What does it take to scale a trades business from scratch to a multi-division growth machine, while keeping culture front and centre?

In this episode of Kan Talk Kulture, Kylie Anne Neal sits down with Nathan Wrobel, Co-founder and Director of Shark Group, to unpack the journey from insurance broking to launching one of Queensland’s fastest-growing plumbing and trade businesses. Nathan shares how competitiveness, transparency and a commitment to continuous improvement shaped Shark’s award-winning team culture and why values like “get a little better each day” are more than just words on the wall.

In this episode:

• How sport, competitiveness, and growth mindset shaped Shark Group’s culture
• Why transparency and daily leaderboards build trust across remote and field teams
• What it really takes to grow from 2 founders to 200+ staff
• The business lessons learned from a half-million-dollar mistake
• How Shark is redefining customer service and team engagement in the trades industry

If you're scaling a service-based business or want to create a culture where people actually want to show up, this episode is full of raw insights and practical ideas.

🦈 Learn more about Shark Group at www.sharkgroup.au
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Leaving a role isn’t the end, it’s the final impression of your company’s culture.

In this episode, Kylie Anne Neal and Georgina Walker unpack the often-neglected but deeply important offboarding experience. From exit interviews to final handovers, discover how you can ensure employees leave feeling valued, heard, and respected, no matter the reason for their departure.

Whether you're a team leader, founder, or HR professional, this conversation will help you transform the way you say goodbye with empathy, consistency, and cultural alignment.

Key topics covered:

• Why offboarding is just as important as onboarding
• How small gestures, like farewell coffees or thank-you notes, leave a lasting impact
• What a good exit interview should uncover (and how to actually use the feedback)
• Navigating emotional dynamics and energy shifts in the final weeks
• How leaders can role-model integrity when someone leaves the team

🔗 Want help designing offboarding experiences that reflect your values?
Visit kankulture.com to learn how we support leaders in building safer, stronger, and more trusted workplaces.

What happens when a high-performing lawyer walks away from the traditional legal world, only to come back and reinvent it from the inside out?

In this deeply moving and inspiring episode of Kan Talk Kulture, Kylie Anne Neal sits down with Tammi McDermott, Co-Founder and Director of LAWNCH, a professional services firm shaking up how law is done in Australia. Tammi shares her journey from burnout and misalignment in the legal industry to building a values-led legal practice that centres on people, purpose and practical impact.

From confronting gender bias and elitism in law to championing mental health advocacy, Tammi holds nothing back. She speaks candidly about her personal experiences with postnatal depression, her work with the mental health charity LIVIN, and why she believes purpose-led workplaces are not just possible, they are urgently needed.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why the traditional law firm model is broken, and how LAWNCH is rewriting the rules
• How to build a legal career without losing your values, authenticity, or mental health
• What it takes to lead quietly and still shake up an entire profession
• How Tammi designed LAWNCH with pay transparency, advisory-first services, and team wellbeing at its core
• The link between toxic work cultures and Australia’s mental health crisis and what leaders can do about it

This is a must-listen for founders, professionals, early-career lawyers, and anyone ready to challenge what’s “normal” in their industry.

💼 Learn more about LAWNCH and their people-first legal services:
👉 https://www.lawnch.com.au

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👉 https://www.kankulture.com