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I am much happier, successful and at peace
“Stan has been inspirational in the guidance he has provided me over the past few years in both my professional and personal life. Stan has assisted me with many issues and has always been at hand which has resulted in huge rewards and successes throughout the years. Such successes have seen me excel at the things I thought were unachievable and my goals and aspirations are now being exceeded. I am much happier, successful and at peace as a direct result of Stan’s hard work. I am now moving onto the next chapter of my life where I am sure that Stan’s inspirational quotes and systems will see me through.
Thanks again Stan!”
John Laurence Ruddy
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On the first Wednesday of the Month, some of South Australia’s most successful and motivated people get together over breakfast to discuss, learn, share and grow – personally and professionally.
Join Stan Kontos and SOL Results for Breakfast at The Next Level on February 7th, where we’ll have the privilege of welcoming Professor Anton van den Hengel, Australia’s foremost authority in AI & Machine Learning. Be part of a captivating exploration into “The Power & Impact of AI – Digital Innovation, Its Impact – Our Readiness.”
It’s going to be an insightful session to enrich your understanding of the transformative influence of AI. Secure your spot and embark on a morning of enlightenment and forward-thinking discussions. This is an opportunity to connect with a leader in the field and stay ahead in the ever-evolving landscape of technology.
The Power & Impact of AI – Digital Innovation, Its Impact – Our Readiness
with Professor Anton van den Hengel – Australia’s Foremost Authority on AI & Machine Learning
Wednesday 7 February 2024 | 7:00AM – 9:00AM
(networking from 6.30)
Adelaide Pavilion | Veale Gardens, cnr South Terrace & Peacock Road, Adelaide
Professor van den Hengel, Founding Director of The Australian Institute for Machine Learning, and a key player in the Australian Centre of Excellence in Robotic Vision, brings his wealth of knowledge to the forefront. With roles at Amazon and a significant role in AI research, his expertise is unparalleled.
Discover the latest trends, gain insights into digital innovation, and explore our readiness for the AI revolution. This promises to be a thought-provoking discussion on the forefront of technology.
About our guest
Professor Anton Van Den Hengel – Australia’s Foremost Authority on AI & Machine Learning
Anton van den Hengel is the Director of the Centre for Augmented Reasoning at the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML), a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Adelaide, a Chief Investigator of the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Healthy Housing, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Australia and former Director of Applied Science at Amazon. The Centre for Augmented Reasoning (CAR), established in 2021, represents a $20m investment by the Australian Government in AI research. Prof van den Hengel was also the founder of AIML, Australia’s largest machine learning research group. Professor van den Hengel has been a CI on over $80m in research funding from sources, including Google, Facebook, Canon, BHP Billiton, and the ARC.
Prof van den Hengel has won several awards, including the 2021 Australasian AI Outstanding Service Award, the Pearcey Foundation Entrepreneur Award, the SA Science Excellence Award for Research Collaboration, and the CVPR Best Paper prize in 2010. According to Google Scholar, he has authored over 400 publications, has an h-index of 80. He has had 8 patents commercialised, formed 5 start-ups, and had a medical technology achieve first-in-class FDA approval. Current research interests include deep learning, vision and language problems, image-based modelling, and weekly supervised learning.
1079 Life and SOL Results presents BREAKFAST AT THE NEXT LEVEL
On the first Wednesday of the Month, some of South Australia’s most successful and motivated people get together over breakfast to discuss, learn, share and grow – personally and professionally.
Join Stan Kontos and SOL Results and hear John Charlton’s animated stories about his drivers for growing the business and exiting, his insights into the unique family relationships and how he managed to be successful in the competitive world of fast fashion.
Mr John Charlton is a retailer with over 38 years of experience in retailing operations within Australia, and was the Founder and Owner of Spendless Shoes, before selling to The Shoe Group in July 2019. Originally coming from a footwear wholesaling and importing family which he broke away from to start in retail, John is known for his flair for driving sales growth, a vibrant culture and a commercially successful business.
