Elise Stevens

CHASING OPPORTUNITY Unlike her sister, who walked out of the womb and straight into law school, Sue Mills didn’t know what career she wanted. Instead, she tried everything. While studying a commerce degree to appease her parents, Sue moonlighted in mining, finance, retail and legal. In her attempt to figure out what she was good […]

TAKING RISKS Kanchana Bishop has always been curious about how things work. When she saw a pamphlet for a chemical engineering degree while still in high school she jumped at the idea and became one of just three women to graduate from a cohort of 40 students. When she took her first engineering job, the […]

EMBRACING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Choosing a path after high school was simple for Elissa Farrow; she just wanted to help people. After her dad died when she was just 14, Elissa became involved in a number of peer-led learning groups. These experiences became the launching pad for her eventual enrolment in a Bachelor of Social […]

BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS As a high school drop-out, Chris Lawler could never have envisaged that one day she’d be running her own consultancy business, with four degrees under her belt and her sights set on a PhD. Chris was plagued by bouts of illness as a teenager so she left school around year 10 and […]

To celebrate the launch of the Fix My Project Chaos eCourse: Four Steps for Engaging Difficult Stakeholders, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune into the podcast series, and get involved in the conversation. Putting egos aside and engaging stakeholders for a common purpose In this podcast, Elise […]

To celebrate the launch of the Fix My Project Chaos eCourse: Four Steps for Engaging Difficult Stakeholders, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune into the podcast series, and get involved in the conversation. Let’s talk about managing diverse stakeholder groups Catherine Robson is passionate about people and […]

IT’S TIME TO SQUASH THE SUCCESS MYTH Sue Parker knows no victory comes without at least a few tears and in this podcast she helps Elise Stevens break down some of the false hype around success. Sue landed her first advertising job with the Yellow Pages at the age of 20, laying the foundation for […]

To celebrate the launch of the Fix My Project Chaos eCourse: Four Steps for Engaging Difficult Stakeholders, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune into the podcast series, and get involved in the conversation. Let’s talk about the importance of stakeholder engagement in portfolio management Sabina Janstrom is […]

BUILDING LEADERSHIP MUSCLE Michelle Redfern and Sheryl Sandberg share at least one thing in common. Their career has been less of a straight and narrow path and more of a jungle gym! In this podcast we discuss Michelle’s inspiring career journey and the importance of building leadership muscle. After leaving school at the tender age […]

To celebrate the launch of our new eCourse, we’re releasing a brilliant new podcast each week which focuses on stakeholder management. Tune in each week for the next FREE instalment (view all previous Podcasts in the series here). If you are already subscribed to our mailing list, we’ll email you a simple recap of posts each […]