Leadership

Have you ever had to really fight that desire to give up? To push yourself to get to an outcome? Or conversely, have you become so obsessed by getting to a goal almost nothing will stand in your way? Determination is about wanting to achieve something and often this goes hand in hand with persistence and resilience; the ability to stick at something and when you face hurdles and setbacks, you have the resilience to keep going.

Last week Caitlyn Elliott took some time out from her usual delicate work of designing and making wedding gowns to do something a little different.

Meet Ludwina Dautovic.

When it comes to getting to the top, there’s much you can learn from Gladys Berejiklian.

Andrea Walsh is one of very few CIOs in the Australian tech sector, currently managing 15 countries in the role for Isentia.

Earlier in the week my father phoned to ensure that I had received the website link he had sent via WhatsApp.

It’s official.

On the first day of 2017 I shared a quote that says “If you’re lucky enough to do well, it’s your responsibility to send the elevator back down”.

Emma Lo Russo’s a woman who did it “all at once”, as we discovered profiling her back in 2015.

She’s one of the most powerful and visible women in Silicon Valley, so will Sheryl Sandberg use that voice to have a say on the Trump administration? The Lean In author and Facebook COO was interviewed live on stage at the Watermark Conference for women in California this week, where she said that we’re in “very challenging times” but that “I have to be optimistic.

Our friend’s at SmartCompany are celebrating their 10th year of publishing in 2017.