Building a Big Business with a Winning Culture
with guestspeaker John Charlton, Founder of Spendless Shoes
Wednesday 3 May 2023 | 7:00AM – 9:00AM (networking from 6.30)
Adelaide Pavilion | Veale Gardens
cnr South Terrace & Peacock Road, Adelaide
OR ONLINE VIA ZOOM
About our guest
John Charlton | Founder of Spendless Shoes
Mr John Charlton is a retailer with over 38 years of experience in retailing operations within Australia, and was the Founder and Owner of Spendless Shoes, before selling to The Shoe Group in July 2019.
John Charlton founded & ran Spendless Shoes for 31 years, a national family footwear retail chain of 250 stores plus online, with over 800 employees. Originally coming from a footwear wholesaling and importing family, he broke away from to start a business in retail. John is known for his flair for driving sales growth, a vibrant culture and a commercially successful business.
John Charlton opened the first Spendless Shoes in Glenelg, South Australia, in 1988. The high-volume, low-cost business was a far cry from John Charlton’s first retail job selling footwear for David Jones, but the model of allowing customers to self-select their own shoes by size – a concept that was popular in the US but less so in Australia at the time – proved to be a success.
For 15 years, John Charlton had a partner in the business whom he eventually bought out and shortly thereafter his daughter, Jaimee Charlton joined the business. John Charlton sold Spendless Shoes in 2019, while Jaimee has stayed on as General Manager under the new ownership.
John Charlton has served as a member of council of Wilderness School for 12 years (including 7 years as Chair), St Peter’s College for 5 years, and is a member of the Finance and Infrastructure Committee of the University of Adelaide.
He currently sits on the board of various large Australian companies, such as Lovisa and Detmold.
Join us at Breakfast at the Next Level, on Wednesday 3 May 2023. The SOL Results team looks forward to welcoming you. Buy your tickets now to secure your place.
1079 Life and SOL Results presents BREAKFAST AT THE NEXT LEVEL
THE BEST THINKERS ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO SUCCEED IN LIFE
There are strategies for success. Things we know work when they’re applied consistently. They’re age-old strategies, yet they’re not taught in schools, universities or technical colleges. Chances are, your parents didn’t teach you either. Not because they didn’t want to, just because no one taught them. In fact, it’s surprising how few people know and use them.
The Goals to Achieving Financial Freedom – protecting your financial future
with guestspeaker Eben Lok – Principal/ William Buck – Wealth Advisors
Achieving financial freedom typically involves setting clear goals and following a strategic plan. Research shows that financial issues were rated as the top cause of stress for Australians. With the right plan and advice, your financial future can be more certain.
WEDNESDAY 13 September 2023 | 7.00 PM – 8.00 PM ACDT (light refreshments included)
Networking from 6.30 PM
Star Pharmacy National Support Office
Unit 2/108 Rundle St, Kent Town, SA, 5067
Achieving financial freedom typically involves setting clear goals and following a strategic plan.
Research shows that financial issues were rated as the top cause of stress for Australians. Understanding the opportunities and financial strategies early in your life will aim to improve your financial position before it’s too late. Having a plan in place and working with a professional can lead to better outcomes including financial independence and comfort about your financial security into the future.
An overlooked and undervalued component of protecting your financial future is personal risk insurance. We will discuss the various types of personal insurance and how this can provide comfort for you and your family in the event of an unexpected death, injury or medical illness.
With the right plan and advice, your financial future can be more certain.
THE BEST THINKERS ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO SUCCEED IN LIFE
There are strategies for success. Things we know work when they’re applied consistently. They’re age-old strategies, yet they’re not taught in schools, universities or technical colleges. Chances are, your parents didn’t teach you either. Not because they didn’t want to, just because no one taught them. In fact, it’s surprising how few people know and use them.
Learn what the 7 trends are that will shape how we think about wellness post Covid and into the future.
