Lady Leadership - Careers and Business For Women

This week I had the great pleasure to catch up with Wanda Toro Turini! You would describe Wanda as a seasoned entrepreneur! Wanda has a Doctorate in Pharmacy and was in critical care and emergency medicine who always had an interest in the business. She was always the person who had great ideas and wanted to make a change - as such she saw her career shifting to the marketing world. 

She had the opportunity to work in Marketing in the pharmaceutical space and learn so much from a group of senior people. As such Wanda found herself in corporate and being groomed for a senior role I but saw those around her and saw the time that they had to travel and be away from their families and decided that all though she wasn’t even married nor did she have children that she wanted something different. 

She literally dived off the cliff and created her own business because she couldn’t launch her business as it would have been a conflict of interest with where she worked currently. Through creating her own business Wanda has been able to work in all parts of the world and adjust her working to fit in with her lifestyle and children.

Have a listen - you are going to love listening to Wanda’s journey, the lessons that she has learned, and how her and her businesses continue to evolve. 

About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

This week on the Lady Leadership show I interviewed Gabrielle Dolan for the 2nd time. I loved catching up with Gabrielle again and this time we talked about Gabrielle’s 6th book - Magnetic stories. 

Gabrielle has definitely used her time in Covid well to come out with a new book! In this chat, we talk about what makes a ‘Magnetic story’ and how businesses can use these both with their customers and with their teams to share about their businesses and tell their story. We discussed how these stories are what get customers and teams to understand the ethos of a company and connect with a company on a deeper level, to understand where they have come from and what they have done. Gabrielle cautions that this, not a timeline - it is the why and what has formed a company.

When Gabrielle was writing the book she went on the hunt to discover the great stories behind many companies. She wanted to hear the great stories of how companies came into being. She discovered the incredible story behind Barbie and how Barbie came into being which blew her mind as she had not encouraged her daughters to have Barbies. She heard stories of restaurants and patrons that were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at a particular restaurant.

We also talked about what it takes to write a book, how Gabrielle writes her books, and how the book is broken down. If you are wanting to learn how to tell powerful stories that connect then definitely check out Gabrielle’s work at gabrielledolan.com.

About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

This week on the Lady Leadership show I caught up with Tracy Litt. 

Tracy helps the willing! That is, those that want to do the work! Work on themselves that is. 

Tracy Litt is a proven powerhouse of transformation. As a leadership expert, mindset coach, and spiritual advisor, she helps people across the globe to break the patterns that bind them so they can become the highest versions of themselves to create the businesses, relationships, and lives of their dreams. 

She does this through her powerful and practical process, The Choice Method, which elevates prosperity, fulfillment, and happiness to new and incredible heights. 

We talk about change and growth and understanding your purpose and your consciousness. We talk about working on ourselves. We talk about you being enough and being worthy. We talk about you being the cause and effect and slowing down enough to practice presence. You cannot change what you do not notice. 

Tracy is the celebrated author of Worthy Human, a book featured as a best-seller on Amazon and in major media outlets such as Thrive Global, Entrepreneur, Inc., and Fast Company. She has been praised for her outstanding TEDx talk and was recently awarded the Social Good Entrepreneur Women in Business Award in 2020. Her impact is undeniable, and her power is highly sought after for keynote presentations to leaders and entrepreneurs. 

I was mesmerised by this interview by Tracy Litt. Straight after getting off this interview I bought Tracy’s book! 

About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! 
I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.
Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

This week I am excited to celebrate 50 episodes of the podcast and as such, I thought that I would share a little more about my own background. 

I recorded an episode of the podcast - Should I start my own startup and this focuses on what I have learned and I hope that this can help you in your decision making. 

Growing up my Dad ran his own business and I learned quite a lot about business just sitting around the dining room table. My parents would be regularly talking about business - the good, the bad, and often the very ugly. My parents always instilled in me a strong work ethic. My parents worked hard. 

Over the years I have worked in a number of startup businesses and therefore in this episode, I wanted to share what I have learned during that time. The key learnings have been business strategy, business modeling - ie how are you going to make money, product to market fit, testing this fit, trying to limit spending and test as you go, investing in your own learning, and plus a passion for what you do. You will need plenty of this in spades. 

In this episode, I share some stories of the places that I have worked and where they may have gone a bit wrong. I hope you enjoy this episode. 

About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur!  I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! 
I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.
Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

Customer service? What does that really mean? Is the customer always right? This week I caught up with Monique Richardson to talk all things Customer service and in particular managing difficult Customer behaviour. Monique specialises in Service leadership and is a Customer service speaker, trainer and coach. 

Monique and I had so much to talk about in this chat, we both share a love of Retail and both have been working in this field for decades. We talked about why Customer expresses difficult behaviour, how to deal with unacceptable behaviour and also the art of not taking it personally. Plus also how to empower staff for better customer outcomes and also customer service leadership. In these times of faster and better customer experience - have a listen to this chat! I am sure you are going to take away some great recommendations. 

About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur!  I am passionate about helping women in their careers. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! 
I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.
Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

This week on the Lady Leadership podcast I got to the catch up with Change and resilience expert - Ciara Lancaster.  After the year that we have had it was great to catch up with Ciara and talk about how we can improve our change resilience.  We talked all things change, what do for yourself, what to do for others and what do for your teams plus how can you avoid burnout and overwhelm. 

