Really Interesting Women

Ep. 34   Maggie Beer AM

Maggie Beer is a National Treasure. 

Having left school at 14 to help provide for the family, it wasn't until she was in her mid 30's that her true calling came to her.  A revelation in the wilds of Scotland led to a new food era in Australia. From the opening of a farm shop called Pheasant Farm in 1979 in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, to transforming that farm shop to a restaurant that, in 1991, was named Gourmet Traveller's restaurant of the year. And she still refers to herself as just a cook.

Her cook books are revered and her TV shows, The Cook and the Chef, and The Great Australian Bake Off are enormously popular as are her many appearances as a judge and special guest on MasterChef. 

But plain sailing it was not. Hard work, a young family, burn out, reality checks, reassessment, refocus on the things that matter most. Combined with the courage to try something new....completely new in this country - has led to an extraordinary career that is faaaaar from over.

Through it all Maggie Beer was always authentic, always genuine and fun and, as a result, always loved and admired. 

www.maggiebeer.com.au
This website leads to her recipes and some of the best cookbooks in the world.
www.maggiebeerfoundation.org.au

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Ep. 33  Hon. Linda Burney MP

Linda was the first aboriginal person, male or female, to be elected to the New South Wales State Parliament. She was the first aboriginal woman to be elected to the Federal House of Representatives. She is currently the Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians.
Her commitment to indigenous issues and rights in education, reconciliation and politics spans more than 30 years.
One of her highlights was being integral part in organising the Walk for Reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 2000. Not knowing if anyone would turn up, imagine how she felt when 350,000 people joined her to show their support. 
We discuss issues that should be important to all Australians.

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Ep. 32 Professor Julie Leask
Julie Leask is a social scientist specialising in risk communication and vaccination uptake. She  has qualifications in nursing and midwifery, a Master of Public Health and a PhD in public health. She is an advisor to the World Health Organization on vaccination acceptance and demand issues. Her research has covered communication issues surrounding pandemics, outbreaks, and vaccine safety incidents. She has also looked at public/healthcare worker perceptions and behaviours during these events and media coverage of them.
She has some answers for us. 

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Ep. 31  - Assoc. Prof. Sally Moyle
Sally Moyle is a leading expert on gender equality. Which, right now, is probably one of the most important people we need to listen to. 

By providing historical context to these problems she explains why the politicians in this country have such an appalling record when it comes to the treatment of women in parliament. But she's optimistic that we may have reached an inflection point. 

We discussed the importance of listening to all perspectives, the day to day lived reality for most women, power structures and quotas.

Her messages on the benefits of equality are broad ranging and common sense really. Studies over many years have shown that diversity leads to better performance. Not only an equality argument but an economic one.

Such an important discussion for women and men to hear. 

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Ep. 30 - Diane Grady AO

Diane Grady has an exceptional background in the corporate world and she has used that privilege to advance the causes of women more than practically anyone. Her lessons for how to get ahead and help others should be etched in marble. 

Armed with an MBA from Harvard in the mid 70's she became a partner with the highly prestigious worldwide management consulting firm McKinsey and Co. She was the first woman outside the USA to be elected to McKinsey's Global Partnership and the first female partner in the firm to have children. In 1994 she became a full time independent director and has been on the boards of numerous public companies and non profits, that are household names.

Diane's career goals have ALWAYS been twofold: (1) do whatever she can to help create leadership opportunities for women, and (2) ensure any organisation she was involved in, she would do everything possible to help that organisation do a better job allowing all of its people at all levels, to flourish. 

And that's what she's done. 

Her advice to young women in particular of how to make an impact in the workplace is worth the price of entry alone. 

As one of the country's most successful change managers she has sage advice for the PM Scott Morrison. She's told us exactly how to fix the Liberal Party's obvious issue with its disrespect for women.

Quite an amazing person.  Listen to this. Like me, you'll be a better person for it.

www.cew.org.au
www.headsoverheels.com.au
www.thp.org.au

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Episode 29   Sadhana Smiles

As an immigrant to Australia with no qualifications and no plan as well as being the granddaughter of a slave in Fiji, Sadhana Smiles inauspicious beginnings were no indication of what was to come.

She would rise to become a global CEO, multi leadership award winner, author, business and social entrepreneur and leading speaker on leadership, diversity and inclusion. She is one of only a handful of culturally and linguistically diverse leaders in this country and, as such, is a role model to women in the many diverse communities in Australia. 

She has had many obstacles to overcome. Sadhana talks of the triple glass ceiling that she has had to deal with, being a woman, being a woman of colour and being a woman with Indian heritage and the cultural expectations that come with that.

This has created a real determination and resilience to enable her to advance not just her own career but the careers of other women and, in particular, other women of colour. She is a constant voice for the benefits of diversity and she shares her recipe for success....and it's well worth listening to. 

She started listing the gaps in her working life and set about closing them. Courage is an important factor - which could be as simple as expressing an opinion or as big as stepping out of your comfort zone at work to make a different choice. The importance of sponsors, mentors, putting yourself forward for opportunities. There's a lot of solutions here. Not just for women of colour but for everyone wanting to get ahead.

