Backable
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe podcast that explores the top performance habits in business and life.
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How Often Do You Review Your Guiding Principles?
July 14, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBThis week TK reflects on how the practice of regularly reviewing and questioning his guiding principles and daily routines has positively impacted his business journey and dives into the benefits of regularly scheduling the time to do so for any business owner looking to achieve a higher level of personal performance. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website
Sometimes The Best Way Forward IsTo Take A Step Back
July 08, 2021 01:44 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBBusiness and personal and growth very rarely comes in a linear fashion and sometimes on that journey we can view some of those growth moments as a setback or a step backwards but what if the quickest way forward is actually to take that backwards step. Today TK is once again joined by Philotimo COO Elana Harari to share their growth experiences and the growing pains they had along the way. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Ti...
Levelling Up On Your Business Growth Journey
July 01, 2021 22:19 - 10 minutes - 8.01 MBThis week on the podcast TK reflects on the growth journey many entrepreneurs face. Diving into the challenges that growth can place on a business and its systems he looks at the frustrations of the learning path many of us face as we grow. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website
Could Vulnerability Be Your Biggest Strength?
June 24, 2021 01:03 - 19 minutes - 15.3 MBThis week TK explores how to promote and manage positive change in your business and life Drawing together concepts we have discussed in earlier episodes such as your minimum viable performance and the power of vulnerability Tk outlines an approach that will not only make change easier to implement but provide there mechanism to allow others to help along the way and the mindset to be kind to yourself during times of change. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group L...
The Four Non Negotiables That Promote Peak Performance
June 03, 2021 03:03 - 15 minutes - 12 MBAs Melbourne once again finds itself in extended lockdown in her face of a new COVID outbreak. Tk turns to look at self-management and the important non-negotiable pillars we must maintain or put in place to ensure continual improvement and fulfilment not only during these times but in the face of the state of uncertainty that inherently comes with being a business owner.\ Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTub...
Leveling Up On Your Business Journey
May 20, 2021 05:59 - 15 minutes - 16 MBBuilding a business can be a long journey and business growth most often does not come in a linear fashion but rather in fits and starts. Today TK delves into the key elements and practices needed to create or maintain motivation in your entrepreneurial journey particularly at that point when the gains can be seen in the business but may not have yet flown over to the personal Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagra...
5 Things You Need To Know On The Road To Your First Million
May 12, 2021 21:00 - 24 minutes - 19.9 MBAchieving a 1 mIllion dollar turnover is a big achievement for many in the SME space and it can be a daunting task for some business owners particularly for new entrepreneurs who have not reached this milestone before. Today TK takes us through the five things both you and your business must know and be ready for that helped his businesses and those he advises reach this important goal. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Ins...
The Real Power Of Your Brand With Rhys Gorgol
May 05, 2021 21:00 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBToday we revisit a classic episode of Backable where Tim sits down with Rhys Gorgol Founder and creative director of Melbourne-based creative Agency TCYK. In this re-edited and remastered episode, TK and Rhys delve deeper into the value and benefits a well-considered brand brings to a business and how through a thousand touch points it can affect every aspect of your business and its interactions with staff, stakeholders, suppliers, and clients. Connect with Rhys via the links below: We...
What is the Value Of Your Values?
April 28, 2021 21:00 - 13 minutes - 11.5 MBMost small businesses are built on a set of values, values that in the beginning will closely reflect those of the business owner but as the business grows and evolves so to must those values to reflect and support the company culture and future growth. In today’s Solo-Cast TK reflects on a conversation with a long-term client and poses the question What value are you placing on your values? Are your company values just a poster on the wall or are they a living breathing being and som...
Are You Grinding Or Changing Your Gears?
April 21, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MBThe last 12 months have been a time of immense and ongoing change and whilst the scale may be different, change is something that all business owners are inherently familiar with. Today TK looks at how to manage change as Australian businesses try to find some sense of normalcy as we reopen. He looks at the reasons behind rejecting change, how we can best utilise it and how we protect ourselves as the head of the business during times of change. Join the Backable Community: Podcas...
Should You Be Making A Profit In Your Business?
April 15, 2021 02:03 - 32 minutes - 28.2 MBThis week Tim and Nigel sit down to ask the question “Should you be making a profit in your business?” The answer is not as straight forward as you may think. We discuss the difference between being self-employed or a freelancer and owning a business and Scale strategies for both. Finding the balance between available cashflow and investment capital and setting an acceptable and achievable self-investment strategy to ensure you get paid appropriately along the way Join the Backable ...
