Lady Leadership - Careers and Business For Women

In this weeks episode of the Lady Leadership podcast I talk about my values, my work ethic and a bit about how I grew up. I discuss how I got confident in my career by doing! 

I share how I grew my career step by step, what I like to focus, what can I achieve at an organisation, plus also what will I be allowed to achieve at an organisation and how I do this. Plus, it is also key to me about who do you want to impact at an organisation. 

I am also a big fan of asking for more work and also what is the next job and the job after that! How do I develop the skills I need for the next role! 

I also talk in this episode about the practicalities of how i organise myself and deliver work. How this has developed momentum and how I organise myself in my career to get the most out of it. 

Plus also developing who you need around you! 

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

Do you need some help with Marketing your small business? This week on the Lady Leadership podcast - I sat down with Laura Higgins founder and owner of My Marketing Playbook and LaLa Social club.

Laura is an online marketing expert and grew her business by doing! Laura has developed an online course that brings together the key things that people need to know when they are marketing their business. She believes that marketing shouldn't be hard work and that it should be fun to build your business and drive growth in your business.

Originally having studied design Laura developed a real skill and passion for marketing when she failed at her sales job for a coffee business and they asked her to move into marketing.

The strategies that she developed for that business worked and their business 'blew up' and she started to get asked by others how she had done it. And so started the Marketing Playbook.

Laura's marketing now spans across many business areas and her fresh and effective marketing ideas have helped many businesses to grow and succeed.

Laura and I discuss what her course covers plus her tips for Marketing a small business.
We talk about consistently showing up, we talk about growing your business and attracting the people you really want to engage in your business. Plus we talk Gary-vee style creating and the importance of repurposing content and being smart about using your resources.

Laura also talks about how small business can really play to their strengths by being nimble and having personality and the ability to pivot especially through Cov-id.

We also talk about the ability to cut through the noise online and the importance of standing for something. Getting clarity of your audience and who you are speaking to!

And we discuss iterations of customer over time and getting clarity on the result that you want and then using the language of your customers.

And helping people! We also talk about who is inspiring us plus tools!
I could talk to Laura all day! Have a listen you will love this podcast!

Check out Laura at:
https://mymarketingplaybook.com/

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

It is not something that we always think about - Human Skills? 

Sometimes these are called people skills or soft skills. Renata is so passionate about helping young people with the skills that they need to be successful at work and in life that she has created a business called Maxme with a supporting app called Hodie aimed at University students. 

In this chat with Renata we talk Renata's passion and motivation for helping others and how she has channelled this into an Innovative skills development business and app. We discuss the struggles that it takes to step from uni into a career and how young people are challenged to this especially at the moment with Covid. 

I also talk to Renata about being a women in business, what women can do for themselves and what owning and running a startup is like. 

If you are interested in developing your Human skills have a listen. 

To find out more check out:

Maxme: www.maxme.com.au
Insta @hodie.app

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

It is tough work finding a job particularly during a pandemic! It can be a lot of work and you want to make sure that you are putting the right effort into the right tasks plus turning up for interviews as the best possible version of yourself! 

Lauren is a Communication and Leadership coach working with women in leadership and teams. Lauren has had a extensive corporate career plus having trained as a coach and being a professional communicator.  

Lauren has been finding over the past few months that her clients have been coming to her with job search questions and preparing for interviews. 

We chat about 'casting the net wide' in your search and getting clear on what you are looking for and how to sell your career story. 

Get in touch with Lauren via her website: www.laureneyles.com.au 

Best of luck job searching. 

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

As my hubby (expert on everything) says if you don't know how to present your ideas then you are in big trouble! 

This week I caught up with Michelle Bowden who has run the course 'Persuasive Presenting' 893 times! Yes you heard me correctly! Michelle more than knows what you need to do when you present! 

Michelle believes that you can get anything you want if you are good at 'Persuasive Presenting!' 

Now this doesn't just mean standing in a boardroom or presenting to thousands of people. This means in all your communication - every day! Yes I mean sending emails, dealing with your kids or maybe buying a new car! 

