Épisodes

  • How To Be More Productive (Without Trying Too Hard)
    Feb 10 2025

    Do you find most ‘productivity’ hacks too hard/too time-consuming to learn and too hard to remember? BIZ is here to save you. By the end of this episode you’re going to know the one prioritisation method that changed how we work and how to do it, and the single smartest way to push back when your manager keeps piling things on your plate.

    Host Em Vernem gets Biz career coaches Michelle Battersby and Soph Hirst to share their best tip each - with Michelle changing the way your work day is structured and Soph sharing a killer script for saying no to your manager in a way that means they’re not gonna hate you.

    Learn more:
    - Learn about Tim Ferriss’s 4 hour work week
    - Find the awesome Productivity Planner
    - More on Subtracting from Professor Leidy Klotz
    - More from Wes Kao

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    HOSTS: Michelle Battersby, Soph Hirst and Em Vernem
    EXEC PRODUCER: Georgie Page
    AUDIO PRODUCER: Leah Porges

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

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    19 min
  • INBOX: How Long Do I Have To Consider A Job Offer?
    Feb 5 2025

    How do you convince your boss that you work just as well from home as from the office? And how long can you stall before accepting a job offer?

    Welcome to BIZ Inbox, your new workplace group chat where we answer the burning questions you definitely can't ask your boss.

    Writer and podcaster Em Vernem teams up with business powerhouse Michelle Battersby to tackle your trickiest workplace dilemmas.

    If you want your work life issue solved, send us a voice note or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au.

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    THE END BITS
    Support independent women's media

    Follow the Biz Instagram, Michelle’s startup Sunroom and Soph’s career coaching business Workbaby.

    HOSTS: Michelle Battersby and Em Vernem
    EXEC PRODUCER: Georgie Page
    AUDIO PRODUCER: Leah Porges

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    13 min
  • How To Ask For More Money (Without Dying From Awkwardness)
    Feb 3 2025

    Asking for a pay rise is about as comfortable as explaining to your boss why you've been late three times this week. But what if there was a way to do it that actually works?

    Host Em Vernem gets Biz career coaches Michelle Battersby and Soph Hirst to share their proven framework for getting what you want at work (spoiler: don't mention your expensive oat latte habit).
    Plus, they bust the myths about asking every year, using other job offers as leverage, and what to do if you get a 'no'.

    Consider this your cheat sheet to having the money conversation - minus the awkward sweating.

    What you’ll learn:
    - The framework that does the hard work for you
    - What to ask for if they can't give you more money
    - The exact words to say to your boss (and what never to say)

    Sign up to the BIZ newsletter here

    THE END BITS

    Support independent women's media.

    Follow the Biz Instagram, Michelle’s startup Sunroom and Soph’s career coaching business Workbaby.

    Got a work life dilemma? Send us all the questions you definitely can't ask your boss for our Biz Inbox episodes - send us a voice note or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au.

    HOSTS: Michelle Battersby, Soph Hirst and Em Vernem
    EXEC PRODUCER: Georgie Page
    AUDIO PRODUCER: Leah Porges

    Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.

    Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribe

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    23 min
  • Tomorrow... Your Work Life Sorted
    Feb 2 2025

    The first episode of BIZ drops tomorrow - here's what you're going to get and how BIZ is going to save your work life.

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    1 min
  • Introducing: BIZ
    Jan 23 2025

    Welcome to BIZ - the podcast that's rewriting the rules of work for a new generation.

    Join Em Vernem (ambitious but efficient), Michelle Battersby (launched Bumble APAC) and Soph Hirst (ex-Google) as they tackle everything from dealing with difficult bosses to knowing if your side hustle can become your career.

    No more generic advice, just real strategies from women who've been there, done that.

    BIZ. Coming to your favourite podcast app February 4.

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    1 min