Podcasts about Bastion Collective

Welcome to the fifty-seventh episode of Talk Spirit To Me.This week Jess welcomed Janine Allis to the podcast. Janine Allis is a dynamic entrepreneur who turned a simple idea into an international sensation. In 2000, she launched Boost Juice Bars from her kitchen, building a global empire that now includes over 850 stores in 13 countries. Her innovative spirit led to the creation of Retail Zoo, which houses additional successful brands like Salsa's Fresh Mex Grill, and Betty's Burgers.Recognized as one of the top 15 people who have revolutionized business in the last 25 years by BRW, Janine has also been named one of Australia's top 20 most successful individuals by Bastion Collective. Her accolades include winning the prestigious Telstra Businesswoman of the Year award.Janine is the bestselling author of The Accidental Entrepreneur and a familiar face on TV, appearing on Shark Tank, Australian Survivor, Celebrity Apprentice, and Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars. Committed to empowering others, she recently launched The Business Academy, an online course designed to mentor aspiring entrepreneurs.Janine's journey exemplifies the power of resilience, innovation, and a vision to inspire the next generation of leaders.If you would like to connect with Janine you can visit her website or follow her on IG @janine_allisIf you like this sh*t, follow us on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @jessicalynnemediumship⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@talkspirittomepodcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OR if you would like to book a Psychic Medium Reading you can do so ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠**Please note: we do not own the rights to this music; Waves- Limujii @RFM NCM

Laura Turner's guest this week is Fergus Watts. Fergus is a businessman, former AFL Player and current CEO of The Reach Foundation, Fergus Watts.Originally from England, Watts was educated at Wesley College before being selected as a first round draft pick for the Adelaide Crows in the 2003 AFL Draft, before an injury marred his career by 2007, forcing him to retire from footballing competitions.After football, and at just 23 years old, Fergus then started his own entertainment, sports and marketing agency which became Bastion Collective. Bastion Collective evolved over the years to accommodate more than 100 employees, with offices around the world and evolved to have various subsidiaries to ensure that the markets that they were in were being effectively catered for, and today is valued as a $20 billion company and is continuing to grow each day.Fergus has has just been named the CEO of The Reach Foundation, an organisation that is looking to tackle the mental health crisis head on. Fergus considers himself lucky to have gone through the the program 20 years ago as a member of the St. Kilda Football Club, when The Reach Foundation was run by the late, great Jim Stynes.Listen to his amazing story, journey and the inspiration to join The Reach Foundation, and how he is still managing to inspire and lead others into a better future!#TobinBrothers #CelebratingLives #SayItNow #ListenNow

As a lifelong Freo Dockers fan, it was an honour and privilege to chat with the club CEO Simon Garlick. He was open in talking about his career journey, sports leadership and strategy in the AFL. A former CEO of the Western Bulldogs (2010-2015), Simon was appointed CEO of Fremantle effective November 18, 2019 after serving as CEO of Bastion EBA (2015-2019), a division of Bastion Collective, Australia's leading independent marketing, communications and commercial agency. Simon, who played a combined 181 games for Sydney and the Western Bulldogs (1994-2004), also has extensive experience as a director, with previous governance responsibility on the AFL Players' Association board and as a Western Bulldogs board member. He has expertise in complex stakeholder management and engagement experience across governing bodies, local, state and federal governments, media and the negotiation of major commercial/sponsorship contracts with multinational corporations. Educated at St Kevin's College in Melbourne, Simon has a BA Business Administration from the University of Western Sydney and an MBA from Victoria University. Thanks to Evelina Palmiotti from the club for helping behind the scenes.