We talk the do's and don'ts for presenting plus also what is different for women! 
Not much it seems! 

Michelle has a simple process that can change how you present and if you only do half what she recommends you will see life changing results! 

For Michelle, it is all about Analyse, Design and Delivery! 

You can find michelle at www.michellebowden.com.au!
Check out her book or better yet check out her course. 

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

How is your Career Planning going?

Have you ever sat down and thought about your career, where you want to go and how you are going to get there? And also who is going to help you?

In this episode of Lady Leadership I share my top ten tips to progress your career - plus I also share my bonus tip 11 - so you will definitely need to have a listen in!

This are the ways that I have progressed my career from the helpdesk through to being a CIO. How I have gotten noticed in the workplace that has allowed me to get to the C suite before I turned 40!

If you like this podcast and you want to chat further regarding your career then please contact me at www.lady-leadership.com or follow me on instagram @lady.leadership. You can always book to have a chat with me regarding your career! 

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

I originally met Nikki Ricks after I got in touch with her following after an email that popped into my inbox that she had recently graduated from GA as a Developer. Nikki's background and path to being a Developer fascinated me. 

Nikki originally studied Town Planning but after working in the field and discovering that she was an intrapreneur she knew that she needed to get out of the office that she was in and throw herself into the startup world. 

Nikki worked with a number of startups but after spending more time in the space she wanted to be on the other side of the conversation and learn more  about the tech that powered a number of solutions. 

After some self learning she enrolled in a GA tech immersive and now is working as a fully fledged developer. On this path Nikki needed to get comfortable with the value of never ending learning in your job - being a developer. 

Nikki is curious and places great value in being on a path to always learning something new and trying new things - including being a stand up comedian!

We talked about being a women in tech, being curious and beating imposter syndrome plus bias in the workplace in gender and race. 

Check out this podcast with Nikki Ricks! 

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 Fiona Robertson who is a Culture Change expert. 

We chat culture - what it is and what it isn't and how culture is often mistaken as engagement!  

Fiona talks about how culture is the system and the rules that determine what it takes to belong and to fit into a group. We discuss how often people will do almost anything to fit into a group. We also talk about how engagement can be confused with culture where as engagement is how people engage with that system. 

We also talk about unwritten rules and behaviours of groups and how these are interpreted plus how strategy and culture can work together. 

Fiona is so passionate about culture that she has written a book, called the 'Rules of Belonging'. I'm sure that you will find this chat as fascinating as I did and it will give you great insight into the world of culture. 

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 team for some of the biggest businesses and brand 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

In this weeks episode of the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with my good friend and yogi - Ivy Evenden. 

Ivy is a passionate entrepreneur that has turned what was a passion of having a yoga practice into a thriving business - Liquid Room - yoga and float studio. Ivy didn't start out wanting to own her own business but after mastering her own practice she wanted to learn more about the practice and as such did teacher training. This lead to her being asked to teach and realising that she had a passion for teaching. Once she learned about the benefits of floating - she created Liquid Room. Her own business. 

We talk about the benefits of having a yoga practice, we discuss creating spirituality and awareness through repetitive movement. Relaxing your mind and your body and not having to be in fight or flight! Plus being present. 

There are so many great messages in this podcast that you could incorporate into your own career - such as creating social media - 6 months before she even opened! And we discuss how to engage with customers and share your journey and the trust that you can create with them. 

This is a great podcast and worth more than one listen!

To check out Ivy's studio check out: 
www.liquidroom.com.au

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 team for some of the biggest businesses and brand 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

#yogi #passiontobusiness #womenentrepreneurs #liquidroom #ivyevenden #bosslady

Ever wondered what it takes to get to the C suite?

A few of my listeners asked recently about my journey and how did I go from the helpdesk to being a CIO. 

Here I share some of my strategies for growing and developing your career.

I discuss:

1. Saying yes - to opportunity, to new work and new skills. 
2. Being outcome and delivery focused - how can I rather than how can't I. 
3. What's the next job and the job after that.
4. Who have you got around?

This is a nice short one! Have a listen - get in touch if you are interested in finding out more. 

Cheers Sam.

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