Lady Leadership - Careers and Business For Women

Wanting to move your Career forward?  Have you thought about having a Career Conversation? Have a listen to this weeks podcast where I share how to have Career conversations, how to turn up, what to discuss and when and then also what to do following that Career conversation.  Having Career conversations and getting feedback will help you grow your Career into the job of your dreams!  Enjoy! And I...

What would you do if you woke up one morning and your business had to pivot entirely! As the Customer Experience Officer for Fed Square this is exactly what Suzana and her team faced! Have a listen to the interview where Suzana shares exactly what Fed Square did, how they did it and how they managed and inspired the team through this crises. Plus what they are thinking for next year and how they a...

New mid-week podcast focused on Career tips and tricks to help you in your Career! Have you Mastered your current job? I often see people who are wanting to move forward in their career but haven't necessarily mastered what they do today! Or perhaps there not as consistent as they could be.  In this mid-week podcast I have some suggestions as to how you can check in with yourself and see how...

I am a big believer in making your own opportunities! That is, by setting yourself as someone who is available, organised, capable and has capacity that opportunity will land in your lap.  Then you need to grab it and say Yes!  In this podcast I talk about how I have shown up in my career that has allowed me to grow my career. And to take on extra!  About me:  My name is Samantha McIntyre and afte...

This week on the Lady Leadership podcast I catch up with Gabrielle Dolan who is a speaker, an author but more importantly an expert in Storytelling. Gabrielle had a very successful corporate career working in Leadership and Change Management when she accidentally became a storyteller. As someone who worked for a big bank she noticed that the really good presenters shared stories. As someone who ha...

In this weeks episode of the Lady Leadership podcast I talk about my values, my work ethic and a bit about how I grew up. I discuss how I got confident in my career by doing!  I share how I grew my career step by step, what I like to focus, what can I achieve at an organisation, plus also what will I be allowed to achieve at an organisation and how I do this. Plus, it is also key to me about who d...

Do you need some help with Marketing your small business? This week on the Lady Leadership podcast - I sat down with Laura Higgins founder and owner of My Marketing Playbook and LaLa Social club. Laura is an online marketing expert and grew her business by doing! Laura has developed an online course that brings together the key things that people need to know when they are marketing their business...

It is not something that we always think about - Human Skills?  Sometimes these are called people skills or soft skills. Renata is so passionate about helping young people with the skills that they need to be successful at work and in life that she has created a business called Maxme with a supporting app called Hodie aimed at University students.  In this chat with Renata we talk Renata's pa...

It is tough work finding a job particularly during a pandemic! It can be a lot of work and you want to make sure that you are putting the right effort into the right tasks plus turning up for interviews as the best possible version of yourself!  Lauren is a Communication and Leadership coach working with women in leadership and teams. Lauren has had a extensive corporate career plus having trained...

As my hubby (expert on everything) says if you don't know how to present your ideas then you are in big trouble!  This week I caught up with Michelle Bowden who has run the course 'Persuasive Presenting' 893 times! Yes you heard me correctly! Michelle more than knows what you need to do when you present!  Michelle believes that you can get anything you want if you are good at '...

How is your Career Planning going? Have you ever sat down and thought about your career, where you want to go and how you are going to get there? And also who is going to help you? In this episode of Lady Leadership I share my top ten tips to progress your career - plus I also share my bonus tip 11 - so you will definitely need to have a listen in! This are the ways that I have progressed my caree...

I originally met Nikki Ricks after I got in touch with her following after an email that popped into my inbox that she had recently graduated from GA as a Developer. Nikki's background and path to being a Developer fascinated me.  Nikki originally studied Town Planning but after working in the field and discovering that she was an intrapreneur she knew that she needed to get out of the office...

This week on the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with Fiona Robertson who is a Culture Change expert.  We chat culture - what it is and what it isn't and how culture is often mistaken as engagement!   Fiona talks about how culture is the system and the rules that determine what it takes to belong and to fit into a group. We discuss how often people will do almost anything to fit into a gr...

In this weeks episode of the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with my good friend and yogi - Ivy Evenden.  Ivy is a passionate entrepreneur that has turned what was a passion of having a yoga practice into a thriving business - Liquid Room - yoga and float studio. Ivy didn't start out wanting to own her own business but after mastering her own practice she wanted to learn more about the pr...

Ever wondered what it takes to get to the C suite? A few of my listeners asked recently about my journey and how did I go from the helpdesk to being a CIO.  Here I share some of my strategies for growing and developing your career. I discuss: 1. Saying yes - to opportunity, to new work and new skills.  2. Being outcome and delivery focused - how can I rather than how can't I.  3. What's...

In this episode of the Lady leadership podcast I talk about some of the ways that I build great teams that deliver and transform the work that organisations do!  I talk about how I manage work priorities for really large pieces of work and big organisations and how I make work visible with the team.  I talk about working on less and only starting what you can finish plus not starting before you st...

Now more than ever is the time for women to focus on their personal brand! What is the story that you are telling about yourself? How do you get out there just a little bit more!  This week on the the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with Lisa Teh - Founder/Director of CODI Digital Agency! CODI specialise in personal and brand amplification through organic social media management through conten...

Ever wondered what Agile is and how you would even start working in this way? Looking for some new ways to work and also motivate a team? Want to get some better delivered outcomes? Need better connection with your team? If the answer is 'yes please!', then have a listen to my chat with Emma.  On this week of the Lady Leadership podcast I catch up with Emma Sharrock - who is an expert in...

I often get asked how I made it from the Helpdesk to the C suite? How did I make it happen? I recently got asked by friend to discuss my career and how I work with her colleague.  My friend's colleague was trying to decide where to take her career next, what did she want to pursue and how? She was really interested in the way that I work and how I organise myself.  As such I decided that I wo...

I was very excited to catch up with Louiza Nutt this week on the Lady Leadership podcast.  Louiza is an IT expert and has been a senior manager in many large organisations leading technology teams for many years. Louiza is passionate about helping women navigate a career in tech and as such she is also on the Board of the VIC ICT for Women which is a non for profit championing women in IT. As well...

With multiple companies flicking the switch on their Digital strategies and shifting their businesses quickly I caught up with retail, digital and technology expert - Kelly Slessor.  Kellie founded Shopyou after many years working in retail, digital and tech to enhance the customer shopping experience. She has a firm belief that our style and preferences are unique to us - coupled with her love fo...

With more people working from home and more people connecting with each other through technology I thought it would be great to catch up with Cybersecurity expert - Claire Pales. Claire runs a Cybersecurity company called 27Lanterns - she specialises in helping companies understand their security requirements and hire the right people for the organisation at the right time. Her model is to step in...

How is your inner voice? Jane calls this the 'Itty Bitty Shitty' committee - that little voice inside your head that tells you that you can't do something. This is something that I personally have struggled with over the years - especially in relation to my career. Jane works on mindset, confidence and emotional resilience for equestrians. It takes a lot of confidence to get on and...

Is home schooling better? Better for who?  Better for our children, allowing them to know themselves better and make better choices, leading to more fulfilled lives.  As the nation heads into a potential term of school from home - I thought that home schooling and school from home would be a great topic to discuss.  As such, I am very excited to have my first guest on the Lady Leadership podcast -...

'Have you ever fallen off your horse', in your career? Haven't got a promotion you wanted? Lost your job or things are just not working out how you would like them to? In this weeks episode of Lady Leadership Sam talks about ' Getting back on the horse' - so to speak. Sam did fall from her horse last year and broke 4 ribs and punctured her lung! Not great! She shares how s...