Focus Now Blogs: Interview & Inspire

“A sudden brilliant or timely idea”

Welcome to the Interview & Inspire Blog series.

These are stories of business & creative ideas starting, succeeding, failing and with grit and hustle are striving happily, living out their passions and encouraging others to do the same.

These interviews showcase the end outcomes that were well worth the effort & are the celebration of these budding entrepreneurs refining thier intentions, living from thier values, resourcing new knowledge, solving business problems, planning and creating practical business structures that work, taking action, and refining themselves as they go. These interviews showcase the brilliant and timely ideas in leadership, operations, personal branding and career development that have been brought to life!

Live your business and creative life as you intend it to be – let’s have a chat, we know how!

‘Meander’ – a design selection for a worthy cause

Author by Shereene JesurajahPosted on Categories Creative Space, Interview & Inspire

What makes a designer tick?

Meet award winning contemporary jewellery, designer-maker, Sarah Augusta Murphy.

Sarah lovingly donated her piece to our Girls’ Night In Cancer Council Fundraiser to raise money toward women’s cancer research. This beautifully crafted piece is called Meander, find out more from Sarah on a personal topic that has touched her life and touches the lives of so many across the globe. On behalf of Cancer Council we are eternally grateful to Sarah and the other donations for our recent fundraiser event.

Enjoy this short interview piece, as Sarah shares her thought process towards creating and selecting product to suit a greater impact & purpose!

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I haven’t come this far, to come this far!

Author by Shereene JesurajahPosted on Categories Interview & Inspire

Humble roots and a deep passion that never leaves..

Letting go & making the move…

All bets in? Or get a part time job?

When a Pooch and Pet loving lifestyle becomes an “Entrepreneur lifestyle” for this Fearless Entrepreneur!

Hear the insider story of Entrepreneurial passion, hard work and fun..

Fiona’s Daily Motivational Tips…

Taking the plunge..

Into the Dragon’s den…

…in our Interview with Fiona – “I haven’t come this far, to come this far!”

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Customer Service, Melbourne coffee, Icebergs & Wise words from a Barista

Author by Shereene JesurajahPosted on Categories Interview & Inspire

Melbourne sure does love it’s coffee.

And whether or not you are a big coffee (or perhaps you are a chai drinker?) Melbourne is never too shy to boast that we have the best coffee especially if you were in desperate need or were wanting a warm beverage to relaxing with and meet up with friends.

Our Baristas are the key to Melbourne’s biggest success.

For this one Barista though Dom, Dom represents what so many excellent Baristas bring to their work & their art.

Dom’s Customer Service mentality is much like an iceberg, what we enjoy is by being one of Dom’s customers is not only surface level stuff either. Let’s hear what Dom has to share.

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Business Leadership – Art of War/Art of Leadership, Resilience, Command Presence & Influencing the Troops

Author by Shereene JesurajahPosted on Categories Interview & Inspire

Business Leadership Focus on The Art of War/Art of Leadership, Influence, Command presence, Resilient & Cohesive Teams.

This month we had the honour of interviewing Lietentant from Australian Army Reserves to find out a little more on the ‘Art’.

Consider this: Leadership is a rewarding & a noble task to achieve. But when the going gets tough how well do you influence your team & how cohesive are they?

Take a look as we gather & reflect on the thoughtful insights from the Lieutenant to assess if there is an application for our own leadership scenarios.

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