Herpreneur Show

One of the most powerful gifts you can have as a businesswoman is being able to sense your internal compass. Knowing when it’s not pointing to your true north and being pulled to fix it so you are feeling in the right place again.

Valerie Khoo knows too well this feeling as she continually conquers new facets in her career. Valerie Khoo is an artist, designer and writer.

For the past 15 years, she has been CEO of the Australian Writers’ Centre, the country’s leading centre for writing courses. She continues in this role, leading a team of presenters who have taught more than 50,000 students across Australia.

More recently, Valerie pursued her passion for art and design. Her original art has been featured in group and solo exhibitions, shortlisted for art prizes and is now licensed by companies all over the world. It appears on wallpaper, textiles, décor, products and wall art. Valerie was also appointed the City of Sydney’s Curator of the Sydney Lunar Festival for 2019 and 2020, an arts and culture festival that attracts almost 1.5 million people and is the third largest annual event in Sydney, after NYE fireworks and Vivid.

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Meet the women we need to thank for pioneering the way of ammonia-free hair colour in Australia.

Jose Bryce Smith, Founder and CEO of O&M (Original & Mineral).

Not only does it take a lot of courage to compete against the big brands…and come to the market place with your own hair care product line, it takes even more strength to be the odd one out and have to reeducate a whole industry.

Today we hear the story about an Australian brand that is a powerhouse product stocked across the globe in 15 counties and several continents.

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About Jose Bryce Smith

Jose Bryce Smith is a head above the rest. Once a Vogue Beauty Editor’s ‘best-kept secret’, Bryce

She is not only transparent about her personal journey under the magnifying glass of entrepreneurial scrutiny, Bryce Smith continues to be a candid voice around wellness and ‘hair colour as a health choice’. Brought up to believe that health is number one, to stay away from chemicals, and that life as a gift is not for wasting; Bryce Smith blazed a trail in the green beauty space long before the term evolved in the minds of the beauty community. She was, and still is, driven by an authentic need to provide consumers with a superior yet natural solution to hair care, and always believed O&M as a leading clean luxury brand would, much like food, makeup and skincare, become a health choice.

She’s as tenacious as she is busy. When she’s not hopping between the company’s Sydney based headquarters and the O&M NYC Salon Academy, she is factoring in meetings with her team, vendors, investors, new business opportunities, and working diligently on her objective to sustain a full concept for salons around healthy hair. All that, while donning her mother-of-two hat.

Having built her brand from the salon up in Sydney, O&M sits at the luxury end of the clean beauty movement; and now straddles high-end retail (think Net-a-Porter and Sephora) and the professional credibility of hair salons globally. The business provides a front door to back door/haircare to salon service, that’s boutique enough, nimble enough and conscious enough to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage.

With their factories in NSW creating all their haircare, and their specialised O&M hair colour developed in Italy, this Australian business is rolling out further expansion plans to meet demand from overseas distributors; while observing their commitment to sustainability through immediate plans such as moving to full ocean recyclable packaging.

Bryce Smith has over her twenty-year tenure with O&M won some, and lost some; indeed, she

Today, as we collectively value and understand the importance of health, this Australian business stands at the leading end; led by a female entrepreneur who is providing important, observable examples of what can be accomplished when you truly believe in something that will have a positive contribution to our planet.

Many coaches start their coaching business working all hours of the day to ensure they serve their clients at the highest level.

Desperately hoping clients don’t cancel, so they over-deliver, working themselves into the ground.

Years on you know you’re great at what you do, and realise that the ‘dollars for hours coaching model’ isn’t sustainable and it’s time to scale….

“BUT HOW?” you ask.

In this episode, I’ll walk you through 4 ways to scale your coaching business, to help you avoid burn out and more importantly stay in love doing what you do, still using your genius zone and making a very profitable business along the way.

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She is featured alongside luminaries such as Oprah Winfrey, Melinda Gates, and Ginni Rometty in the 2019 publication, America’s Leading Ladies: Stories of courage, challenge and triumph.

Laleh Alemzadeh-Hancock CEO of Belapemo and Global Wellness for All. Laleh boasts 30 years experience in business and has inspired and empowered millions of individuals including Fortune 500 executives, government agencies, non-profit organizations, athletes and veterans.

Forced to flee Iran as a young girl, and eventually settling in the USA at the age of 11.

Laleh’s personal story is a testament to her intelligence, resilience and entrepreneurial aptitude.

Today’s interview we hear about Laleh’s childhood story and she shares incredible insights and inspirational messages for women in business.

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About Laleh Hancock

Laleh Hancock has a diverse background as the Founder and CEO of two companies and a global speaker – who was traveling in Portugal (and is still stuck there) due to COVID-19. 

With nearly 30 years’ experience in operational excellence, change management and business consulting, Laleh has inspired and empowered millions of individuals including Fortune 500 executives, government agencies, non-profit organizations, athletes and veterans.

A highly respected executive and leadership coach, Laleh has a particular interest in supporting and encouraging the leadership capabilities of women – in business, in the workplace, at home and in the wider community. She is featured alongside luminaries such as Oprah Winfrey, Melinda Gates, and Ginni Rometty in the 2019 publication, America’s Leading Ladies: Stories of courage, challenge and triumph.

Forced to flee Iran as a young girl, and eventually settling in the USA at the age of 11, Laleh’s personal story is testament to her intelligence, resilience and entrepreneurial aptitude. After striving for a career in healthcare for many years, a large earthquake in Los Angeles forced Laleh to completely rebuild her life and occupation. She soon found herself divorced and raising pre-school twins on her own. Bold and determined, Laleh leaped headfirst into a commission-only job in the male-dominated technology sector – a daring decision that sparked a highly-celebrated career in professional services, corporate leadership, recruitment and executive coaching. 

Today you’ll learn the 5min rule. The rule that you put in place when you don’t want to exercise or when you feel TOO busy but know you need to move your body.

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