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Meet Ana Marinkovic
Ana Marinkovic is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in financial services. In her current role, she leads NAB’s Small Business Bank, overseeing the financial needs of over 1.1 million businesses across Australia. Ana’s career has been marked by leadership in consumer and commercial banking, technology, and operations.
Throughout her journey, Ana has spearheaded enterprise-wide transformations, managed complex technology programs, and turned around large-scale businesses. A passionate advocate for diversity, inclusion, and equality of opportunity, Ana believes in hard work, broad engagement, and curiosity as the foundations of authentic leadership.
Ana serves in various leadership capacities, including as the Board Chair at Medfin, Director at KU Children Services, Strategy Board Member at Apropela, and Advisory Board Member for the Brilliant Women Global.
Meet Jenny Saliba
Jenny Saliba is a trailblazer in the finance industry, currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer for Australian Unity. With an enterprise mindset and a strong sense of purpose, Jenny is a trusted advisor to CEOs and boards. Her superpower lies in transformation, and she has successfully guided both listed and private equity companies through economic and regulatory challenges.
Jenny’s extensive experience spans financial services, real estate, health, and education across ASX-listed, multi-national, and private equity groups. She draws on the wisdom of great mentors and sponsors and is deeply passionate about building the next generation of leaders. Jenny actively contributes to the community as a keen supporter of Mentor Mornings in Sydney.
In her own words, “I am guided by a strong sense of purpose, risk intelligence, and a desire to create value for all stakeholders.”
Meet Ana Marinkovic
Ana Marinkovic is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in financial services. In her current role, she leads NAB’s Small Business Bank, overseeing the financial needs of over 1.1 million businesses across Australia. Ana’s career has been marked by leadership in consumer and commercial banking, technology, and operations.
Throughout her journey, Ana has spearheaded enterprise-wide transformations, managed complex technology programs, and turned around large-scale businesses. A passionate advocate for diversity, inclusion, and equality of opportunity, Ana believes in hard work, broad engagement, and curiosity as the foundations of authentic leadership.
Ana serves in various leadership capacities, including as the Board Chair at Medfin, Director at KU Children Services, Strategy Board Member at Apropela, and Advisory Board Member for the Brilliant Women Global.
Meet Jenny Saliba
Jenny Saliba is a trailblazer in the finance industry, currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer for Australian Unity. With an enterprise mindset and a strong sense of purpose, Jenny is a trusted advisor to CEOs and boards. Her superpower lies in transformation, and she has successfully guided both listed and private equity companies through economic and regulatory challenges.
Jenny’s extensive experience spans financial services, real estate, health, and education across ASX-listed, multi-national, and private equity groups. She draws on the wisdom of great mentors and sponsors and is deeply passionate about building the next generation of leaders. Jenny actively contributes to the community as a keen supporter of Mentor Mornings in Sydney.
In her own words, “I am guided by a strong sense of purpose, risk intelligence, and a desire to create value for all stakeholders.”
“Influential leaders habitually have conversations that result in action and sustain motivation.”
Chandell Labbozzetta is the co-founder and CEO of Life Puzzle, which has been growing businesses, developing transformational leaders, and strengthening emotional and mental resilience for over 20 years. She is also the best-selling author of Confident Closing: Sales secrets that grew a business by 400% in six months and how they can work for you!
What is this idea of transformational leadership and what does it replace? Average leaders are transactional – they have some form of power that provides the authority to make people do what they’re told – effective leaders are transformational… they inspire and motivate through the power of their ideas and personality so that people willingly buy-in and become advocates and executors of their plans.
Why do you talk so much about the power of conversation skills for leaders? Conversations can be 1:1 or 1-to-many. Effective leaders don’t just talk to people, they draw them in through their choice of words, and through all their non-verbal channels of communication. If you listen to ineffective leaders, many of them have a disconnect between what they say (or what their speechwriters have written) and their non-verbal communication. We work to help leaders integrate the two and increase their influence exponentially.
What’s the biggest innovation you’ve brought to leadership programs? Most leadership development programs focus on the top-level of management. That’s slow and often ineffective because the environment always wins. Our multi-tiered approach delivers results because we don’t just ‘equip’ executives, we shift the environment at all levels and promote candid communication so that problems surface and creative solutions are found rapidly.
Why do you say that “Sales is the #1 Life Skill?” Whether you like it or not – and a lot of people resist this truth – we are always selling our skills, ideas, actions, and personalities even when we aren’t specifically exchanging them for money. I’ve noticed that once people accept this reality and choose to work with it, they suddenly find that people listen to them more and follow their advice readily. This reduces frustration both at home and work, and (especially for women) virtually eliminates hearing your own overlooked ideas eagerly accepted and attributed to someone else.
Authentic leadership must be earned and my life’s goal is to give women the skills and confidence to step out and attract the success and prominence they deserve.
“Influential leaders habitually have conversations that result in action and sustain motivation.”
Chandell Labbozzetta is the co-founder and CEO of Life Puzzle, which has been growing businesses, developing transformational leaders, and strengthening emotional and mental resilience for over 20 years. She is also the best-selling author of Confident Closing: Sales secrets that grew a
business by 400% in six months and how they can work for you!
Q. What is this idea of transformational leadership and what does it replace?
Average leaders are transactional – they have some form of power that provides the authority to make people do what they’re told – effective
leaders are transformational… they inspire and motivate through the power of their ideas and personality so that people willingly buy-in and become advocates and executors of their plans.
Q. Why do you talk so much about the power of conversation skills for leaders?
Conversations can be 1:1 or 1-to-many. Effective leaders don’t just talk to people, they draw them in through their choice of words, and through all
their non-verbal channels of communication. If you listen to ineffective leaders, many of them have a disconnect between what they say (or what
their speechwriters have written) and their non-verbal communication. We work to help leaders integrate the two and increase their influence
exponentially.
Q. What’s the biggest innovation you’ve brought to leadership programs?
Most leadership development programs focus on the top-level of management. That’s slow and often ineffective because the environment always wins. Our multi-tiered approach delivers results because we don’t just ‘equip’ executives, we shift the environment at all levels and promote
candid communication so that problems surface and creative solutions are found rapidly.
Q. Why do you say that “Sales is the #1 Life Skill?”
Whether you like it or not – and a lot of people resist this truth – we are always selling our skills, ideas, actions, and personalities even when we
aren’t specifically exchanging them for money. I’ve noticed that once people accept this reality and choose to work with it, they suddenly find that
people listen to them more and follow their advice readily. This reduces frustration both at home and work, and (especially for women) virtually
eliminates hearing your own overlooked ideas eagerly accepted and attributed to someone else.
Authentic leadership must be earned and my life’s goal is to give women the skills and confidence to step out and attract the success and prominence they deserve.