Business Women Australia Podcast

The essential elements of an effective wellbeing program My guest today says, “What employer doesn’t want to see their employees be more productive, more present and ultimately more loyal?” Joining me today is Kathryn Dixon. Kathryn is a Relationship Manager within the IOOF Employee Solutions team at IOOF. She works with employers to provide employee benefits such as insurance, superannuation and...

How to pivot careers and chase your passions My guest today says, “If a ticketing platform can help close the education gap, what could the rest of the world do?” Joining me on today’s show is Jenny Chung. Jenny is the Head of Distribution at Humanitix, which is the world's first not-for-profit ticketing platform based in Australia. She grew up in South Korea and New Zealand, and practised as a so...

Healing Pain & Inflammation in the Body Welcome to [Business Women Australia Podcast] I’m your Host Annemarie Cross – The Podcasting Queen. Joining me on today’s show is Lianne Gianoli. Lianne is a business woman with a diverse background running entities including in clothing production, dairy & beef farming and owning/operating a Tavern. Lianne now owns and operate a medical business, Cellf Solu...

The challenges of pivoting to online learning Joining me on today’s show is Kathy McKenzie. Kathy has been a pioneer in the field of coaching in Australia. She is an innovator and entrepreneur who loves seeing others evolve. She has seen thousands of people change their lives through the coaching and training FIREUP conducts.  Kathy founded FIREUP Coaching which has evolved to becoming one of the...

Success is not a secret, it is following a system Joining me on today’s show is Fiona Yue. Fiona is the Director of PGY Consultants, an accredited consultant with The Proctor Gallagher Institute that was established by the legendary Bob Proctor and Sandy Gallagher. Fiona originated from Northern China and came to Australia via Edith Cowan University over two decades ago.  She holds an MBA, is the...

What to do to get the grant! My guest today says, “Rural Australia has the answers to the world’s problems” Joining me on today’s show is Julia Spicer. Julia runs her business, Engage & Create Consulting from Goondiwindi in South West Queensland. Engage & Creates’ focus is to support the viability and vibrancy of businesses and community organisations across regional Australia. They work with regi...

Hindsight: Challenges are inevitable. Defeat is optional. Join Business Women Australia's Leadership Team LIVE as they discuss the lessons and learnings they'll be leveraging as they prepare for 2021. BWA Leadership: Jessica Schubert | Donna Vincent (Top) Lyn Hawkins | Cathy Smith (Middle) Annemarie Cross (Bottom)   Connect with Business Women Australia: * Website:  www. BusinessWomenAustralia.com...

My guest today says, “We are not defined by our past and where we come from, what will define us is our ability to take responsibility for ourselves and our decisions.” Joining me on today’s show is Tracey Sofra. Tracey is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker and financial educator who spends her time sharing the knowledge, experience and passion she has helping professional women achieve financi...

My guest today says, “Reaching your goals is not an impossible dream.  It is simply a matter of following a process.” Joining me on today’s show is Georgia Bamber. Georgia is a success coach, speaker and author of “Achieve Anything You Want” .  Using practical tools and mindset strategies, she teaches people to create the success they are looking for, to making positive changes and to reach their...

How to address stress in the current economy Joining me on today’s show is Natasha Lie, Natasha is one of two Directors at LG Accounting Solutions –an accounting firm that specializes in working with small and medium businesses with systems and cash flow. Before she was running an accounting business, she was a farmer’s daughter growing up in New Norcia. Growing up as a farmer’s daughter you think...

How to temperature-check your multi-gen workplace culture My guest today says, “Leaders create Leaders – we need to understand and develop Generation Y and Z as they will make up 70% of the workforce by 2030.” Joining me on today’s show is Jessica Schubert. Originally from Germany, Jessica has lived and worked in the corporate services industry all around the Asia Pacific. 7 years ago, Jessica sta...

 Become the voice in your industry through book publishing My guest today says: Establishing yourself as a voice in your industry through book publishing is one of the powerful tools women can use to gain credibility, respect and a voice at the table. In fact, it may be one of the most powerful steps towards a better balance in Australia’s boardrooms and management in what are considered ‘male-dom...

