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Smart Business Growth with Nicky Miklós
TheSmart 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 losing yourself in the process.
Welcome to Smart Business Growth. Wherever you listen to podcasts, Nicky's waiting to welcome you.
Episodes
133 episodes
What do you say to your team when you don't have the answers?
What do you say to your team when you don't have the answers?In this Quick Win, communication and soft skills specialist Leah Mether shares a practical four step framework for leading through uncertainty: what we know, what we're doing a...
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How to Overcome Sales Objections Without the Icky Feeling: 5 Tips That Work
"It's too expensive." "I don't have time." "It seems too complicated." If you've heard these before, this episode is for you.Nicky gets tactical with her top five tips for overcoming sales objections without that icky, push...
Is Your Team in Sales, or Just Taking Orders | Nicky Miklos & Janine Garner
Your sales team might not actually be selling. If they're waiting for orders to come through, they're order takers. And that's pushing revenue away.In this Quick Win, host Nicky Miklós and VIP guest, Janine Garner, best-selling au...
Whose Definition of Success Are You Chasing? The Outrageous Opposites Exercise
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 leaders and manag...
The Core Four: Who You Actually Need in Your Network | Janine Garner & Nicky Miklos
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 ...
The 10-Minute Daily Habit That Grows Your Business | Nicky Miklós with Janine Garner
What if 10 minutes a day could transform your pipeline? No cold calls, no networking events, no icky tactics. Just two people a day and a genuine reason to connect.In the final Quick Win Ep from this conversation, host Nick...
Th 6 Emotional States of a Sale
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 teaching for over 1...
Why Your Sales Training isn't Working
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.In t...
Lessons from the Front Line: Building a High Performance Sales Team
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 part of those yea...
3 Levers to STOP Reactive Growth in Your Business
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 handful...
Find Your Awe: Sustainable Motivation for High Performers
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 skyline turned into...
How to Have Tough Conversations
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 the night ...
Let's Talk KPI's (Yes, really!)
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 Benchmarks of Success, an...
Effective Questioning in Sales Conversations
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 potentially increase y...
Steer Through the Storm - Sales Leadership
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, and effective c...
Role of Sales in 2026
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 than ever before. Winning ...
Do-er's to Decision Makers
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...
The Importance of Managing Energy
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 still...
The Power of your Network In Sales
Keywords: Networking, business growth, relationship building, sales strategies, transformational leadership, core four, reciprocity, intentional networking, client nurturing, personal brandingSummary: In this conver...
Calling BS on Your Best Year Yet
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 New Year’s resolution wa...
Switching Off Without Crashing – A Smarter Approach to Holiday Rest
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 break or ...
LinkedIn for Sales
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 networking afterthought...
Sales in 2026: Trust, Tactics and Picking Up the Phone
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 need to sell smarter.
The 4-Part Healthy Hustle Framework
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...
7 Steps to End of Year Success!
As we charge into the final weeks of the year, the pressure mounts – targets, team, client events, and life logistics all collide in the seasonal chaos.In this episode, Nicky shares 7 powerful, practical strategies you can implement righ...