Amy Hall's raw speech on the cost of leadership steals business awards
Leadership demands resilience and real sacrifice, she told the sold-out awards crowd.
Amy Hall from Banksia Support Services won the Outstanding Business Leader - 20 Employees and Under award. Leadership is not a job title but a calling that demands resilience and costs you something real.
The sold-out crowd at the University of Wollongong heard how leaders spend money to dress up but sit checking emails and carrying the weight of others' wellbeing. Banksia also won Best Micro Business that night.
Hall thanked people who appreciated her honesty and suspected many business owners in the room felt the same way. Staying in business is bloody hard.
You must show up every day to represent your people and products. The awards marked 40 years of celebrating the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands business community.
- Banksia Support Services
- Company
- 40 years celebrating the region
- Awards milestone
- 6th anniversary
- Banksia anniversary
Why it mattersHer speech cut through the usual awards-night noise and named something most business owners feel but rarely say. Real leadership requires sacrifice.
AustraliaFor small and micro-business owners across Australia, Hall's Illawarra win and her honest words about the grind of staying true to your team may land harder than any polished acceptance speech.
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