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Boss as an Emerging Leader

Tips for Emerging Leaders to Get Noticed By the Boss

Emerging leaders not only drive innovation but also help in shaping the company’s culture. For businesses looking to invest in the growth of their emerging leaders, fostering an environment where these individuals can thrive is key. But how can you, as an emerging leader, ensure that you’re noticed by your boss? Let’s explore five actionable strategies that can help you stand out, build your career, and potentially move into higher leadership positions.

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How girls getting less pocket money carries into the workplace

Girls receive 37% less pocket money than boys. It’s a simple statistic—but it carries weight all the way into the boardroom.

At Peeplcoach, we see the long shadow this early value gap casts on how women lead, negotiate, and get recognised. And while coaching can help, real change starts with fixing the systems, not the women. This is what that looks like…

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Empowering Gen Z and Millennial Emerging Leaders

Empowering Gen Z and Millennial Emerging Leaders

Businesses must look outside of their current leadership pool and focus on developing the next generation of leaders. The importance of empowering emerging leaders, especially Gen Z and Millennials, cannot be overstated. As older generations approach retirement, there is a pressing need for organisations to invest in these younger leaders now—equipping them with the skills, experiences, and knowledge needed to thrive in leadership roles.

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Emerging Leaders

How to Identify Emerging Leaders

Emerging leaders are an invaluable asset to any business, providing the foundation for future success and helping your company stay agile and adaptable. But how do you spot them? More importantly, why is it essential for your business to invest in their growth?
This blog post will guide you through how to identify emerging leaders within your workforce and why their development is critical for long-term success.

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AI in Business: A Double-Edged Sword? 

AI is transforming business at lightning speed — but when it comes to coaching, leadership, and inclusion, there’s one thing it can’t replicate: genuine human connection. In this blog, Christine Khor explores the double-edged sword of AI, shares a surprising experiment, and reflects on why empathy, insight, and care will always matter more than algorithms.

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Emerging Leaders

How to Develop Emerging Leaders in Your Organisation

Leadership skills aren’t solely built through titles or experience; they’re forged through coaching, skill-building, and hands-on challenges. If your business aims to thrive in the future, investing in leadership development is essential to ensure your employees can rise to the occasion, particularly in times of change.
Let’s break down some effective strategies to nurture your emerging leaders and build a strong leadership pipeline.

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Jo Hart

Jo Hart is the Chief Operating Officer at Peeplcoach, where she focuses on optimising the systems and processes that drive the delivery of accessible, high-quality coaching.

With over 23 years of experience, Jo’s career has spanned finance, operations, project management, optimisation, learning and development, and leading project teams. She has worked both locally and internationally, supporting organisations in achieving efficiency and effectiveness across industries such as financial services, health services, information technology, insurance, media, and retail.

Jo has held significant roles at Deutsche Bank, Adecco Group, and the Australian Association of Social Workers. Known for her love of challenges, Jo is dedicated to contributing to her team’s efforts in delivering development opportunities that enhance engagement and help people and organisations reach their full potential.

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Richard Tootill

Richard is the Sales Manager at Peeplcoach, bringing over 10 years of experience in solution sales across leadership development and coaching, recruitment, and SaaS technologies within the IT and digital space. He has worked in various environments, including global corporates, fast-growing companies, and start-ups, with a career that includes roles at Oracle, Seek, and Elmo Software. Richard has primarily focused on driving new business in the B2B space, working with some of Australia’s most well-known organisations, including Fortescue Metals Group, Multiplex, Commonwealth Bank, Arup, and Austrade, to name a few.

In all his roles, Richard’s passion lies in solving challenges for both individuals and organisations, helping people be the best they can be. His goal is to help organisations succeed and empower individuals to reach their full potential by finding what they love to do.

Richard also holds a Bachelor of Business from Griffith University (QLD), majoring in sports management.

Michael Rainey

Michael is the Projects Manager at Peeplcoach, responsible for ensuring seamless operations across various processes, from launching new coachees on the platform to onboarding Peeplcoach coaches and introducing new content.

With over 25 years of experience, Michael’s career has spanned roles in finance, human resources, training, learning, and organisational development. He has contributed to the success of organisations such as CBA, Mercedes-Benz, Lumo Energy, Yarra Valley Water, and Bendigo Kangan Institute of TAFE. Michael holds a Bachelor of Education & Training, a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, and a Graduate Diploma in Psychological Studies.

His mission is to develop and enable others, equipping them with the tools they need to reach their full potential while driving the organisation’s success.

Email: Michael.Rainey@peeplcoachstg.wpenginepowered.com

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Zana Ballantyne

Zana is both a Master Coach and the Head of Coaches at Peeplcoach. In her role, she is responsible for recruiting, growing, developing, leading, and inspiring a team of passionate and talented coaches, all dedicated to making coaching accessible to everyone.

She currently leads a team that supports emerging and developing leaders across Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK, Singapore, and India. With over 25 years of experience in people development and leadership across continents, Zana is renowned for driving people-led organisational change and cultivating positive cultures. Her expertise includes working with various levels of leadership in industries such as GE, Coles, ADP, Consumer Affairs, and Ambulance Victoria, with notable clients including Asahi, Dulux, Inghams, Latrobe City Council, and Bega.

Zana holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Organisational Coaching and is a qualified practitioner and facilitator in DISC, LSI, GSI, NLP, MBTI, and Change Acceleration Process (PCI). As a leader and coach, she excels in uncovering hidden challenges and empowering individuals to find actionable solutions. Her approach prioritizes building capability, creating high-performing teams, and driving sustainable business results through people-first strategies.

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James Chisholm

James Chisholm is the Co-Founder and Executive Coach at Peeplcoach. He brings over 25 years of business leadership experience performing roles in executive general management, board directorship, business development, leadership coaching, team facilitation and operational leadership. His career has covered multiple industries including building technology services, asset management, renewable energy and not-for-profit with large multi-national corporations, private companies and SMEs including Honeywell and WATCH Disability Services. 

With extensive local and international experience, James has led teams of up to thousands of employees across varied countries and cultures and enjoys working with diverse groups of people to achieve outcomes with a sense of purpose and alignment with his personal values. In addition to his leadership and executive coaching work, James frequently facilitates leadership and executive team sessions where constructive culture and high performance are the desired outcomes.

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Christine Khor

Christine Khor is CEO, Founder and Lead Coach at Peeplcoach and is passionate about the role that coaching has in accelerating performance for individuals, teams and organisations and making Peeplcoach the best leadership coaching platform she can!

Before becoming an executive coach and launching Peeplcaoch, Christine started her career In marketing management with global organisations such as Kraft Foods, Hallmark Cards and Simplot Australia.

After a successful career leading teams, Christine started the recruitment and executive search company Chorus Executive where she has partnered with hundreds of organisations and thousands of individuals offering recruitment, search and business, career and executive coaching services. In 2020 launched Peeplcoach with the mission to make coaching accessible to all employees within an organisation, not executives only.

As an executive coach at Peeplcoach, Christine partners with all levels of employees within an organisation from emerging leaders to executives. With her c-suite and start-up business and leadership experience Christine brings a commercial and pragmatic approach to her coaching sessions. Christine holds several qualifications including a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration, Post Graduate Diploma in Policy Studies and Graduate Diploma in Organisational Change and Executive Coaching.

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