Leaders Lane™

“Let go and ride with it. I look at the little steps that it takes to get there and not the big picture.”
- Dionne Taylor, The Moment HQ podcast Dionne Taylor, is the owner and founder of Polkadot PR. As an ex-journalist Dionne set up Polkadot almost ten and half years ago with a pocket full of change and a lot of ambition. Today, Polkadot PR is a public relations agency with an expert team of emp...

“I suggest to people, learn something new you’ve never done before for 30 minutes, to stretch those boundaries to train your mind to be better.” - Raz Chan, The Moment HQ podcast Raz Chan is an award winning author, coach, martial arts champion and expert on maximising human potential. Raz is on a mission to help foster human excellence in youth around the world so that they can realise their drea...

David Kwong is an illusionist and puzzle expert and also the founder of the Misdirectors Guild, an elite group of magicians that specialise in magic for film and television. He’s spoken at TED and As the head magic consultant, David created illusions for the bank-heist film Now You See Me, teaching magic to Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Mark Ruffalo and Woody Harrelson. He has al...

"I want to win at my life; at my life. I’m not playing a game against anyone else. This is mine. I’m not comparing myself against anyone else. I just want to win my game of life." - Sarah Roocroft, The Moment HQ We’re chatting with the woman who is the driving force behind Wired for Wonder, Sarah Roocroft. Sarah is co-founder of Wired for Wonder- a proud innovation by Commbank. This is an eye open...

“You can’t only be engrossed in your work or business or else you become a really flat person without any creative ideas.” - Monica Rosenfeld Monica Rosenfeld started her career in journalism, working as a producer at Channel 9’s A Current Affair (ACA). Monica learnt how NOT to do PR during her time at ACA, because she felt that the countless brands and PR people who approached her did not underst...

“I think we get into this vortex and think, oh my gosh I have so much on my plate and I’m so busy. I think that’s my role as a leader to send out a message that says, I’m here. I’m present. I’m not “busy”, I’m just hardworking.”
- Sonia McDonald, The Moment HQ podcast Sonia McDonald is the CEO of LeadershipHQ. She is a thought leader, dynamic speaker, entrepreneur and writer who has over 25 years’...

“Practice and persistence and continuing to learn and develop; grow, push and work on what your dream is - and not give up…I think that’s what defines the winners and the losers.” - Sarah Riegelhuth, The Moment HQ podcast Sarah Riegelhuth is the author of Get Rich Slow, and co-founder of award-winning Gen Y financial advisory firm, Wealth Enhancers and the highly successful League of Extraordinary...

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“Like you do when you get yourself into these situations, you drink a lot of wine, and you say, I’m just going to do the best I can do. I’m going to get out of my comfort zone. Who cares?! It’s 500 people in the audience, if I humiliate myself, if I trip…they’ll have a good laugh, and it will be water under the bridge; and my life will go on.” - Jenna McCarthy, The Moment HQ podcast Meet Author, s...

“I think that the willingness to open up and see how everybody functions can create a huge explosion of possibilities in many areas of business and the world in general.” - Diva Diaz, The Moment HQ podcast In a round of interviews for her first job in economic media she was given ten minutes to prepare a ten minute presentation. She was petrified. She didn't have any qualifications for the job and...

“If I was to die right now, would I be happy with what I am doing?” - Franziska Iseli, The Moment HQ podcast Franziska Iseli is the co founder of BasicBananas. Basic Bananas is a unique marketing training organisation that doesn’t play by the rules of convention. She’s a highly sought after entrepreneur for pushing the boundaries and doing things differently in the business world. “I know I’m not...

“I had been working towards a profession I thought was cool. I was in it for the wrong reasons. Why wasn’t I following something I was passionate about and actually making a difference - or contributing in some way. ” - Sarah Lajeunesse, The Moment HQ podcast Sarah Lajeunesse is a lifestyle and wellness coach, based in Canada. She’s committed to helping overwhelmed and overworked women create a li...

“I believe everyone has inside them the tools to turn their life around, if they choose to do it.” - Daniel Burgess, The Moment HQ podcast Daniel Burgess is the founder of The Phoenix Experience and a master practitioner of coaching. Daniel’s life changing moment happened when he was 20 years old. He was a passenger in a single vehicle accident where the driver fell asleep. He was trapped hanging...

