Jemimah Ashleigh - Positioning your business for success
Jemimah Ashleigh is a global authority on positioning, an international keynote speaker, MC, podcaster, and an Australian set on world domination. After a decade long career in law enforcement, Jemimah now works exclusively as a positioning consultant and coach.
Jemimah Ashleigh is a global authority on positioning, an international keynote speaker, MC and podcaster.
Jemimah is an Australian set on world domination. After a decade long career in law enforcement, Jemimah now works exclusively as a positioning consultant and coach to reduce the alarming statistic that 97% of female owned start-up businesses fail within the first 5 years. Women are failing at almost twice the rate of men. Jemimah seeks to be part of the reason this changes worldwide.
Jemimah started her journey in entrepreneurship with the creation of Tangs Design, an ethical jewellery business and then soon after started The Business Experiment Podcast. Jemimah is now the co-founder of Who Run The World.
She has spoken in Indonesia, United States, Canada and Australia, and has had the opportunity to take the stage with the likes of:
Valerie Jarrett - Former Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barak Obama
Frank Shankwitz - Co-founder of the Make a Wish Foundation
Elizabeth Broderick - Australian Sex Discrimination Minister
Jemimah’s debut book ‘Position Me’ is an international best seller on Amazon, and her media coverage includes Huffpost, Thank You, Marie Claire, Qantas, Business Chicks, MamaMia, Financial Review - Women of Influence, and NBC News to name a few.
As well as being a global thought leader in over 70 countries and having a reach of 6.3 million through social media and podcasting, Jemimah was also named in the Top 10 female entrepreneurs in Australia. She is also a board member of The Hope Project.
Mentions:
Jemimiah Ashleigh - https://www.jemimahashleigh.com/
Tangs Design - https://www.tangsdesign.com.au/
The Business Experiment Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-business-experiment-podcast/id1134351825
Gary Vaynerchuk - https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/
Jim Rohn - https://www.jimrohn.com/
World Health Organisation - https://www.who.int/
Bossy Pants - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossypants
The entrepreneurial dip
The 5 monkeys study
Who Run The World
Nicholas Domingo - Bringing out the superhero in kids
Nicholas Domingo is certainly not your average superhero. He is a 29 year old entrepreneur, speaker, children's book writer and change maker obsessed with making strides towards creating a better tomorrow.
Nicholas Domingo is certainly not your average superhero. Nicholas is a 29 year old entrepreneur, speaker, children's book writer and change maker obsessed with making strides towards creating a better tomorrow. He is currently the Co-Executive Director of the anti-bullying superhero non-profit, Captain Encouragement, an organization with the goal to cultivate the next generation of leaders. They do this by using early intervention leadership techniques combined with superpowers to work and inspire children in the Kindergarten to 3rd grade age range!
His story started in Ridgely Missouri, a town with a population of 64 people, growing up working random odd jobs Including: dishwasher, Server, rabbit farm worker, tobacco farm worker, furniture mover, landscaper and construction hand.
He was a high school athlete with Years in the sports arena playing football, wrestling, mixed martial arts and briefly cage-fighting in the OFC based in Omaha.
He briefly stepped into acting and modelling, being on various shows including The Thundermans on Nickelodeon, Mighty Med on Disney and The Arsenio Hall Show.
His journey came to an abrupt halt due to a Subarachnoid Brain-Hemorrhage that nearly cost him his life. This life changing event sent him down a long path looking for answers and ultimately leading to self-discovery. This reshaped his focus to what was truly important, helping create a better world.
The program he currently runs has been to many schools around the United States and has gotten a lot of media attention and buzz, being featured in: The Boston Globe, The Rotarian Magazine, The Kansas City Star, The Union Democrat Newspaper, Action 41 news, among others. Through this program he has stretched his legs into children's book writing, live musical theatre, promoting and live acting, curriculum development, film production, video game development and more.
He continues to travel the country to help reach more children with a message of hope to create the next generation of leaders! He continues to work day and night until he works himself out of a job and we see an end to bullying and suicide.
