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Find Grow Keep
Bite-sized people & business advice for forward-thinking Founders, CEOs, and Senior Business Leaders in Australia & beyond.
As a leader, you’re responsible for growth, navigating market changes, all while trying to find time for to recruit, develop, retain and motivate your team. It’s a lot. Managing the 'people stuff' effectively is not just an HR function – It’s a core aspect of running a successful business.
If you're looking to unlock growth and drive performance, these short and practical podcast episodes will give you the tools and insights to get your business to the next stage by leveraging great people and culture.
Brought to you by Karen Kirton, Founder of Amplify HR, Karen has over 20 years' experience in People Management, degrees in Business and Psychology, and is the Amazon best-selling author of “Great People, Great Business: Your HR handbook for creating a business that’s ready to scale and grow”.
Karen is passionate about creating workplaces that engage and inspire—especially for small to medium sized This podcast is designed to give you practical, down-to-earth solutions and real life case studies that will genuinely make a difference.
Learn more at: https://www.amplifyhr.com.au
Get our free eBook packed with practical strategies to attract, engage, and retain top talent. Perfect for business owners and leaders focused on building a thriving team. Download it at amplifyhr.com.au/downloadable/find-grow-keep
Episodes
176 episodes
2.176 Why Your Company Values Aren't Driving Behaviour – with Hope Collins
What happens when your company values sound good on paper, but don’t actually influence how people behave? In this episode, Karen is joined by Hope Collins to explore why values like integrity, respect and excellence can be so open ...
2.175 The First 90 Days: How to Manage Probation the Right Way
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to find the right person, but what happens once they accept the job? Those first 90 days can tell you a lot about whether someone is going to become a confident, engaged member of your team....
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2.174 Building a Mentally Healthy Workplace: Beyond R U OK? Day
Every September, R U OK? Day reminds us to ask an important question. But what happens after someone answers, "Actually, I'm not OK?" In this episode of Karen Kirton explores what really creates a mentally healthy workplace and why ...
2.173 Manual Processes Don’t Just Waste Time. They Hold Back Your People and Your Business.
Most conversations about AI and automation focus on efficiency, saving time or reducing costs. But what if the biggest opportunity isn't about technology at all? In this episode Karen sits down with Peter Morrissey to explore the hi...
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2.172 Why Great Branding Starts Inside Your Business- with Chris Hekeik
When people talk about branding, it's easy to think about logos, colours and marketing campaigns. But what if the real strength of your brand comes from something much closer to home? In this episode, Karen speaks with branding stra...
2.171 Business Growth: Why Finding More Customers Isn't Always the Answer– with Nathan Baws
In this episode of Find Grow Keep, Karen Kirton is joined by business growth strategist Nathan Baws for a conversation that starts with joint ventures and quickly expands into customer service, workplace culture, leadership and what really driv...
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2.170 How to Optimise Your Business Processes Before They Break You
As businesses grow, the people side of the business often becomes more complex. Recruitment takes longer, onboarding becomes inconsistent, managers handle situations differently and founders find themselves answering the same questions over and...
2.169 Why Cyber Security Is a People Issue (Not Just an IT Issue)
Many leaders think cyber security is something their IT provider looks after. But what if your biggest cyber risk isn't your technology at all? In this episode, Karen Kirton is joined by cyber security specialist Fraser Jack to expl...
2.168 Why Scaling a Business Is Harder Than Starting One
Most business owners expect growth to make things easier. More revenue. More people. More opportunities. So why does it often feel like the opposite happens? In this episode Karen explores why scaling a busin...
2.167 Toxic Workplace Culture vs High Performance Culture: What’s the Real Difference?
Most business owners would say culture is important. But when something feels off in the business, it can be difficult to know whether you're dealing with a culture issue, a leadership issue, or simply a performance problem.
2.166 What Strong Business Performance Really Looks Like Behind the Numbers
Business performance is not just about revenue, profit or growth targets. The businesses that perform well over time usually have stronger leadership, clearer accountability, better systems and healthier cultures underneath the numbers.
2.165 What to Fix First When Team Performance Is Holding Growth Back
When team performance drops, it can be tempting to look straight at the individual and assume they are the problem. But in a growing business, performance issues are often a sign that something else is getting in the way, such as unclear priori...
2.164 What your team’s performance is really telling you
When team performance drops, it is easy to assume the issue sits with one person. Maybe someone is not motivated enough, not engaged enough, or not taking enough responsibility. And sometimes that might be part of the story. But in ...
2.163 15 Years in Business: Culture, Communication and Trust with Carolina Montanez
Karen speaks with Carolina Montanez from Plane 2 Sea about 15 years in business, building a strong team culture and learning how to lead people through growth, pressure and change. Carolina’s business story started when she and thre...
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2.162 Employee Engagement Strategies: Boost Performance and Retention
In this episode, Karen is talking about employee engagement strategies that genuinely make a difference in small and growing businesses. Employee engagement can sound like one of those corporate phrases that gets thrown around a lot...
2.161 Why Good Onboarding Can Solve More Problems Than People Expect
In this episode, we explore why onboarding is one of the most underestimated parts of running a business. Many employers still treat it as a first day activity focused on paperwork, logins, and introductions, but good onboarding does much more ...
2.160 Inclusive Leadership and Belonging with Deepa Mani
In this episode, Karen is joined by Deepa Mani (for a thoughtful conversation about inclusive leadership, belonging, heritage, and what it means to build a business outside the dominant framework. Deepa shares the story behind her t...
2.159 What Does a Human Resources Company Really Do? A Guide for Growing Businesses
In this episode, Karen unpacks a question that a lot of growing business owners quietly ask as their team expands and things become more complex: what does an HR company actually do? HR can feel quite manageable in the early stages ...
2.158 Psychological Safety vs Psychosocial Safety at Work with Peter Brace
Karen is joined by Peter Brace for a thoughtful and practical conversation about the difference between psychological safety and psychosocial safety, and why both matter in creating healthier, more effective workplaces. These are te...
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2.157 The 3-Step Method to Resolve Employee Conflict Without Drama
Workplace conflict can feel uncomfortable to address, especially when you are already stretched and trying to keep the team moving forward. But avoiding it rarely makes it better. In this episode, Karen Kirton shares a practical 3 ...
2.156 How Purpose and Values Help Small Businesses Grow with Jason Le
In this episode of the Find Grow Keep podcast, Karen sits down with Jason Le from JRNY Digital to talk about why purpose, values, vision and mission are not just nice words for your website. They help shape how small businesses grow, how they m...
2.155 7 Management Tasks You Can Automate Today (Without Losing Control)
In this episode, Karen discusses how founders and business leaders can use automation to save time, reduce admin, and create more consistency across their people processes without removing the human side of leadership. Because for m...
2.154 What Small Business Leaders Get Wrong About Performance Management
In this episode, Karen explores why so many small business leaders only think about performance management once something has already gone wrong. Instead of seeing it as just paperwork, warnings and formal conversations, she looks ...
2.153 How to Build a Business That Does Not Depend on You with Don Hett
In this episode, Karen is joined by Don Hett, founder of CleanKings, EarthyTabs and Crittiks. Thirteen years ago, Don started CleanKings. Over time, the business grew successfully, but like many Founders, he found himself deeply emb...
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2.152 HR Support Services: How the Right HR Partner Strengthens Your Business
In this episode, we explore what HR support services actually include, why they matter so much for growing businesses, and how the right support can help leaders feel more confident, reduce risk, and create a stronger workplace. If ...