Jane is one of the most inspiring people I have worked with.  She is whip smart strategically and is effective in creative discussions which require left of centre thinking.  She is an empathetic and successful leader of people within the organisations she has led and mentored. 

She understands acutely the pressures and challenges involved in establishing and rapidly growing businesses through her experience in creating and exiting several successful businesses as well as joined other established businesses and been successful in improving them. On top of this, she is a wonderful human being.

Janey spoke to our Club on International Women’s Day and provided a candid, inspiring and relatable overview of her story.

In the 30-minute interview, she opened up about her successes and failures in her professional life.  She shared her personal framework on how she approaches any obstacles and how she has led teams to positively impact change.

Janey’s authentic and open style meant she deeply connected with our people, sharing the ongoing balance of home-and-work and the constant strive to be there for her three sons whilst also forging a path as a tech entrepreneur.

The lessons Janey shared provided our team with motivation, but also some practical tools for them to use.

It was a pleasure to work with Janey in preparation for the day and we received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our team who attended.

Janey was an absolute delight as speaker and facilitator for our recent Forever Projects ‘Collective Effervescence’ event in Melbourne.

Her posture of calm confidence allowed our audience to instantly relax and trust Janey’s words of guidance and leading. She has that rare ability to connect with a gathered group beyond just her words.. using her eyes, facial expressions, and body language to catalyse and maintain strong engagement, while still communicating verbally with clarity and conviction.

Our event included a panel which Janey facilitated masterfully. Via the posture described above, she helped panelists feel safe and confident to surface their unique and vulnerable insights. A number of guests commented on how much they appreciated this element of the evening (25% response rate to our post-event survey with 24 hrs, with 100% of people giving a 5-star rating). She also knew the topic and panelists well enough to stay agile during the live conversation, trusting her intuition to go deeper on interesting threads that would add value to the audience.

The combination of Janey’s empathy, generosity, and bravery, together with her thorough event preparation and wide-ranging domain knowledge and experience from decades of success in business and life, position her as the dream speaker for any event curator.