Women’s Leadership Panel For The Fitness Industry
Have you ever been so nervous you literally need vomited?
I was on the verge as I interviewed two powerhouse global female leaders: Mel Tempest & Allison Flatley. I am blokey bloke and I am doing my best to not offend anyone – probably fail more than I succeed – so this interview I was on the edge of my seat! And to be honest I loved chatting with Allison & Mel because I learned so much about leading females in the workplace and how women see things! You’ll wanna listen right to the end as I stump them both with a doozie of a questions.
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REX Leadership Academy
Leading a department or a business often means you were the best at the role and you’ve now been promoted. So to support our up and coming leaders and owners who just want to be better owners REX Roundtables for Leaders in July have their Inaugural Leadership Conference. This will be ripper event asyou’ll learn how to be a leader of people and operations. Check out REXLeadershipAcademy.com and I will see you there!
Wise Words
Now I gotta be honest, I love story telling! Anyone who has heard me present at a conference, I use stories to illustrate my points. And storytelling can be a way to market your business in a unique way – no business has the same story! This week listen to Danielle in our Wise Words segment talk about Storytelling.
Take it away Danielle.
Thanks Danielle for those truly wise words.
Merch Sponsor
And for those not watching us on You Tube – my merch sponsor this episode is REX Roundtables to coincide with the launch of the REX Leadership Academy and the Iron Maidens REX Roundtable! I’ll put the link in the show notes.
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Questions
- What trends are you seeing in our industry to elevate women into leadership and ownership roles?
- Mel – you’re a very successful club owner. When did you realise that you were a role model of inspiration for women?
- Allison – do you think many female leaders realise the ‘responsibility’ they have to inspire other women to take on leadership roles and when they realise that, what are you seeing them do?
- Mel – why are women hesitant to take on leadership roles? And it is only role models that change can that hesitancy or is there something else?
- Allison – you have your Iron Maidens REX Roundtables, can you share what sort of topics you discuss in your meetings?
- For both of you – I have a scenario for you. There is a male owner of a fitness business and he has a female who has a great talent in her role and while she has not expressed to him a desire to climb the leadership ladder, it is obvious to her peers. What advice would you give to this owner?
- Mel – can you give our female listeners a 90 day challenge to develop their careers?
- Allison – can you give our male listeners a 90 day challenge to develop female leaders in their business?
Thanks Mel and Allison!
Next Week’s Show
Next week’s show: two words Savannah Bananas! They are not in the business of sport but the entertainment industry and you’ll love the insights the CEO Jared Orton shared to make your business remarkable!
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Resources & Links:
- Fitness Business Podcast’s LinkedIn Community
- Mystery Shopping for Fitness Businesses – Website
- Allison Flatley – LinkedIn
- Mel Tempest – LinkedIn, Website and Instagram
- Health & Fitness Association Conference in Las Vegas
- REX Iron Maiden Roundtable
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Justin is the Managing Director of Active Management, which he began January 2004. He offers coaching to businesses worldwide in everything from start up and design to marketing and sales systems. Justin also facilitates four Australian and New Zealand ‘fitness industry roundtables’ events, which allows him to see a huge cross section of business models.