Building your reputation, Entrepreneurship
Some seven or so years ago, I’d just run my first proper full-day course. A few weeks after the course, I was at a conference and sat down next to a woman who’d attended. “How did you find my course?” I asked brightly. She looked momentarily uncomfortable then said...
Creativity, Entrepreneurship
Fiona Donohue-Bales did one-to-one business coaching with me some four years ago, and participated in our last intake of the Hustle & Heart program, in September 2017. Here’s her story. I began my business around 18 years ago in the year 2000, when my kids were...
Building your reputation, Entrepreneurship
Sharyn Coughlan is an executive coach and workplace wellness consultant, specialising in the not-for-profit sector, who participated in the September 2017 intake of the Hustle & Heart program. This is her story. I decided to do the Hustle & Heart program...
Building your reputation, Entrepreneurship, Starting a business
In February 2008, I found myself gainfully unemployed. I had a vague hope of being self-employed “one day”. But at the ripe age of 28, I thought I’d need more years experience before I could contemplate making this a reality. I’d had a long and extended quarter...
Entrepreneurship, Money & Sales, Starting a business
When I was a kid, the Dollarmites came to school. You grew up in the 80s in Australia if a Dollarmite bank account was your first foray into the adult world of money. An initiative from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, it was, for many kids, their introduction to...