Thanks to Rotary Club of Jackson (California), 101 Heroes, Paul & Debbie Sessa, Micro-Tronics, AutoTech & Tires, and Olga Jones for supporting these wonderful initiatives.
Mentions:
Call To Inspire - https://calltoinspire.com/
Captain Encouragement - Captain Encouragement Youtube
David Johnson (videographer) - http://www.davidjohnsonproductions.biz/
Michigan State University - https://msu.edu/
Kate Austin - Building dignity with one tiny bottle
Kate Austin is the founder of the Australian Not-for-Profit, Pinchapoo. After living through many years of domestic violence, and eventually ending in a situation that almost cost her life, Kate decided that nobody should ever have to go through what she experienced.
Kate Austin is the founder of Australian Not-for-Profit, Pinchapoo. After living through many years of domestic violence, and eventually ending in a situation that almost cost her life, Kate decided that nobody should ever have to go through what she experienced.
What started out as a sneaky movement to get people to pinch their hotel shampoo, has see Pinchapoo grow to become the biggest national NFP supplier of personal hygiene products, to disadvantaged adults and children.
Pinchapoo works with over 500 leading organisations, community groups and government institutions as a total hygiene solution, providing a reliable source of customised packs to EVERYBODY in EVERY situation of need.
In the 11 years since the trailblazing inception of Pinchapoo, Kate and her team have distributed more than 5.5 million hygiene items in a bid to maintain the dignity of those less fortunate.
Pinchapoo utilises the services of thousands of volunteers; Kate insisting that every one of those amazing humans are considered family - even wishing they could all come over for a Sunday roast!
So with the strong, brilliant, compassionate and energetic Kate Austin at the helm, Pinchapoo is making one hell of a difference.
And the future looks like it might also turn some heads!
Mentions:
Pinchapoo - http://pinchapoo.org.au/
Leah Mether - How to communicate effectively under pressure
Leah Mether helps people get out of their own way with the development of soft skills (which are really hard). She is a speaker, trainer, coach, facilitator and author of the book Soft is the New Hard: How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure.
Leah Mether helps people get out of their own way with the development of soft skills (which are really hard).
She is a speaker, trainer, coach, facilitator and author of the book Soft is the New Hard: How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure.
With a background in leadership, corporate communications and journalism, Leah works with executives, leaders and employees across Australia to help them improve their communication, mindset and self-management.
Leah lives in the small town of Willow Grove overlooking Blue Rock Lake in Gippsland, Victoria with her husband and three energetic sons.
She is a dedicated community volunteer, trained speaker for beyondblue, and a raging chocoholic.
In this episode we speak about everything from the importance of backing yourself, through to starting a business, overcoming fear, the problem with perfection, communication under pressure, emotional intelligence, and self-management at times of stress.
Mentions:
Leah Mether - https://www.leahmether.com.au/
Brene Brown podcast - https://brenebrown.com/unlockingus/
Girls With Hammers - https://girlswithhammers.com.au/
Viktor Frankl - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Frankl
Jim Collins - https://www.jimcollins.com/
James Stockdale - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale
Stockdale Paradox - https://www.jimcollins.com/media_topics/TheStockdaleParadox.html
Leah’s Values checklist and other resources - https://www.leahmether.com.au/resources/
Questions:
What is it like to me around me?
What emotion am I feeling at the moment?
How am I doing at the moment?
How am I feeling?
What’s the worst that can happen?
What’s the reality if it did happen?
How do I mitigate the worst from happening?
Who am I?
Who do I want to be?
Christy Nichols - Finding meaning through purposeful travel
Escaping the rat-race, Christy Nichols found herself in Nicaragua, deep in the jungle (but still close to the beach), and through this found inner-peace that kickstarted a whole new adventure.
Personal Development Facilitator | Curator of Transformational Experiences| Leadership Training Expert | Purposeful Travel Advocate | CEO at Venture Within
Escaping the rat-race, Christy found herself in Nicaragua, deep in the jungle (but still close to the beach), and through this found inner-peace that kickstarted a whole new adventure.
