I entered Lonely Planet noticing a huge box of thongs bound for East Timor. The young surfer at the switchboard phoned through that I had arrived and I was led to Maureen's small windowless office. Two things caught my eye, a photo of Maureen with the Dalai Lama and several cards with love heart decorations. [...]

Welcome to the herBusiness program, where we interview inspiring businesswomen and entrepreneurs. In this episode, we interview Margy Osmond, the CEO of the Australian National Retailers Association, a lobby and research organisation that acts as the voice of the country's largest retailers. Her board includes the CEOs of Woolworths, Coles, David Jones, Bunnings, Best and [...]

When you first start out in business, you will no doubt do most things yourself, yet to continue trying to keep control of every task that needs doing by handling everything yourself, you'll never be able to grow your business successfully. You'll run out of time and also be limited by your own skillset. The [...]

Kate Hurdley is an inspiring woman. Literally. As director of her own personal empowerment coaching and events business, Inspired Excellence, Kate empowers women to honour themselves in all aspects of their lives. Creator of the Goddess Series of seminars for successful women and still only 25 years old herself, Kate embodies the 'inspired excellence' she [...]

Andrew Jobling is a leading motivational speaker, author and writer and coach. He has played in and led elite high-performing teams in both the business and sporting world and is passionate about helping people to create positive long-term change so they can live a happier, healthier and more dynamic life ?_ at home and in [...]