I'm really chuffed to be bringing you this very special live recording of the Company podcast from regional co-working space, The Collective, Grenfell run by Belinda Mahwinney and Ant Dixon.

Jane Cay grew up in Cooma, she went away to boarding school in Mittagong, her first ‘big girl’ job was at IBM in Sydney, then she fell in love, with Oli, quit her job and moved her life to Cooma.

In a way it was the beginning of the rest of her life as the Big Bird of BirdsNest, and it was a path she never envisaged.

She moved her life to Cooma. Bought retail clothing shop, High Country Outfitters.

In 2008 she took the business Online, everyone said she was crazy. Online wasn’t a thing back then. The business grew and grew and grew, Jane and Oli had three children and life was busy. At some point Jane googled ‘How do I calm down?’ and alongside a survey of staff, Jane was set off on a new trajectory of self awareness, that ultimately has seen her family owned business and Jane’s leadership journey, go from strength to strength to strength.

In 2017 BirdsNest came 4th in the BRW Great Places to Work Awards and then nest year Jane was awarded number one in the Top 50 People in E-commerce in Internet Retailing. Today we’re going to delve into this journey, with a particular focus on Jane’s journey of leadership and self awareness.