Michelle Cox is a corporate turned creative with over 25 years of executive leadership experience in a variety of National and Global Executive roles across a range of industry sectors. In addition to being a CEO, COO & CMO for several well-known brands, an entrepreneur at heart, Michelle has acquired and started a number of companies throughout her career as well. These days Michelle has a ‘portfolio career' which means she gets to do lots of fun, interesting things every day that are incredibly varied. She's held a Director role on the Board of Tourism Tasmania for the past six years; is a Non-Executive Director on the boards of two ASX listed companies Experience Co (ASX:EXP) and BSA Limited (ASX:BSA); and continues to be a shareholder in the marketing communications agency group Bastion Collective, she part-founded ten years ago. Michelle is passionate about living an unconventional life and encouraging others to embrace imperfection more. In 2019 Michelle founded The Wabi Sabi Series. This company includes a podcast and book series of short, impactful books centring around topics we don't often talk about. Taking her ‘corporate turned creative' venture further, the past year has seen Michelle transform what started as a ceramics hobby into a successful new business making tableware for clients and she recently opened Sydney's newest Makers Studio & Retail store, Atelier 9 - Avalon, with the purpose of connecting community through creative endeavours. Listen in as we discuss the concept of taking ownership of this life you have now, embracing imperfection and loving the person that you are. Find out more about Michelle at Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellejcox/ Insta: @michelle.j.cox|  @thewabisabiseries | @atelier9_avalon Facebook: @wabisabiseries Podcast: Wabi Sabi Series Websites:  www.wabisabiseries.com | www.atelier9.com.au

The Viewpoints Vault is full of hidden gems and today we have unearthed a great interview between Henry and the founder of the Bastion Collective, Fergus Watts. Founded in 2009, Bastion Collective is the largest independent communications agency in Australia with a growing presence in the USA, alongside our agency partnerships around the world with representation in Dubai, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. This interview was originally broadcast on 3SER's 97.7FM Casey Radio in July 2009.

In today's podcast, I interview Shana Starr, who is CEO of Bastion Elevate, a PR, Social Media, and Digital Marketing firm.  Bastion Elevate is part of Bastion Collective, a global network of business and marketing strategists that creates strong, impactful, and creative campaigns for their clients.  With over 25 years of experience running successful communication agencies, Shana owned and operated a PR firm in Irvine, California for 10 years, prior to selling a majority portion of the business to Bastion Collective.  Tune in to listen to the compelling story of her journey to become a CEO, how she juggled work and family while building a successful business, and how she delivers an integrated approach to marketing for brands and businesses.  Shana is a true force to be reckoned with and you won't want to miss this podcast! Links mentioned in this episode: TheBahnsenGroup.com TheFiscalFeminist.com

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific. You can also find us on Apple at tonydurso.com/apple or tonydurso.com.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific. You can also find us on Apple at tonydurso.com/apple or tonydurso.com.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific. You can also find us on Apple at tonydurso.com/apple or tonydurso.com.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific. You can also find us on Apple at tonydurso.com/apple or tonydurso.com.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific. You can also find us on Apple at tonydurso.com/apple or tonydurso.com.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron’s Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific. You can also find us on Apple at tonydurso.com/apple or tonydurso.com.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron’s Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific. You can also find us on Apple at tonydurso.com/apple or tonydurso.com.

On this week’s episode of Performance Delivered, we sit down with Shana Starr, CEO of Bastion Elevate, a PR, social media, and digital marketing firm that is part of Bastion Collective. In her role, Shana is dedicated to providing clients with rock star talent and a results-driven strategy for businesses around the world. She has over 20 years of experience running successful communication campaigns and working with both large and small brands.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron's Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron’s Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron’s Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Learn from a former US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot about next-generation communications. - Dax Cornelius, who served as an officer (major) and highly decorated US Air Force F-16 combat fighter pilot, provides the foundational leadership and vision as the CEO/USA of Bastion Collective to replicate what Bastion has achieved abroad. Bastion Collective provides an ecosystem for the next-generation communications platform. Dax brings a wealth of M&A, sales and branding expertise, leveraging prior experience with Air Force branding initiatives and having generated more than $1 billion in sales and product launches with Fortune 500 Textron’s Cessna Aircraft and Piper Aircraft Company. - Listen to The Tony DUrso Show on VoiceAmerica Influencers Platform every Friday at 2pm Pacific or listen on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify.

Fergus Watts - Founder & Executive Chairman of Bastion CollectiveFergus is the founder of Bastion Collective, the largest independent communications agency in Australia. Bastion Collective has taken a different approach to the creative industry by creating an environment that facilitates partnerships and teamwork between creative agencies that allow for a variety of services to be provided under one roof.On today's episode of The Daily Talk Show, we discuss: - Finding great people- What to look at when acquiring businesses- Big brands and individual creators- Employees and loyalty- Fergus' relationship with failure- When to quit- Business leadership- The Australian vs US market- Fixing a short term problem vs finding the right fit- SalesBastion Collective: https://bastioncollective.com/Watch and listen to this episode of The Daily Talk Show at https://thedailytalkshow.com/543Email us: hi@thedailytalkshow.comSend us mail: PO BOX 400, Abbotsford VIC 3067The Daily Talk Show is an Australian talk show and daily podcast by Tommy Jackett and Josh Janssen. Tommy and Josh chat about life, creativity, business, and relationships — big questions and banter. Regularly visited by guests and gronks! If you watch the show or listen to the podcast, you're part of the Gronk Squad.This podcast is produced by BIG MEDIA COMPANY. Find out more at https://bigmediacompany.com/

