Beyond the Boardroom: Leading with Purpose and Connection

"True hospitality is all about connection."

Shaun de Vries is the founder and Chief Hospitality Strategist, Shaun brings a wealth of experience from over 25 years in the industry and his background as a venue owner.

His deep understanding of the industry's challenges and his strategic approach to business improvement have been pivotal in our consultancy's success.

At the helm of Open Pantry Consulting, our mission is to empower Australia's hospitality leaders through strategic advisory and operational expertise. Their collaborative efforts have shaped the success of many hospitality venues, harnessing the collective knowledge of industry veterans to drive sustainable growth across bakeries, cafes, and restaurants.

"Hospitality creates amazing communities."

Connect with Shaun:
Website: Open Pantry Consulting
Instagram: @open_pantry_consulting

Connect with Jen:
Instagram: @j.d.consulting
Website: www.jdconsulting.com.au

LinkedIn: Jennifer Demiri

Welcome to a special episode of Beyond the Boardroom: Leading with Purpose & Connection! In this deeply personal conversation, I’m pulling back the curtain on my journey - how I transitioned from Create Again to JD Consulting, the struggles of feeling misaligned, and the breakthrough that brought me back to my true mission: creating a people-first approach to leadership and culture.

If you’ve ever questioned your direction in business, felt disconnected from your purpose, or needed the courage to pause and realign, this episode is for you.

In this episode, I share:

✔️ Why alignment between your business and your purpose is essential

✔️ The power of pausing and reassessing before moving forward

✔️ How I reconnected with what truly lights me up

✔️ The future of JD Consulting and Germaneer Your Business

This is a raw and honest conversation about navigating change, embracing evolution, and ultimately finding clarity in business.

🎧 Tune in now!

Let’s continue the conversation

Connect with Jen:

Instagram: ⁠@j.d.consulting⁠

Website: ⁠www.jdconsulting.com.au⁠

LinkedIn: Jennifer Demiri

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Ella Worsley is a compassionate and dedicated woman whose passion lies in empowering women to reclaim their lives and rediscover their true selves. With her wealth of experience and insatiable thirst for knowledge, Ella is an exceptional guide and mentor, sharing her wisdom and expertise with those she works with.

As a masterful facilitator of change and transformation, Ella seamlessly integrates a range of holistic healing modalities, such as Hypnotherapy, Time Line Therapy, Reiki, and Neuro-linguistic programming, along with coaching and counseling practices, to create lasting and profound transformation for her clients. 

Work with Ella: https://ellaelizabeth-workwithme.as.me/

Meditate with Ella: https://insig.ht/VbPgoPLFKAb

Reconnect Retreat: https://www.theenlightenco.com/reconnect

Wildly Worthy Podcast: https://wildlyworthy.buzzsprout.com/

Katie Hokin used to work in Marketing in the Hospitality Industry. Listen to her amazing journey of how she started her own business.

Integrated Business is for aspiring and experienced coaches to develop a strategic roadmap for sustainable growth. It assists them to overcome self-doubt so that they can confidently promote themselves, sell their offers and create a thriving coaching business that is inspiring, impactful and abundant.

Instagram

@kt.creative

In this episode I will be covering what to do to start, what systems are useful and what information is required. We will be very specific to ensure that you have all the necessary information to start your business with confidence. With the right foundations you can set yourself up for success.

IG @j.d.consulting

In this episode I am interviewing Sasha who is a bad ass no nonsense VA coach. She's based on the Gold Coast Australia and works with clients all over the world. Earlier on, she hit a roadblock in her professional life and struggled to move past it. 

It was only after she began to adopt the techniques her coach showed her, that she began to see the benefits. And now after enjoying 20 years of business management in the corporate world, followed by managing her own successful virtual assistant business. She wants to utilise her experience and expertise to provide a service to those starting out in the field or wanting to upscale and with that she shares her proven method and strategies to help VAs take their business to the next level. 

Her goal is to show her VA way, exclusive techniques with others to help them also create a flexible and fulfilling career. And she coaches her clients in a way that utilises both their heads and their hearts.

@sashaeburne__

Rhi is a Energetic Wealth and Business Coach, she is a dear friend and also one of my coaches. She talks about who she gifted herself an ABN for her 18th birthday, the variety of businesses she had in her time and we went on an in-depth conversation of the importance of having Terms & Conditions in your business. 

This is a must listen to when you want to know more about the combination of structure, T&C's and also energetics within your business. 

Find Rhi on @thefreedomlifestyle__

Travis Cochran aka The Technician. Former rubgy league player who turned down a broncos contract at 17 who then went on a huge identity/self discovery journey.

Culminating in facing many mental health issues, and facing his shadows. Eventually going all in ok development for 7 years and finding himself through holistic mindfulness practices such as breathwork/meditation and icebaths to allow him to have some big self realisations in who he is, which led to him starting the podcast and brand The Technician.

This interview is high on my favourite list and dives into so many different facets of life and business and how they integrate. We are talking about the early stages of Travis' time at the Broncos, his first venture in business, his podcast and current coaching venture. 

Thetechniciancoaching.com

What does the word mean and where does it come from? This episode will give you an inside on the birth of the name and how it influenced what I currently do.