Carla Zampatti – Tribute The vivid conversation I had with Carla about colour as part of the judging process for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year will always stay with me. It was 2011, I was 10 years into my RedBalloon entrepreneurial journey and whilst the other...
The ‘Future of Work’ is an opportunity for inclusion. Diversity and inclusion conversation on ABC The Drum When invited to participant in the conversation on the ABC The Drum, I’m always a little curious as to how the story will evolve. Panellists of...
Let’s make 2021 ‘label’ free Most of us don’t realise how often we do it, adding a ‘label’ to the description. I am a ‘Female’ entrepreneur; it is obvious – surely this is the year when I am just ‘entrepreneur’. No more labels. I recently watched Mrs America, I was...
I was so thrilled to hear the news that my leadership cohort from BRG successfully completed their mission to ascend Mount Kosciuszko as part of Team Oscar in the Krazy Kosci Klimb. In doing so, they assisted in raising much needed funds for Cerebral Palsy...
Social media advertising can be challenging There is a lot of talk in the press about Google and Facebook right now. And as business owners over the years how much we spend on these platforms to ‘find customers’ seems to go up and up. Gone are the days when we would...
Sometimes, you get the opportunity to get involved in something really special. When I started my journey as a Governor of Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) more than decade ago, I had no real understanding of the impact the work by the CPA research foundation would have...
Goal setting is about getting what you want… Sometimes (especially in times of significant change) goal setting seems rather pointless. We often say to ourselves ‘there is so much we cannot control – it is too hard to plan.’ But if you don’t plan – and set...
Collaboration is one of those words that we use a lot but I’m not really sure if in fact I do it that well. When we had group assignments way back in the day at school and Uni I was not really the person that would gather everyone together to work on things. I...
Finding our leadership framework. I firmly believe that everyone needs a plan, particularly business leaders. And right now, with an ever changing landscape courtesy of Covid-19, it’s very challenging for leaders to formulate any kind of plan with certainty. Changing...
The Experience of Work – BRG Six point framework. We know work has changed – but how will culture be affected. Many leaders are asking themselves – ‘Do we go back to the office’? As some know, I’m all about making, maintaining and...
