Naomi Simson

Last weekend, every RedBallooner was invited to our end of financial year celebration and kick-off meeting in Port Douglas. When asked by fr…

Tell me I “cannot” do, be or have something – and that is the surest way to inspire me into action. What inspires me is simply when th…

I found myself on the front page of a daily newspaper this week – and the article was almost (apart from my photo) complete fiction. Even …

Are we so busy staying connected that we have disconnected? Are we so busy to dash off an email we forget that a quick phone call can not on…

I had half an hour between meetings in the city of Melbourne today – and I had some gift vouchers that I had received from my American Exp…

You’ve heard the term ‘a born leader’? Whilst leadership skills can be innate, there are skills and attributes that can be learnt and develo…

On Wednesday night, I attended a wonderful celebration of BRW’s Best Places to Work with three fellow RedBallooners. We were most delighted …

Whatever happened as a result of Greg Smith’s open resignation letter to Goldman Sachs? I wrote a blog post about it: ‘143 years to grow a b…

Yesterday, a colleague and I were digging up some facts for an interview I was doing. We were both thrilled to discover that the first ever …

Years ago at the very beginning of time (well it feels that long ago) when we began to think about what RedBalloon could look like, I took m…

It is always wonderful to discover the journey of successful female executives. Last week I had the privilege of meeting Big W general manag…

As you know, I believe not enough employers use R.E.D. (Recognition Every Day) and, as a result, the researchers tell us that 10s of billion…