As a former Change Manager at Deloitte Australia (leading teams of 500+ through change), Ciara observed a common theme where brilliant leaders were becoming incredibly stretched with endless change expectations, over and above their core work.  

Behind closed doors, many shared vulnerabilities including worry, emotional turmoil and rumination at night.  Determined to make a difference, Ciara began researching, connecting with thought leaders and neuroscientists and writing her first book 'Reimagine Change' to fill the coaching gap inside organisations and workplaces.

In a world of relentless organisational change and business transformation, Ciara helps leaders with 

• Change fatigue and burnout risks and realities
• Psychological safety and nervous system implications
• Stress management and mindset for personal success
• Connection and collaborative risk-taking for team success

If you or your team are struggling with change then this podcast and Ciara’s book are going to point you in the right direction. 

About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entreprenuer!  I am passionate about helping women in their careers. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! 
I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So  if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.
Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

This week on the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with Melissa Browne who is a 
money expert! Melissa is a speaker, an author, and an entrepreneur and has just written her fourth book which is called - Budgets Don’t work - But this does. 

Melissa helps people unlearn and relearn, to swap behavior, to be aware of our money triggers and our money identity, and to discover how to apply personal leadership to our finances. It’s time to understand that money isn’t good or evil but is simply a tool we can use to help us design the life we love.

If you are needing some help with your finances and getting things into shape for the new year then this is definitely the podcast that you should listen to! 

About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entreprenuer!  I am passionate about helping women in their careers. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! 
I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So  if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.
Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

Welcome back to the Lady Leadership show for 2021 - in this episode I discuss how I spent some time over the summer break reflecting on the last 12 months and how Lady Leadership has grown from a small idea into a podcast having 45 episodes and having 30 interviews with amazing women and business owners sharing there stories. 

Plus I discuss what you can do in your career this year to move it forward - do you want to know what it is? Then have a listen to this podcast. It is possible and you can definitely make it happen! 

About me: 
 
 My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards and being a mother and entreprenuer!  I am passionate about helping women in their careers. 
 
 What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! 

I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths and Sportsgirl.
 
 So  if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a women in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.

Contact:
 
 Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/
LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre 
Twitter: sjmcintyre1
Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre
Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

This week on the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with Zoe Routh. Zoe is a leadership expert and learnt how to be a leader running canoeing expeditions in the wilds of Ontario. Zoe signed up to work at a summer camp and a few years later she was leading 2 - 6 week trips canoeing the rivers in Ontario. 

Being thrown together with a group of people that you don't know plus being in the wilderness is a sure way to find out what kind of leader you are. Zoe learnt how to galvanise relationships, motivate a team and also how to have the hard conversations to allow you to get along and survive. 

Following this Zoe then spent time planting trees on a plantation and saw how the official leader did not bring the team together so she and others stepped up to do this. So she learnt how to be a leader when you don't necessary have the title. 

These experiences then lead Zoe to work for Outward bound in Australia then work with rural communities within corporate helping them create and lead teams more effectively. Seven years Zoe created here own business to help leaders with the people stuff. 

Zoe has written four books and her most recent one is called People stuff: Dealing with the tough stuff in leadership. 

In this chat, we talked about the behaviours of teams and how fear of loss can trigger the flight and fight behaviours that are primal to us and we go into primal mode and survival mechanisms. Zoe has mapped these behaviours to what can occur in the workplace. 

We talked about the decisions that leaders make and how to effectively communicate these and what happens when you don't communicate.  Plus what are you doing about the issues? What is your part to play? Are you heading into victim mode? Plus building tribe and team! 

You are going to love this! So insightful!

Have a listen and amp up your leadership! 

About me: 
 
 My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards and being a mother and entreprenuer!  I am passionate about helping women in their careers. 
 
 What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women! 

I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths and Sportsgirl.
 
 So  if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a women in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.

Contact:
 
 Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/
LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre 
Twitter: sjmcintyre1
Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre
Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership

This week on the Lady Leadership with Sam McIntyre show I caught up with Natalie Siston from Small town leadership! Natalie grew up in Ohio in a small town of 600 people where every body knew everybody. This is the type of place where there were no stop lights.  

After leaving for college and working at Fortune500 companies and in silicon valley she had realisation that lessons she learnt growing up in that small town and bringing herself back to basics were invaluable leadership lessons. 

Natalie believes there are two types of people -those who want to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty and those that don't. Natalie shares how people in her town had many roles in that town and how being connected to the community and to the people made the town and those in it successful. 

We talked about networking and the cycle of networking and how in a small town that this happens very naturally and it is give and take. Plus work ethic and being proud of where you come from. 

Natalie has also released a new book called Let her out: Reclaim who you have always been! She recently found her diaries that she had started writing when she was eight and she re-discovered who she was and she saw the barriers that she put up in front of herself and in her book she breaks these down and talks through how you can remove these for yourself. 

Have a listen!

About me: 

My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to getting to and staying in the C suite, being on Executive boards and being a mother and entreprenuer!  I am passionate about helping women in their careers. 

What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  

I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths and Sportsgirl.

So  if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a women in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place.

Contact:

Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/
LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre 
Twitter: sjmcintyre1
Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre
Instagram: @sammijmac and @lady.leadership