What It Takes to Build a Consultancy from the Ground Up | Insights from QLD’s Engineer of the Year 2024

In this episode, we sit down with Sascha Kurz, Queensland's Engineer of the Year 2024. Her journey shares the road from an engineer to successful consultancy owner. Sascha she built her company IPS Consulting on the values of balancing technical expertise with strong leadership and soft skills, a shift she recommends the whole industry should think about. She shares how true innovation and success in companies comes from fostering a supportive and inclusive company culture. She gives tools on how to achieve not just gender, but cultural diversity, which has played a key role in shaping her business, with over 40% of her team being women and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

She also dives into her experience as a woman, mother and entrepreneur navigating the engineering industry and what it truly takes to build a business from the ground up. With other great topics such as what leadership styles work, this episode is packed with valuable insights for anyone looking to grow their career or start their own business.

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