From the President
Dear EO Melbourne,
With the festive season behind us, it is my hope that everyone experienced a joyous and safe holiday filled with genuine happiness, laugh-until-your-cheeks-hurt moments, conversations of substance, and joyful memories that will be treasured forever.
And in the midst of the above, it is also my hope that there was time to pause and reflect. In my experience, I find that these moments of reflection provide the opportunity for our genius to apparate. Every year, I like to sit in private at my local park with pen and paper and ask myself the following questions: (1) What worked this past year that I want to continue doing?; (2) What didn’t work this past year that I want to stop doing?; and (3) What is something that I didn’t try this past year that I want to start doing?
With 6 months left to go for myself and our 2019/2020 Board, 1 question that repeatedly came to mind was the following: What will we do together to leave the Chapter better and stronger than how we found it?
One piece of work that is launching 12th February under the leadership of our hold-no-prisoners MyEO Chair James Murray is Melbourne’s first 2 Quantum Leap Forums; an initiative that started during our Past President Dean Cherny’s year. A quarterly Forum program for Members with businesses of more than AUD $10M in annual revenue, this is a Forum experience for Members who are looking towards the next stage of their entrepreneurial journey, whether it be further growth, or turning their minds towards succession planning.
Our clever Strategic Alliance Partners Chair Carolyn Wong has also been busy behind the scenes, bringing on board 2 new Strategic Alliance Partners that will be announced in due course. Carolyn has invested significant time and energy into reworking how we partner with and engage with our Strategic Alliance Partners, and I am proud of her work to date. This piece of work will yield long-term stability for and future-proof EO Melbourne.
Finally, a lot of recognition is given to the team-up of our smooth-talking Communications Chair Francesco Nazzari and affable Integration Chair Aaron Wallis, who collectively are upgrading our internal communications systems and processes so that things run like clockwork. As a past Communications Chair for our Chapter, I can attest to the sheer volume of input and effort required to keep the communications engine running, and Francesco’s keen eye for systems and processes, combined with Aaron’s expertise in automation software, are making the background processes for EO significantly easier for this Board and future Boards.
Whilst I have only listed 3 key pieces of work in January’s President’s Update, there are many more things underway which will be revealed in due course. For now, I wish you a warm welcome back and look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event whether it be our: (1) Welcome Back Intimate Dinner With Past President Carlo Santoro; (2) Family Bark in the Park event; and/or (3) Surprise activity prior to the Welcome Back Intimate Dinner. Spaces are limited so make sure you visit https://eonetwork.org/ or use our Chapter smartphone application to register. Download the app now in the App Store or Google Play.
Finally, as I do every month, I sign off with inviting you to think back to our theme this year “Our Best Year Yet!” and to think about that 1 thing that if you achieve it, will make you want to jump up on the table, pop open a bottle of champagne, and start dancing. With 6 months left to go, let’s make sure we take that next step so that we will journey closer to making this year “Our Best Year Yet!”
With Warmth,
Kym Huynh
President 2019/2020