Brave Feminine Leadership Melissa Hamilton

I had an amazing conversation with Tanya Abbey, talking all things Recruitment. A critical area in the current landscape. Tanya is the CEO of Recruitcorp (Executive and Recruitment Projects) and the CEO/Founder of the Candidate and Career Consulting platform Placeme.com.au. She also volunteers her services as a Small Business Mentor under the Queensland Government’s Mentoring for Growth program. Tanya and I explore if the great resignation is a real thing, the hottest skills in demand right now, how can we navigate past recruitment bots, and changing roles when you are over 50. Hear Tanya’s hot tips for senior professional women who are seeking a change today. Listen now.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! David Thodey is one of Australia's most respected and influential leaders. He was part of the original eight male CEOs asked to be on the then titled Male Champions of Change. David is the Chairman of CSIRO, Tyro and Xero and is a non-executive board director of Ramsay Health Care, a global hospital group and prior to this was a successful CEO for Telstra and IBM Australia and New Zealand
In this Brave Feminine Leadership Podcast Bite, Melissa and David discuss self-awareness, imposter syndrome and how diversity is not a policy, it’s a way of life.
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I loved Dr Kristy Goodwin’s latest book ‘Dear Digital, We need to talk’ and lapped up our conversation with practical brain-based top tips to tame our tech habits. Habits that in recent years has seen us living in an ‘always-on’ digital culture - and we know this is contributing to burnout. Do you feel it? As one of Australia’s digital wellbeing and productivity experts, she is focused on the neurobiology of peak performance with her latest book sharing practical tips on how we can ‘tame’ our tech habits. She has worked with top organisations such as Apple, Deutsche Bank, Bank of Queensland, Challenger, Westpac, DLA Piper, Westpac, McDonald’s, Westfield, Randstad, the Reserve Bank of Australia, Cuscal, State Street, National Broadband Network and Foxtel. Hear her top tips in our conversation and give yourself a head start to down your digital tools and reduce your tech stress.

The tables are turned in this week’s podcast as Kelli Hayes, co-founder of The Brave Group, interviews Melissa Hamilton, co-founder of The Brave Group and Founder of Brave Feminine Leadership. Together they explore what it is to be a vulnerable leader and what is not, how vulnerability can be a leadership superpower and how to shake off the vulnerability hangover. Listen today to hear top tips in how to successfully weave vulnerability into your leadership skill set and Thrive and Find Joy in Leadership.

I loved my conversation with Baxter, founder and CEO of With Baxter. Baxter is a world-traveller-Yoga Therapist, who has cheffed on yachts, flew planes in the skies, speaks 4 languages, and co-hosted food and wine tours around the world. When she discovered yoga over two decades ago, she turned her attention to the wellbeing space, became a qualified yoga therapist, specialising in Midlife. Together we talk about the top 5 reasons the ‘midlife’ stage can be so challenging for women to navigate & what are those ‘changes’. Baxter explains the difference between yoga and yoga therapy and shares 3 things you can do right now to thrive - and not just survive - midlife. Listen now and start thriving

In our series: 5x5 Top Tips for Senior Professionals to Thrive and Find the Joy in Leadership podcast, I invited Dr Kellie who talks about stress and burnout, debunks the common myths and most importantly preventative steps you can take now. Dr Kellie spent the first decade of her career working with Olympic athletes and world-record holders in Australia and Europe, where she honed her deep passion for health and performance. However, whilst she was busy supporting others, she neglected her own health and experienced a debilitating burnout which was the catalyst for change and launched the next chapter of her career. She founded her health coaching business, Dr Kellie Rose, where she is passionate about enabling professional women to recognise the signs of burnout and empower them with the knowledge and skills to prevent it, rebalance their health, and continue performing with confidence in their career. A great and relevant conversation. Listen to her top tips now.