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Have you ever thought to yourself that you would really like to try and get more done in your day? I know that I definitely have - I am always looking for ways to improve my productivity and what can I do or try to get the best out of my day! And I have definitely struggled this during covid! If this sounds like you then listen in for my chat with Dr Amantha Imber where talk all things productivity. Dr Amantha Imber is an organisational psychologist and founder of behavioural science consultancy Inventium and host of the very popular podcast - 'how I work'! We talked about the impact of covid on our work, we dug into to being a manager or a coach and connecting with team. Plus we talked about working a four day week, being paid the same and also the productivity gains that came from this but also some tips and techniques to be more productive in your work - including working to your cronotype and your circadium rhythm plus having a shutdown ritual for your day - you are going to love this! Plus we delve into the pomodoro method and how the brain works! You will love this one! And did you know that taking breaks actually really helps! 

This week I had an absolutely delightful chat with Lynne Cazaly on the Lady Leadership show! Lynne has just written a new book ‘Argh’ A practical guide to outsmarting overwhelm, this book shows how to outsmart feelings of overwhelm and includes practical tools to better manage emotions! As the impact of COVID has reminded us, the world can be an unpredictable and overwhelming place. Our experiences of overwhelm can impact us at home and at work and often form a regular part of our daily lives. But it doesn’t have to be this way. These feelings of overwhelm can be outsmarted. In her new book, Argh!, Lynne Cazaly provides readers with powerful techniques to make sense of our overwhelm, and discover new ways to work and cope with all this information. Lynne says it comes down to acknowledging our emotions and better managing our workload. Drawing upon decades of experience she outlines useful tools to help filter information to avoid burnout that general feeling of ‘too much on’.We talked about getting it out of your head, which Lynne calls sense making, emotional regulation and then using Agile ways of working to manage the workload plus the Pomodoro technique which is 25 mins of intense focus! This is not a conversation to miss out on! 

This week I interviewed Amalia Chilianis who has written a new book called Workholistic. Are you unhappy with your career or job? The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many of us to re-evaluate our priorities, and to figure out how to create a life we truly want for ourselves and our loved ones. The time to change is now. In the new book, Work-a-holistic: A practical guide to changing your career. Career development expert Amalia Chilianis provides a practical guide on changing careers and finding more meaningful work. Amalia offers a holistic approach to making a career change based on over 25 years’ experience, research into positive psychology and neuroscience, and interviews with ordinary people who’ve shifted their careers to find greater satisfaction.

Have you ever thought about how you show up and how your energy impacts others? This week I chatted to Ingrid Messner who has just written a new book called Naturally Successful - How wise leaders manage their energy, influence others and create positive influence. 

Have you ever thought that you would like to do an MBA? Are you wanting to take your skills to the next level but you are not sure how? What are the skills that you are wanting to build to take you forward? Should you do an MBA?. Alicia's has written a new book called You don't need an MBA - Leadership lessons that cut through the crap. Alicia talks about the skills that you need to essentially be a good leader. At the middle of this is flexibility or adaptability or your abiiity to cope with change and being aware - self aware and external awareness. Alicia also covers in the book are you ready to thrive when things are messy. Plus the skills that you can't buy or hire that you really need to learn - asking questions, curiosity, delegating, decision making. Check out this interview with Alicia!.

Jo Harris started her career in nursing and through the skills, she learnt in this profession she then has gone on to found and launch not one business but two! We dug into the skills that she learnt in nursing and how these have helped her become an entrepreneur. We talked judgement, we talked kindness and the robust people and negotiation skills plus developing trust that Jo learnt in nursing. We dug into listening and deep listening. We then chatted about why Jo shifted her career into entrepreneurship plus why and how she did this. If you are looking for a change - have a listen. You are going to love this chat. 

Hey everyone, just me this week sharing the career principles that I have applied to my career over many years. These principles have helped me shift and move my career forward. I discuss being in charge of your career, knowing yourself and being able to sell yourself plus who to have around you! Have a listen and I am sure that you will get some ideas on how to apply to your career. 