Broken Salespeople with Red Stafstrom
April 07, 2021 21:30 - 46 minutes - 32.5 MBThis week Tk is joined by Red Stafstrom host of the Broken Sales People Podcast. Red shares his journey from door to salesman in some of Americas toughest neighbourhoods to successful sales trainer and host of the Broken Salespeople Podcast. He tells of the pivotal and painful moment that prompted him to question everything, completely change his approach to sales and rebuild his approach from the ground up. Tk and Red also talk about: The mistakes most people make in the sales proc...
Strong Connections With SquadCast Co Founders, Zach Moreno & Rock Felder
March 31, 2021 20:30 - 44 minutes - 31.4 MBIn this episode, TK is joined by Zachariah Moreno and Rockwell Felder the co-founders of SquadCast.fm. We find out how these two high school friends brought their two disparate but complementary skillsets together to build the intuitive audio and video recording platform that is taking the podcast world by storm Zach and Rock share with us how they exited successful corporate careers to deliver on their mission to amplify collaboration through SqaudCast.fm, the fears they had in doing so a...
Going All In With Ryall Graber
March 24, 2021 20:30 - 42 minutes - 30.3 MBThis week TK is joined 2019 Ms Fitness International titleholder, 9 time IFBB Fitness Champion and founder of Ryfit International Ryall Graber In this episode, Ryall opens up about the toll that success and her own drive placed on her in 2010 leaving her, outwardly at the peak of her career but privately both physically and emotionally broken. At rock bottom, she was faced with a choice; follow the advice of the coaches she had surrounded herself with and who had gotten her to where she wa...
The Million Dollar Mindset with Clare Wood
March 17, 2021 20:05 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MBThis week Tim sits down with Clare Wood, Business Coach, Money Mentor and host of the extremely successful Clare Wood Podcast. We discuss how the stories you have been telling yourself about money are holding you back, how to achieve the right mindset around money and wealth to unlock the next stage in your financial development and Clare shares some simple strategies she used to launch her podcast to Number 2 on the iTunes business podcast charts. Hope you enjoy . Connect with Clar...
How We Bootstrapped a Multinational Business With Designhill Founder Rahul Aggarwal
March 10, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 17.2 MBTim sits down with Rahul Aggarwal, Co-founder of Designhill a unique online marketplace created to overcome the challenges faced by business owners in outsourcing high-quality creative solutions and designers who have been looking for creative freedom. We discuss the pro’s and con’s of self-funding growth for entrepreneurs, the reality of and lessons learned in bootstrapping a multinational business. The changing face of the Indian Entrepreneurial scene and Rahul shares some of the secrets...
Top Performance: Creating More Freedom Through Structure
March 03, 2021 21:01 - 30 minutes - 24.6 MBFreedom is something that all entrepreneurs crave and it may seem antithetical but the greatest freedom can be only be achieved through structure. The world's top performers in any endeavour be it business or on the sporting field, all adhere to structured routines to increase performance. In today's episode, Tim and Elana ask the questions: What is Top performance to you? What does it take to be or become a top performer in your life? What Role does your “team” play in helping...
Are You Saying Yes To No?
February 24, 2021 21:30 - 29 minutes - 23.7 MBSteve Jobs once said it is only by saying “no” that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. But saying no is not something that comes naturally to most entrepreneurs particularly in the early days of a business. In this episode Tim and Elana breakdown the process of saying no. We talk identifying the right opportunities to green light, building the muscle of saying no without killing innovation and the often hidden cost and dangers of saying yes. Join the Backable Com...
Gaining Capital with Chad Willardson
February 17, 2021 22:00 - 34 minutes - 33.2 MBToday Tim is joined by Chad Willardson, founder and president of Pacific Capital, a wealth management firm in Southern California and author of the book Stress Free Money: Overcome These 7 Obstacles to Find Financial Freedom. We discuss the lessons Chad learned from his time with Merrill Lynch and how they helped shape the creation of his own client-centric wealth advisory firm. We also talk about people's relationship with money and investing, the important role contribution has played in...
Are Your Efforts In The Right Areas?
February 10, 2021 21:09 - 35 minutes - 29 MBEffort is an essential business and continual consistent effort even more so but what if these efforts are producing diminishing returns or not achieving what we set out to? There comes a time in any business when we must move the focus from effort to outcome if we are looking to change the game. Are you asking yourself the right questions to make an impact? Are you able to self adjust and change the trajectory? Are you placing your efforts in the right areas? Hope you enjoy. Join t...
Are You Investing Enough In Your Business?
February 03, 2021 21:30 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBBusinesses eat cash, and if you are looking to grow your business you are going to have to feed it on an ongoing basis. Today Tim and Elana focus on SME owners out there who are self-funding their business growth and facing all the challenges and opportunities that go along with it. They ask the ever-important question many Business Builders struggle with…Are you investing enough in your business? Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Ins...
