Deniz Yusuf

Deniz Yusuf

Deniz Yusuf

Inspired Growth Training Director

Deniz is an International Consultant, Trainer, Mentor, and Keynote Presenter to agents across Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

However, his knowledge and experience are NOT from any academic background. They are from getting out and experiencing as much as possible of ‘real’ business life.

He got into the real estate business because his focus is on people. Real interactions with everyday people. He was a ‘fruito’ for a lot of his working life after school. It was a great way to build his sales skills as he quickly learned that emails for selling fruit and vege just wouldn’t cut it. The only way a café or restaurant was going to use his business was if he built a relationship with them…in person!

He believes there is a lot more than ‘luck’ to good business. He worked hard to build sustainable relationships and always asked for the business. This is what any sales role requires, consistently showing your value and solving problems for your customers. It’s no different for a fruit and vege seller than it is for a property business development manager.

The ‘business’ of real estate is not just about collecting rent and charging a fee, but about what services and products you can provide your clients, and how much money you can save them by using you or your services.

He loved the buzz of being a successful agent in his agency on the NSW South Coast and now he’s passionate about showing others how they can succeed too.

He now consults, trains, mentors, and delivers keynote presentations to agents across Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, through Inspired Growth Training with events, conferences, online training and more.

Seeing agents put his guidance into action and achieve their goals or win awards they never thought they could, inspires him to be an even better coach. As he inspires, he gets inspired.

The impressive line-up of clients that Deniz has consulted and presented with include the largest conferences in Australasia and the United States: Realestate.com.au, The McGrath Group, Property Management Conference (Formally known as the Wealth Conference) PPM Group, First National PM Conference & State Regional training, Inspect Real Estate Masterclass & Power On Seminars, LJ Hooker, Harcourts PM Conference, REIWA, REIV, REIQ, REISA through to the BDM Coach Two day Inspired Growth Conferences, as well as PM Grow Summit & NARPM chapter Key-Note presenting in the United States plus many more.

Jonathan Bell

Working in the real estate industry since the age of 16 has fostered Jonathan’s strong passion for property. 

Coupled with his natural ambition and unrelenting drive for success, Jonathan Bell is proud to be Managing Director of Bell Estate Agents, South East Queensland’s fastest growing property management company. Jonathan attended St Joseph’s Nudgee College in Brisbane, followed by Queensland University of Technology where he completed his degree in business management, majoring in economics. 

As a promising young tennis player and entrepreneur, Jonathan credits much of his current success to the influence and guidance of his sporting and business mentors who taught him the values of resilience, dedication and strategic thinking. Jonathan doesn’t do things by halves, holding himself and his team to a very high standard. It was this approach and work ethic that led him to realise and capitalise on a huge gap in the market for quality property management. 

Having set a new standard in real estate asset management, Jonathan quickly earned a strong reputation as a reliable and proactive property manager who genuinely improves the prospects of all properties within his remit.

Jonathan prides himself on being Bell Estate Agent’s primary contact. Specialising in property portfolio growth, executive rentals and local real estate trends, Jonathan and the entire Bell Estate Agents team are the only people you should be entrusting to care for your investment properties.

Sarah Cincotta

Sarah Cincotta is a highly energetic, dedicated and passionate human being.

She happily offers her services to Investors to help them make the right decision in Property Management as an Investor Relationship Manager, and brings over 8 years of experience in the Property industry with exceptional knowledge of Property Management, the Residential Tenancy Act and VCAT processes.

She is honoured to have won multiple awards for the Ray White Group- Business Development Manager of the Year 2020/2021, REB Business Development Manager Finalist 2022 and IGT Business Development Finalist 2019/2020.

She also has her own unique Business Development Manager Mentorship Program, holding the hands of other ambitious Business Development Managers in the Real Estate at RISE with Sarah Cincotta.

Outside of work, she enjoys the outdoors, learning new skills by reading and attending events, keeping a fit and healthy lifestyle, having a laugh and a good time, socialising with friends and family, and trying new restaurants and cafes.

