Present & Promoted

Bandz

For the high-achieving father who is winning at work but losing the moments that matter. Host Bandz sits down with executives, entrepreneurs, founders, and senior leaders for honest conversations about what it actually takes to lead powerfully at work without losing yourself at home. The mental load. The ambition. The guilt. And the path through. Not work-life balance. Integration. Identity. Presence. New episodes every Tuesday.

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  1. 3d ago

    Ep 2: Jacques Van Niekerk — What If There's No Later?

    A cross border tax and fiduciary advisor who has spent fifteen years watching what happens when fathers run out of time. Jacques Van Niekerk joins Present and Promoted to talk legacy, presence, and the cost of postponing the things that matter. He has sat across from a client whose only answer to "what's out of reach" was time. He does not deal in theory. He deals in what actually happens when a father tells himself he will get to it later. Jacques is also a father of two young children who comes home from those conversations and gets on the floor with his kids. We talk about consistency over quantity, the difference between structures and values, why bringing your family into the room matters more than any trust document, and a promise he made to his newborn daughter in a Sunninghill hospital bed that changed how he defines legacy. If you keep telling yourself you will get to the important things when things slow down, this one is for you. Because you don't have to choose between the boardroom and bedtime.

  2. Sep 15

    Ep 1: Work Is Dada's Home

    My three year old said four words to me that I have not stopped thinking about since. No anger behind them, just what he saw. This first episode is me sitting with that moment, and why it became the reason this whole show exists. I get into my own father, a paint factory HR director who never brought work home the way I do, and why presence looked so different a generation ago. I talk about the tips and strategies show I almost built, and why I killed it before it started. And I get into the conversation men my age never actually have, not at birthday parties, not at school drop off, the one our wives and partners have always had a tribe for. This is Present & Promoted. Because you don't have to choose between the boardroom and bedtime. New episodes every Tuesday.

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    Trailer — Present & Promoted

    10 months ago, my youngest son looked at me and said four words I haven't stopped thinking about since. "Work is Dada's home." He wasn't angry. He was four years old. He was just telling me what he saw. That sentence is why this show exists. Present & Promoted is a podcast for high-achieving fathers who are done choosing between the boardroom and bedtime. Every week I sit down with executives, founders and senior leaders for honest, unfiltered conversations about what it actually takes to lead powerfully at work without losing yourself at home. We cover the mental load nobody talks about at the office. The difference between being in the room and actually being present. Permission to want more professionally without guilt. And the bigger question underneath all of it — what kind of man do you actually want to be remembered as. My name is Bandz. I'm a founder, a banker, and a father of two based in Johannesburg, South Africa. New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe now so you don't miss the first guest dropping 22 September 2026. If this landed for you — share it with a dad who needs to hear he's not alone.

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For the high-achieving father who is winning at work but losing the moments that matter. Host Bandz sits down with executives, entrepreneurs, founders, and senior leaders for honest conversations about what it actually takes to lead powerfully at work without losing yourself at home. The mental load. The ambition. The guilt. And the path through. Not work-life balance. Integration. Identity. Presence. New episodes every Tuesday.

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  • Creator
    Bandz
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Bandz
  • Show Website
    Present & Promoted