The future of work is increasingly mobile, diverse and human.
Anoushka Gungadin is an experienced CEO, Board Director, Entrepreneur and author with a career across four continents in the last 20 years. She works at the intersection of Cultural Intelligence and Leadership.
Recognising the shift in economic forces, highly globalised societies and increasingly diverse talent and market. Anoushka set up GlobalCQ to help leaders understand, connect and realise the potential presented in this new era. GlobalCQ has been recognised for its innovative vision and is the winner of the 2018 Westpac 200 Businesses of Tomorrow Award.
Current Work:
Anoushka is the Director of Strategic Partnerships for HeraMED, a med tech company redefining pregnancy care. She was the Chief Executive Officer of The Australia India Chamber of Commerce (AICC), a business-to-business and business to Government focused organisation set up to drive the economic, trade and investment relationship between Australia and India.
Anoushka is a member of the Council at Deakin University. She is
a Non- Executive Director on the Board of Edtech, GetMee. Ai as well as NED for ImageryWorks and Anglo African Investments.
She is also an International Speaker and facilitator on Cultural
Intelligence, inclusion and diversity, and the future. For an exclusive clientele: she combines her wealth of CEO and Director experience, and her cross-cultural expertise to work with CEOs, Executives Directors as their strategic advisor and sounding board.
She is also working on a new book. Cultural Intelligence: the future currency of intelligent leaders. Her book draws on her deep connections with the business community and features interviews with leaders from Government, Industry, and Academia.
Anoushka speaks six languages, and has lived and worked across Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia with global brands such as UNESCO and L'Oreal.
Previous Experience:
Anoushka is the former CEO of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in Victoria.
She was also the Head of Finance and Client Relations, for International French Law firm, Gide, in Beijing where she lived for 11 years.
Talking Points
Cultural Intelligence: the competitive tool of the future
Our world is becoming increasingly small and diverse. Economic powers are shifting from West to East and from North to South, from USA and Europe, to Asia and Africa. Mature economies face an ageing population, while Asia and Africa have a young population with a significant middle class.Cultural Intelligence: the competitive tool of the future
The future employee and the future customer are significantly different to the one we know today.
Global trends are creating new and gigantic opportunities, but how equipped are today’s leaders and businesses to unlock these opportunities?
Anoushka shares why Cultural Intelligence is one of the most important skill for leaders, teams and organisations to become future ready.
Who this is for:
Business leaders, teams,entrepreneurs and anybody who wants to grow through engaging with diverse workplace and marketplace.
Key Takeaways:
- Global trends: opportunities and challenges
- What is Cultural intelligence and the benefits of CQ
- The CQ-5 framework to build CQ in organisations
Disrupt Unconscious Bias at Work
We live in increasingly diverse societies creating ‘super-diversity’ in the workplace across gender, age, nationality, race and more. Bias affects how organisations make decisions that impact employee engagement, retention, organisational culture, client experience and brand perception. Disrupt Unconscious Bias at Work
Research shows that employees at large companies who perceive bias are more disengaged and active disengagement costs companies $450 billion to $550 billion per year in the U.S.
Anoushka shares how unconscious bias is an obstacle for a company's people and business growth and details how to disrupt this.
Who this is for:
Business leaders, teams leaders, People Strategy and Growth leaders, HR managers, all employees
Key takeaways:
- The origin of bias and its importance
- Understanding and assessing your own bias
- Ways to move from bias to inclusion
If I Can, You Can
Anoushka's bio details a long and impressive work history and she is very grateful for the opportunities she's had. However, there is another side to her story, one of starting over and over again from scratch, a story of re-invention, of not giving up and finding her truth. If I Can, You Can
Anoushka knows we are more powerful than we believe and if we get out of our own way, half the job is done.
Who is this for:
For those who know that that life is finite and there is more to them, for the crazy braves.
Key Takeaways:
- Self belief & our DNA
- Change your narrative and change your life
- If I can, you can: step into your power
