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The Uncovering Greatness Podcast

The Uncovering Greatness Podcast

Uncovering Greatness 71 Episodes Aug 21, 2026

A weekly podcast hosted by the Uncovering Greatness team that is focused on helping people uncover the greatness that is inside them so that they can achieve what they want in their lives.

Episodes

What Is Really Keeping You Stuck?
What Is Really Keeping You Stuck? Aug 21, 2026 00:42:11 Mindset is often reduced to positive thinking, manifestation and believing that everything will somehow work out.But what if mindset is simply the way you think—and the behaviour that thinking continues to produce?In this episode, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell explore what keeps people stuck in their businesses, workplaces, relationships and personal lives.They discuss fixed and growth mindse
Why We Resist the Help We Need at Work
Why We Resist the Help We Need at Work Aug 14, 2026 00:47:41 Business owners and managers spend hours coaching employees, repeating instructions and trying to improve performance. But sometimes nothing changes until the pressure arrives: a missed target, a final warning or the possibility of losing a job.Why do people resist the help they need? Does pressure really improve performance, or does it only create a temporary burst of effort?In this episode, Sule
Government Doesn’t Create Jobs. Businesses Do.
Government Doesn’t Create Jobs. Businesses Do. Aug 12, 2026 00:43:56 South Africa’s official unemployment rate has reached 33.6%, leaving 8.5 million people actively searching for work.Politicians continually promise to create jobs—but can government sustainably employ its way out of unemployment? Or is its greater responsibility to create an environment where businesses can start, grow and employ more people?Suleman asks Barry Mitchell to imagine being called in t
Why Changing Your Mind Feels Like Failure in Business
Why Changing Your Mind Feels Like Failure in Business Aug 11, 2026 00:44:47 Business owners are taught never to quit. Back yourself. Keep pushing. Prove the doubters wrong.But what happens when changing direction feels like admitting you failed?Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell begin with the difference between quitting, failing and changing direction—but the conversation soon goes deeper.Why are business owners afraid to say, “I don’t know”? Why do we defend our ideas a
Customers Aren’t Buying, or Your Sales Team Isn’t Selling?- Barry Mitchell on Sales Teams
Customers Aren’t Buying, or Your Sales Team Isn’t Selling?- Barry Mitchell on Sales Teams Aug 5, 2026 00:54:41 When sales decline, the market becomes an easy target.Customers are spending less. Decisions are taking longer. Prospects are requesting quotations and then disappearing.But before accepting that customers are no longer buying, business owners need to ask whether their sales teams are still selling properly.In this episode, Barry Mitchell and Suleman Steele examine what happens inside a business w
Why Success Never Feels Like Enough
Why Success Never Feels Like Enough Jul 29, 2026 00:41:39 You wanted the customers, the team, the orders and the growing business. Now that you have them, why can you only see what is wrong?In this episode, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell explore why business owners can achieve what they once wanted and still feel like they are failing.Nicole explains why constantly searching for problems can cause us to overlook progress, effort and the people keepin
Too Many Salespeople Don’t Actually Want to Sell | Barry Mitchell
Too Many Salespeople Don’t Actually Want to Sell | Barry Mitchell Jul 24, 2026 00:42:45 “Sales is a one-night stand. Marketing is dating. Branding is marriage.”It’s a clever statement—but Barry Mitchell thinks it completely misunderstands what great salespeople actually do.In this episode, Barry and Suleman discuss the difference between completing a transaction and building a customer relationship, why salespeople cannot depend entirely on marketing for leads, and why following up i
Feedback vs Criticism: Can Your Team Hold You Accountable?
Feedback vs Criticism: Can Your Team Hold You Accountable? Jul 23, 2026 00:47:03 Everyone wants a team that accepts feedback—but can the leader accept it too?In this episode, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell explore the difference between feedback and criticism and ask an uncomfortable question: Can employees hold their managers and business owners accountable?Using a real example of a leader arriving late for an agreed meeting, they unpack how broken agreements affect the w
Business Is the Most Under-Practiced Place in the World
Business Is the Most Under-Practiced Place in the World Jul 21, 2026 00:48:01 Business may be one of the most under-practiced places in the world.In this episode, Barry and Sule explore what business can learn from sport, from the FIFA World Cup to the Springboks, Junior Boks and high-pressure competition.Why do athletes practise before the performance, while businesses often practise on real customers, real staff and real money?The conversation moves through leadership, cu
Why Your Team Doesn’t See The World Like You Do
Why Your Team Doesn’t See The World Like You Do Jul 10, 2026 00:46:39 Why is it so hard to work with people?In this episode of the Uncovering Greatness Podcast, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell explore the hidden reason people clash in business: everyone brings their own world to work.Their upbringing. Their culture. Their beliefs. Their home environment. Their habits. Their media. Their version of what is normal. We unpack why communication breaks down, why peopl
Toxic Workplace or Tough Workplace?
Toxic Workplace or Tough Workplace? Jul 2, 2026 00:38:26 Is your workplace toxic, or are you missing the bigger picture?The word “toxic” is being used everywhere right now.Toxic boss.Toxic culture.Toxic workplace.Toxic leadership.But not every difficult workplace is toxic.Pressure is not toxic.Deadlines are not toxic.Accountability is not toxic.Workplace standards are not automatically toxic.Sometimes people are genuinely being harmed.But sometimes peop
Business Owners Are Operating From Their Bank Account
Business Owners Are Operating From Their Bank Account May 8, 2026 00:44:01 Most business owners think they understand their business… until they actually look at the numbers.In this episode, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell unpack one of the biggest hidden problems in small business:Business owners operating emotionally instead of financially.From cash flow forecasting and hidden costs… to emotional spending, pressure, financial avoidance, and the dangerous habit of ru

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