Women On The Move

We're kickstarting season 3 of Women On The Move with an episode on Transformative Leadership and Diverse Leadership Styles featuring leadership extraordinaire, Tamsin Jones.

In this episode, behind closed doors' Founder and Managing Director, Donny Walford, speaks with Tamsin about her successful career in an array of industries, taking risks, and the importance of inclusive innovation. From transactional to transformative leadership, and male versus female leadership styles, Tamsin tells all in our latest episode of Women On The Move.

Tamsin Jones heads a virtual Mastery of Business and Empathy at SGA for executives focused on equipping decision makers and decision making spaces to build strong social foundations and move us to within our ecological boundaries. She has a background in social ventures, gender lens investing, policy and systems level impact including as policy advisor to the Premier of South Australia. Tamsin has co-founded international impact initiatives including an innovation hub in Cape Town, a movement to elevate women’s voices on climate investment (@COP26) and the leading business dedicated to gender balance on boards across Africa. Tamsin has an MBA from the University of Oxford.

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Did you know that there are only about 150 Board roles to apply for in Australia at ASX level every year? There’s no hiding that getting onto an ASX listed Board is more challenging than ever. So in this episode of Women On The Move, Dr Vanessa Guthrie speaks with behind closed doors’ Founder and Managing Director Donny Walford about her successful Board career, and shares her tips on how you can increase your chances of successfully winning a Board role too.

Vanessa also uncovers her career journey and how her university studies in Geology led to her successful career in the resources sector, in a variety of diverse minerals and energy resources. Vanessa sheds light on how to leverage networking to help you gain exposure to Boards and Board members you are interested in, and how to best position yourself and sell your skills in a very competitive Board market. Vanessa also shares her learnings by speaking about the key challenges she has faced both in her career, and as a Board Director, and will leave you feeling inspired, motivated, and ready to tackle your next challenge.

Vanessa is an experienced Executive and Director. She has built a ground-breaking career serving on a variety of Boards including the Minerals Council of Australia, Cricket Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), AdBri Ltd and Santos Ltd, among others. Vanessa is an inspiring female leader, having been recognised as one of the world’s Top 100 inspirational women in mining. Vanessa was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from Curtin University in 2017 for her significant contributions to sustainability, innovation, and policy leadership in the resources industry. She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2021 (AO) for her contribution to the minerals and resources sector.

Learn more about behind closed doors here:

Website: https://www.behindcloseddoors.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/behind-closed-doors

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If you live in South Australia, chances are you already know the name ‘Kelly Noble’. Kelly is the CEO of Glam Adelaide, a news website dedicated to bringing the best of South Australia to its audience. She is also the Co-Founder of Showcase SA, South Australia’s premier business-to-business networking organisation, with memberships open to any business in the State.

In this episode of Women On The Move, Kelly speaks with behind closed doors’ Founder and Managing Director Donny Walford about her entrepreneurial journey, and how engaging in unpaid work at Mitsubishi Motors upon completion of her university studies soon paved the way for her groundbreaking career in communications and public relations. Kelly sheds light on the opportunities she took to build her businesses, and shares why being passionate about what you do for work is a crucial element in achieving entrepreneurial success.

With a passion for driving South Australian news, information, and business, Kelly is a guru in leveraging online communication platforms to deliver positive news stories to all. Kelly was the Winner of the 2020 Australia Day Citizen of the Year Award for Community Event of the Year, for her SA4SA Bushfire Appeal Gala which raised over $500,000 for South Australian bushfire appeal causes. Kelly also serves as a member on the Fresh 92.7 Board and The University of Adelaide Media Advisory Board, and continues to be a proud and positive advocate for all things South Australia.

Visit Glam Adelaide here: https://www.glamadelaide.com.au/  

Visit Showcase SA here: https://showcasesa.com.au/

Learn more about behind closed doors here:

Website: https://www.behindcloseddoors.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/behind-closed-doors

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Ludwina Dautovic is the Founder and CEO of The Room Xchange, Australia’s first verified house sharing platform. Mandatory verification creates a safe and secure community. The Room Xchange’s profiling system makes it easy for people to find the right person based on personality, values and lifestyle and users can choose to pay rent or offset their rent by providing additional help around the house. Verify, connect, rent. Easy! How’s that for innovation and disruptive market leadership?

In this episode of Women On The Move, Ludwina speaks with behind closed doors’ Founder and Managing Director Donny Walford about her journey with The Room Xchange, and how she grew her business from an initial idea, into the innovative house sharing platform it is today. For those starting or running your own business, be sure to stay tuned because Ludwina also shares some entrepreneurial insights – and they are not to be missed!

Ludwina has been an entrepreneur for 26 years and has a passion for technology and disruptive market leadership. She is an investor in new and emerging technologies, author, artist and speaker.  