How to Create a Business from Less than Ideal Circumstances Joining me on today’s show is Lisa Burling. Lisa is a journalist, PR professional, entrepreneur, businesswoman and author. In 2013, a chain of devastating events resulted in her being an unemployed, single mum of two boys under three. Whilst in the Centrelink queue wondering how this was her reality, she decided to set up a PR consultancy...

The How, When & Why’s of Planning My guest today has a question for you: “What are you doing today to proactively move towards achieving your dreams?” Joining me on today’s show is Suzzanne Laidlaw. Suzzanne has over 25 years in key business management roles and has started and built many businesses from the ground up. She inspires individuals and business owners to reach their potential and be th...

Speaking, Pitching & Presenting from a Position of Strength and Power My guest today believes that ‘A sense of discovery unfolds when you realise you don’t need to set the world on fire. Simply set yourself on fire and watch the world come to meet you.” Joining me on today’s show is Jacqueline Nagle. While she was once a CEO, a GM, and a Consultant, she continues to be a lover of conversation and...

R&D Incentives & Tax Laws for Women In Business Joining me on today’s show is Mariana von Lucken. Mariana is an experienced and highly respected taxation professional and a partner at HLB Mann Judd. She currently sits on the Education Committee of the Taxation Institute of Australia, and is a member of the Women in Tax Committee of the Taxation Institute of Australia. She produces practical outcom...

Recruitment Trends for Businesses in 2018 According to my guest today, in 2020 up to  60% of the workforce will be Millennials so older generations must learn different approaches to effectively recruit and retain Millennials. Joining me on today’s show is Heather Warner, Principal of WCA People & Cultural Solutions, who typically work with SME’s as their outsourced HR department. They work in eve...

Turning an Idea into a Sustainable Business Joining me on today’s show is Sue Pember. Sue Pember is a passionate entrepreneur who has a knack for finding opportunities everywhere she looks. She constantly challenges herself to make a difference in the lives of friends, clients and her community. This path has led her from working as a stage manager at the ABC, to founding two companies based on he...

Business Woman Standing Out & Making an Impact The tables are being turned in this episode, where Director of Business Women Australia – Lyn Hawkins interviews Annemarie Cross about how Business Women can Stand Out and Making an Impact in the Workplace. On today’s show, Annemarie shares: * Why we need to share our gifts, strengths and talents with the world; * Having the confidence to speak up and...

Use Speaking to Grow Your Business & Your Brand Imagine for a moment, you’ve been asked to give a presentation to a group of 150 of your peers and ideal clients. Do you (a) think, fantastic! Can’t wait to inspire and empower them. Or (b) want to curl up in a heap because you just don’t like speaking in public? Joining me on today’s show is Paula Smith. Paula is a bit obsessed about quality trainin...

3 Money-Management Must-Do’s to Double your Growing Business Eighty-seven percent of small business owners are financially illiterate. They have no real understanding of what products / services are making the most amount of money with the least amount of effort.  They don’t regularly check in how they are performing financially or how they are progressing to achieve their financial goals.  It’s n...

Branding Tips to Survive in Today’s Market Are you struggling to have your message heard amongst all the online noise? You know the importance of building a strong brand, but don’t know where to start? Joining me today is Emma Fraser. As a Brand Strategist, Marketing and Communications expert, based out of Perth and with 20 years of international experience across the Hospitality and Tourism indus...

Cross-Cultural Intelligence: How to Effectively Lead People Across Borders In a recent article “Being the Boss in Brussels, Boston, and Beijing” published on Harvard Business Review, author Erin Meyer begins by saying: “Cultural differences in leadership styles often create unexpected misunderstandings.” As leaders in business we know that any misunderstanding within our teams is going to impact m...

Dealing with Disruption: Will you be the Disruptor or the Disrupted? According to Australian Bureau of Statistics one of the biggest challenges for businesses is to stick with it long enough to make enough money. The failure rate is also attributed to a lack of financial understanding and lack of management ability. In fact Business Women Australia's Core Data Research confirmed that many femate b...

Take Control of Your Financial Future According to ASIC a comfortable income for a couple is $59,971 and a modest income is $34,855. Now, without taking into consideration the age pension, you would need $1.2M if you wanted to have a comfortable lifestyle when you retired (or not including the aged pension $720,000 for a modest lifestyle), which assmes a life span until the age 85. Joining me toda...