Christy’s professional education expertise has afforded her the opportunity to work all over the world. Since achieving a Masters Degree and Teaching Credentials in Sussex, England, she has delivered educational and leadership initiatives internationally to individuals in the UK, Europe, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, South Africa, Canada, the USA, and Australia. After successfully creating and developing EDventure International, an organization combining leadership development, education, and conservation projects overseas, she launched Venture Within.
Her passion is creating transformational experiences for personal and professional growth through overseas immersion, coaching, and mentoring workshops, and adventurous experiences abroad. She enables and inspires others to live a full and meaningful life.
As Christy’s line up of 2020 Retreats has been paused due to COVID-19, she is working with one on one coaching clients, teaching personal growth and leadership for teenagers online, working on two books and a podcast about Expat Life, and has a youtube channel featuring BED TALKS.
Her lifestyle is the envy of many, as she still manages to find time for all the things that were important beyond work - yoga, guitar, pondering life while walking the beach, and stealing the neighbour's 80lb puppy who’s cuddles are second to none!
In this episode, we chat about how travel and teaching has taken Christy around the world in life and business, eventually living the ex-pat life in Nicaragua.
We explore WHY she started Venture Within, the "Ah-ha!" moment, personal breakthroughs and the magic people find on her Retreats, and how she’s keeping her own love for her business alive through Covid-19.
Mentions:
Venture Within - www.venture-within.com
Kate Parker - Saving the oceans with courage and humility
Kate Parker always had a passion for the beach and marine life, but at a young age she had no idea her passion would lead her to board a Sea Shepherd ship and fly the flag high to defend the oceans.
From a young age, Kate had a passion for the oceans and this was only deepened when Kate moved to Melbourne in 2014 where she joined Sea Shepherd, an international, marine focussed environmental group with a mission to Defend, Conserve and Protect our oceans. Kate joined Sea Shepherd because she was passionate about preserving our planet and felt she could no longer be a bystander, anxious about threats to marine habitats. Starting off as an onshore volunteer; Kate spent her time fundraising for the organisation and promoting marine conservation in her spare time. She then signed up to crew on board the Sea Shepherd vessels and has since taken part in 6 campaigns off shore, starting with an Antarctica campaign to oppose Japanese whaling and most recently has been concentrating her efforts on defending the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the Vaquita Porpoise, from becoming extinct in Mexico.
Kate also decided she wanted to fundraise for this cause, managing to raise just under $7000 that was spent directly towards keeping the ships at sea and the crews fed and safe Mexico. Kate wanted to raise awareness for the plight of this animal and along with another Sea Shepherd crew member they did just that, by walking 400km in 20 days down the west coast of the USA, along the Pacific Crest Trail in January of this year. Sadly due to COVID these vessels are no longer able to patrol the area and for the few remaining Vaquita (estimated between 6-19) things are looking increasingly desperate.
Mentions:
Sea Shepherd - https://www.seashepherd.org.au/
Whale Wars (series) - https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/whale-wars/
Animal Planet - https://www.animalplanet.com/
Cowspiracy (film) - https://www.cowspiracy.com/
The Cove (film) - https://www.opsociety.org/our-work/films/the-cove/
Blackfish (film) - http://www.blackfishmovie.com/
Sea of Shadows (film)- https://films.nationalgeographic.com/sea-of-shadows?fbclid=IwAR3aUzAFV2MhDcVxwCrJUp2tz4HGlDkcafM0ZJHJnQz5OIkEejDEyzrmcrs
Wild (movie) - https://www.searchlightpictures.com/wild/
Racing Extinction (documentary) - https://streamingmoviesright.com/us/movie/racing-extinction
Feral - George Monbiot (book) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_(Monbiot_book)
Lamave - https://www.lamave.org/
Hero Round Table - http://heroroundtable.com/
Matt Langdon - Setting the stage for everyday heroes
Matt Langdon has travelled the world teaching people how to be heroes. He is also the creator of Hero Round Table that hosts conferences all over the world, and sets the stage for everyday heroes.
