herBusiness - Insights for women in Business

Roma Gaster of leadership consultancy, The Leadership Circle, explains the five proven traits of successful leaders, why perfectionism holds us back and why today's economy demands that women step into leadership roles.

Lauren Brown, Managing Director of Pulse marketing explains why networking is less important than your network, the opportunities your small business can take advantage of, four areas of marketing essential to small business marketing strategy and provides tips for young businesswomen.

Jane Cay, founder of birdsnest.com.au is based in regional Australia. She shares tips for successful online business, how being in regional Australia is a bonus for her business and tips on how any small business can grow successfully.

Yvette Blount of Macquarie University is Research Coordinator for the Australia Anywhere Working Research Network. In this interview we discuss the benefits of adopting a telework model, how small businesses will reap the rewards of teleworking and what it takes to manage a team you cannot see.

Darlene Price is the author of Well Said - Presentations and Conversations that Get Results. In this interview we look at how to get over presentation stage fright, the mistake that will destroy your presentation, how to master virtual conversations and why connection is more important than perfection.

World Champion surfer Layne Beachley established the Aim for the Stars Foundation in 2003 to inspire girls and women across Australia to dream and achieve. In this interview we talk about goals, achievement and never giving up.

Emanuel Perdis, Managing Director of Napoleon Perdis Cosmetics discusses the power of values and how they can underpin your business direction and messaging and provides tips on how businesses owners can keep their values and alive and well in business.

Emily Chantiri, author of The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Money explains why women should start investing for their future as early as possible, offers tips for managing cash-flow in your business and reveals three money mistakes most business owners make.

Carmel Molloy, CEO at the World Society for the Protection of Animals Australia speaks about partnerships - what makes a great partner, how to maintain partnerships and the role partnerships can play in spreading your story.

Angela Ferguson of futurespace explains how the workplace has changed and how environment has lead this change, the benefits that businesses can obtain from looking at alternative work strategies and the tools required to implement a successful alternative work environment.

Liz Lynch, author of Smart Networking explains how to leverage social media for networking and how to maximize your networking results and minimize effort. Plus news and cool social media tools.

Kate Ward, author of Personality Style at Work explains how your personality can be your competitive advantage if you understand how it works and how to use it.

Alison Hill, co-author of “Dealing with the Tough Stuff, - How to Achieve Results from Crucial Conversations” explains ways to have more productive discussions in the workplace, and less conflict, tools for depersonalizing tough feedback and strategies for overcoming resistance and defensiveness.

Amantha Imber, author of The Creativity Formula provides creativity boosters for work and for life and tips on how to fire up your own creativity, avoid time-wasting brainstorming meetings and explains why our emotional state and what we do before we sit down to be creative, matters.

Mariette Rups-Donnelly, Director of Powerhouse Presentation explains How to maximize you presence when your presenting, networking and in meetings, what it takes to create a confident and strong physical and vocal presence, how to structure you message so that it’s clear and provides tips for going beyond presenting to inspiring, empowering and influencing those you communicate with.