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 – Working From Anywhere: The Benefits of Teleworking for SMEs

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Hosted by HerBusiness

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23 January 2013

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Welcome to the herBusiness program, where we interview inspiring businesswomen and entrepreneurs.

In this episode, we speak to Dr Yvette Blount, research coordinator for the Australia Anywhere Working Research Network at Macquarie University.

 

Listen to this herBusiness interview with Yvette Blount to learn:

  • The meaning of “anywhere working”
  • The benefits of adopting a telework model
  • How small businesses can reap the rewards of teleworking
  • What it takes to manage a team you cannot see
  • What smarthubs are
  • Government incentives for businesses to take up teleworking models

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About the host

Suzi Dafnis

Hi there. I’m Suzi Dafnis, CEO at HerBusiness. My BIG passion is helping women business owners to grow and scale their business, so that they can create their ideal lifestyle and make a difference in the world. Every day I am inspired by the more than 30,000 amazing women (and men!) in our community and I love finding the best education, mentors, and resources from around the globe, to help them get the skills, knowledge, and support they need to succeed. It’s been my privilege to lead HerBusiness (formerly The Australian Businesswomen’s Network) for the past 23 years (two+ decades – WOW!) because, whilst I’ve enjoyed success in business, I’ve also experienced the highs and the lows – sometimes you can feel on top of the world and in control and other times you can feel isolated, exhausted and stuck. What has made the biggest difference for me has always been having great people around me and having a lifelong commitment to learning. That’s why I am so passionate about the work we do here at HerBusiness – providing a Connection Network for women in business to get the mentors, contacts, referrals, knowledge, and skills they need to grow their confidence, make more money, build their businesses, expand their network and create the lives they love. My entrepreneurial journey started in the spare room of my Sydney apartment in 1994 when my business partner and I started a boutique events company that represented speakers and authors from the USA, here in Australia. Over the years I’ve grown multiple multi-million dollar businesses in the events, publishing and education niches – with teams in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA. Not everything has worked and there has been a degree of trial and error, and a lot of bumps in the road. But I have always had a strong commitment to always surrounding myself with great mentors and like-minded peers – a Connection Network that I can depend on and who can depend on me to be there for them too. I truly do what I love, every day.  

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Dr Yvette Blount

Dr Yvette Blount

Dr Yvette Blount joined Macquarie University in 2005. Prior to her academic career, Yvette worked in senior and consulting roles in the banking and IT industries.Yvette's areas of expertise include how telework provides organisations with sustainable competitive advantage by enhancing service quality and the implications for employee management when implementing new technologies in the service sector. Her research program utilises multidisciplinary approaches to investigate how information systems are utilised by organisations to achieve their business objectives.Yvette is the research coordinator for the Australia Anywhere Working Research Network.Yvette teaches information systems for management at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. These courses provide students with an understanding of the implications and impacts of the digital economy and the role technology plays both inside and outside the organisation in the context of globalisation.

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