Amit Jain, co-founder of Mitti Ke Rang, grew up in a small town, India. He lost his father early in life and saw his mother struggle to raise him and his siblings. That gave him the determination to give his mother an easier life. Leaving his full time, well-paid job at Bank of New York Mellon after seven years of working, he co-founded Mitt Ke Rang in 2014. Initially Mitti Ke Rang started as widows empowerment with a vision for all widows and single women to be accepted by family and to provide resources and support to build their own lives. 

Mitti Ke Rang now successfully works in 9 states in India, with primary centres at Pune and Hadapsar, and spread around 10 countries across the world such as in Pakistan, Zambia, Gambia, Kenya, France, Spain, Fiji and Nepal.

We invite you to listen to his story in Leadership Stories podcast this month.

Amit can be reached at - mittikerang.org and linkedin.com/in/amit-jain-9a4699a3

Jane Morgan helps individuals create stories.She dedicates her extensive experience in talent management, strategic transformation, complex systems thinking, innovation and improvement continuum to making a real difference in organisations to enhance the intrinsic potential and talent of their people. She has over thirty years of experience in Human Resources, as an executive and a private consultant at all levels of government in Australia. 

A true influencer and coach who moves the conversation forward. Listen to her story with us in this month's Leadership Stories. 

David Mahon is a Human Resources business partner for a large organisation in Brisbane, Australia. And a passionate advocate for LGBTQ community. David is single handedly responsible for leading the systemic change within his organisation to be compassionate and inclusive of LGBTQ rights. David believes we need to be better at inclusion when it comes to respecting individual choices regarding gender identity and sexual orientation. For his single minded dedication to societal change and his never-give-up spirit, he has been honoured several times such as  Lord Mayor's Award for Excellence & LGBTIQ Role Model of the Year in 2017 and Lord Mayor's Commendation for Excellence in 2016. Our episode with David is full of nuggets of courage and conviction - we invite you to be a part of his story.

David's book recommendation - Writing Down The Bones by Steven King.

David can be reached here - linkedin.com/in/david-mahon-a5b29810.

Benita Chick is the founder of Encompass HK, a social enterprise based in HongKong that offers training and consultancy services in the field of D&I, Sustainability and other socially relevant causes. She is also an avid scuba diver and instructor - especially proud of teaching scuba diving to the differently-abled. For more on Benita, check her website www.encompasshk.com.

With us, Benita talks about her purpose and mission as an individual to contribute to the greater good of society and her scuba diving passion that changed her life from being diagnosed bipolar to leading a healthy, successful and a meaningful life. Benita also recommends her favourite books next to her bedside table that she goes back to for strength and insights, time and again. Listen to these and more in her inspirational story ! 

Julie has been around in the Australian women's luxury fashion industry for over 30 years. Her brand weaves dreams into clothes and creates signature designs using exclusive materials. Julie's brand is now highly sought after in the world, however, her start was less than rosy. Listen to her story of growth and sustenance and sticking to her values of beauty and aesthetics that transcends time. Being a slow fashion advocate, Julie encourages women to honour their inner need for adornment, celebrate uniqueness and at the same time make ethical and responsible choices regarding fashion. 

We invite you to listen to her story with us in this episode, express yourself through clothes and boldly stand up for your beliefs in a sharing and caring world, not just for ourselves but for the entire planet.

Learn more about Julie and her work at https://tengdahl.com

Brave, inspirational and passionate leader- Pallavi Pareekh - Founder of 2 Bangalore based organisations Ungender and Conduct ,is an achiever and a change maker working in a difficult territory - both in terms of the subject matter she deals with as well as the geographic location she works in. A POSH Advisor, Diversity & Inclusion Expert and product innovator of "CloudTrain", she has been a key advocate in the field of anti-sexual harassment laws and building safe workplaces with government bodies, public sectors, organizations such as Fortune 500 MNCs to SMEs, start-ups as well as student bodies to ensure awareness and educate about compliance. What keeps her strong ? That's her belief that "no problem is studied in isolation and there is a strong need for structural efficiency and scalable systems in our solutions for any real development to happen around us". Listen to her story in this month's Leadership Stories episode.

To reach Pallavi, get in touch with her Linked In profile - linkedin.com/in/pallavipareek

ICF Queensland chapter president, founder MindHous, teacher, mentor and an accomplished leader, Slaven Drinovac is immensely experienced, a keen business strategist who combines hands-on experience, creative vision, knowledge, deliberate communication and energy to achieve the best possible outcomes for his business and stakeholders'. As a teacher, coach and mentor, he leverages continuous improvement methods to drive change.

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We are learning about the Chinese style of leadership from Shanghai based mentor, Founder and Leader - Mr Fisher Yu. MentoringCo is a global mentoring services provider and Mr Fisher has been in the mentoring industry for the past 11 years. He started his career as an auditor, then held different Finance Director or CFO positions in various multinational companies. He is the founder of CFO-Mentor volunteer platform which has over 10,000 CFOs around the world. He is also the deputy secretary for World Accounting Forum and has over 5000 hours of mentoring experience. Mr Fisher is also the first person to introduce European Mentoring and Coaching Council to China.

Bearapy was formed out of chaos. Managing Director and Founder of Bearapy, Enoch Li has mentioned her story in her book 'Stress In The City : Playing My Way Out Of Depression' - about achievements, struggles, her suicide attempt and her support system.

Listen to her story of courage, acceptance and love in this episode of Leadership Stories.

Brisbane based humanitarian, engineer and international leader, Gavin Blakey OAM is passionate about helping people reaching their full potential. He is the Chair of Board, Engineers Without Borders, Australia; past international President and Chairman of Board, Toastmasters International; a capacity builder, workplace coach and mentor for young professionals; global leader and speaker. He has an exemplary international work experience with world class experts in their field in the UK, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam and of course, Australia. 

Gavin's main team works in Brisbane's strategic asset management portfolio ensuring that the city's people are provided with best possible infrastructure. When he has time, Gavin loves to collect medals, such as Order Of Australia (OAM) for worldwide services to the community, National Emergency Medal for significant contributions to managing the response to the devastating floods in Brisbane in 2011.

Let's listen to his story of leadership.