Melissa Hickson

Melissa has more than 18 years of property management experience and brings her wealth of knowledge of each and every client that she comes into contact with! She embraces what it means to be a true property management specialist!

Property Management isn’t just about collecting rent and charging a fee. Melissa is a self-educator that loves to learn new skills and loves implementing new ideas into her business.

Melissa is a proud member of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria and Inspired Growth Training. She stays up to date with legislation changes, elite national and international training and also has continuous training so she can continue to assist in gaining the highest rental return for you and your investment.

She saw a need in the rental market for agents that genuinely care about their clients and their investment properties, that specialise in property management and provide a superior service.

This is how Melissa became the passionate and dedicated Director of one of Melbourne West’s top Property Management Agencies - Prime Residential Property Management.

Prime Residential represents her vision to be the best property manager she can be, always wanting to achieve more.

Melissa is a multi-award winner, taking away awards with Inspired Growth Training including the Coaches’ Choice Award 2019 and the Implementation Award 2019, along with the Real Estate Institute of Vic (REIV ) award for the Business Development Manager of the year in Vic for 2 years back to back in 2019 & 2020, along with the Property Manager of the Year 2021!

She has also had the privilege of being an Australian Finalist for the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) awards twice too!

Melissa shows true passion for her job and doing what she loves every day will ensure that your investment property will be managed with care and professionalism and not become a headache, she simply loves what she does and loves the fact that her clients become lifelong friends along the way. Melissa is truly passionate about her job!

In her spare time, Melissa is a fitness junkie that enjoys Body Fit Training and Pilates daily, loves watching her beloved Collingwood Magpies play AFL, loves to travel solo and is a dog mum to her beautiful American Bulldog, Xena.

Dominic Locandro

Having spent his formative years on a large dairy farm in regional Victoria, many of Dominic’s life lessons, style & hobbies have grown from these very basic country roots.

Dominic’s journey in real estate commenced in 1993. In that year he enrolled in a Bachelor of Business (Property) graduating with Distinctions in 1996. While studying, Dominic completed an internship at international commercial real estate agency Colliers Jardine as a member of the research department. Post this internship, Dominic was selected as one of 6 candidates from the class of 1995, to work while they completed their studies, as part of the exclusive and ongoing real estate scholarship program at worldwide and respected agency, Knight Frank. Dominic was the proud recipient and winner of the 1995 scholarship and granted a full-time employment, which commenced as a cadet in the commercial & industrial sales division.

Since then, the journey has continued to grow with a diverse array of roles in many complimentary parts of the property industry. Sales, project marketing, development, project management, construction, owner’s corporation, property management, research and valuations. Each of these roles were completed with a variety of employers, being both private and publicly listed companies. Always on the lookout for an exciting opportunity, Dominic opened his first real estate agency at the age of 26. Since then, he has operated numerous businesses including the establishment and sale of 2 previous rent rolls, having started both from scratch.

Out of the office, Dominic’s passionate and addictive personality tends to mean that pushing boundaries becomes the modus operandi.

A self-confessed foodie, Dominic’s ultimate real job is to be acting as a travel and food critic. An avid reader, he is eager to continue exploring more of the world after the COVID shutdowns of the last 2 years. When he is not reading or resting, Dominic can be found running, gardening, cooking or ubering his 3 teenage sons around on some sporting or other adventure. As a runner he is desperately trying to get to marathon number 10 before the knees fully give way (he refuses to include his previous 29 half marathons in his tally). Just 1 left! His gardening has been ingrained from a young age. Farm life and his deep love for his Italian heritage means home grown fruit, vegetables and salami, are a way of life.

During the most recent years, Dominic has developed a passion and thirst for whisky. Strong and peaty is his preferred choice. Australian, Japanese, Scotch or Irish, he doesn’t discriminate. Always ordered, neat, water back.

