Down To Business

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Lorna Conn, CEO of Cpl.

In the post-Covid era leaders, organisations worldwide are increasingly recognizing the value that coaching can add to improve company productivity and performance. But in the competitive field where each coach expert presents their unique approach, is there a place for some “magic"? Rosie Nice, coach, founder of ESB Training and author of the book 'The Magic Happens in the Silence: A guide to the art of reflective coaching' joins Bobby to discuss.

Ireland is home to hundreds of golf courses, including a third of the world's natural links courses. We boast some incredible offerings in some of the most breathtaking locations, so it's no wonder that player numbers have swelled to over 500,000 in the last two years. But do those numbers tell the full story? Joining Bobby to talk through the world of golf and some of the businesses around the sport is: - Anne McCormack, Chief Operations Officer at Golf Ireland - Off the Ball’s Nathan Murphy who is also the presenter of the Golf Weekly Podcast - Peter Lawrie of Spawell Golf Academy - Marty Carr of Carr Golf Travel

Resident tech guru Andy O’Donoghue stops by to recommend some of his top-pick tech gifts for your Christmas stockings.

Submitting maintenance issues with the Snapfix mobile app is as easy as taking a photo or video. Bobby is joined by its CEO and Founder, Paul McCarthy, as well as Sinead Boyle, Rooms Manager at Haddington House, to find out how this new app could be the future for managing a building.

Newstalk’s Kieran Cuddihy, is currently somewhere near the North Pole where he's sussing out how Santa's preparations are going. He took a call from Bobby to chat about how things are looking ahead of the big event on December 25th

Joining Bobby in the Executive Chair is Pat Phelan, Chairman of weight loss from 'Limbo'

All good managers and leaders are concerned about productivity on their teams but what happens when managers begin to worry that their staff aren’t doing enough? In his updated edition of 'The Creative Thinking Handbook: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Problem Solving in Business', Chris Griffiths offers advice on “productivity paranoia”- a new phenomenon in our post-pandemic world, and how that may be affecting your next big breakthrough. Chris joins Bobby to discuss. Chris Griffiths is the founder of www.Ayoa.com, the leading mind-mapping app transforming the way we work and learn.

Christmas preparations are likely well underway with hams and turkeys being ordered, bottles of wine being stocked, and prezzies being bought. It’s a time of bounty, and here in Ireland, we have an incredible array of products made by homegrown talent to choose from. To find out a little bit more about some of the kinds of food producers we have at our disposal here Bobby is joined by: ● Sarah Kiely of Sadie’s Kitchen ● Giselle Makinde of Cream of the Crop ● Aisling Cullen of Thanks Plants ● James Burke is Network Manager of the Dublin Food Chain

Ciaran Hancock is the business editor at the Irish Times and this week alone he was interviewing the Taoiseach-elect as well as reporting on everything from Easons to Hotels. He took a break from his hectic beat to bring Bobby some of the stories of the week.