She's The Boss Leaders

Many of us grew up seeing Tracey Spicer on the TV reading the news on Channel 10. These days she is an author, MC and broadcaster, with a strong focus on women.

Growing up in Queensland, she knew from an early age that she wanted to be a journalist, and after winning a prize for rural journalism, she was able to score a job at a radio station in Brisbane, which started her broadcasting career and was followed by a stint at 3AW in Melbourne..

Soon after, she became the newsreader for the Eyewitness News on Channel 10 where she stayed for 16 years and this lead her to Sky News and writing a regular column for News Ltd.

During that time she became a household name, but eventually she was 'let go' following her maternity leave when her second child was only 2 months old. She sued the network for discrimination (good on her!)

In 2015 she launched her controversial book, The Good Girl Stripped Bare, and started really focusing on being an advocate for women. On the back of the #metoo movement, Tracey produced and hosted a documentary called Silent no More, that focused on the powerful men in the Australian media abusing their power.

These days Tracey has her fingers in lots of pies! From being a member of a number of boards to writing another book around the growth of technology (AI and unconscious bias) and more! Tracey is a total inspiration!

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Tory, the founder of TORSTAR, was known in the events and PR industry and the woman who 'got things done' in her signature 'little black dress'. She has worked with celebrities and business owners across the fashion and beauty industries here in Australia and in the US and Europe. Her LinkedIn profile says 'Drew Barrymore ended my PR career", so we started there and the discussion went in all sorts of directions!

As someone who had no entrepreneurial role models, and didn't really excel at school, Tory has carved out an exceptional career. These days, Tory has made a radical change and is now branded as Powerful Steps, and her Business Attraction program is helping people all around the world increase their business to the next level. She works closely with C suite women and entrepreneurs to help them transform their businesses, If it's the inspiration you're looking for, this is one to watch!

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Fabian is an Australian icon and a huge champion of women in leadership. The Founder and CEO of The Dattner group, the Compass Program for visionary women and Homeward Bound, Fabian is a total inspiration!

Taking over the role as CEO for her father's business, the Stephen Dattner leather retailing group at the ripe old age of 30, Fabian had a very early business lesson when the business went into liquidation soon afterwards. It gave her the impetus to set up The Dattner Group.

Fabian is firmly focused on helping women in leadership roles, because she believes that if there were more women making decisions, we would have a better world. So she started the Compass program for women, to help them realise their ambitions and their power.

Her Homeward Bound program is all about women in STEM. She takes big groups of them to the Antarctic every year so they can learn about leadership, how to survive in a man's world, and also to help them connect and understand they are not alone. She has done this five times now and has taken over 800 women which is an extraordinary achievement.

This woman is an absolute powerhouse!

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Sandy Lowres, Founder of WB40 magazine (Women Beyond 40) and The Good Girl Confessional podcast is a woman who has found her groove. And it's one we can all celebrate!

Having had many years working as an EA for many business leaders across a variety of industries, Sandy knew she wanted to support women. Particularly those of us who are over 40 and practically invisible in mainstream media.

She started the Good Girl Professional podcast in 2019 so she could share the incredible stories of inspirational businesswomen (are you seeing a theme?!) and in 2020 she decided to start publishing her very own print magazine, WB40.

Sandy is the most positive and uplifting woman to talk to and this interview is filled with tips, inspiration and positive affirmations for older women in business (and in life!).

This is one not to miss - and make sure you subscribe to her magazine!!

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Grace is just so inspiring! Normally residing in NYC, she is based in Turks & Caicos during the lockdown, so the view is amazing too (on the youtube video)!

Grace grew up in a large family surrounded by love. Heavily influenced by her amazing grandmother, she always aimed high. After their family home burned down just as she was starting college, her father vowed to keep the family together so 14 of them lived in a homeless shelter for most of her first year which was confronting. She studied at the prestigious Wharton College and her first job was on Wall St!

Grace LOVES numbers so finance was the obvious path for her to follow and she eventually started her own business, Grace Global Capital where she specialises in insurance. Her description of getting a position on her first Board is incredibly inspiring and will make you want to make a difference too.

Grace's story is one you won't want to miss. Her grandmother's advice alone will have you cheering her on!