Matt Langdon has traveled the world teaching people how to be heroes. Through keynotes, workshops, and coaching, he helps people move from potential bystander to hero-in-waiting. He is as comfortable running an intimate day-long workshop for twenty global executives as he is addressing an audience of over 500 in a university, high school, or major event across the globe.
He has interviewed on stage many celebrities and thinkers, including Daniel Ellsberg, Philip Zimbardo, Joe Gatto, Edith Eger, Len Wein, Chase Masterson, & DeRay McKesson.
Matt is the creator of Hero Round Table that hosts conferences all over the world, and sets the stage for everyday heroes. As Matt says, he created the conference he would want to attend.
Mentions:
Hero Round Table - heroroundtable.com
Caroline Hammond - The tree change with wings
A colony of bees teaches us that we aren’t in this life alone, we have (if we want to!) an entire community around us that want to support and encourage us. Maybe this is why Caroline Hammond became a beekeeper.
A colony of bees teaches us that we aren’t in this life alone, we have (if we want to!) an entire community around us that want to support and encourage us.
Maybe this is the reason Caroline Hammond became a beekeeper.
Moving to West Gippsland, Victoria from Brisbane about 8 years ago, Caroline sought to find a healthier lifestyle where she could be a valued part of her community.
After being there a few years, Caroline found the most idyllic place in the hills to call home and started to implement the self-sufficient lifestyle model/principles which she had yearned for since leaving the family sugar cane home in Queensland as a teenager.
She always knew she had a connection with nature and animals.
After setting up the perfect chook run, Caroline decided that she would now get bees, you know for pollination…and honey…and wax products…and mead!
Caroline’s idea was that she would be a classic beekeeper who used every element of the hive…in a no wastage principle.
Well…after only a short period, Caroline found herself working intensively with her mentor in his bee business and was soon out mentoring beekeeping clients and managing hives, as well as helping to run the day to day aspects of the business. She had made so many wonderful connections with people from all over Victoria in the beekeeping industry - an amazing community of people in itself. But more locally, she thought she’d really found her passion, being outside with nature… You see Caroline is from a corporate background, in her words ‘chained to a desk/computer/telephone’ and her health was starting to really show the signs of the imbalance this created.
A bitter sweet situation occurred where the above mentioned business no longer continued to operate, but Caroline found support from people around her and decided to start her own small business.
Come Fly With Me Beekeeping is her little bee business which was born to celebrate the connections we have with each other and our environment through the meeting and mentoring of like-minded people.
Her main focus is in mentoring beekeepers and helping them find their wings in this fascinating hobby. Through her techniques of teaching, she aims to empower confidence and understanding in people around her who are willing to give things a go.
To compliment her mentoring, she also has around 30 honey production hives across the West Gippsland region. These bees are nurtured to produce local honey, with all the amazing health benefits that Raw Honey has… and that list is long! She also has a good selection of beekeeping equipment and products such as protective clothing, paradise honey hive equipment, raw honey, unique gifts and artwork. She provides extraction services and sets up live bee colonies in the spring, among other things!
Whilst Caroline’s little piece of paradise is located in West Gippsland (Victoria, Australia), she finds herself travelling long distances locally, so if you happen to be located in the wonderful region of Gippsland, she’s able to help.
She thoroughly enjoys spending time with so many different people who she then has the pleasure of seeing grow with confidence and fascination through the activity of keeping bees. And I think that’s what has had her hooked from the beginning.
So, as Caroline says 'come fly with me, enjoy the journey’.
Get in touch with Caroline if there’s anything you’d like to ask -she really does love a good chat and a cuppa!
Mentions:
Come Fly With Me Beekeeping - www.comeflywithmebeekeeping.com.au
Instagram - @comeflywithmebeekeeping
Michael Gallus - Changing lives 1 ball at a time
Want to meet a passionate man who never sleeps due to his enthusiasm for life and constant breaking down of barriers to make the world a better place? Then it’s hard to go past Footys4all’s Volunteer Founding Director Michael Gallus.
Want to meet a passionate man who never sleeps due to his enthusiasm for life and constant breaking down of barriers to make the world a better place? Then it’s hard to go past Footys4all’s Volunteer Founding Director Michael Gallus.
