Anoushka Gungadin
PROFILE
Anoushka Gungadin is a cross-border executive, CEO, Non Executive Director, speaker and author. With a diverse background spanning multiple countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East, Anoushka’s global perspective has allowed her to develop a deep understanding of different cultures, societies, business environments and leadership.
She is currently the Executive Vice President ANZ for HeraMED, a femtech ASX-listed company. She is on the Council of Deakin University and serves as a NED on the boards of GetMEE, ImageryWorks and Anglo African Group, leveraging her multidisciplinary background and expertise across finance, legal, education, technology, startups, and non-profit organizations.
A researcher, author and expert on cultural intelligence and modern leadership, she has delivered keynotes, trainings and masterclasses to her clients including: AICD, CPA, Reliance, Mondelez, CrayonRhipe, WITWA+, Government of Victoria.
She is currently editing her book on Cultural Intelligence and modern leadership.
Multilingual, Anoushka is a trained Economist, a certified professional coach and holds an MBA.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Cultural Intelligence: The Competitive Tool of the Future
Cultural Intelligence is a business imperative in the modern economy, to increase engagement, performance, market share and bottom-line.
Key Highlights:
- What is cultural intelligence?
- The opportunities of the modern economy
- Benefits of CQ
- The CQ5 framework on how to build CQ in organisations
Cultural Intelligence: The Competitive Tool of the Future is perfect for Board Directors, CEOs, CFOs, leadership teams and managers of Strategy, People and/or Culture.
Culture and Strategy: Smashing Avocados Together
Low employee engagement, high turnover and increasing mental health issues are challenges that business face today with the added complexities of diversity and globalisation.
Find out how alignment of optimal culture and strategy builds a brand that enhances employee belonging, customer loyalty and business growth.
Key Highlights:
- Understand the relationship between culture and strategy
- Find out if your current culture is accidental or optimal for your business strategy
- Benefits of culture and strategy alignment on organisational performance and well-being
Culture and Strategy: Smashing Avocados Together is perfect for CEOs, leaders and managers of Strategy, People, Culture, Talent, HR, Diversity and Inclusion.
3R to Overcome Unconscious Bias: Recognise Reverse Reflect
What is the significance and impact of Unconscious Bias in the workplace? We live in increasingly diverse societies creating ‘super-diversity’ in the workplace including gender, age, nationality. Bias affects how organisations make decisions that impact employee engagement, retention, organisational culture, client experience and brand perception.
This presentation explains the 3R Bias framework:
- Recognise
- Reverse
- Reflect
Bias affects employee engagement and active disengagement costs companies $450 billion to $550 billion per year in the U.S. (Gallup). 3R Bias framework helps your audience understand and identify personal & organisational biases, how we relate to differences, how to reverse them and to practice inclusion.
Motivational - If I Can, You Can
This is the story of starting over again and not giving up when you feel you have hit complete rock bottom. It shows that we are more powerful than we believe and if we get out of our own way, half the job is done.
Key highlights:
- Self belief & our DNA
- Change your narrative and change your life
- If I can, you can: step into your power
This presentation will inspire and empower many to step into their power.
