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Hosted by Nicky Miklós · 🇺🇸 US · EN-AU · 128 episodes
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The Smart Business Growth podcast is your go-to for real talk and real strategy – grounded in over two decades of sales and leadership expertise. Hosted by sales growth expert and TEDx speaker Nicky Miklós, this show is for ambitious business owners and sales leaders who are scaling businesses – and refuse to choose between high performance and having a life. Expect pragmatic conversations, proven frameworks, and practical tools to shift your sales culture from reactive to revenue-driving. From systematising sales to developing your next generation of confident leaders, Nicky shares the thinking and strategies that help you build momentum that lasts. You’ll also hear powerful insights on redefining success, breaking up with burnout, and finding your own version of healthy hustle – that sweet spot of growth without the relentless grind. It’s time to lead smarter, sell stronger, and grow without losin
Nicky Miklós hosts Smart Business Growth with Nicky Miklós, a business show with 128 episodes published.
What's your definition of success? Not the one you inherited, borrowed, or absorbed from a 5am club post. Yours. In this episode of the Smart Business Growth Podcast, Nicky Miklós challenges business owners, sales leader
Big ideas. Small time investment. Welcome the latest "Quick Wins" episode! Bite-sized cuts from the Smart Business Growth Podcast — built for business owners and sales leaders who need insights fast. Networking isn't a n
Most sales don't fall over because of price — they fall over because one emotional state never got activated. In this solo episode, Nicky breaks down the Six Emotional States of a Sale: a framework she's been using and t
Why Your Sales Training Isn't Working (And How Coaching Fixes It) Here's a confronting truth — most sales training doesn't stick. Not because the training is bad, but because of what happens (or doesn't happen) after it.
What does it actually take to build a sales team that doesn't need you? Nick and Jeni Clift spent over 20 years building DWM Solutions — a managed IT services business they successfully exited in 2022. For the better par
Is your business growing — or just reacting? There's a big difference, and in this episode, Nicky Miklós breaks down exactly what smart, sustainable business growth looks like under the hood. If you're relying on a handf
What if the secret to sustained high performance had nothing to do with grinding harder? In this episode, Nicky is coming to you live from Melbourne — and what started as watching hot air balloons drift across the city s
What if the conversation you (or your leaders) have been dreading is actually the one your team member needs most? Tough conversations don't have to be confrontational, damaging, or something you lie awake thinking about
Are your team members crystal clear on what success looks like in their role or are they just showing up and hoping for the best? In this episode, Nicky Miklós cuts through the fear and confusion around KPIs and Benchmar
What’s the real backbone of an effective sales conversation? It’s not the pitch, not the presentation and it’s definitely not dropping the price early. In this episode, Nicky breaks down the one skill that can potentiall
In this episode, Nicky Miklós and Leah Mether explore the evolving landscape of leadership, particularly in the context of rapid change and uncertainty. They discuss the importance of human skills, emotional intelligence
Sales has changed, and if your conversations still focus on features, pricing, and pressure tactics, you may already be falling behind. Today’s buyers are more informed, more cautious, and more overwhelmed with choice th
Great leadership is not about making every decision. It is also about teaching others how to make good ones. In this episode, Nicky Miklós breaks down why decision-making sits at the heart of effective leadership and bus
In this episode of Smart Business Growth, we explore why managing your energy is far more powerful than obsessing over time management. Despite billions of time management tools, apps and hacks available, most people sti
Keywords: Networking, business growth, relationship building, sales strategies, transformational leadership, core four, reciprocity, intentional networking, client nurturing, personal branding Summary: In this conversati
It’s 2026, and Nicky is kicking things off with a truth bomb. That whole “best year yet” mantra? It’s tired. In this episode, she calls BS on the hype, the unrealistic expectations, and the pressure that rides in on the
In this final episode of the year, Nicky unpacks the challenge so many high-performing business owners and leaders face – how the heck do we actually switch off for a holiday? Whether you're gearing up for a well-earned
This week Nicky's joined by one of Australia's leading LinkedIn strategists, Karen Tisdell, as they delve into a question every sales leader and business owner feels: can LinkedIn really be a sales engine, not just a net
As we prepare to close out 2025, the sales landscape looks and feels different – longer conversion cycles, rising buyer hesitancy, and trust at an all-time low. But that doesn’t mean opportunity is gone – it means we nee
In this episode, Nicky unpacks the how to keep your hustle healthy ... not just in theory, but in practice. Using a powerful metaphor of the palm tree (strong roots, flexible in the wind), Nicky introduces her Healthy Hu
Mel Robbins
self-help guru and author of "The Let Them Theory" and "The 5 Second Rule"
1 appearance on this show
Leah Mether
Communication Specialist and author of ‘Soft is the New Hard and Steer Through the Storm’
1 appearance on this show
Janine Garner
1 appearance on this show
Karen Tisdell
LinkedIn expert, profile writer, trainer · Australia's LinkedIn strategy community
1 appearance on this show
Donna McGeorge
bestselling author and productivity provocateur
1 appearance on this show
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Smart Business Growth with Nicky Miklós is hosted by Nicky Miklós. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 128 episodes.
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