Stella Axarlis …achieving excellence through empowerment....
From mathematics teacher to internationally acclaimed opera singer, managing director and Board member, Stella Axarlis consults with organisations that are undertaking significant ...
I don't think excellent is good enough to describe Stella. She is an inspirational and sensational speaker.
Hotel Grand Chancellor
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Cheryl & Nikki Bart ...first mother-daughter team to summit Mt Everest....
On May 24, mother Cheryl Bart and daughter Nikki Bart became the first-ever mother-daughter team to ever summit the world’s tallest mountain, Mt Everest. Upon reaching the top, the...
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Marianne Broadbent …developing exceptional 21st century leadership....
Dr Marianne Broadbent is an executive advisor, specialist in leadership and executive capabilities, and commentator on global business and workplace developments. She combines a di...
Dr Broadbent’s knowledge and strategic thinking on truly complex IM/IT issues is exceptional. Her insights illuminate the present situation and anticipate directions for organisation.
Health Canada
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Christina Hindhaugh …embracing change....
Christina Hindhaugh is a successful farming businesswoman and writer who lives on a sheep and cropping property in western Victoria with her farmer husband Chris.
Christina is t...
Christina did an excellent job of interpreting the briefing notes we sent her and her preparation in researching the topic was much appreciated by everyone in our audience. She st...
Assoc. of Victorian River Management Authorities
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Linda Nicholls …leading director and corporate advisor....
Linda Nicholls is a corporate adviser and Director of a number of leading Australian companies and organisations. She has more than 30 years' experience as a senior executive and c...
Ms. Nicholls' presentation at the 67th Annual Conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) at George Moscone Conference Center in San Francisco was very well received. ...
Stanford University
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Margot Spalding … co-owner, co-director or Jimmy Possum Furniture....
Margot Spalding, co-owner and co-Director of Jimmy Possum Furniture, studied Primary Teaching and Graphic Design.
Margot commenced a career in children's clothing manufacturing....
Thank you very much for your great contribution to the Conference… I have been delighted to see very strong formal evaluations and the informal feedback has been outstanding.
Macquarie University
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Sylvia Allen … President, Allen Consulting....
Sylvia Allen is President of Allen Consulting, an internationally recognized marketing firm located in Holmdel, New Jersey. She has been in business for almost three decades and, i...
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Molly Harriss Olson … internationally recognised leader on sustainability....
Ms Olson earned her Bachelor Degree in Environmental Studies and Natural Resource Economics with Honours from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was a distinguished Bate...
Molly was really good at the Q&A session. Very interesting ideas for the future of accountants.
CPA Australia
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Ann Sherry …the forefront of business....
Ann was the Chief Executive Officer, Westpac New Zealand and Group Executive, Westpac New Zealand and the Pacific until April 2007. Ann was the first female CEO of a bank in New Ze...
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Janine Allis … founder and managing director of Boost Juice....
Two and half years ago Australian born Janine Allis decided to put theory into practice. As a working mother of three, Janine was fed up with the lack of available healthy fast foo...
… people found Janine’s talk interesting and relevant… she did a great job.
Australian Sports Commission
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Rachael Bermingham ... best selling author, speaker and proud mum. ...
Rachael Bermingham, bestselling author and inspiring motivational Mum, has over 20 years combined experience in personal development, business, core life, time management and goal ...
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Anna Booth … senior level business achievement....
Anna is an executive coach facilitator and trainer with Margaret Stolmack and Associates, a principal of EMD Workforce Development, a director of CoSolve and former national secret...
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Elizabeth Bryan … one of Australia's most successful businesswomen....
Elizabeth Bryan was the first woman appointed to run a large financial institution in Australia, when, in 1992 she was hired as general manager of the $25 billion superannuation f...
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Margot Cairnes … approaching the corporate heart....
A visionary thinker, Margot Cairnes' presentations are dynamic, inspirational, challenging and sometimes confronting as she presents leading edge approaches to Leadership and strat...
…integrity and enthusiasm that comes through in her presentation is a privilege to be part of
Ajilon Group
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Chin-ning Chu … master of strategic thinking....
Chin-Ning Chu is a descendant of Yuan-Zhang Chu, the pauper who became the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) by defeating the Mongol rule of Genghis Khan. At the age...
I know that all in attendance found your presentation on "Success Without Stress" to be extremely informative, as well as very entertaining. Thank you once again for contributing t...
Director Programming, AUSTEREO LIMITED
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Sarah Cornally …performance beyond expectations....
Sarah Cornally is a facilitator, speaker, consultant and executive coach with a unique ability for spotting maximum leverage points in businesses, people and organisations.
Sh...
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Fabian Dattner …envisioning the future....
Fabian Dattner is well known to many Australians. She is a regular commentator in the media on corporate ethics, organisational alignment and leadership issues. Through her compan...
Fabian's session on leadership was extremely well received. Fabian very successfully included the entire audience in an understanding of "leadership" and its practical application ...
AMP Insurance Company
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Catherine DeVrye … good service is good business....
Combining the energy of Gen Y with the experience of a Baby Boomer, Catherine has the 'street cred' to deliver the results you're after.
Before becoming a best-selling author of...
Thank you for the tremendous contribution to our business & the participative culture we have developed. Part of our success is due to your involvement & I am most grateful.
American Express
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Mia Freedman …successful media personality....
