1. International
Women’s Day Event
Suzanne Young
11 March 2016

2. LEADERSHIP
YOU
YOU
CHOOSE
Lead
RESILIENCE.
Recognise
mistakes,
learn from
them
and bounce
back from
disappointment.

3. MY LEADERSHIP (&LIFE) JOURNEY
GM, Asia Pacific
Shared
Services
Economics,
Accounting
& Masters of
Tax law
Finance,
Tax and
Treasury
Central NSW
Divisional CFO
Finance
Strategy
& Segmentation
EGM, Shared
Services
& CPO
SLSA
President’s
Advisory Board
2000
EGM,
Corporate
Services
Institutional
Banking &
Markets
EGM, Strategy &
Operations
Masters of
Accounting, CPA
EGM, Global
Business
Services
Graduate, AICD
Age Manager,
SLSA
Development
Board + FACC
SLSA Board,
Supply Nation
Board
Chair of
Indigenous
Education Fund
CBA Group
Super Chair
R&AC
Bronze Medallion,
Silver Medallion,
Gold Medallion,
Chief Instructor,
competitor, Club
Captain.
Sydney Branch,
NSW and
Australian Surf
Life Saver of the
Year
St Joseph’s
College
Foundation
Board
Qantas
Superannuation
Board
Bawaka Homeland,
Arnhem Land, NT
Chief
Operating
Officer
EGM,
Operational
Partnering
Advisory
Board

4. SOME CHALLENGES, FINDING MY STRENGTH &
WORKING ON MY LEADERSHIP STYLE…
GM, Asia
Pacific
Shared
Services
Economics,
Accounting
& Masters of
Tax law
Finance,
Tax and
Treasury
Central NSW
Bronze Medallion,
Silver Medallion,
Gold Medallion,
Chief Instructor,
competitor, Club
Captain.
Sydney Branch,
NSW and
Australian Surf
Life Saver of the
Year
SLSA
President’s
Advisory Board
2000
Before you are a
leader, success is all
about growing
yourself. When you
become a leader,
success is all about
growing others. Jack
Welch
Divisional CFO
Finance
Strategy
& Segmentation
EGM, Shared
Services
& CPO
Role
models
Experiential learning
Learning from (more) mistakes
Vision
Leader-led development
Age Manager,
SLSA
Development
Board + FACC
Qantas
Superannuation
Board
Masters of
Accounting, CPA

5. VISIONBalance
VALUES
TAKE
RISKS
REWARDPURPOSE
5
WHAT IS SUCCESS?
It’s not hard
to make decisions
once you know what your
VALUES are
What is SUCCESS to
you?
How you spend your days
is how you spend your
LIFE

6. No better time to set yourself up for the life you want
GOAL SETTING – GET BROAD, GET SPECIFIC
YouRELATIONSHIPS
SELF
IMAGE
HEALTH
FINANCIAL
SECURITY
CAREER
HOME
PERSONAL
PURSUITS
COMMUNITY
LEGACY
3 things per year
Work
backwards -
15, 10, 5, 1
year plans
What? (GOALS) and why? (VALUES)
… then how? (PLANS)

7. LOADS OF WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES…
FIGURING IT OUT
CBA Group
Super Chair
R&AC
SLSA Board,
Supply Nation
Board
EGM,
Corporate
Services
Institutional
Banking &
Markets
EGM, Strategy &
Operations
Bawaka Homeland,
Arnhem Land, NT
EGM, Global
Business
Services
Graduate, AICD
Chair of
Indigenous
Fund
St Joseph’s
College
Foundation
Board

8. LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE…
Chief Operating
Officer
EGM,
Operational
Partnering
Be amazing,
Be good,
Be funny,
Be cool,
Be strong,
Be smart
and most of all
be yourself
Don’t be
afraid to
fail. !
!
!
!
!
Be afraid
not to try!
Chair of
Indigenous
Fund
St Joseph’s
College
Foundation
Board
Advisory
Board

9. PLAN FOR
TOMORROW
LIVE FOR
TODAY
12 MONTH
RULES
TEACH, LEAD,
LEARN
9
LESSONS LEARNT