TUESDAY 16 May | 7.00 PM – 8.00 PM ACDT (light refreshments included)
Networking from 6.30 PM
Marshall & Brougham | 12 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town SA 5067
7 Trends that Define the Future of Health & Wellness post-COVID
The Pandemic has launched Health & Wellness to the number one spot of importance for many of us.
We will never go back to Pre-Covid thinking, rather we are experiencing an accelerated drive for people to experience Wellness in their life.
Wellness is more than being physically fit or eating a balanced diet, it encompases a more holistic approach to living and life in general.
Learn what the 7 trends are that will shape how we think about wellness post Covid and into the future.
About our speaker
Peter will inspire you to create everlasting inspirational results in your life.
Peter specialises in Health optimization, Vitality and Energy sustainability, Life Balance, Business Mentoring and Culture Development.
A successful entrepreneur, Peter serves as Director and Co-founder of several privately held companies in industries as diverse as health, self development, mentoring, coaching, business services, and consumer based retail. While diverse in characterization, all companies are growing and adding value to people’s lives by improving ones’ life experience.
Peter’s passion with health gives people the chance to apply easy strategies and techniques to take control of their health and achieve Energy and Vitality as part of their life.
Culture development is another passion and is a pinnacle of success in today’s business environment; Peter is a master at achieving the ultimate culture in your business by mentoring and coaching key personnel and taking them and your business to the next level.
Peter will inspire you to create everlasting inspirational results in your life, he has also coached many people to resolve phobia and addictions and return balance and harmony to their life.
Peter also is a great contributor for various charities and events through his personal and business interests. He is also a family man and a proud father blessed with 2 daughters, Peter loves life and people.
Join us on Tuesday 16 May 2023. The SOL Results team looks forward to welcoming you. Buy your tickets now to secure your place!
Join us at Fedoras Restaurant – or join via Zoom
Fighting Poverty through a Social Enterprise – Overcoming Systematic Poverty in All Its Forms
with guestspeaker Isobel Marshall, Young Australian of the Year
Wednesday 1 December 2021 | 7:00AM – 9:00AM (networking starts 6.30AM)
Fedoras Restaurant – Hilton Hotel, 264 South Road Hilton
Young Australian of the year Isobel Marshall is the Director of Health and Education at TABOO and is part way through her degree in Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) and a Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Adelaide. Isobel is passionate about reproductive health and education programs, and has been awarded the 2021 Young Australian of the Year.
At just 18 years of age, Isobel Marshall co-founded TABOO with school friend Eloise Hall, to help women around the world by breaking down stigma around menstruation and providing greater access to hygiene products.
Isobel and business partner Eloise, crowdfunded $56,000 to launch their range of products in August 2019. TABOO sells high quality, ethically sourced, organic cotton pads and tampons to an Australian market, with 100 per cent of net profits going to One Girls – a charity providing education programs for girls and women in Sierra Leone and Uganda.
Locally, Isobel and TABOO have partnered with Vinnies Women’s Crisis centre, providing free access to pads and tampons for women who require emergency accommodation in South Australia. Recognising period poverty is not just a big city issue, they also support the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council.
Join us at Breakfast at the Next Level, on Wednesday 1 December.
The SOL Results team looks forward to welcoming you.
Buy your tickets now to secure your place!
A two-part inspirational workshop by Stan Kontos & Peter Gardiakos
Get Motivated with Stan Kontos
speaker, coach, entrepreneur and author with a passion for developing human potential
PLUS
Create wealth through shares with Peter Gardiakos
entrepreneur in business, health mentor, NLP practitioner, long term investor and public speaker
Join us at Breakfast at the Next Level, on Wednesday 3 November 2021, when we hear from our very own mastercoaches Stan Kontos & Peter Gardiakos.
Get Motivated with Stan Kontos
Motivation is a key driver in all our lives. Everything we do, we do to gain a good feeling, or to avoid a bad feeling. The secret is knowing how to use emotions and not emotions using us.
No matter what is happening in our lives (good or not so good), wouldn’t it be good to know how to feel good? What if the events of the external world did not affect (excessively) our inner world? This is the science and art of motivation.
