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" I want people to walk away from any engagement they have with me saying that I'm not a bad bloke, that I was keen to listen, and that I wanted to help."

This is a special episode only available to our podcast subscribers, which we call The Mini Chief. These are short, sharp highlights from our fabulous guests, where you get a 5 to 10 minute snapshot from their full episode.

This Mini Chief episode features Paul Nicolaou, the Executive Director of Business Sydney.

His full episode is titled The 3Ps of building an insanely valuable network, daring to be different, and making people happy.

You can find the full audio and show notes here:

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Paul is a highly experienced executive leader and board member, having been Executive Director for Business Sydney since September 2021.

Prior to this, he was Director for the Business Leaders Council, Membership and Events for the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) for seven years.

He is a Board Member of the Estia Foundation, and Ambassador for both Vinnies CEO Sleepout and Start Up Australia.

Paul has held several senior roles in his distinguished career, such as at UNSW and UNSW Foundation, the CEO of the Australian Hotels Association of NSW, the NSW President of the Marketing Institute of Australia, and he served as Executive Chairman of the fundraising and business engagement arm of the Liberal Party in NSW.

In the full Networking Masterclass, we talk about:

✅ How he has built incredibly reliable and insanely valuable networks using the "3 Ps" model.

✅ Leading with energy and daring to be different.

✅ Why his daily KPI is making people happy, and

✅ Cutting through red tape to run a business without being superhuman.

Stay epic,

Greg

You can connect with Paul via LinkedIn.

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