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In the powerful finale to our Board Director Series, we meet Emma Olivier, founder of Twenty Percent and passionate advocate for authentic inclusion in Australian boardrooms. After 20 years at Accenture and a career-defining moment that taught her the power of vulnerability, Emma discovered her true calling in creating meaningful change.
The statistics are confronting: 20% of Australians have a disability, yet zero directors on the ASX 300 have publicly identified with one. Emma, born without a left hand, brings both lived experience and professional expertise to this crucial conversation about representation where it matters most—at decision-making tables.
A LinkedIn post featuring her first professional photo showing her disability generated 1.7 million views and launched her journey to building Twenty Percent, a consultancy focused on real inclusion. Emma demonstrates how showing up as your whole self creates ripple effects far beyond individual success.
This conversation is about Emma's mission to ensure the 20% of Australians with disabilities have a voice where it matters most, at the decision-making tables that shape the organizations and communities we all live in.
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Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
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Friday Jul 18, 2025
Friday Jul 18, 2025
Episode 5 of the Board Director Series features Aliza Knox, bestselling author of "Don't Quit Your Day Job" and the tech executive who built APAC businesses for Google, Twitter, and Cloudflare. From Boston Consulting Group to becoming APAC IT Woman of the Year and the first female partner across Asia Pacific at BCG, Aliza's career demonstrates the power of curiosity-driven decision-making and strategic risk-taking.
Aliza shares her unique career framework—Aliza 1.0 (consulting/finance), 2.0 (tech transformation), and 3.0 (portfolio career)—while revealing how personal interests in swimming, Asia, and the internet inadvertently shaped her professional trajectory. She discusses the "brave or foolish" decision to take significant title and salary cuts to enter tech, and how writing a simple email to Vint Cerf changed everything.
Now in her portfolio phase as a board director and senior advisor, Aliza offers practical insights on staying relevant in rapidly changing industries, the importance of building a "personal board of directors," and why emotional feedback taught her to separate stress from authentic enthusiasm.
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Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
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Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
In this compelling episode of the Board Director Series, we meet Nichelle Maynard-Elliott, founder of Dunamis Transaction Advisors and board director of Xerox and Lucid Group, who understands that breaking barriers means nothing if you don't help others follow. In a time when diversity progress feels uncertain, Nichelle poses a critical question: Will this be a movement that creates lasting change, or just a moment that passes?
With over 25 years of M&A expertise as former head of M&A Americas and Asia Pacific for Praxair (now Linde), Nichelle now dedicates significant time to helping women navigate board opportunities through mentoring, coaching, and strategic guidance. Inspired by board director Ira Hall, who actively sponsored diverse talent throughout his career, Nichelle is determined to ensure that the women who break through don't just leave doors open—they actively invite others through and equip them for success.
From being called a "shrinking violet" early in her career to finding her powerful voice in corporate boardrooms, Nichelle shares how authentic leadership means bringing your whole self to work. A woman of faith married for 30 years with two adult children, she refuses to compartmentalise her life, believing that vulnerability and authenticity create stronger connections and better business outcomes.
This is a conversation about the courage to show up as yourself, the strategy of packaging your superpowers for board opportunities, and why ensuring this diversity moment becomes a lasting movement is both a personal mission and business imperative.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership
Friday Jul 04, 2025
Friday Jul 04, 2025
Welcome to the third interview in our six-part Board Director Series, where we explore the pathways and wisdom of some of our most respected leaders. Kathy Grigg brings a refreshingly practical perspective to board leadership—one grounded in the belief that operational experience is the foundation of sound governance judgment.
From managing wool trading operations across multiple countries to serving as CFO of international companies, Kathy's journey to boards spanning GrainCorp, Agricultural Innovation Australia, and a distinguished 12-year tenure at Deakin University demonstrates how deep operational experience translates into board excellence.
Kathy shares her philosophy of "getting runs on the board" through operational roles first, why she believes judgment can only come from experience, and her non-negotiable rule about never being financially dependent on any board role. She opens up about developing "antenna" for feedback that's never explicitly given, the importance of being able to walk away from any position, and how confidence grows through calculated risks in your "uncomfortable zone."
This is a conversation about building board careers on substantial operational foundations, the value of understanding what you don't know, and how deep experience in challenging roles creates the judgment essential for effective governance.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Welcome to the second interview in our six-part Board Director Series, where we explore the mindset and pathways of the world's most accomplished leaders. Leanne Caret made history as the first woman to lead Boeing Defense, Space and Security, overseeing 30,000 employees and $30 billion in revenue, but her path there was built on one core principle: never opting out of opportunities because of what might happen someday.
From being told she "laughed too much" to be management material to developing her four G's framework (grit, gumption, grace, and gratitude), Leanne shares the strategic career moves that transformed her from an entry-level hire into a Fortune 500 CEO and now board director for Deere Company and RTX.
This is a conversation about taking the jobs that make you want to "throw up," building authentic relationships across all levels, and why the hardest assignments are often your best teachers. Leanne proves that you don't have to choose between being effective and being human, and shows exactly how to build a career on genuine courage rather than perfect preparation.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Loving the podcast?