Michael Sanz

Inspired Growth Training Director

Michael Sanz is a Business Consultant, Licensed Real Estate Agent, Mortgage Broker, International Speaker, Trainer and Success Coach.

He is the first to admit that he is a systems and technology nerd. But he uses this to his advantage by growing small to medium businesses at an exceptional pace. He loves the challenge of identifying strengths and outlining weaknesses or inefficiencies and then putting strategies in place to improve service that ultimately delivers the best customer experience.

He practiced what he preached when he grew a rent roll (with his business partner-wife) to 650 properties over 84 suburbs spread over 3 states, and at one time boasted a 0% vacancy rate for 2 years running!

He did this by using a number of ‘out of the box thinking’ strategies and also leveraging the power of cutting-edge technology and social media to showcase properties in a way that attracted and fast-tracked quality tenants much quicker than his competitors.

In 2014, he pioneered the use of virtual reality tours and live-streamed 360-degree tours in property management. By making the virtual reality process an in-house product, he was able to give companies the ability to uniquely provide a dedicated service for their customers.

Just because he’s a tech nerd doesn’t mean he’s an introvert! He thrives on building rapport by constantly honing his people skills gained through his years of experience in the property management, sales, and mortgage broking industries.

These days, he is driven by the success of his clients. When he’s not working on his own businesses or with coaching clients, he can be found spending time with his young family and perfecting his salami recipe after winning at the 2016 Salami Festival.

Ashleigh Goodchild

Ashleigh Goodchild is a Director and Property Management expert at SOCO Realty. With more than 20 years’ experience in real estate, Ashleigh has plenty of knowledge and insight to share. Her passion for the industry and skills as a leader and mentor give her an edge over her competitors in the business.

Ashleigh has been a Real Estate business owner since the age of 23. SOCO Realty has built a reputable property management agency managing over 700 properties in Perth. With a passion for educating investors, Ashleigh is also the Founder of Property Profiling Australia which is responsible for providing guidance to investors with a consultancy and buying service to ensure they are buying confidently.

Deniz Yusuf

Jonathan Bell

Sarah Cincotta

Melissa Hickson

Melissa Hickson

Melissa has more than 18years of property management experience and brings her wealth of knowledge of each and every client that she comes into contact with!

Property Management isn’t just about collecting rent and charging a fee. Melissa is self-educator that loves to learn new skills and loves implementing new ideas into her business. She is a property management specialist and absolutely loves what she does.

Melissa is a proud member of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria and Inspired Growth Training. She stays up to date with legislation changes, elite national and international training and also having continuous training so we can continue to assist in gaining the highest rental return for you and your investment.

She saw a need in the rental market for agents that genuinely care about their clients and their investment properties, that specialise in property management.

This is how Melissa become the passionate and dedicated Director of one of Melbourne’s Wests top Property Management Agencies - Prime Residential Property Management.

Prime Residential represents her vision to be the best property manager she can be, always wanting to achieve more.

Melissa is a multi-award winner, taking away awards with Inspired Growth Training including the coaches choice award and the implementation award, along with the Real Estate Institute of Vic (REIV ) award for the Business Development Manager of the year in Vic. She has also had the privilege of being an Australian Finalist for the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) awards.

Melissa shows true passion for her job and doing what she loves every day will ensure that your investment property will be managed with care and professionalism and not become a headache, she simply loves what she does and loves the fact that her clients become life long friends along the way.

In her spare time, Melissa is a fitness junkie that does F45 interval training every morning before work and loves watching her beloved Collingwood Magpies play AFL

She always enjoys travelling, spending time with her family, her loving husband Cliff and her dog Xena. They are the reason why she does what she does.

Melissa runs out of two offices, Point Cook (main office) & Melbourne CBD, Melissa services all of Melbourne specialising in the western suburbs and inner suburbs of Melbourne. Please feel free to contact Melissa on 0422 071 572 or melissa@prpm.com.au.

