In The Game Podcast
Each week, Master Connector Sarah Maxwell sits down with incredible people and extracts the stories of their lives. Using her Neuro-psychology background, she delves into the DREAMS they had as a child and then weaves them back to the present moment. Who have they become? How have the dreams they had for their life realised themselves? How have they overcome challenges? What matters to them most NOW?These conversations are gripping and transformative, for both host and listener. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
In The Game Podcast
06: Why the Customer Comes LAST in your Business with Rob Nixon
We continue the conversation today with one of those dynamic men who walks into a room and sparks it to life. I guess it helps when you can walk in saying “I’m ride 293 on Virgin Galactic’s mission to space” and “I ran the London Marathon with Richard Branson."
Quoted as saying that he has brought more than 7 start ups to life. Thank goodness he serves on the Young Entrepreneurs Association, inspiring up and coming entrepreneurism.
It occurs to Nat & I that he has a Midas touch…And I’m here to explore a little more into what that’s all about and how it manifests…
About Rob Nixon
Rob Nixon is not an accountant. Yet he has forged a niche to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on how accounting firms can achieve peak performance.
He is an entrepreneur who has been running successful businesses since 1986. Since 1994 he has been running businesses that specialise in helping accountants run better, more profitable businesses.
Accountants intrigue Rob and over the years he has trained them, consulted to them, coached them, researched them and visited thousands of them. All in the pursuit of what works and what does not work.
His speaking work has taken him around the world where he has spoken to in excess of 170,000 accountants. Currently his products and strategies are used by accountants in over 30 countries. His landmark ideas and strategies are adopted by thousands of large and small firms all over the world.
In 2005 he created the revolutionary coaching model called Coachingclub. The Coachingclub model enabled firms to be accountable, to consistently learn and to share ideas amongst their peers. So far over 800 accounting firms have graduated from his Coachingclub program. The vast majority of firms have doubled or tripled profits because of the program.
He has personally coached 434 firms and helped them add more than $850M of new profit to them.
He is the author of 3 bestselling books “Accounting Practices Don’t Add Up, Remaining Relevant and his most recent book The Perfect Firm“. All have received rave reviews from Accountants and industry professionals from around the world.
Rob is a keen golfer, adventurer and cyclist. He is ticket holder no. 293 to go into space on Virgin Galactic and he lives in sunny Brisbane, Australia with his lovely wife Natalie and 3 children.
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The Podcast's 7th Season
Welcome to In the Game, a podcast where we aim to touch, move and inspire you to what's possible in life. My name is Sarah Maxwell and I am a self-proclaimed relationship engineer. Ever since I was a little girl, I was curious about how people work and how they interact with one another. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball. With a degree in biopsychology representing my country of Canada in beach volleyball, retiring from sport into mindset and purpose coaching, I now spend my days running Chatta-box Media, where we aim to story-tell for brands through the medium of podcasting, all while raising an eight-year-old daughter with my partner of 24 years. We are now in season seven of this podcast, featuring a special series on women called who Knew that Was Work aimed at young women who want to broaden their horizon when it comes to career choosing.
Go deeper into the pod and discover incredible stories of changemakers who manifest their dream lives. Gain tangible tools to apply to your own life by scrolling back to that initial season where we were more workbook focused. Have a laugh when we initially were coined the Nat and Sarah show, when my five-time Olympian partner, natalie Cook, and I bantered and had loads of fun interviewing and discovering our common passion individuals who rise to the occasion in life. Okay, now it's time to dive on in to this episode.
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