A one-year special from An Unorthodox CEO! Listen as Steve & Vic as they chat through their past year of podcasting—from the journey to personal insights, funny moments, and everything in between.

We will be back at the end of May, so keep an eye out for the start of season 4!

00:00 Intro

01:00 A big THANK YOU!

01:35 Some quick stats from our year

02:24 The podcast journey

10:10 Personal Insights

16:22 Fun & lighthearted

22:07 Outro

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In this episode, listen as Steve chats with his friend Colin about his journey to working for HP, how he has navigated success & stress. Plus, find out how delegation and letting go allowed himself a better work life balance!

00:00 Intro

03:34 How Colin & Steve met

07:00 Colins journey to HP & his first Jobs

12:04 The job & friend that led Colin to the sales world

17:45 How Colin views success

19:30 What HPs purpose & ethos is

21:20 Local leaders & their importance in big businesses

23:56 What Large Format Printing is & the benefits

27:40 Managing Stress, Pressure & Failure

35:50 The success Colin saw after proper delegation

37:00 The changes Colin made personally & professionally

45:00 Colins Pictures

46:39 How print has changed over the years & the impact of AI

52:05 Working on Gangshow together

56:47 How Colin de-stresses

1:02:10 Quickfire Questions

1:08:30 Outro

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On this weeks episode Steve chats with Andy Clarke one of our agents! Listen as they talk through his journey to becoming an agent, what life working in beds is like & how Andy has been on both the retail and agent side! Andy mentions the difficulties of being on the retail side but the enjoyment he got from it! Plus how his resilience led him to his first agent job!

00:00 Intro

01:08 There is always room to learn

07:50 Changing depending on the client

10:00 Job titles & peoples perspectives

12:50 How Andy got his first Job & some big learnings

20:00 Working at Army Navy

21:50 His Apprenticeship in the print world

24:05 How resilience got Andy a Job he wanted

30:00 What being an Agent used to be like & how the industry has changed

37:27 The shift from searching from beds to sleep

40:00 Why Sussex Beds dont service all price ranges

42:00 Long term advice is important

43:05 Why Andy opened his own shop

48:20 Biggest learning from being in retail

51:20 Innovation in the bed industry

57:42 The Green Era & working for a flooring company

58:50 Recycling in the bed industry

1:00:40 What does Andy think retailers need to do to stay relevant & how its changing

1:07:05 Most challenging part of Andys job

1:12:15 How Andy distresses

1:15:05 Quickfire Questions

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