her passion and purpose in business building and leadership within our industry. She has an incredibly interesting international career journey working at Rafael Viñoly Architects and Westfields in London and also taking the plunge in starting her first business while over ..read more

Hello and welcome to Business and Property Development. In this month’s episode I had the opportunity to collaborate on an episode with Jock Gammon - co-founder of Junglefy. Junglefy is a pioneering company that develops, builds and maintains nature-based solutions.  If you live in Sydney you’ll no doubt recognise the iconic One Central Park on Broadway - a residential tower that's draped in vertical gardens. That’s just one of the many possibilities and opportunities when it comes to nature-based solutions. Unfortunately as of late last month Junglefy has chosen to wind down its operatio ..read more

Hello and welcome to episode 8 and the last one of season 2! It's an absolute privilege to be wrapping up this year speaking to Baxter Gamble, co-founder of Development Finance Partners. Baxter and I had a great chat about his journey as a young chap from Leeds, who landed in Brisbane with his family, made it down to Sydney and forged a formidable career building various finance businesses.  We also discuss some of the landmark Sydney developments he and his teams have helped get out of the ground and his business wisdom developed over an incredibly successful career. Happy Listening! Li ..read more

This month we delve into a niche property development sector - hospitality. Joining me for this episode is Scott Brown who is the co-founder of House Made Hospitality. In this conversation we cover Scott’s stories and experiences building two amazing hospitality brands - Hip Group in New Zealand and House Made Hospitality in Sydney. His venues are synonymous with the utmost in quality of both the food and beverage they serve, the service they provide and the design of their spaces. So, what does it take to not only develop the real estate, but also build the business behind the venue? Well tha ..read more

This month we delve into a niche property development sector - hospitality. Joining me for this episode is Scott Brown who is the co-founder of House Made Hospitality. In this conversation we cover Scott’s stories and experiences building two amazing hospitality brands - Hip Group in New Zealand and House Made Hospitality in Sydney. His venues are synonymous with the utmost in quality of both the food and beverage they serve, the service they provide and the design of their spaces. So, what does it take to not only develop the real estate, but also build the business behind the venue? Well tha ..read more

This month I have the privilege of sharing with you a conversation I had with a veteran of property development marketing and branding, Mark Stewart.  Mark, along with his co-director Pete have been building and running creative agency Rare for the past twenty five years. Within that period they have been recognised as pioneers and out front leaders in the field of property-related marketing and branding. I wanted to record a conversation with Mark because of the prolific nature of Rare’s work but also how Mark and Pete have navigated two and a half decades of business building with all t ..read more

This month I have the privilege of sharing with you a conversation I had with a veteran of property development marketing and branding, Mark Stewart.  Mark, along with his co-director Pete have been building and running creative agency Rare for the past twenty five years. Within that period they have been recognised as pioneers and out front leaders in the field of property-related marketing and branding. I wanted to record a conversation with Mark because of the prolific nature of Rare’s work but also how Mark and Pete have navigated two and a half decades of business building with all t ..read more

This month I have the pleasure of sharing with you a fantastic conversation I had with a buddying podcaster, Tyrone Shum.  If you listen to podcasts about Australian property the chances are you’ll have come across his show, Property Investory. Property Investory is rated the No.1 property investment podcast in Australia so it’s a real honour to have him as a guest.  We cover a lot of ground  when it comes to Tyrone’s journey in business, investment, property development and of course podcasting.  Aside from his engaging entrepreneurial stories he also imparts his wisdom on ..read more