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The Uncovering Greatness Podcast

The Uncovering Greatness Podcast

Uncovering Greatness 71 Episodes Oct 14, 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

Have We Confused Professionalism With Appearance?
Have We Confused Professionalism With Appearance? Oct 14, 2026 00:43:55 Would you reject a strong candidate because they brought iced coffee into a job interview?In this episode, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell debate what professionalism actually means—and whether businesses judge people on their competence, attitude, appearance or ability to fit the company’s culture.Nicole argues that candidates should avoid creating unnecessary negative perceptions when enterin
Are Young Entrepreneurs Being Sold Fake Success?
Are Young Entrepreneurs Being Sold Fake Success? Oct 8, 2026 00:38:33 Social media has made it possible to look successful before building anything real.In this episode, Suleman Steele and Barry Mitchell challenge the fake-success culture influencing young entrepreneurs. They discuss hustle culture, self-proclaimed experts, unrealistic expectations, finding credible mentors and the difference between knowing the language of business and applying it in the real world
Are You Angry—or Is Your Feed Making You Angry?
Are You Angry—or Is Your Feed Making You Angry? Sep 25, 2026 00:43:30 You wake up feeling perfectly fine. You scroll for twenty minutes, see corruption, crime, outrage and people fighting—and arrive at work angry.Did the world make you angry, or did your feed?Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell explore how social media affects our emotions, beliefs and behaviour. They discuss why people use scrolling to avoid uncomfortable realities, how online repetition can turn ge
Should You Tell Employees the Business Is Struggling?
Should You Tell Employees the Business Is Struggling? Sep 23, 2026 00:43:31 If a business is struggling and people’s jobs may eventually be affected, do employees have a right to know?Suleman Steele and Barry Mitchell examine how transparent business owners should be about turnover, profit, cash flow and difficult trading conditions.Barry shares why simply showing employees the numbers may create more confusion when they don’t understand the difference between money enter
When Does Determination Go Too Far?
When Does Determination Go Too Far? Sep 18, 2026 00:44:28 She suffered a serious digestive accident during a HYROX race—and continued until she crossed the finish line first.Was that determination, poor judgement or a failure by the people who should have stopped her?Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell use Joanna Wietrzyk’s controversial HYROX race in Beijing to explore what happens when people become so focused on winning that they stop seeing the conseq
How to Hold Employees Accountable Without Making It Personal
How to Hold Employees Accountable Without Making It Personal Sep 12, 2026 00:43:24 An employee repeatedly misses deadlines, but their manager avoids confronting the problem because they fear being called toxic, accused of micromanaging or reported to HR.The work is quietly handed to the reliable employee instead.Is that compassionate management—or has the manager become too scared to manage?In this episode, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell unpack employee accountability, poor
I Worked Inside 8 Southern African Businesses. They All Had the Same 3 Problems.
I Worked Inside 8 Southern African Businesses. They All Had the Same 3 Problems. Sep 11, 2026 00:48:10 Barry Mitchell has spent the past three weeks working inside eight businesses across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana.The industries, teams and circumstances were different—but the same three problems kept appearing: people, money and structure.Barry and Suleman discuss why businesses repeatedly move between normal operations and chaos, why accountability fails without clear processes, and how
Before You Change the System, Understand the One You Have
Before You Change the System, Understand the One You Have Sep 7, 2026 00:42:40 Management introduces another new system.Everybody is expected to understand it, support it and start using it immediately. A few weeks later, management has lost interest—but somehow the employees are blamed for resisting change.In this episode, Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell ask whether employees genuinely fear change or whether businesses have trained their people not to trust the next big
Are You Valuable—or Just Busy?
Are You Valuable—or Just Busy? Aug 28, 2026 00:41:19 A salesperson hits every target but never updates the CRM. A technical expert keeps vital information to themselves. A manager is constantly busy, but nothing improves. A business owner believes nobody else can do the work properly.Are these people valuable—or have they simply made the business dependent on them?Suleman Steele and Nicole Mitchell examine what employee performance really means. Res
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

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