It was great to catch up again with my new friend Judith Beck for part 2 of this podcast! If you haven't listened to part 1 of this chat - check out my first episode with Judith called 'Don't let Gender hold you back at work.' This week we talked about what do the top 10% per cent do to get to those coveted senior leadership roles. Some of these concepts that we talked about where so simple, being organised, be kind and polite to people, not levellising ie being the same with everyone and I mean everyone, being prepared and organised. Plus we talked about being a continual learning - ie if you think you know it all then you definitely don't. Then we talked about being able to get a good understanding of what is going on, making a proper assessment and then making change. Then we covered being able to own both your own achievements and your own mistakes as well. They also don't have barriers ie they don't sop themselves from doing things, they go for it and give it a go plus they know to give a great elvevator pitch. If you are wanting to shift your career to the next level then you should definitely give this podcast a listen! f you want to learn more about what the T10P’s do, Judith’s new book ‘No Sex at Work’ is available at all good bookstores and online through amazon: https://lnkd.in/gMCTQTY -

This week on the show I caught up with my former work colleague Colleen Callandar. Colleen shares her remarkable story from finishing school at the age of 16 through to becoming one of Australia's top female CEOs, and everything in between – including facing burnout, something many can relate to. Colleen shares thought-provoking insights and real-world advice to empower and inspire all women, no matter your age or where you are on your leadership journey, to believe that the best is yet to come. It’s also a call to arms for organisations to embrace a new era of leadership - one that leads with kindness, trust and authenticity and has more women at the helm. You don’t need a title to be a leader. You have the ability to lead every day with each reaction, interaction, action and decision you make. No matter your age or where you are in your career journey, Leader By Design provides the practical tools to help build confidence, reach your full potential and position yourself for success in business and in life.

In this weeks episode I chatted to Amira Alvarez about mindset and the patterns that you go into and the conversations that you are having with yourself and how this could be holding you back. The results we are often getting correlate directly with what are wanting and keeping yourself in the same place. We talked about what is stopping you internally and figuring out what these are. Then coming up with an alibi to stop you following through that you agree with. We talked about showing up for yourself and also shiny object syndrome and keeping accountable to yourself and understanding your programming. We talked about changing your subconscious programming and reprogramming and it being a lot easer to get results. We talked about how to make money in business and that this is not difficult and that there are only three ways to do this. Plus how to get leverage over yourself to break through and get to the next level. Plus we talked about Universal Law and also suprisingly we talked about how sex can help you with your business. Yes - you just read this correctly! 

This week I had the great pleasure of interviewing Repa Patel where we discussed moving from being an individual contributor to being a leader and manager. Repa has written an new book called - Elevate: A New Path for Leaders to Naviage Uncertainty. Repa Patel, founder of Leading Mindfully, draws upon decades of experience to provide a practical guide to mindful leadership, managing your energy and priming your potential to become the best leader you can be. Drawing upon her personal experience along with the clients she works with, Patel explains how to navigate uncharted territory, by engaging your heart, mind and energy to lead authentically, deliver more meaningful impact and experience joy more often in your work. We discussed - How to lead yourself before you lead others & why it matters- A path to redefine success in unpredictable times- Why your purpose is powerful as a leader and how to use it to navigate your career and lead your team- A method to find calm in the chaos by building a tool kit to thrive through difficulties as a leader- The means to use courage as a component of change & convert fear into conviction- That becoming the architect of your destiny by managing your mind is the way to ride the waves of disruption. 

B-Suite leaders are today's middle managers, the glue that holds organizations together, translating strategy into action and creating high-performing workforces. Yet the B-Suite is stretched thin. They are too junior to be 'in the room', yet senior enough to be looked up to by their team. They are expected to provide information, decisions, and direction and often have little to go on.  It can be a frustrating space, and their development is often overlooked. Yet enabling these B suite leaders to adjust to the new normal, and to have an even greater impact is a huge win for any organization. So, how can you gain greater control over the pace of work and influence outcomes more easily? Join me as I chat with Rebecca Houghton regarding controlling the pace of your work, your reputation, managing your boss, and making more of an overall impact in the work that you do. 

Do you have the right skills to lead successfully over the next decade - and beyond? The skill-set of the future relies on leading with different types of intelligence and being able to motivate people to do things with their hearts, not just their heads. Are you ready to increase your influence, impact, executive presence, and your ability to deliver results? We discussed our Caroline grew her career and moving from driving outcomes and teams to moving to help people and teams. e talked about operating from self or from service? Plus how just asking someone how they were and helping someone when they weren’t really changed that person and changed Caroline. This put her on a journey to changing her leadership and finding out more about leadership. Award-winning CEO Caroline Kennedy draws upon extensive real-world experience to provide a practical framework to becoming a ground-breaking leader and future-proofing your career. Caroline shows leaders how to stay relevant and competitive with nine key skill accelerators over three primary elements: leading self, leading others, and leading business. The ability to swiftly develop new skills has never been more critical to keep up with the pace of change in the market. By mastering these skills you’ll be able to deliver a consistent body of work, a compelling vision, a ground-breaking leadership style, and above all, a personal stamp that cuts across industries and decades. You’ll become a key leader of influence. Caroline has written a new book Lead Beyond 2030 and provides readers with the tools needed to propel your career, as you invest in yourself and the skills of your team. It’s a powerful exploration of what separates great leaders from the rest and how you can become one of them.