Mia Freedman began her media career doing work experience at Cleo magazine aged 19. Within five years she had been named the youngest ever editor of Cosmopolitan which she took to ...
Mia was very entertaining with a great message to all especially women
CIBA Vision Australia
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Terry Hawkins …a leading presenter in human performance....
Terry Hawkins has established herself as one of the leading presenters in human performance. With 20 years experience as a trainer in a myriad of industries, Terry draws on a vast ...
Wow!!! What can I say? Terry Hawkins is absolutely fantastic!!! This woman is the most amazing and inspiring speaker I have ever listened to. Her presentation, delivery and energ...
Century 21
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Kristina Karlsson ...Founder, kikki.K...
WHEN Swedish born Kristina “Kikki” Karlsson decided to set up a home office almost ten years ago, she couldn’t have known where that decision would take her.
Today she is the cr...
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Julia King … extraordinary businesswoman....
Julia King is certainly a businesswoman with flair. Now the executive director of Sun Corp and Opera Australia, her prestigious career has included a number of years presiding ov...
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Sue Lindsay …success in business....
New Zealand's 1997 Young Executive of the Year, Sue Lindsay went on to represent her country in the 1998 World Young Business Achievers Awards in Beijing, China – and won!
As th...
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Margaret Lomas …property, business and the work and family balance....
Margaret Lomas is the author of the best-selling books "How To Make Your Money Last As Long As You Do", "How To Create An Income For Life", "How to Maximise Your Property Portfolio...
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Karen Matthews …CEO, Ella Baché....
Karen Matthews was recently awarded the PWC National Franchise Woman of the Year 2007. She was also awarded the Telstra NSW Business Woman of the Year 2004 and PWC NSW Franchise W...
Karen was a particularly good choice for this market as she is so down to earth and approachable which allowed the audience to relate to her more than some other 'CEO's'. Her prese...
Westpac Banking Corporation
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Wendy McCarthy ...a witty and engaging business woman....
Wendy McCarthy AO began her career as a secondary school teacher and remains passionate about the power of education. For 40 years she has been a teacher, educator and change agent...
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Lyndey Milan …energetic presenter and chef....
Lyndey Milan is an energetic multi-award-winning communicator, author, teacher and presenter on all things gastronomic. Food Director of The Australian Women's Weekly for over seve...
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Ann-Maree Moodie … corporate governance through leadership....
Ann-Maree Moodie, B.A., FAICD, is the Managing Director of The Boardroom Consulting Group Pty Ltd, a private firm which specialises in boardroom dynamics and communication, as well...
As our workshop facilitator, Ann-Maree Moodie successfully joined with each of us individually and had a clear direction of where to take us collectively. The teaching components o...
Anglicare Sydney
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Cyndi O'Meara … improving peoples lives....
A lively and inspiring health expert and lifestyle coach, Cyndi O’Meara has regularly appeared on national talk-back radio to educate listeners on how to overcome health problems a...
Written with a sense of humour, the author packs in advice on how to clean up your internal act with brief punchy chapters and doses of nutritional information that actually got me...
Australian Table
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Eva Orner ...2008 Oscar-winning Film Producer....
Eva Orner is an Australian film producer and winner of the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Eva is an AFI, Logie and now Oscar-winning Australian producer based in New Y...
…quite amazing for a young woman like this to come to the United States and find herself, purely on the basis of her own talent, on the stage holding an Oscar in such a short space of time…
Sidney Blumenthal, American Journalist
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Annette Presley …the spirit of entrepreneurship....
After setting up her first company in 1988 Annette Presley has developed a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship. In 1992 from rather modest beginnings she founded Call Austr...
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Marlee Ranacher …a new breed of Australian businesswomen....
Marlee Ranacher, one of a new breed of Australian businesswomen, acquired the remote top-end Bullo River Station from her mother and acclaimed author, Sara Henderson, in March 2001...
Actual Comments from the audience: "Motivational speaker was great", "Bring Marlee back", "Brilliant", "Excellent"
Department of Primary Industries - Swan Hill
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Judith Slocombe …understanding the jungle of business....
Dr Judith Slocombe graduated as a veterinarian from the University of Melbourne, and after practising in Australia and overseas commenced a small veterinary pathology business from...
Dr Slocombe presented a range of challenging ideas for veterinarians to consider, in an interesting and engaging way. We received very positive feedback from several of her audienc...
Australian Veterinary Association
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Amanda Stevens …maximising female customer base loyalty....
Females now make over 80% of all consumer purchase decisions, in addition to a growing number of decisions in industries such as banking and finance, automotive and insurance.
A...
The feedback was overwhelmingly positive with many delegates commenting on how beneficial your presentation was in understanding and selling to their female clientele – great job as usual.
CommInsure
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Anne Summers …media and business icon....
Anne Summers was Editor of Good Weekend, the colour magazine published each Saturday in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, until early 1997. With a long history in the print an...
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Deborah Thomas … Editorial Director, The Australian Women’s Weekly....
After completing a degree in Fine Arts at Caulfield Institute (now Monash University), Victoria, Deborah left Australia to discover the world. To finance two years in Europe Debora...
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Sandra Yates … international business powerhouse....
Sandra Yates is the Chair of Saatchi & Saatchi Australia, the NSW TAFE Commission Board, and the Sydney Writer's Festival. She is also a director of Reynolds Wines Ltd, and a board...
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