Dax Cornelius CEO & Partner at Bastion Collective is interviewed in this episode. Follow Adam on Instagram at Ask Adam Torres for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be interviewed by Adam on our podcast: https://www.moneymatterstoptips.com/podcastguest --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/moneymatters/support

The global agency holding groups are challenged, the consulting firms are making moves but brands are not backing new indies and start-ups, despite their frustrations. Or are they? Mi3 Executive Editor Paul McIntyre talks to the CEOs at Bastion Collective, Lavender CX and the listed RXP group for a reality check in the first of a new series on the future of Big versus Indie. 

Direct from the Doing Business In China & Chinese International Import Expo debrief at KPMG Australia, learn how to engage a domestic and international market with from Chris McKiernan, International Sales Manager for ViPlus Dairy Pty. Ltd.2018 was the first annual CIIE - 3,617 exhibitors from 151 countries, 220 Fortune 500 Global companies, 400,000+ domestic and 6,000+ overseas buyers, with 37 provincial purchasing delegations.This Interview produced by Bravo Charlie | http://bravocharlie.tvBravo Charlie specialise in targeted video communication for impact investors and their portfolios: companies at a tipping point, with strong offerings, ready to launch into the next stage of their greatness.Chris would like to thank the Bastion Collective, Dairy Australia Victoria, the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Stephen Baud, LF Asia Indonesia, DCH Auriga Singapore and Thailand, Michael D Zhang (DEDJTR), Jasmine Lu and Trade Asia.For the event itself, thank you to the array of individuals that presented, who are doing the work to develop more effective trade relations for our nations.Dr Chuyang Liu, 陆思宇 (Alex Lu), Paul Stagg, George Di Scala, Peter Liddell, Sheridan Wright and Sheryl Soon.Thanks as usual to the Australia China Business Council team for putting this on, Virginia Birrell (MC), Madison Cahill, Isabel Stewart, Hugh Congleton and great to catchup with James Scullin 孙正途, host of the China Path Podcast which you can listen to via https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...#CIIE #Trade #Experience #Learning #DairyThis Interview produced by Bravo Charlie | http://bravocharlie.tvBravo Charlie specialise in targeted video communication for impact investors and their portfolios: companies at a tipping point, with strong offerings, ready to launch into the next stage of their greatness.We support visionary CEOs and executives, by crafting content and implementing systems that engage stakeholders and amplify returns.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/SmarterImpact)

Peter and Paul speak to Anna Porter, director of Suburbanite, about the property market, plus Pengana's Russel Pillemer and Bastion Collective's Jack Watts join the show.

On today’s pod, we feature an exceptional female entrepreneur, who’s also an investor, advisor, board member, and mum of 3. We’re excited to celebrate International Women’s Day this year with a brilliant guest, Jane Martino.Melbourne local, Jane Martino has had an impressive career so far, and she’s only just getting started. Recently appointed as Executive Director - Ventures for VC firm, Light Warrior, Jane has a passion for investing and advising early stage ventures and businesses particularly in the areas of health/wellness, consumer, retail & FMCG and those with a social impact.Previous to this, Jane was CEO of Unlockd, which raised $40M, and also built a number of dynamic businesses, two of which had successful exits: Undertow Media, acquired by Bastion Collective, and Shout, acquired by ANZ Bank. Her third business, the non-for-profit, Smiling Mind, a program centred around delivering free online mindfulness meditation programs, has now over 3 million users globally.In this ep, Jane shares some excellent advice on getting things done all whilst juggling being an investor and spending time with her family. She highlights the importance of meditation and mindfulness, a daily practice for her which became not only the inspiration for Smiling Mind, but something Jane championed for school curriculums.Jane also shared some of the key things she looks for as an investor, investing with Light Warrior, plus discussed some of the attributes she believes is important for founders to have. If you're in need of a little inspiration and advice, Jane is a delightful guest and a great leader to learn from.