Dominic Locandro

Dominic Locandro

Michael Sanz

Inspired Growth Training Director

Michael Sanz is a Business Consultant, Licensed Real Estate Agent, Mortgage Broker, International Speaker, Trainer and Success Coach.

He is the first to admit that he is a systems and technology nerd. But he uses this to his advantage by growing small to medium businesses at an exceptional pace. He loves the challenge of identifying strengths and outlining weaknesses or inefficiencies and then putting strategies in place to improve service that ultimately delivers the best customer experience.

He practiced what he preached when he grew a rent roll (with his business partner-wife) to 650 properties over 84 suburbs spread over 3 states, and at one time boasted a 0% vacancy rate for 2 years running!

He did this by using a number of ‘out of the box thinking’ strategies and also leveraging the power of cutting-edge technology and social media to showcase properties in a way that attracted and fast-tracked quality tenants much quicker than his competitors.

In 2014, he pioneered the use of virtual reality tours and live-streamed 360-degree tours in property management. By making the virtual reality process an in-house product, he was able to give companies the ability to uniquely provide a dedicated service for their customers.

Just because he’s a tech nerd doesn’t mean he’s an introvert! He thrives on building rapport by constantly honing his people skills gained through his years of experience in the property management, sales, and mortgage broking industries.

These days, he is driven by the success of his clients. When he’s not working on his own businesses or with coaching clients, he can be found spending time with his young family and perfecting his salami recipe after winning at the 2016 Salami Festival.

Michael Sanz

Inspired Growth Training Director

Michael Sanz is a Business Consultant, Licensed Real Estate Agent, Mortgage Broker, International Speaker, Trainer and Success Coach.

He is the first to admit that he is a systems and technology nerd. But he uses this to his advantage by growing small to medium businesses at an exceptional pace. He loves the challenge of identifying strengths and outlining weaknesses or inefficiencies and then putting strategies in place to improve service that ultimately delivers the best customer experience.

He practiced what he preached when he grew a rent roll (with his business partner-wife) to 650 properties over 84 suburbs spread over 3 states, and at one time boasted a 0% vacancy rate for 2 years running!

He did this by using a number of ‘out of the box thinking’ strategies and also leveraging the power of cutting-edge technology and social media to showcase properties in a way that attracted and fast-tracked quality tenants much quicker than his competitors.

In 2014, he pioneered the use of virtual reality tours and live-streamed 360-degree tours in property management. By making the virtual reality process an in-house product, he was able to give companies the ability to uniquely provide a dedicated service for their customers.

Just because he’s a tech nerd doesn’t mean he’s an introvert! He thrives on building rapport by constantly honing his people skills gained through his years of experience in the property management, sales, and mortgage broking industries.

These days, he is driven by the success of his clients. When he’s not working on his own businesses or with coaching clients, he can be found spending time with his young family and perfecting his salami recipe after winning at the 2016 Salami Festival.

Ashleigh Goodchild

Ashleigh Goodchild is a Director and Property Management expert at SOCO Realty. With more than 20 years’ experience in real estate, Ashleigh has plenty of knowledge and insight to share. Her passion for the industry and skills as a leader and mentor give her an edge over her competitors in the business.

Ashleigh has been a Real Estate business owner since the age of 23. SOCO Realty has built a reputable property management agency managing over 700 properties in Perth. With a passion for educating investors, Ashleigh is also the Founder of Property Profiling Australia which is responsible for providing guidance to investors with a consultancy and buying service to ensure they are buying confidently.

Ashleigh Goodchild

Ashleigh Goodchild is a Director and Property Management expert at SOCO Realty. With more than 20 years’ experience in real estate, Ashleigh has plenty of knowledge and insight to share. Her passion for the industry and skills as a leader and mentor give her an edge over her competitors in the business.

Ashleigh has been a Real Estate business owner since the age of 23. SOCO Realty has built a reputable property management agency managing over 700 properties in Perth. With a passion for educating investors, Ashleigh is also the Founder of Property Profiling Australia which is responsible for providing guidance to investors with a consultancy and buying service to ensure they are buying confidently.