Learn more about The Room Xchange here:

Website: https://theroomxchange.com/ | Connect with Ludwina on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludwinadautovic/

Learn more about behind closed doors here:

Website: https://www.behindcloseddoors.com/ | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/behind-closed-doors | Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @bcdwomen

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Isobel Marshall and Eloise Hall are co-founders of TABOO, a social enterprise that sells certified organic cotton pads and tampons. With a passion for helping women around the world through breaking down the stigma surrounding menstruation, Isobel and Eloise are activists in providing women with greater access to period products. And because TABOO is built on the structure of a social enterprise, all profit is redistributed into charitable projects that work to eradicate period poverty. Go girls!

In this episode of Women On The Move, Isobel and Eloise speak with behind closed doors’ Founder and Managing Director Donny Walford about TABOO’s journey, and how they have inspired and supported women through their social enterprise. Isobel and Eloise also provide a sneak-peak into what’s to come for TABOO – and we couldn’t be more excited.

You’re probably thinking that you’ve heard of Isobel and Eloise before. And you’re probably right! Between making headlines and completing University study, these amazing women have achieved so much in their careers, all while managing and growing TABOO into the incredible social enterprise it is today.

Isobel Marshall, Co-Founder and Director of Health and Education at TABOO, is the 2021 Young Australian Of The Year, also studying Medicine at the University of Adelaide. Eloise Hall, Co-Founder and Managing Director of TABOO, is studying a double degree in Business and International Relations at Flinders University and is also InDaily’s youngest 40 Under 40 winner, taking the crown at just 21 years old.

Learn more about how to support TABOO here:

Donate: https://tabooau.co/donate/ | Volunteer: https://tabooau.co/support/taboo-volunteer/ | Shop: https://tabooau.co/shop-options/

Learn more about behind closed doors here:

Website https://www.behindcloseddoors.com/ | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/behind-closed-doors | Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @bcdwomen

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Sarah Bartholomeusz, known as the Goddess of Governance®, is the Founder and Principal of You Legal, an innovative law firm that takes care of doctors. With over 15 years' experience, Sarah is passionate about protecting purpose-driven organisations to allow them to focus on what matters to them most, making their impact in the world. 

In this episode of Women On The Move, behind closed doors talks to Sarah about her experiences as a lawyer and business owner. Sarah also sheds light on her own personal interests and how they help shape her wellbeing.

Author of How to Avoid a Fall From Grace: Legal Lessons for Directors (2015), Kingpin: Legal Lessons from the Underworld (2017), and Growing a Medical Practice: From Frustration to a High Performance Business (2018), Sarah is an experienced lawyer and governance professional with significant commercial experience and mindset.

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Gabrielle Dolan is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker and educator on real communication and business storytelling. Her clients include the Obama Foundation, Telstra, EY, Accenture VISA, Australia Post, National Australia Bank, Amazon and Vodafone just to name drop a few.

Gabrielle is the best selling author of six books including Real Communication: How to be you and lead true, a finalist in the Australian Business Leadership Book Awards 2019. Her other titles consist of Magnetic Stories: Connect with customers and engage employees with brand storytelling (2021), Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling (2017), Storytelling for Job Interviews (2016), Ignite: Real Leadership, Real Talk, Real Results (2015) which reached the top five on Australia’s bestselling business books and Hooked: How Leaders Connect, Engage and Inspire with Storytelling (2013).

Bringing humanity to the way business people communicate isn’t just a career, it’s a calling. Her dedication to the industry was recognised when Gabrielle was awarded the 2020 Communicator of the Year by the International Association of Business Communicators Asia Pacific region.

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Marissa Schulze is the Managing Director of Rise High Financial Solutions and a passionate mortgage broker, property investor, property developer and property investment educator. She loves empowering others to improve their financial position and achieve their financial goals so that they can live the life of their dreams. Starting at just 18 years old, Marissa bought her first investment property. Over the next decade, she achieved financial freedom through building a multi-million-dollar property portfolio with a six-figure passive income and continues to be an active Property Investor and Developer today.

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Fiona Hancock is the Director of Climate Change and Sustainability Services at EY. She started out as a Chemical Engineer but became interested in climate change and now works to identify, develop and deliver climate change strategies. Fiona is passionate about the risk climate change poses and advising on ways to transition to a low carbon future. She discusses the difference between climate change and global warming and how long in her expert opinion it will take to be solely utilising renewal energy.

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With 30 years of business experience, Dr Sally Rundle has been a corporate facilitator, educator and a coach. With an international career she has had the opportunity to work with over 5,000 leaders from a wide range of industries across 20 countries. Sally has dedicated her career to empowering individuals to be the best they can be personally and professionally. Sally talks about the importance of understanding ourselves so we can be better equipped to deal with change and how we need to make time for self care because of the many positive benefits it brings. You can even try some of Sally's techniques in this podcast to feel your own energy!

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