Australian Businesswomen’s Network member Leona Watson of Cheeky Food Group was featured in Enterprise section of the Australian Financial Review on Saturday 31 January.
In her interview with Mark Fenton-Jones she revealed that after a short period last year when business fell, she’s seen a resurgence and has revised her projections and turned her focus to overheads.
Cheeky Food Group uses cooking for team building (see pic of the extended ABN family last Christmas at a team-building event).
She’s a big believer in keeping her own team very much a part of team development. In the article she talked about how she regularly brainstorms with staff, focusing on a new topic every few weeks and really involving people in the conversation and business direction.
“I show everyone the figures. It’s totally transparent,” says Leona Watson.
Leona has been a mentor on the MentorNet mentoring program for women.
In this article, she gives us her insight on effectively branding your small business.
