change happens

"We need every little girl in this world to wake up and have the same opportunity as every little boy. We need every child in this world to wake up and have the same opportunity no matter where they’re born."

Celebrating International Women’s Day, this week's episode of the Change Happens podcast shines a light on equality and the celebration of diversity. Listen as host Jenelle McMaster is joined by Founder and Chair of Adara Group, Audette Exel AO, who shares her insights from her lifelong fight for human rights and how her work drives change to bridge the gap between for profit and for purpose business models.

Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY. 

Guest: Audette Exel AO Founder and Chair of Adara Group.

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"There’s lots of quotes that say 70% of change fails. Now, whether it’s 70% or 80% or 50%, we know a lot of our change efforts fail because we’re trying to communicate and trying to lead change through logic, and again, logic just informs us, it doesn’t actually change our behaviour or influence us to do something different or feel something different."

In this week's episode of the Change Happens podcast, host Jenelle McMaster is joined by speaker, author and founder of Jargon Free Fridays Gabrielle Dolan to discuss the power of communication through storytelling, both in life and in business.

Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY. 

Guest: Gabrielle Dolan speaker, author and founder of Jargon Free Fridays, discover more here: https://gabrielledolan.com/

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Gabrielles latest book "Magnetic Stories" available from 1st March.

"We hadn't practised specifically, what would happen, you know, if the boss got blown up one morning, but we’d practiced enough so they knew the drills."

In the first episode for Season 2 of the Change Happens podcast, host Jenelle McMaster is joined by author and Managing Director of Trebuchet Pivot, Garth Callender, who shares his remarkable experience of his time as an Australian officer in Iraq and Afghanistan and how he has applied the lessons and training learned along the way to life in business.

Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY. 

Guest: Garth Callender Managing Director of Trebuchet Pivot.

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Outside of Australia, particularly within this region of the world, we are actually seen as a trusted and sometimes – in the world of technology – honest broker, in being able to navigate the complexity of what we find ourselves in."

In this week's episode of the Change Happens #podcast, host Jenelle McMaster is joined by CEO of @AustCyber, @Michelle Price, who shares her experiences within the cyber securities ecosystem and how she has played a significant role in creating new growth avenues for Australia's economy both domestically and abroad.

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY. 

Guest: Michelle Price  CEO of AustCyber. 

Details about Cyber  Week 2020.

"I love nothing more than chucking a plan in the bin."

In this week's episode of the Change Happens #podcast host Jenelle McMaster is joined by entertainer, broadcaster, journalist, author and stage-performer Wendy Harmer who shares how she creates change, her reflections on leadership and what COVID-19 has meant for the arts and entertainment industry.

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY. 

Guest: Wendy Harmer is an entertainer, broadcaster, journalist, author and stage-performer and currently hosts 702 ABC Breakfast with Wendy Harmer and Robbie Buck.

"Anybody who trades through this pandemic, it’s a privilege. And don’t abuse that privilege, and be very generous as a result of that because there’s underemployed, unemployed, under-trading or not trading businesses. And if you are trading and have the privilege to do so, then you better be very generous in all of your actions."

In the latest episode of the Change Happens podcast, Jenelle McMaster speaks with Group CEO and Managing Director at Dominos Pizza Enterprises Don Meij who explores effective leadership during a global pandemic, risk and failure, and cultivating a culture of learning.

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY.

Guest: Don Meij is Group CEO and Managing Director at Dominos Pizza Enterprises

"I suppose forging resilience, building resilience, is innovating. And so, when we look back at the last three months, we see everywhere, people innovating to get through this adversity that we’re all facing." In this week's episode of the Change Happens #podcast, Jenelle McMaster is joined by Australian of the Year and Sight For All Chair, Dr James Muecke AM, who shares his insights into the relationship between health and resilience.

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY.

Guest: Dr James Muecke AM is Australian of the Year and "Sight For All" Chair.

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"The hardest thing to do at that point in time was to rapidly pivot to not just a new way of working but also a new mode of leadership. Our teams wanted answers and clarity - they were scared, I was scared."

In this week's episode of the Change Happens #podcast, Jenelle McMaster is joined by Managing Director & CEO at Domain, Jason Pellegrino, who shares his insights and experiences on the shifting nature of leadership during times of change and uncertainty.

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY.

Guest: Jason Pellegrino is Managing Director & CEO at Domain 

"What I hope I never forget is the importance of communicating, and that’s being honest, empathetic, visible and creating that sense of hope."

In this week's episode of the Change Happens #podcast, Jenelle McMaster is joined by Chief Executive Officer and Regional Managing Partner Oceania at EY Tony Johnson, who shares the insights and lessons he's taken from this year's period of unprecedented change. 

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"I think there’s a real need for industry and government to collaborate more directly here. Not only in terms of funding that’s so essential to help the workforce pivot and to re-skill, but also through industry helping government to understand where those future roles are likely to occur."

In this week's episode of the Change Happens #podcast, Jenelle McMaster meets with Managing Director of Microsoft Australia Steven Worrall, to discuss the importance of collaboration between industry and government to address changing skills demands in Australia. 

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY.

Guest: Steven Worrall Managing Director Microsoft Australia 

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"Skills development obviously has to align with job opportunities and the best way to do that is more investment in this space."

In our latest episode of the Change Happens #podcast, Jenelle McMaster is joined by the Member for Waterford, Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development, Shannon Fentiman MP, to discuss the role of skills and training in Australia's economic recovery following #COVID19.

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY.

Guest: Shannon Fentiman MP -  Member for Waterford, Minister for Employment and Small Business and Minister for Training and Skills Development.

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"The leaders who struggle in crisis are the ones who hide things." 

In this week's episode of the Change Happens #podcast, Jenelle McMaster speaks with Chief Executive Officer at NSW Trustee & Guardian Adam Dent, who shares his insights into leading and managing people in some of the most challenging circumstances. 

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Host: Jenelle McMaster  is Managing Partner, Oceania Markets at EY.

Guest: Adam Dent is Chief Executive Officer at NSW Trustee & Guardian  and Director and Co Founder of Start Out Australia. 

Erin Austin from 100.3 The Bull sits down with Gabrielle Gunn from Change Happens to discuss their partnership with Comcast for Comcast Cares Day, coming up on April 21^st.