This is the most delightful chat with Judith Beck - I absolutely loved meeting and talking to Judith. Judith is a powerhouse and so knowledgable! I could have talked to Judith all day - she has so much wisdom to share! Judith Beck had a stellar career in recruitment with Financial Recruitment Group, an executive search company she founded in 1995. Over her career, she has successfully placed thousands of candidates at senior to managing director level within the finance industry. What Judith learnt from recruitment led her to start Financial Executive Women (FEW) in 2013, an organisation that promotes the positive progression of women in the finance industry through experience, guidance and support. Judith passed the FEW business to the next generation in 2020 and her passion remains to ensure women have the right support systems to advance their careers.Judith  says it’s time to stop gender holding you back at work, talks the top skills needed & key to overcoming barriers . Your gender shouldn’t define your success at work. It’s not about your sex, it’s about you and your ability to learn certain skills and behaviours to help you step up in your career.  We talked recruitment and we had a great laugh about some of our experiences and stories! Judith is someone who generally wants to help people and leaders. Judith also shared some AMAZING tips on how to progress your career! I loved these suggestions and they are so so true!    In her new book, No Sex at Work author and founder of Financial Executive Women, Judith Beck, provides a no-nonsense guide to career advancement and inspires you to see yourself as an individual not a gender. Drawing upon extensive experience as a leading recruiter in the financial services industry, Judith explains what the top 10 percent of high achievers do well, and how to increase your chances of success by eradicating the barriers holding you back. About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @lady.leadership. 

This week I had the great pleasure in catching up with Llani Kennealy! Llani is a Military Liaison Officer - Women Peace and Security Team and UN Women & Chair of Women's Military Network. Llani is currently based in New York. Llani Senior Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, and human resource professional who is an innovative, passionate, technical gender expert, practitioner and change advocate focused on delivering outcomes and leading cultural reform in large organisations that enhance women’s equality and empowerment.As the Military Liaison Officer to UN Women in NY, I fulfil the role of the subject matter expert and provide responsive, contemporary advice to the executive and colleagues on the development of policies and programs aimed at increasing women’s participation in the security sector. My primary focus is on increasing the participation of women on UN Peacekeeping Operations. This is achieved through working closely with colleagues other UN entities working on the uniformed gender parity strategy.I absolutely loved this chat with Llani - we discussed how and where Llani grew up and how she started working in the gender and diversity space and some of the challenges that she has encountered along the way! If you are interested in how we improve gender diversity in the workplace and in corporates - please tune in. Llani also shares her recommendations in this space. About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @lady.leadership. 

This week on the Lady leadership show I had the great pleasure of interviewing Renée Giarrusso she is a sought-after communication and leadership expert and founder of RG Dynamics and Limitless Leaders. Renee is a keynote speaker, trainer, mentor, and professional certified coach (PCC). She passionately works with leaders, teams, and organizations to energise mindset and accelerate leadership and communication to lift performance and create collaborative and connected cultures. Renee has written her third book called the ‘Gift Mindset’ which shows how to increase engagement and collaboration at work by changing your mind. This book is for leaders at all levels and is about owning your challenges and your mistakes. Plus taking the time to share the lessons which could be a survival guide for someone else. We all have the choice to choose your mindset that impacts your feelings. We talked about amplifying our negative thoughts and reframing our mindset. I discussed with Renee about reframing and how this can work. Renee’s book is 12 gifts to lead and live a life of purpose, connection and contribution.Each chapter is dedicated to unwrapping each of the 12 gifts - Optimism, Change, Curiosity, Courage, Gratitude, Resilience, Growth, Empathy, Connection, Forgiveness, Contribution and Re-energising – with insights, stories, and case studies that illustrate how each gift can be useful, as well as practical tips on how you can reframe a challenge into an opportunity. By deepening and developing each of the 12 Gifts, which are key soft skills, we can progress ourselves and others forward.We talked about friendship, networking, and boundaries plus networking with people from other cultures.I think you will enjoy this chat! About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @lady.leadership. 

