Stephen has always been passionate about helping small business and entrepreneurs, however after visiting Hobart’s Art & Culture Museum five years ago a new purpose unfolded for Stephen – To create opportunities for indigenous entrepreneurs and small business leaders.
In this conversation, Stephanie and Stephen explore the similarities and differences between Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Western Entrepreneurship and the need to apply open innovation principles for the next horizon of growth.
Critical to success is bringing the two worlds together, find out how all business leaders can take that first step.

Rob Kinkade, Co-Founder & CEO FORUMM Digital and Director of DuToday brings a cross-sector perspective to digital transformation and in simple terms, unpacks what it means for the future of business, small or large. Rob say's ’It's about having a lightweight, agile approach to digital, it’s no longer a set and forget’. Rob gives great insights about how to go from idea to outcome with a great working example. Rob and Steph circle back at the end of this conversation with his top 3 tips to kick off digital transformation today. There are so many actionable insights in this podcast you'll need to listen again and again.

 

 

 

Warren Hogan sits down with Stephanie to talk about the current economic environment that business leaders are now operating in and what it will take to succeed.‘The world has shifted a lot, particularly in the last 6 months. Our economy is robust, but will also bring many challenges over the next couple of years - It will be dynamic, exciting and frightening for business and one of the most interesting economic backdrops that we’ve had in this country for a generation or longer.’Is your business in a defensive posture or an expanding posture? A must listen podcast for all business leaders!

Christa Lenard discuss the recent High Court decision in WorkPac and Rossato regarding casual employment in Australia. In a nutshell, the position in Australian employment law is now clear. Christa talks to Stephanie about the implications of this recent decision for SME Business Leaders and also for the GIG economy.

The landscape has shifted rapidly as we transition to the new normal and living with COVID. The conversation has shifted from restrictions to risk management and compliance. With a number of businesses bringing people back into the office it's time to re-access those COVID safe plans. Christa Lenard provides business leaders with clear practical measures that will minimise ongoing risk and increased compliance in a COVID world. Stephanie asks the question, 'Are there increased risks for employers because of shifts in expectations of health and safety at work, as a fall out from COVID, from a workers compensation perspective?' and 'How are employers managing issues around proof of public health orders with their staff?' This brief update is an essential listen for all business leaders.

Kim Seeling Smith, CEO of Ignite Global, Award winning author, Speaker and Future of Work Expert is Stephanie's guest in this episode, and Kim shares her insights about The Great Resignation and the Future of Work. Kim gives us key tips on what every size business can do to bring in the right talent and explains the paradigm shift in hiring. It all comes down to the Manager and the critical role they now play in our organization. A must listen to podcast - practical tips for business leaders of any size organisation can implement now.

It’s critical for any size business to have a Communication Strategy. Frances Dwyer, Marketing Communications & Strategy expert, kickstarts the conversation with 3 driving factors to guard against Reputational Damage for your business and tips on risk & crisis management.
When it comes to your Communication Strategy Frances’ recommendation is to take an ‘Inside Out’ approach - What’s your Purpose and Values, how do they intersect with your product/services and the ‘What that you do’. Frances unlocks how you can develop an effective Communications Strategy in a meaningful & practical way that’s helpful to your target audience.
Frances covers a lot of ground in this podcast and rounds the conversation off with Messaging tips to help you connect with your ideal customer, media tips, myth busting and more.

Stephanie Reuss and Victoria Stuart, Co-founders & Co CEOs of Beamible (formerly Beam). Five years ago they created a flexible jobs marketplace called Beam alongside their consulting business supporting flexible work solutions. After helping to move the needle on normalising flexible work they could see that there was more work to do.
They've shifted their business model to a cloud-based platform solving the next set of flexible work challenges for business leaders, such as #burnout, #resourcing, lack of #visibility and lack of access to real #workforcedata. It's all about removing barriers to flexible and sustainable working.

In this podcast Mark Puncher, CEO of Employer Branding Australia provides insights into how you can attract and retain the best talent and keep them engaged, through employer branding strategy, employee value proposition development, storytelling and content marketing.