Michael was born in Fiji and came to Australia when he was 2. He is married to Amanda and father of three children Thomas, Lily and Benjamin. In addition to founding and directing Footys4all Michael is the Pakistan International AFL Female Coach, primary school teacher, Hero Round Table motivational speaker, Uber driver, community sporting coach, founding director of MGG Educators and Motivators and a Maths tutor to special needs children.
It was through his years of experience as a father, coach and teacher that he witnessed first hand the positive impact that sport had on children and youth. When he turned 40 and had his first midlife crisis, so his daughter told him, he started the volunteer children’s sporting charity Footys4all to distribute hope and a sporting opportunity to children in need. Footys4all gives disadvantaged and under privileged children around Australia and across the world, equal sporting opportunities through the provision of a sporting clinic and the gift of a new ball.
Footys4all is a totally volunteer run organisation and due to its passionate and worldwide supporter network, it has gifted sporting opportunities to over 25,000 children in need in
8 years of operation. Essendon AFL aboriginal legend Michael Long is the Footys4all ambassador, and 2010 Australian of the Year Professor Pat McGorry is a board member.
Footys4all is changing kids lives one ball at a time across Australia and around the world through its volunteer programs in Fiji, Pakistan, Africa and New Zealand.
Michael's volunteer work as the Founding Director of Footys4all has seen him awarded the 2017 Premier of Victoria Champion Volunteer Impact Award, the Pride of Australia Medal in 2016 and nominated for Australian of the Year in 2015.
Mentions:
Footys4all - https://www.facebook.com/Footys4All
Hero Round Table - http://heroroundtable.com
MGG Motivators & Educators - https://www.mggeducatorsmotivators.com
Caitlin Grigsby - Taking the big leap
Caitlin Grigsby shares her journey into taking the big leap and starting her own HR business - Full Circle HR, as well founding the Gippsland Pride Initiative. Caitlin and her wife Meleah donated their house to Big Sky Sanctuary for animals and she shares how this was one of the best things they’ve ever done.
Caitlin Grigsby shares her journey into taking a leap and starting her own HR business - Full Circle HR, as well founding the Gippsland Pride Initiative. Caitlin and her wife Meleah donated their house to Big Sky Sanctuary for animals and she shares how this was one of the best things they’ve ever done.
Full Circle HR supports small to medium businesses, non profits and community groups with all things HR and governance, management and policy.
Caitlin also talks about living in a caravan in her sister's generous garage while the building of their forever home is underway.
Mentions:
Full Circle HR & Business Service - https://www.facebook.com/fullcirclebusiness
Gippsland Pride Initiative - https://www.facebook.com/gippslandprideinitiative
Gippsland Ranges Roller Derby - https://www.facebook.com/GippslandRangesRD
Big Sky Sanctuary - https://www.bigskysanctuary.org
Gippsland Community Leadership Program - https://www.gclp.asn.au
GippsTech - https://gipps.tech
Podcast Introduction
Welcome to the Get Off The Bench podcast! This first episode is an introduction to the podcast giving you some background information. It exists to showcase people who have backed themselves and having a go, in the hope that others will be inspired to ‘get off the bench’. Enjoy!
Welcome to the Get Off The Bench podcast! This first episode is an introduction to the podcast giving you some background information. The podcast is a follow up to the book ‘Get Off The Bench’ written by Kerryn Vaughan, and naturally Kerryn is the host. Primarily this podcast exists to showcase people who have backed themselves and are having a go, in the hope that others will be inspired to ‘get off the bench’ and do the thing they’ve always wanted to do, but even this podcast started very shaky. Enjoy!
Mentions:
‘Get Off The Bench!’ book - https://www.kerrynvaughan.com/get-off-the-bench
‘Magnificent Kids!’ book - https://www.kerrynvaughan.com/magnificent-kids
Girls With Hammers - https://girlswithhammers.com.au
One Planet Classrooms - https://www.oneplanetclassrooms.com
Kerryn Vaughan - https://www.kerrynvaughan.com