Embrace Your Inner Weirdo
January 27, 2021 21:30 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBWe live in a time of business celebrities. Society has created a picture of what success looks, sounds and acts like and many SME owners take on these attributes. During their own journey but what if this is the thing that is holding you back? What if letting out that little inner weirdo that many of us keep hidden is actually the key to achieving your success both in business and life? Member’s FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/backable Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups...
Courage In Leadership
January 20, 2021 21:30 - 26 minutes - 36.6 MBYour one role as a leader is to make decisions. Often you will have to make those decisions without all the information you require or make a choice that files i the face of what others or the market recommends. It is at times like these that you as a business leader must deploy your most vital skill… Courage. But courage is a muscle, one that must be built over time and repeated application. this week Tim and Elana share share experience in building the muscle of courage, how it has a ...
In Search Of The Game Changers
January 13, 2021 21:30 - 27 minutes - 38.8 MBAs business owners, we all have dreams of landing that ‘one client’ who is a game-changer. That one client who could change the journey of your business; change your future. But how do you get ‘The One’? How do you show The One that your business is the game changer THEY need to work with? And when you do land them, can you ensure that you and your team service them to the highest level possible, without hurting your business? The perfect balancing act! In Today’s Tim and Elana reflec...
Building the Foundations For Growth
January 06, 2021 21:30 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBOne thing that 2020 gave us was a shared global experience. As business people, we need to ensure we have come out the other side stronger and better prepared to achieve our goals. In our first episode for the year, Tim and Elana share the high-performance habits and principles they have learnt over their journeys, and how they are applying them professionally and personally in order to build strong and successful foundations for themselves, their teams and their companies. Member’s FB Gro...
What Would You Do If You Chose To Start Again in 2021?
December 30, 2020 21:30 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MB2020 has been a wild year. Whether you have become stronger because of it or not, it has certainly been a rollercoaster and offered many of us the opportunity to reflect upon where we are at, and where we are going. In the final episode for year, Tim and Elana sit down to discuss what they would do (by necessity or by choice) if they had to start again in 2021, and how they would best set themselves and their companies up for success. Happy new year my friends, see you in the next ...
Backable Gifts to Upgrade Your Business in 2021
December 23, 2020 21:30 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBAs 2020 draws to a close the team take the opportunity to reflect on the lessons we have taken from it and in the spirit of the season share the gifts this unprecedented year has given us and that we will take into the new business year and beyond. Happy Holidays everyone, stay safe, take care and enjoy. Join Backable Below: Member’s FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/backable Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13903426/ Podcast: https://www.podfollow.com/backable B...
Finding Peace in your Process
December 16, 2020 20:30 - 41 minutes - 57.8 MBAre you currently not where you think you want to be? (Read that again)! Where you’re at is a reflection of your current ability and decisions. We all feel that we’re smarter than the next person - that we know more and can do more - but are we just unlucky or perhaps we haven’t had the same opportunities. That's a good fairytale. To change trajectory, you will decide to be one of two types of people; those who decide to never breakthrough, and those who say “here is where I’m at, here are ...
Creating Pressure to Accelerate Your Performance
December 09, 2020 20:30 - 30 minutes - 44.5 MBYour business is limited by you and who you are as the founder, CEO and leader. Managing yourself must be part of an owners business strategy? Finding that sweet spot where you have enough pressure to progress but no too much to stop you in your tracks. Find out how you can find the perfect balance of pressure that allows you to perform, without breaking you and the business. Join the Backable Community below: Member’s FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/backable Linkedin: https://w...
To Grow Your Business, Evolve Your Thinking
December 02, 2020 20:30 - 55 minutes - 77.6 MBThe evolution of a business is heavily linked to the evolution of the owner's thoughts and interpretation of the world. As we evolve our thinking, we begin to fix problems in our business in a far more efficient way. We just begin to see problems with a new set of filters and we sometimes feel like we have ‘new eyes’, we can see the problem quickly. When you begin to understand this path, you will discover a new level of courage in your ability and can accelerate with confidence and have l...
When You Outgrow Your Best Customer
November 25, 2020 20:30 - 23 minutes - 33.8 MBAs your business grows, so too does your value to clients. When you start your business you will say yes to any client and every sale you can. you will go above and beyond and do everything; sometimes to the detriment to you and your business. As you gain more experience, you begin to see and understand the value of your business. You begin to understand what happens when you say yes to a non-ideal client. You will see one thing for sure: the customer is not always right. When can you say th...