For this episode I’m fortunate to be joined by Bastion CEO Jack Watts (https://www.bastioncollective.com/). Jack and I met over a decade ago on a leadership course in China, and he has since grown a small sports marketing opportunity into a firm with global reach and employing hundreds of people. We talk about the importance of experience, taking on risk, avoiding bad decisions, managing people and dealing with growth. I enjoyed Jack’s principles – design the life you want to live, tap into your thrill of the chase, fail fast, ‘corterize’ it, get the bad news out, and move on with the best you’ve got. Hope you enjoy this episode. Please remember to rate and share the podcast with your friends.

Owning a business is hard work, but learning when it’s time to let it go can be even harder. For Dianne, choosing to sell 80% of her business was a difficult, but necessary to propel her and her company forward. In this episode of the Flock Stars WIRe Miniseries, Priscilla is joined by Dianne Gardiner – CEO of Bastion Latitude. “My journey started over 10 years ago when I took the leap of faith and actually started my own research business called Latitude Insights.” Widely credited as being a leader in online community research in Australia, Dianne's passion for pragmatic insight runs deep. She established Latitude Insights over 10 years ago, joining the Bastion Collective in 2016, and today she heads up an international team of research experts. “Change is hard for anyone, but unless we lean into it, we aren’t going to become better people.” Dianne and Priscilla’s conversation is packed full of insights on owning your own business, mentorship and learning when its time to let go. Traveling the furthest, Dianne came from Melbourne to participate in the WIRexec Leadership Summit. However, for Dianne, it was all worth it. “It was that moment where I found my tribe.” Want to know more about WIRe? Click here for more information about becoming a WIRe member for FREE. To celebrate the badass women featured in this miniseries, we’re hosting a badass giveaway. Click here to enter! Don’t miss an episode of the Flock Stars WIRe Miniseries. Subscribe to Ponderings from the Perch on iTunes. P.S. I need you to check your calendar right now. What are you doing February 18th and 19th? If your answer wasn't IIeX Europe, it needs to be. This event brought to you by GreenBook is all about new ideas, new approaches and new connections in market research and insights. Join the brightest and boldest minds in market research, all under one roof. For the full lineup and registration details, click here. Oh, and register with the promo code LITTLEBIRD to save 20%! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fergus Watts was a first round AFL draft pick, and seemed destined to be a star. But careers don't always go to plan and after struggling for five years with the Crows and then the Saints, Watts was delisted and his AFL dream dashed. But that failure not only taught Fergus valuable lessons, it set him on a path where traditional systems would be reimagined .. and risk would be embraced. Fergus founded Bastion, aged just 23 with no staff or office. Now Bastion Collective is a group of companies that covers marketing strategy, PR and communications, sponsorship, events and more, employing over 150 people in Australia, LA, London and Shanghai with about $25 million in revenue. Fergus talks candidly with his former team mate James Begley about his naive start in business, the unique company structure and keys to growth, emerging trends, culture and all of the lessons learned between the footy club and the board room. Bastion Collective - http://bastioncollective.com Want to book Fergus Watts for an event or other opportunity?Our Off-Field podcast is produced by PickStar, the best place to book sports stars and influencers for any event, campaign or engagement you can imagine. Choose from over 700 sports stars past and present, PickStar works fast with ANY budget. Visit the PickStar website now - http://pickstar.com.auOff-Field focuses on the world of sport outside of the arena with the people who make it happen. Hosted by James Begley and Andrew Montesi.Find out more:Sign up to our mailing list and contact us here - http://off-field.coJoin us on Facebook - http://facebook.com/offfieldpodcastSend us an email - amontesi@pickstar.com.au

Ambitious, feisty, driven, and passionate Michelle Cox is a dynamic force. Having spent 17 years in the travel industry after owning and managing a hotel in Alice Springs from the age of 23, Michelle found herself on an adult gap-year exploring what impact she wanted to have on the world. Four years ago Michelle set up the Sydney office of an agency business and is now the Global COO of Bastion Collective (a global brand agency). Despite her career achievements happiness has always been her metric stick, and when she realised she didn't feel settled early in 2016 she embarked on some internal discovery to redesigned what her role meant to her. Starting a side creative hustle, Knox | Cox Candle Co, Michelle navigates a global business during the week and spends her weekend wicking candles with a glass of bubbles or setting up stalls at local markets.