This week on the Lady Leadership show I caught up with Pamela Gabbour who started her own fashion business at the age of 21. There is a little bit of twist here in that Pamela noticed a gap in the market and bought fashion to uniforms. Yes, uniforms! Up until that point, uniforms had been an embroidered shirts. Pamela was fresh out of university having studied marketing plus she was able to leverage her dad's garment manufacturing business to kick off her business. Finding those first customers was hard, Pamela and I talk through how she did this, plus the fact that she was so young the majority of the people did not know it was her business and how she used this to her advantage and how she has grown the business to what it is today. For anyone wanting to start their own business - this is super inspirational!About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @lady.leadership. 

Emily Chang is a seasoned executive who has worked with some of the world’s most renowned companies like Procter & Gamble, Apple and Starbucks. Over the last twenty-two years, her job has brought her and her family to eight different homes across the U.S. and China. And everywhere she’s lived, Emily has found herself at the unique intersection of her Offer and Offense. Life has served up young people who have been abused, neglected or marginalized, to find sanctuary in her spare room. Among her deeply personal accounts, Emily shares heart-wrenching stories of an emotionally abused child bride, a dying baby boy born with hydrocephalus, and the abused daughter of a local prostitute.  With the sixteen young people she and her family have cared for, Emily has found that living into her Social Legacy has not only deeply enriched her home life, it has also enabled her to become a more authentic and relatable leader in the workplace. Each time she opened the door to her spare room, Emily found herself in a front row seat, witnessing one of life’s incredible stories unfold. Integrating work and life, she introduced her spare room kids to colleagues and encourages her team members to invest in their own Social Legacies.  Now more than ever, social purpose has become an urgent leadership imperative. The Spare Room will help you identify your Social Legacy to live a more intentional life and lead with authentic purpose.  About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @lady.leadership. 

This week on the Lady Leadership podcast I caught up with self proclaimed 'Cold calling' queen - Ashleigh Alsadie! Ashleigh currently runs two successful sales-focused businesses;The Promo Donna a lead generation firm that creates high quality B2B sales leads and meetings through cold calling and prequalification for hundreds of companies throughout Australia. And Sale Sistas, a support network where women learn not only how to grow their business, but how to sell themselves and their brand successfully.  Ashleigh has therefore supported solo- preneurs through to corporate organisations in filling their sales pipeline and ultimately growing their bottom line.  Using the proven sales methods that Ashleigh utilises every day for her clients, she has a passion for training both individuals and organisations, showing them just how to optimise their success during their business development and selling time. If you are needing some hints and tips to improve your sales and your sales processes then I know that you are going to love this chat with Ashleigh! About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @lady.leadership. 

This week on the Lady Leadership I had the pleasure of interviewing Felicity Furey is an award winning Business Leader, Engineer, Entrepreneur and Aspiring Aviator. Felicity is the founder of the Professional Leaders Institute. Felicity was named by AFR Boss as Young Executive of The Year and one the 100 Women of Influence by age 26, and has led multi-million dollar projects across Australia. Felicity now mentors high-performing teams and equips emerging leaders with the skills they need to make an impact and drive meaningful change. To kick off this chat Felicity and I talked about Felicity’s career in Engineering - why she chose Engineering and how she then evolved her career to move into Leadership. Whilst Felicity was working in Engineering she noticed that there were not many women in Engineering and she started a not for profit to get more girls and more women into Engineering. Through this journey she raised over a million dollars from corporates and then stepped into a leadership role to run this business. This experience exposed Felicity to business through this endeavour and encourage more women into leadership.  Felicity created the Professional Leaders institute to help leaders fast track their careers and move into leadership roles. Felicity helps aspiring or emerging leaders who are moving into leadership. Felicity learnt through creating the non for profit business that she had room to fail and as such they emulate this experience.  We talked about the benefit to business of diverse leadership and also intergenerational leadership plus empowering teams.  Tune in to have a listen! About me: My name is Samantha McIntyre and after 30 years in business and technology - from starting out on the helpdesk to the C suite, being on Executive boards, and being a mother and entrepreneur! I am passionate about helping women in their careers and business. What I have enjoyed the most in my roles is helping those around me succeed - particularly women!  I have lead technology teams for some of the biggest businesses and brands in Australia and the world such as Tesco, Loreal, Coles, Woolworths, and Sportsgirl. So if you're looking for someone who knows what it is like to be a woman in business and technology plus being a mother and an entrepreneur then you've come to the right place. Contact: Website: https://www.lady-leadership.com/ LinkedIn: Samantha McIntyre Twitter: sjmcintyre1 Facebook: @Samantha McIntyre Instagram: @lady.leadership.