Could A Big Win Actually Be The Worst Thing For Your Business Growth?
November 18, 2020 20:00 - 30 minutes - 43.6 MBAs business owners, pressure is something we are all intimately familiar with. It comes in many forms both internal and external and if we are striving for something greater it simply will not go away but should we even be looking for it too? Today Philotimo CEO Tim Krotiris and Group COO Elana Harari look at on the dangers of the default setting. The ask the question, how do we maintain momentum after that one big win? They also reflect the positive impact they’ve found from applying...
The Best Advice On Advice From People Who Advise
November 12, 2020 00:30 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBIf you are a business owner one thing you are never short on is advice. Whether you pay for it or it comes from a trusted source someone will always have an opinion on what you should be doing but is all advice weighted equally? Today Philotimo Group CEO Tim Krotiris and COO Elana Harari sit down to discuss advice and advisors. We look at the who to, when to and how-to of your advisory team and perhaps most importantly discuss what is your role and responsibility in the process to en...
What Is Your Relationship With Your Relationships?
November 05, 2020 00:30 - 54 minutes - 74.7 MBToday Philotimo Group CEO Tim Krotiris and COO Elana Harari sit down to deep dive into one of there favourite topics relationships. Specifically business relationships. How to establish them, how to maintain them and the true value that quality relationships can provide to both your business and yourself personally. It is something we all know we should invest in but are we paying our relationships the attention they deserve and are we approaching them with the intention they require? ...
The Evolution Of Leadership: Your Changing Role On The Road To Success
October 29, 2020 03:06 - 52 minutes - 73.5 MBA business' success can be measured by the strength of its leadership. As you build your army those leadership skills need to constantly evolve but often that path can be unclear. Today Philotimo Group Founder & CEO Tim Krotiris and Group COO Elana Harari sit down to discuss their evolving roles in leadership, the mistakes they have made, the tough conversations they have had to have and the quickest ways they have found to empower and grow their teams ensuring the entire army was march...
The 3 Questions We Ask That Have Changed Our Lives
October 22, 2020 04:07 - 47 minutes - 67.6 MBIf you are a regular listener of this podcast odds are there is a part of you that wants something more out of life. More wealth, more happiness, more surety more life. This episode is one not to be missed. Today Philotomo Group CEO Tim Krotiris and Media Head Nigel Walton sit down to discuss the 3 key questions he has asked himself and his businesses every quarter for the past 20 years. The questions that have promoted consistent growth, continual evolution and persistent steps towards ...
Nick Hulett: GM - Media, Communications & Community of The ICC T20 World Cup 2020.
October 20, 2020 02:25 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBToday Tim Krotiris Philotimo Group CEO sits down with Nick Hulett the General Manager - Media, Communications & Community at ICC T20 World Cup 2020. Nick has had a long career in the media and communications space. He led the division at Collingwood football club in the early 2000s, worked with government and ASX 200 companies In Singapore right up to his current position with the T20 world cup and though the sectors are varied one thing has remained constant, he has always worked with top-...
What We Once Hid But Are Now Proud Of.
October 15, 2020 04:17 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBSomething we have all done at one stage on our business journey is hide our gaps, whether it’s a gap in knowledge, a gap in offering or even a gap in confidence but what if by hiding these so-called gaps we are actually holding ourselves back fro growth, from assistance or from becoming the type of business our clients actually deserve. Today Tim and Elana share some the elements that they once hid but have now faced and become proud of and the profound effect it has had on them personal...
Our Boring Road To Success
October 08, 2020 01:50 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBAs business owners and leaders, it can be very easy to fall into the trap of seeking out excitement or drama on our business path particularly in recent times when via social media some entrepreneurs have gained an almost rockstar status. But what if boring is better? That's exactly what Philotimo Group CEO & COO Tim Krotiris and Elana Harari discuss today. the power of being boring in your business, the troubles it saves, the opportunities it creates and the way to find the excitement in...
Brian Gallagher: Simple Man Guide
October 06, 2020 00:30 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBToday Tim is joined by Brian Gallagher co-founder of throwback fitness, Author of the Simple Man Guide. A man who turned his back on the path he had spent 20 years carving leaving behind a high paying career as an investment banker in the heart of New York City to become a global citizen on a mission to simplify everything. Health, money, possessions, travel, home. Brian joined us from Croatia and shares with us how by questioning the life he was told he should want he is now able to live...