As a social entrepreneur she has been active for years in the areas of domestic violence and violence against women generally and was instrumental in organising an annual 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' march which raised funds for those causes.

As a speaker on the corporate circuit, Sadhana has inspired thousands to chase their dreams....despite her often being the only woman of colour not only on any discussion panel, but often in the room! But she's determined to change that. And I wouldn't be betting against her in that regard. Her first two books are critically acclaimed and inspire people to blaze their own trail in business and in life.

Sadhana Smiles is someone that really is making the path a little wider and clearer for those that follow. And she's a lot of fun. Have a listen. 


www.sadhanasmiles.com
Books - People Power Did You have Them @ Hello
                  I Want What She's Having 
Podcast - Business in Colour 

This episode makes reference to slavery, racial themes, diversity and domestic violence.

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Ep. 28   Mikhara Ramsing

Mikhara is a former finalist for Young Australian of the Year. She started two amazing companies after becoming s social entrepreneur. 

Mikhara Ramsing describes herself as a gay South African Indian Australian woman. At the age of 16 her family moved to Australia which is difficult enough at that age but at the same time she was only just beginning to understand her own sexuality. Very challenging considering she and her Indian heritage parents did not know of any other gay women of colour. Mikhara was determined to help her parents understand because that love and acceptance was so important to her. Eventually she constructed a 'letter of understanding' to her parents and it started a long and very important discussion for which she is now so grateful. It was a long road to travel but her strength, determination, resilience and love got her to that goal.

The influence of Mikhara's grandfather led her to change a secure career as an economist to start a career as a social entrepreneur. This saw her criss cross the country in a mobile 'tiny house' undertaking skills workshops supporting mental health and well being for rural and regional high school students......as well as building Australia's first national website providing resources, support and a safe place for cultural and linguistically diverse LGBTIQ people to share their stories and access those resources and support. Something that wasn't available to her. A large part of the funding for this comes from the sale of her chai tea (Miks Chai).

Quite remarkable really. 

TW this episode contains references to mental health and suicide prevention.

www.mikhararamsing.com
@mikschai
@ethnic_plus

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Ep. 27    Carla Zampatti AC OMRI

Carla is a fashion icon who is also a pioneer in business. 

For over 55 years she has been a leader in her field. A string of awards and accolades from Australia and Italy have confirmed her as one of this country's most influential and powerful women.

Even when she arrived from Italy as a child in Bullfinch, WA (I didn't know either - about 300 km north east of Perth), she knew the business she wanted to run.... in an era when probably no other women were doing it. 

So can you imagine the obstacles and hurdles she faced? And yet she has endured...and prospered. For over 55 years. 

She's such a strong advocate for women in business and has constantly sought to inspire women to become entrepreneurs and leaders. She's learned a lot about life and business and she shares some of her experiences and advice here.

It's an inspirational story....that continues.


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Ep. 26   Gloria Allred

"One of the best attorneys in America"  - President Barack Obama.

A  fearless advocate for civil rights and fighting for injustice for 45 years. Gloria Allred is the high profile, outspoken, at times outrageous advocate for women and those whose civil rights have been transgressed. She's been forcefully advocating gay rights since the 1970's. Aids discrimination, marriage equality, transgender rights - she's been successfully defending victims for nearly 50 years. Still doing it. 

When a high profile story breaks featuring allegations of sexual misconduct against celebrated men, her name is often not far behind. Through her clients she's taking on Roman Polanski, Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, R Kelly and Donald Trump, to name a few. She's probably one of the very few people they fear.

She's one of the most prominent civil rights lawyers in America today. Her goal is to bring women into the mainstream of American life in each and every aspect of life in equal partnership with men. 

Gloria Allred has helped create cultural shifts.

A recently inducted member of the American National Women's Hall of Fame and the subject of a hugely successful Netflix documentary, 'Seeing Allred'. 

We have a lot to thank her for.

More from Gloria Allred:

website: www.gloriaallred.com

Her book: Fight Back and Win - Harper Collins publishers, available at Amazon, Booktopia

Her Netflix Documentary: Seeing Allred

Find her on insta: @gloria.allred     twitter: @gloriaallred

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Ep. 25   Lauren Bath

Deemed “Australia’s first professional Instagrammer” by national media, Lauren Bath pioneered the Australian influencer industry. 

With an online audience of close to half a million followers, she is not only one of Australia’s most powerful travel Instagrammers but also a savvy social media consultant, educator, and public speaker. 

It's a very open discussion and Lauren gives us a great insight as to how she gave up a 'certain' career as a chef and then built an incredible business as a paid instagrammer (and LOTS more besides). She goes into detail about how she's  managed negativity and anonymous online critics, how she's dealt with pain and anxiety and how ongoing personal development has been a vital element to her fulfilment and success. Figuring herself out, is how she put it. And she shares with us the 'secrets' to doing just that.

But the bottom line is, at one stage Lauren had nearly 500,000 followers and has built an incredible business based on several simple rules - and of course she also shares those with us. She teaches how to build your instagram presence. After this chat, I'm certainly signing up. 


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