Sally Lawson

Kate Gregory

Kate is a leading professional in the property industry with almost 20 years of experience. She has worked in 3 different countries and negotiated over 1000 property transactions with an upward value of £250,000,000.00!

She has now mentored and coached over 2000 property professionals through the Agent Rainmaker training rooms, spoken on stage to over 1000 people and run successful coaching days on prospecting and lead generation.

She has also assisted towards helping generate letting agents an additional £23 million worth of additional revenue and was part of the team to be awarded the coveted 2 Comma Club X Award for a funnel that has created over £1 million! One of only 680 awarded in the world!

Jodie Stainton did some calculations and worked out that if you don’t have quality relationships with your sales team and your property owners, you can lose up to $86,000 in sales commission (per 100 properties) every year!

That’s a lot of money being lost to your rivals! What can you do about it?

In this revealing session Jodie Stainton will outline FIVE Key Strategies that you can put in place right away to stop the leakage so you keep this vital revenue stream within your agency (or with your sales agency partners).

Jodie Stainton

You'll often hear Jodie saying Property Management has been great to her. She's had a dream run, owing her success to working with the best leaders in the industry who have powered up her learning and career.

A career spanning 20+ years, Jodie has dedicated herself to learning and immersing herself in all areas of property management and property investment. Working in State and National roles across the two largest Australian-based International Franchises and a National role within a successful property management tech company, Jodie's knowledge across all areas of the business is vast and she's seen as a leader within the industry, having twice been awarded in the Top 50 Real Estate Influencer's List by Elite Agent.

Darren Hunter

Linda Gulabovska

Linda was awarded WINNER Property Manager of the Year (Metropolitan) Real Estate Business (REB) Awards 2021 – Consecutively, three years running Linda was awarded as a finalist in this category, which clearly demonstrates Linda Gulabovska is expert when it comes to property management.

A licensed Real Estate Agent with over 28 years of experience in the Housing Industry, currently Right Choice Real Estate’s Senior Property and Department Manager.

Linda holds a wealth of knowledge within the Real Estate industry.

Many years in the housing industry has given Linda the gift of being an excellent negotiator, having the ability to work through any crisis situation with the minimum of stress and disruption.

Linda’s passion for property management is reflective in all she does and the results are reflective. Linda protects her Landlords’ biggest investments by mitigating loss, achieving the highest possible rental return, combatting any pain points, and assisting in overcoming any issues. Linda helps suitable tenants find a place to call their home.

Linda does what it takes to get the job done. Articulate, trustworthy and has the ability to combat any issues that may arise. Linda’s problem-solving attributes ensure risks are minimised, constantly thinking two steps ahead and outside the square to ensure the best possible outcome for clients alike.

Linda knows and understands current market trends, has extensive knowledge of legislation, and has the ability to build rapport and empathise with clients, because she cares.

Linda’s problem-solving skills are second to none! Diligent, proficient and professional. Linda strives to provide excellence in service to both Landlords and Tenants. Linda’s effervescent personality shines through in everything she does.

Linda also assisted the local community, being the founding member of the steering committee that went on to lobby the government for funding to construct the Flinders Primary School.

After many years of persistence, funding was granted and the school was in fact constructed, enabling classes to commence operation in 2003. Linda lives in the local area and has three young adult children who are also successful in their chosen careers and is a super proud nanna to her six grandchildren.

Scott Bateman

Scott Bateman is the CEO of the next-gen property management platform 'Kolmeo'.

He has spent more than twenty years working for some of Australia's most innovative companies across Financial Services, Real Estate, and Technology.

During this time, his work has seen him focus on creating high performing sales & growth teams, and developing and executing organisational strategy.

His success includes five years leading the turnaround of Australia's largest privately held rent roll, enabling that business to diversify into multiple lines of revenue, double customer satisfaction scores, and secure 3,000 new managements per year through organic growth.