“You need people and collaborators around you. You need to go with what you’re good at. Not just be a jack of all trades.” - Debbie Pask, The Moment HQ podcast Debbie Pask, founder of Rezinate is a business coach specialising in mindfulness, purpose and value. She’s also the Author of Zenful Business: 11 Models of Flow and Peak Performance at Work. In her early 20s she worked for the highly acclai...

“I think when you have an idea that you believe in so much, that you are so personally passionate about, you will actually find a way.” - Julie Stevanja, The Moment HQ podcast Julie Stevanja who cofounded and launched Stylerunner as the first women’s pureplay activewear aggregator globally. With a cult social media following of over half a million fans, Stylerunner offers a top tier offering from...

“It takes that ‘Oh whoa’ to make you look at your life to see if you’re living it like you want to be living it.” - Nick Lavidge, The Moment HQ podcast Nick Lavidge is the founder of Alley. Alley is one of Australia’s fastest growing startups, which combines big data with predictive intelligence to find, acquire and retain the best customers for online retailer brands throughout the world. Nick ha...

“Being in a wheelchair, it was really tough. I had no idea what my future was going to be like. Until you experience something where you break your legs, once you’re in that position, you can’t see any sort of light at the end of the tunnel. You don’t know what to expect.” - Tyler Farnham, The Moment HQ podcast Tyler Farnham has spent the last decade doing what he loves, ocean lifeguarding and tea...

“I’m not interested in being right, I’m interested in being accurate. It’s not about me and my ego.”- Nora Gedgaudas, The Moment HQ podcast Nora Gedgaudas, who is a widely recognized expert on the “Paleo diet”. She is the author of the international best-selling book, Primal Body, Primal Mind: Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and A Longer Life. She is also the author of the best selling eboo...

“Don’t have any excuses. Stop talking and just go out there and do it.” - Vuong Nguyen, The Moment HQ podcast Vuong Nguyen is one of the three co-founders of Inside Out. The other two in the Inside Out crew are Anthony Tuong and Ed Arthy. Inside Out is Australia's largest producer of fresh non-dairy milk. Fed up with existing lazy offerings – highly processed, with poor nutrition and laden with ad...

“I think we have a world that views success through a materialistic lens, rather than doing something great and something that you love - and by great I mean something that’s of importance to you.” - Jack Delosa, The Moment HQ podcast Jack Delosa is the founder of Australia’s largest education institution for entrepreneurs, which has a community of 300,000 members. Jack’s vision is to improve trad...

The first ever bloopers from our podcasts...Jack and Monica have a good laugh... "We're all human!"

“Think outside the box. Life’s short, it doesn’t have to be the norm.” - Georgia Van Tiel, The Moment HQ podcast Georgia van Tiel is one of the co founders of Bodypass, with Carla McMillan being the second. These girls bonded over a love of fitness, healthy food and crazy pants. Both are fitness experts with Georgia being an exercise scientist while Carla is a yoga teacher and healthy chef. So wha...

“There’s a point in time when things are going to go right but before then, you don’t have ground beneath your feet and you’re in a space where you’re just hanging. It’s scary but exciting as well.” - George Hedon, The Moment HQ podcast George Hedon who is the founder and creative director of Australia's premier creative tech festival Pause Fest. Pause Fest aspires to bring together a new generati...

“You have the shittest days, where you just want to climb under your desk and hug that bottle of wine! Then you have amazing days, where six months of blood, sweat and tears pay off.” - Gen George, The Moment HQ podcast The Moment HQ talks to Gen George about her Life Changing Moment: Being Open and fearless in pursuit of her dreams. Gen has a humility that is rare to come across. She mixes this w...

“If we can imagine something, we can make something happen.” - Tania de Jong, The Moment HQ podcast Tania de Jong AM is an inspirational speaker, singer, business woman and social entrepreneur who has founded a number of successful businesses (Creative Universe, a leading innovation conference Creative Innovation Global, Inspiring Minds leadership programs, MTA Entertainment & Events and acclaimed...