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March 8, 2021

Choose to Challenge

I am so fortunate that when I founded Rare Birds, there were lots of high profile, successful male leaders and entrepreneurs willing to give their voice, […]
January 27, 2021

Mentoring Success Stories: meet Jancee and Kylie

With a growing ‘to-do’ pile and feeling a little lost, Jancee jumped headfirst into the unknown and applied for a scholarship from the Office for Women […]
January 6, 2021

The Digital Marketing Experts You Should Be Reading in 2021

Digital marketing and social media are in constant flux when it comes to trends, rules and algorithms. Not only that, in business it is not only […]
December 4, 2020

Where are the male role models?

By Jo Burston Founder and CEO Inspiring Rare Birds The concept that “you can’t be what you can’t see” relates equally to male leaders – particularly […]
November 27, 2020

Meet the Gamechangers: Georgia Bamber

“Being a mentor is great.  But Rare Birds also offers a fantastic community too and I have had the chance to connect with a lot of […]
October 7, 2020

Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now

COVID-19 has left women, more than men, economically disadvantaged through unemployment, underemployment, lowered incomes, less secure work, greater household and family demands, and increased risk of […]
January 16, 2020

Why you should hire mentors to develop your leadership team

These days, successful and aspiring business leaders look to mentors like an athlete engages a coach. They know that they won’t realise their full potential without […]
October 8, 2019

How a university student took $200 and created a $1.7 million business in just one year

“Get comfortable with the uncomfortable, and just get started!” Ana Gavia was already flat-out busy when she was studying for a Master’s degree in Podiatric Medicine […]
April 13, 2018

Lessons from growing businesses that failed

Last week I was asked about the lessons learned from growing businesses that failed. At the time it felt like a loaded question but after probing, […]
December 6, 2017

How Everyone Benefits From Mentoring

By: Tim Elwin, Rare Birds Mentor It’s quite amazing how quickly 30 years can go by… I only just realised a couple of months ago that […]