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Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravefeminineleadership
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Friday Jun 20, 2025
Welcome to the first interview in our six-part Board Director Series, where we explore the mindset and pathways of Australia's most respected board directors. Kate Spargo made one of the most calculated career moves of her life when she left Adelaide for Melbourne in 2000, a decision that transformed her from a practising lawyer into one of Australia's most sought-after board directors.
With board roles spanning healthcare (Sonic Healthcare), infrastructure (CIMIC), automotive retail (Bapcor), and sport (Geelong Football Club), Kate shares the strategic thinking behind building a diverse portfolio and the courage it took to relocate for career growth. She offers powerful insights into the commercial value of culture, the art of reading unspoken feedback, and why her core life tenet is simply "to be useful."
This is a conversation about curiosity, calm judgment under pressure, and the courage to keep showing up even when nobody speaks to you at networking events. Essential listening for anyone interested in governance, risk assessment, or building a career on authentic expertise.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Craving inspiration?
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Loving the podcast?
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Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravefeminineleadership
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Just back from facilitating two leadership sessions in Sydney, I witnessed something profound that changed how I think about high-performance thinking. When we hit the edge of familiar territory and the room went uncomfortably quiet, every instinct screamed to fill that silence. But what happened when we didn't might surprise you.
In this episode, I share what I learned about the difference between comfortable silence and growing silence, why we're all addicted to "cognitive busyness," and how my own frantic post-CEO transition taught me that the pause I was avoiding wasn't empty time—it was essential navigation time.
You'll discover: The hidden cost of filling every moment with activity, How to distinguish between restoration silence and growth silence, What spaciousness actually looks like in leadership practice.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Craving inspiration?
I send an email each Sunday about leadership reflection, top tips to build an intentional & sustainable life and other things that have captured my attention and are too good not to share! Sign up here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/leadershipinspiration
Loving the podcast?
Leave us a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds & will inspire like-minded leaders to join the conversation!
Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravefeminineleadership
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Terry Tateossian had it all on paper—founder of a successful tech agency, two beautiful kids, and a reputation for being the one who always delivered. But behind the scenes? She was running on caffeine, chaos, and the belief that being "on" 24/7 was just the price of success.
Then came the hospital visits. Not once, but twice.
In this episode, Terry shares the raw truth about how she broke the cycle—ditching the sugar, the wine, the self-neglect—and lost over 80 pounds in her 40s. But this isn’t a story about weight loss. It’s about regaining agency, learning how to eat (really eat), and lifting more than just dumbbells—lifting herself out of survival mode.
💡 Why listen?
If you’re a high-achieving woman who keeps telling yourself “I’ll deal with it later,” this is your wake-up call. Terry’s journey will make you rethink what you’re tolerating in your own life—and how to finally put yourself on the to-do list.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Loving the podcast?
Leave us a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds & will inspire like-minded leaders to join the conversation!
Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
If your strategy isn’t landing, it’s probably not the strategy. It’s the conversation.
In this episode, I’m joined by Rose Fass — the person Fortune 500 CEOs call when things go sideways. Founder of fassforward and author of The Chocolate Conversation, Rose helps leaders get clear, aligned, and heard.
We talk:
- What’s really being heard when you speak
- Why poor communication costs more than poor strategy
- How to shift conversations without triggering resistance
This is a masterclass in CEO-level clarity — and the power of saying the one thing that moves everything forward.
🎧 Tune in. Let Rose shift the way you lead.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Craving inspiration?
I send an email each Sunday about leadership reflection, top tips to build an intentional & sustainable life and other things that have captured my attention and are too good not to share! Sign up here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/leadershipinspiration
Loving the podcast?
Leave us a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds & will inspire like-minded leaders to join the conversation!
Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravefeminineleadership
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
Meg Gluth didn’t plan to become a CEO but her path through sobriety taught her the discipline, clarity, and self-awareness that leadership demands. Now running a $100M chemical distribution business, Meg shares what she’s learned about showing up with calm under pressure, asking the right questions, and building a business (and life) with intention.
We talk about the turning points that shaped her, getting kicked out of college, starting over, choosing sobriety, and eventually buying the company she once worked for. This is a refreshingly honest conversation about focus, growth, and letting go of the need to do it all perfectly.
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But you do have 15 minutes while you’re driving into the office or grabbing your mid-day coffee. Listen here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/BFL-Private-Podcast
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Craving inspiration?
I send an email each Sunday about leadership reflection, top tips to build an intentional & sustainable life and other things that have captured my attention and are too good not to share! Sign up here: https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/leadershipinspiration
Loving the podcast?
Leave us a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds & will inspire like-minded leaders to join the conversation!
Access Your Free Clarity Tool
Between the endless to-do lists, competing priorities, and decisions piling up, it’s easy to lose sight of what matters most. But here’s the truth: you can’t give more if you’re running on empty. That’s why we created Balance Your Brave—a free 15-minute diagnostic tool to help you regain control and clarity.
In just 15 minutes, you will:
✅ Pinpoint energy drains holding you back.
✅ Identify where to focus for the biggest impact.
✅ Walk away feeling calmer and more confident in your next steps.
Think of it as your personal roadmap to balance and alignment.
⬇️ Click here to access your free Balance Your Brave diagnostic tool.
https://www.bravefeminineleadership.com/Balance-Your-Brave
Are we friends? Connect with Us.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravefeminineleadership
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravefeminineleadership
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-feminine-leadership