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Julie Demsey, author of FOUND Swiping Right on Me to Find Love, is such a lovely, funny, gentle woman and I know you will be fascinated by the story of her journey from the US to Australia and everything she has done. Growing up in San Diego, Julie spent a few of her early career years working in FMCG and software marketing and management, before she started working with Yahoo back in 2005 in San Francisco. After quite a few years at Yahoo and a couple of other organisations, Julie moved to Australia in 2016.

Her first job here was as GM of SBE Australia, a fabulous organisation that empowers female founders, had burnout (as do so many high powered women) and then after recovering, decided to learn about hypnotherapy.

As a Certified Hypnotherapist and Mindset Coach, Julie found something she really loved and that helped other women.

Julie's new book and coaching consultancy are focused on helping people connect to their true potential. Julie realised a few years ago that if you don't love yourself, it's hard for you to grow and reach your full potential, so the book is a funny and relatable guide to get you on track for wild success!

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Cassidy La Creme. What a name and what an incredible woman! Having grown up in a family of entertainers, Cassidy was always singing and dancing and knew that the stage was calling her once she finished school.

After a brief stint as the Marilyn Monroe character at the Universal Studios Theme Park on the Gold Coast, Cassidy packed her bags and headed to Singapore to be Marilyn Monroe again at the new Universal Studios theme park that was opening over there. Then something amazing happened. One evening she was challenged to sing a song in Malaysian, so she did. It was videoed and shared on YouTube and she became an overnight superstar in Malaysia! With over 9 MILLION views for her first video, she was sought after by the media over there and as she continued to post content, her fame rose and rose.

Back in Australia following the lockdown, Cassidy is now singing all over the country. She is such a dynamo, you will love this chat with a woman destined for fame!

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Helen McCabe is the bee's knees! She has worked in media most of her life before founding Future Women. Helen started her career at Channel and quickly moved to work in the Press Gallery in Canberra. What a start for a young female reporter! This was followed by ten years as the London Correspondent for News Corp before she returned and worked as a Night Editor at The Australian, followed by a stint as Deputy Editor of The Sunday Telegraph.

Soon after this, she was invited to be the Editor in Chief of the Australian Women's Weekly where she stayed for 6 years and loved it! Such an iconic magazine for women in Australia.

From News Corp, Helen moved to Channel Nine where she was the Head of Lifestyle and then the Head of Digital Content. She was responsible for the launch of Nine Honey before she made the leap and founded Future Women, in partnership with Nine.

Helen is now helping hundreds of young women navigate their careers, upskill and connect with other women through Future Women. An idea I obviously LOVE!

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Bobbi Mahlab, Founder of Mahlab Media and The Mentor Walks in Australia is well known for her support of women. Bobbi had work experience as a 16-year-old with a publishing house and she quickly realised she loved writing stories. After uni, she went to NYC and then soon after started as a journalist at the Melbourne Herald as a reporter. This was followed by a move to the Sunday Age in Melbourne before she went to Text Media where she worked in custom publishing before starting Mahlab Media in 97.

Having worked in a couple of startups, Bobbi learned what she did and didn't want in terms of company culture (watch out for her description of the accountant that didn't pay his freelancers!) and so was intentional about how she set up her own company.

Mahlab Media started as a marketing company but quickly turned into a content marketing and comms company. She employs amazing writers and journalists to write content for their clients. The culture at the company is fabulous, starting their day with a smile, flexibility in terms of hours and support and celebrating staff wins, either personal or for the business.

You will love Bobbi's story. Mentor Walks is a brilliant concept that is growing here too. watch and you'll learn a lot!

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Anu is a total inspiration! Based in Delhi, India, she is the founder of AgroWave, a service that allows farmers to sell their produce for a fixed price at their farm gate, rather than having to take it into a market where they don't know what they will sell, or for how much.

Anu grew up on a small farm in Rajasthan herself and saw the problems that her grandfather and other local farmers in her village were having. Not only was it time-consuming to have to take their produce miles to the market, but they had no idea how much they would be able to sell, or for what price. AgroWave solves this problem.

Listed as one of the business owners in Forbes 30 under 30 for Asia, Anu has also been voted one of the Top 10 Innovators in India by India Today magazine and many more accolades have followed. She even won the Global Gandhi Award in 2019.

This entrepreneurial woman is amazing! You will love her story.

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