Welcome to the Sanity Check finale! In this episode your host David Kenney is joined yet again by Sanity Check producer, Madison Lunz, to recap the second half of season 1. They both share their key takeaways and valuable insights from our incredible list of experts. On top of that, Madison puts David in the hot seat, asking him even more classic Sanity Check questions to help you win in business. Thank you so much for listening and coming along for the journey. We sincerely hope you enjoyed the season and like us, learnt a lot along the way. We will be taking a short break, but we'll back in ..read more

Welcome to the penultimate episode of Sanity Check season 1! We are back will the brilliant Laura Chuck, who will be challenging your perceptions of HR yet again. In this episode we discuss US vs Aussie salaries, unlocking the value of OKR's, improving employee experiences, the balance between sales and ethics, the future of work and so much more!  For more from Laura follow her on Twitter @Laura_Chuck and on LinkedIn @Laura Chuck Sanity Check is an independent podcast. To support the show please subscribe and also rate and review on Apple Podcasts to help us reach more people. To stay up ..read more

In today’s episode of Sanity Check we are joined by Human Resources Business Partner, Laura Chuck. She has worked for some of the world’s biggest growth companies including Lyft, Zynga, Twitch and ByteDance and is an integral part of building the culture at every organisation she touches. In this episode, Laura shares her expertise on aligning employee and company goals, encouraging employee retention and engagement, handling difficult conversations, interacting with resource allocators, hiring plans, compensation design and so much more! Most importantly Laura is a massive people person. She ..read more

In today’s episode of Sanity Check we are joined by Stephen Fitzgerald. Stephen is the Chairman and Founding Partner of Affirmative Investment Management, the world’s first dedicated green and impact bond fund management company. Stephen was the former Chairman of Goldman Sachs Australia and in 2011 was appointed to the Board of Guardians of the Future Fund (Australia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund), on which he served for a period of five years. Today he is a member of the NSW Government Expert Advisory Panel on Social Impact Bonds, a founding member of the Champions of Change Group committed to adv ..read more

Welcome back to part 2 of our chat with Nathan Chan, the Founder of Foundr! This episode is a little shorter than usual so you'll be getting a bite-sized dose of Sanity Check on your way to work. We continue talking to Nathan about working with and elevating amazing talent and further understanding his criteria for what makes a credible a founder. We also do a deep dive on the pain analysis for the founders and get a sneak peek on what's next for the Foundr business... For more from Nathan, follow him on Instagram @nathanchan, Twitter @NathanHChan and check out Foundr https://foundr.com Sanity ..read more

We're back for Part 2 of our chat with the legendary John Hardy and today he is really spilling the secrets to his selling success . Step by step John reveals his process for achieving tangible sales results and in true Sanity Check style, the right questions you need to ask your customer to turn a 'maybe' into a 'yes'! He also tells us some great stories from his experience as a CEO and retail consultant and what some companies get right, and others no is much...You won't find this information anywhere else so listen in and thank us later! Sanity Check is an independent podcast. To support th ..read more

Today on Sanity Check we are joined by an Australian living legend. John Hardy is a highly accomplished Retail CEO with over 50 years experience leading some of Australia and New Zealand's biggest brands including Godfreys, as well as driving performance turnarounds for Barbeques Galore, Amart Furniture & Fusion Retail Brands. You may recognise him as that man from the ads with the bowling ball at the end of a vacuum! In this episode we discuss John's timeless approach to selling, from understanding why people buy products, identifying customer pain points, keeping customers engaged and lo ..read more

Welcome back to part 2 of our chat with the one and only Randy Davis. And we mean it when we say this guy is one of a kind.  In this episode we dive even deeper, and Randy opens up about money like no other entrepreneur ever would. He tells us step by step how he used creative resourcefulness to build a multi-million dollar company from nothing, his philosophy around giving money away and so many more  pearls of wisdom that we don't want to spoil in this summary. Just click play and thank us later! For more from Randy go to https://www.randydaviscoaching.com Sanity Check is an indepe ..read more

In today’s episode we are joined by Randy Davis. Now you may not know this guy. He tends to fly under the radar…until now! Randy grew up in a poor working-class family that always struggled living paycheck to paycheck. He discovered at the age of twelve, being a business owner could be his ticket to escape his family’s financial struggle. He learned by trial and error how to build a business to be effective. His self-managing, self-improving businesses that ran on autopilot continued to have healthy growth and huge profits whether he was there or not. Those qualities did not go unnoticed. Othe ..read more

Welcome back to part 2 of our interview with the legend himself, Niki Scevak, partner and co-founder of Blackbird Ventures and co-founder of Startmate. In this episode we pick up where we left off with more gold from Niki and David. They discuss the evolution of the startup ecosystem in both Australia and the US and the implications of staying local versus expanding overseas. Niki talks about his love of numbers in the sense of seeking the truth about our reality and gives his thoughts on David's 5 pillars for building a company that reaches $100m in revenue. To wrap it up, Niki shares his sec ..read more