The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress”. For almost a decade, I’ve navigated the challenging landscape that is entrepreneurship, striving not only to succeed myself but also to uplift and empower other women in business along the way, writes Brooke Vulinovich, founder of the Social Club. Investing in… Read more »
Ahead of Mother’s Day we caught up with some of the nation’s leading CEOs to hear the best advice they ever received from their mums. Nati Harpaz, CEO, Catch Group “My mother is a lawyer so I grew up in a house hearing about business and law. When it was time to choose my line… Read more »
Building an industry-leading business based on digital innovation and then sustainably scaling it up to 70 employees in just five years is something I’m immensely proud of. Impress!ve is now Australia’s fastest-growing digital agency with offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, and one in the USA, and we’re expecting turnover of around $16 million this… Read more »
A friend listened to her first podcast last month – an investigative journalism narrative – and binged the whole series over a long Friday evening. Now she’s avid for more. It was a reminder that, despite the vaunted podcast boom, 70% of Australians surveyed last year still hadn’t listened to one. So to get you… Read more »
Emotionally intelligent leaders are coming into their own during the pandemic, not only in the business world but also on the global stage, writes Kirk Peterson, Founder and Managing Director of Performance Shift. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern excels at Emotional Intelligence (EI) and her country has benefited from it during the pandemic. Her… Read more »
Melbourne, Australia has gone back into six weeks of enforced lockdown due to the increasing number of COVID cases. I am not here to explore why we are back in lockdown or who is to blame or not to blame or whether it is a political conspiracy or something weird to do with not immunising… Read more »
I remember first hearing the term ‘power hours’ about five years ago and it really resonated with me. The term power hours refers to the hours in between the time you wake up and midday. It was one of those things that kept popping up through books that I was reading and podcasts that I… Read more »
I enjoy following business women on Instagram who may or may not be well-known on a national platform, but who are doing their bit in the community.
Serial entrepreneur Simon Van der Molen says he always knew from a young age that he had a mission to achieve in life. “It just took many years for me to work out exactly what that would be,” he smiles. Today Van der Molen is the founder of Moving Mountains, a globally successful plant-based burger… Read more »
We need to get smarter about managing perceptions, because living in a regional area does not automatically strip someone of all education, innovation and ability, writes Bronwyn Reid, a small business owner, advocate and mentor from regional Queensland. Sometimes, when I venture out of regional Queensland and head South, I feel as though I have… Read more »
The birth of Hair Aid sounds like the start of a cheesy joke …’two nuns walk into a bar,” but it was the beginning of this not for profit’s ongoing mission to empower people living in critical poverty with income earning skills. Founder Selina Tomasich was on holidays in the Manila when she met two… Read more »
Do you know the primary reason consumers leave a brand? Indifference. What’s the best way to combat indifference? Gratitude. That’s why your business needs to rank highly on the gratitude scale. The more gratitude you show your loyal customers, the more likely they are to stay loyal. Why Gratitude Matters Gratitude matters because of simple… Read more »
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