Scott is an expert in innovation, disruption and strategy, and holds formal qualifications which include a Master of Commerce with Distinction, an Executive MBA with Distinction, and he is an Alumni of Harvard Business School having graduated the revered 'Advanced Management Program'.

Alan Hashem

Alan Hashem is co-founder of Inspection Manager, a cloud-based inspection solution for property managers completing property condition and routine reports. 

Leading the industry with 15%+ market share, Alan is responsible for Inspection Manager's overall strategy, leading product development and go to market processes. 

He is at the forefront of innovative thinking in the real estate space.

Tom Dorawa

Tom Dorawa, is the founder of www.VirtualToursCreator.com.au . An Aussie with a funny Polish accent, energetic and friendly, he is passionate about helping real estate agents harness the power of Virtual Reality to improve their listing presentations, marketing and reporting.

Julie Collins

"I truly believe our success is determined by our clients's satisfaction." When the opportunity of working in Property Management came up in 1998, Julie could never have imagined what a rewarding career path it would lead to.

Evolving from a junior assistant to managing staff and a large portfolio within a franchise agency, in 2004 she made the decision to create a specialised service in Lake Macquarie.

Now as a Partner for Altitude Real Estate, she is very proud to promote her dedicated services, and one thing always remains clear...a passion for Property Management.

Over time she has seen it become a specialised field whereby every function from the beginning to the end is important in the overall outcome.

Striving to offer a superior and reputable service has always been her motivation and undoubtedly the foundation of her work ethic.

Julie is very grateful and appreciative with the level of trust and responsibility her clients place in her to manage their valuable asset.

Joe Iemma

Joe has been a licensed Real Estate agent since 1995 having commenced his career in December 1988 straight out of school.

Joe was soon promoted to Senior Property Manager after joining Doyle Spillane in 1999, and in 2014 became a Partner & Director.

With over 30 years of real estate experience, he combines his extensive knowledge of the industry and associated legislation with enthusiasm and experience to provide exceptional professional Property Management services at every level.

In his role, Joe manages a team of 12 leasing consultants, property managers and administrative staff and is responsible for a portfolio of approximately 1050 properties on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

The level of non-negotiable high standards, ethics and professionalism that Joe instills in each staff member within his department is a clear reflection of his personal commitment to his chosen career path of Property management.

Joe strongly believes in building long lasting relationships with his many landlords and tenants, and with a determination to deliver an exceptional standard of service to anyone that comes in contact with Doyle Spillane Real Estate.

Megan Taylor

Working in real estate since 2001 and as a second generation real estate agent, Megan Taylor understands the absolute importance of a well-managed portfolio and the impact it has on her clients investment goals. Working within a boutique realestate business for 10 years Megan decided to broaden her horizons

and went onto work with investment advisory companies establishing their property management division. This has enabled Megan to further explain her knowledge on wealth creation and building property portfolios together with establishing efficient customer service models.

As a passionate and driven property manager, working with like-minded business owners at LongView became a natural fit and Megan enjoys the every day exploration at LongView as to how we can make property management better not only for the team but for our clients (both landlords and tenants).

In addition to her work at LongView Real Estate, Megan also enjoys spending time with her family (husband, daughter & 2 dogs) and exploring the local neighbourhoods' architecture, especially mid-century modernist architecture.

Julie Collins

"I truly believe our success is determined by our clients's satisfaction." When the opportunity of working in Property Management came up in 1998, Julie could never have imagined what a rewarding career path it would lead to.

Evolving from a junior assistant to managing staff and a large portfolio within a franchise agency, in 2004 she made the decision to create a specialised service in Lake Macquarie.

Now as a Partner for Altitude Real Estate, she is very proud to promote her dedicated services, and one thing always remains clear...a passion for Property Management.

Over time she has seen it become a specialised field whereby every function from the beginning to the end is important in the overall outcome.

Striving to offer a superior and reputable service has always been her motivation and undoubtedly the foundation of her work ethic.