The Key to Success is Perseverance (Until It's Not)
October 01, 2020 03:51 - 55 minutes - 76.7 MBPerseverance is a fundamental and necessary trait for all business owners particularly when faced with hard times but how do we know when we’ve tipped the scale from perseverance to arrogance when you are trying to force a square peg into a round hole. This week Tim and Elana share some of there experience around this topic both in their business and personal lives, we discuss the decision-making process, creating stop losses and how to recognise when you are pushing through something that...
Rhys Gorgol: The Company You Keep (TCYK)
September 29, 2020 00:30 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBToday Tim Krotiris, Philotimo Global Founder and Backable host sits down with Rhys Gorgol founder and Creative Director of Melbourne based design-led creative agency TCYK (The Company You Keep). It’s not often you get to sit down with someone who has mastered their craft and Rhys has truly done that. In this episode, Tim and Rhys delve into the real value that a well-considered brand brings to a business and how though a thousand touch points it can affect every aspect of your business ...
High Performance Partnerships: Communication is the key
September 24, 2020 07:03 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBToday husband and wife team Tim Krotiris, Philotimo CEO and Elana Harari Group CEO sit down to discuss a topic close to their hearts. Partnerships. The right partnership can be the key ingredient for success in your business but one that is misaligned can spell disaster. They share the lessons learned from a long history of both working together and bringing on other partners into various businesses and look at the elements, behaviours and actions that are needed to strengthen your partne...
The Worst Advice (EVER) In Business And Life!
September 17, 2020 04:15 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBToday Tim Krotiris, Philotimo and Backable CEO sits down with Elana Harari Philotimo Group COO sit down to reflect on the worst business advice we’ve ever received. It’s a really fun one where we dig into what makes advice good or bad. we look at the filters and situational factors that help us make that distinction, how some of the worst advice we have each received was perhaps not bad advice but just bad for that time and strangely enough is often given with the best intentions. Stay ...
John Capon: Pinnacle Psychology and Consulting
September 15, 2020 00:30 - 43 minutes - 59.4 MBToday Tim sits down with John Capon from Pinnacle Psychology and Consulting. John is Psychologist and Workplace Mental Health Strategist with over 15 years' experience working with organisations, teams and individuals to help them to be well and thrive. In short, john with clients to co-design and implement solutions that drive performance by protecting and enhancing the psychological health and wellbeing of their people. He holds a Masters of Science (Industrial/Organisational Psycholog...
Overcome Exhaustion By Finding Pride In The Little Things
September 10, 2020 04:30 - 51 minutes - 70.3 MBTo say that we are going through a challenging time at the moment is probably a bit of an understatement. the theme of exhaustion keeps coming up in many conversations. This week Backable host and Philotimo CEO Tim Krotiris sits down with Philotimo Group COO Elana Harari to discuss just that. We look at what causes exhaustion, the steps, daily practices and filtering process you need to put in place to overcome it and the important role value stacking plays in not only overcoming it in t...
James McPherson Finds YouTube Success In Never Too Small
September 08, 2020 00:56 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBToday Tim sits down with James McPherson, Managing Director of New Mac Video Agency, co-founder and commercial director of Never too Small the youtube channel that showcases small format architecture and design that has garnered over 1.3 million subscribers in recent times and if that isn’t enough he is also the chairman of the Biggest ever blokes lunch Melbourne, a charitable organisation that has raised over $4.5 million dollars to support Prostate cancer research. We discuss the changing...
Are You Choosing To Be A Victim In Your Life?
September 03, 2020 00:30 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBToday Philotimo Global and Backable power team Tim Krotiris and Elana Harari sit down to ask the question “where are you playing the victim in your life?”. Whilst this can be a confronting question to ask it is also a very powerful one which if asked frequently and answered honestly can change your current trajectory. It’s a really important discussion, particularly in our current times. Stay safe and Enjoy
James Henderson: The Hospopreneurs Podcast
September 01, 2020 00:30 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBToday Tim sits down with James Henderson the creator and host of the extremely successful Hospopreneurs Podcast where he explores creativity and innovation in the hospitality industry by interviewing influential people right across the hospitality supply chain. They explore how James' lifelong love of economics has influenced his path and choices in the creative hospitality realm. The key moments that lead to the birth of Hospopreneurs and how he is using those lessons to help others on th...
3 Principles That Supported 35 Years of Continual Growth
August 27, 2020 00:30 - 52 minutes - 72.5 MBOn the back of our recent interview with Dr Ivan Misner Founder of BNI, Tim Krotiris, CEO of Philotimo Global and Backable is once again joined by cohost and COO of the Philotimo group Elana Harari and we delve deeper into some of the key principles that Ivan used to grow his organisation into the worlds largest networking group breaking them down and showing how you can use them in your business to achieve consistent growth and scale. Stay safe and enjoy.