Short Black with Sandra Sully

Sam Mostyn is back to answer all those burning questions: How does a board work? What are the director's responsibilities? How do you manage all those interpersonal dynamics?

So if you're interested in the path to the boardroom, the differences between a board role and an operating role, and what characteristics are most valuable once you are in the room, this is the podcast for you.

Sam also talks about her time at the AFL Commission and how she was instrumental in sowing the seeds for the women's league.

Find out more about Chief Executive Women here - cew.org.au

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Sam Mostyn's career has spanned business, politics, science and the arts, the not-for-profit sector, indigenous reconciliation and sport. She serves as a non-executive director on a number of boards, including the Sydney Swans and the Centre for Policy Development, and is the President of Chief Executive Women.

In an illuminating conversation, Sam covers a wide and diverse range of topics including her time working with former high court judge Michael Kirby and former Prime Minister Paul Keating, millennials, climate change and leadership.

Find out more about Sam and some of the organisations she works with:

Chief Executive Women - cew.org.au

Foundation for Young Australians - www.fya.org.au 

Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety - www.anrows.org.au 

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Sue Brierley was thrust into the spotlight when her adopted son Saroo's journey to find his birth mother was made into the critically-acclaimed movie Lion.

A few years after the movie came out, Saroo convinced Sue that the world needed to hear her story. Lioness is a down-to-earth and deeply personal account of domestic abuse, families and adoption.

In this frank and candid conversation with Sandra, Sue shares her feelings about her own difficult upbringing, the reasons behind her determination to do things differently when it came to a family of her own, and the reality of adopting and raising two very different children.

And what exactly is the ‘mother myth'?

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Lola Berry isn't afraid to live life to the fullest. Nutritionist, author, presenter, yoga teacher, she's experienced success and failure in equal measure - and that's ok. After all, she says, that's how we grow.

A firm believer that health and happiness go hand in hand, Lola talks to Sandra about striking the right balance, bringing it back to basics, and doing what works best for you.

Find out more about Lola at lolaberry.com 

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We all look after our bodies but what about our minds? Elise Biaylew founded Mindful In May about seven years ago to show people there is more to meditation than just sitting still. 

Mindful In May now has people from more than 60 countries taking part each year. And in the spirit of giving something back, the program also raises funds to provide drinking water to communities in developing countries. 

Elise talks to Sandra about how training our mind and anchoring our intention in just 10 minutes a day is not as hard as it sounds. 

https://www.mindfulinmay.org/

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Fabian Dattner has been making waves in the leadership space for the past 30 years. 

Her latest venture, Homeward Bound, literally came to her in a dream a few years ago, and now every year her team take the world's future STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Medicine) leaders on the voyage of a lifetime to Antarctica. 

https://dattnergroup.com.au/ 

https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/ 

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NSW SES Commissioner York is the first female to be in charge of any emergency service or policing agency in the history of NSW.

In the first few months of taking up the role she had to deal with the worst bushfires in Australian history, which were closely followed by major floods and then the pandemic that shut down the world. Definitely a year to remember.

To find out more about the SES and how you can get involved, visit https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/get-involved/

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The role of the Executive Assistant is one that not a lot of people know about.

The unsung heroes of the workplace, the EA is the CEO's right hand, the keeper of secrets, and the soul of discretion, while knowing everything that is going on.

Dimitra Zographos, the Executive Manager of the EA Circle, tells us more. 

https://www.theceocircle.com/the-ea-circle/

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Malaan Ajang and Tina Kuek came to the nation's attention on The Amazing Race Australia. These high achievers have been best friends since they were little, after meeting as refugees in Africa. By sheer coincidence they arrived in Australia at around the same time and have let nothing separate them since.

Hear them talk about their experiences as refugees and adapting to life in Australia, especially getting to grips with the local lingo.

Catch The Amazing Race Australia on Network 10 or here: https://10play.com.au/the-amazing-race-australia

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There's never a wrong time to do good, says Ronni Kahn AO.

From humble beginnings in South Africa to founding and running Australia's leading food rescue organisation, Oz Harvest, Ronni says she thrives ‘on a bit of crazy.

Australia has come a long way when it comes to food waste but, as she tells Sandra, we still have a long way to go. 

www.ozharvest.org

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