Julie is very grateful and appreciative with the level of trust and responsibility her clients place in her to manage their valuable asset.

Megan Taylor

Working in real estate since 2001 and as a second generation real estate agent, Megan Taylor understands the absolute importance of a well-managed portfolio and the impact it has on her clients investment goals. Working within a boutique realestate business for 10 years Megan decided to broaden her horizons

and went onto work with investment advisory companies establishing their property management division. This has enabled Megan to further explain her knowledge on wealth creation and building property portfolios together with establishing efficient customer service models.

As a passionate and driven property manager, working with like-minded business owners at LongView became a natural fit and Megan enjoys the every day exploration at LongView as to how we can make property management better not only for the team but for our clients (both landlords and tenants).

In addition to her work at LongView Real Estate, Megan also enjoys spending time with her family (husband, daughter & 2 dogs) and exploring the local neighbourhoods' architecture, especially mid-century modernist architecture.

Jason Wright

Michelle Watt

With a Real Estate career spanning almost 20 years, Michelle has undertaken many of the roles in the industry in that time. Prior to opening Investarent 5 years ago, Michelle was employed as a Growth Manager for an agency on Brisbane’s North side for 6 years, and previous to that worked in large sales office also in Brisbane’s North.

Michelle has been an active member of Business Network International (BNI) for the past 12 months. She has held the position of Vice President in her Chapter, has been an Ambassador (Mentor) to another Chapter and has recently completed training to become a Support Director. By following the structure of BNI, building visibility and credibility, Michelle is now seeing a constant stream of referrals come into her business.

Michelle is focused on the investor’s desire to maximise their investment property, whether they are experienced investors or renting out a property for the first time. Quite simply…… I care. I love people. I want to hear their stories. I want to know what this investment journey means for them. My job is to support them on that journey.

When time allows Michelle enjoys quilting, also teaching quilt at times and is mum to 3 incredible humans.

Emma Mehaffey

How often do we say that we experience Joy at work? Why is Joy something we experience when we travel, with family and friends, anywhere else but where we work?

I am Emma, Founder of Emjoy. Emjoy is about stripping away the big words, the fancy diagrams and standard frameworks. It’s about real human leadership. It’s about remembering what it’s like to be an employee at all stages and what that means to people.

 It’s about giving people a reason to get up every morning. Giving them something to believe in. It’s simple, it's inspirational, it’s the future, and it delivers joy in spades.

And what do I know about Culture and Experience? I’ve spent the last 15 years of my career as the global leader in creating epic Cultures, the Virgin brand, Virgin Australia.

I began my career in the early days of Virgin Blue and experienced the unique challenge that comes with aviation. My last role as the General Manager of Culture and Employee Experience gave me the opportunity to lead a 9,500 employee base.

From hiring the best of the best, to having to let go thousands of employees during COVID who loved what they did. It was a role that encompassed the breadth of human emotion.

Throughout the most challenging year globally, I made a push to implement Workplace by Facebook to all employees.

In a time of extreme stress, anxiety and sadness the roll out of this tool transformed the way we approached our people and allowed us to do something extraordinary. Proving that communicating with your people as real, raw humans will always triumph.

Andrew Morello

Head of Business Development at The Entourage, Australia’s largest training institution for entrepreneurs and business owners, Morello spent 10 years alongside Mark Bouris AM building out the Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management branch network nationally.

He has personally built an impressive property portfolio, and also led numerous community projects across Australia and internationally, including as a Founding Board Member of Project Gen Z, a social enterprise which runs entrepreneur and development programs for disadvantaged children. In recent years, Morello has summited Mount Kinabalu in Borneo and completed the Kokoda Trail to raise money for Seed Foundation, which supports indigenous health programs in remote communities.

Morello is an active member of Australia’s entrepreneurial and real estate communities, an engaging and charismatic speaker, and passionate about sharing his successes with other entrepreneurs, business owners and investors to help them reach their full potential and not waste their precious life.