Kate Christie is a time management specialist, best selling author of 4 books, global speaker and consultant, and the CEO and Founder of Time Stylers. Kate is the single mum of three amazing young adults who are pretty much her guinea pigs for all of her home based time investment strategies, and for some of her work based strategies […]

Sally has led a very interesting life, she grew up on a farm in Toowoomba but a career in entertainment took her to live and work all over the world.  Sally has lived in London, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Sydney, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast for the past 7 years. Being a “Carnie” and producing […]

  My story will make the best feature film one day. From the Getto to Monaco. The palace to prison. A mistress to a Mrs. Corruption and addiction. Losses to love. Freezer to thermomix. Most of my stories you wouldn’t believe. It’s been one crazy ride, one that has given me the experience, depth, understanding […]

In the past 30 years Kym has dedicated her career to the hospitality industry, including running a highly successful convention centre, owning her own café and currently heading up the Food/Beverage & Events Department with the award winning restaurant Wildflower, at Mercure Sunshine Coast Kawana Waters (formerly Best Western Plus Lake Kawana Hotel). In the […]

Kristine Young is the passionate business owner of Bella Venezia Restaurant, Mooloolaba. In the past year, managed by her husband Todd, their team of over 35 staff have delivered amazing food and service to over 60,000 customers. Bella Venezia was recently awarded 2020 Australian Good Food Guide Best Italian, Sunshine Coast. Kristine’s main passion in […]

Throughout her career Danielle has tried to make a difference in people’s lives every single day. Originally as a nurse and more recently at the House With No Steps, Uniting Care Ageing, Lifeline Australia and now Sundale.   Complementing Danielle’s passion for aged care and ensuring older and vulnerable Australians have access to exceptional services […]

  SHINE’ing the Spotlight on… Jeanette Allom-Hill   Jeanette started her career as an ESL teacher in Bangkok and then went onto standing up the Learning and Development function for Optus. She then moved to the UK and spend 10 years with Microsoft concluding as the Head of Customer Service for EMEA. She has extensive […]

HRM was founded in 2005, Sally Desch opened a recruitment and human resource agency – HRM –  with just a fax machine, laptop and $10k. The HRM team is now 6 with a combined 70 years’ experience.  Sally’s company has preferred supplier arrangements with some of the Sunshine Coast largest employers including Sunshine Coast Council. […]

Connect. Communicate. Educate. All the amazing aspects of my life come together in those three words. As a lecturer at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, I am fortunate to both guide and learn from our next generation of business leaders. I also offer training, speaking and a learning community for entrepreneurs through the Zestee Academy. My […]