Come along to “Get Motivated with Stan Kontos” and learn how to make yourself (and others) feel good. When you know how to make yourself and others feel good, you will improve your leadership skills, and motivated people have (in general) better health, happier relationships, and growing incomes.
Create wealth through shares with Peter Gardiakos
Peter Gardiakos will share his insights into how wealth can be created with investing through shares.
Peter started his journey in the sharemarket in 1986 and is investing 35 years later.
Peter will share his insights and some simple rules to follow that have assisted him to be successful in the market, plus some mistakes that common investors make ( him included in the early days) to avoid making.
Please note that Peter is not authorised to give advice about your personal investment or share advice, the morning will be purely educational, Peter’s journey lessons and leanings he has encountered.
So if you are a beginner, new to investing or have experience there is always room for improving your education and knowledge is Peter’s belief and you never know one day in the future you can look back and say WOW.
The SOL Results team looks forward to welcoming you.
Buy your tickets now to secure your place!
Join us at Breakfast at the Next Level, on Wednesday 6th October 2021, when we welcome Andrew Downs, Founder, Owner & Executive Director at Sage Automation Group.
Andrew began his working life in 1980 as an apprentice electrician for Bridgestone Australia, in the automotive manufacturing industry. In 1994, he started his own company, SAGE Automation from the family backyard shed.
Today, SAGE Group of companies forms Australia’s largest independent System Integration service provider with 10 offices nationally and three in India, employing more than 470 staff and with revenues of $110 Million per annum. Andrew is passionate about leadership and strategy and has recently completed the Owner President Management course at Harvard Business School. Andrew was named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Central Region – Technology) in 2004. Andrew loves his role as ambassador for SAGE, he serves on a number of privately owned company boards. He is also a member of the Australian Industry Group Defence Council.
Andrew Downs sits on the Board at SAGE Group Holdings as the Executive Director and is a Board Member of My Modular Non-Executive Chairman, Your DC Non-Executive Director, CAMMS Non-Executive Director, Ai Group Training Non-Executive Director and Container Deposit Solutions Non-Executive Director and SA Leaders Advisory Board Chairman
The SOL Results team looks forward to welcoming you.
Buy your tickets now to secure your place!
Join us at Fedoras Restaurant
What it takes to become a Global CEO – Learn universal principles from Grant Kelley, CEO of ASX listed Vicinity Centres
With guestspeaker Grant Kelley – CEO of Vicinity Centres
Wednesday 1 September 2021 | 7:00AM – 9:00AM (networking starts 6.30AM)
Hilton Hotel – Fedoras Restaurant – 264 South Road Hilton
Join us at Breakfast at the Next Level, on Wednesday 1st September 2021, when we welcome Grant Kelley, CEO of Vicinity Centres Limited and the Chairman of Holdfast Assets, with over 25 years of global experience in real estate investment, corporate strategy, funds management and private equity.
Grant Kelley joined Vicinity Centres in January 2018 as CEO and Managing Director.
Vicinity is one of Australia’s leading retail property groups with $26 billion in retail assets under management across 66 shopping centres, making it the second largest listed manager of Australian retail property. It is one of Australia top 50 largest public companies with a market capitalisation of $9.7 billion and 26,000 security holders.
Grant began his business career at Booz Allen & Hamilton before moving to Colony Capital, the world’s third largest private equity real estate fund. At Colony, Grant was initially responsible for the operating performance and strategic direction of its Korean and Japanese businesses, and then later appointed Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific. In 2008, Grant founded Holdfast Capital Limited, an Asian-based real estate investment firm, which was acquired in 2010 by Apollo Management, one of the world’s largest alternative investment managers. He then became Co-Head of Asia Pacific for Apollo Global Management, leading the firm’s real estate activities in the region.
In 2014, Grant was appointed CEO at City Developments Limited, a global real estate company with 103 locations in 29 countries and one of Singapore’s largest companies. Listed on the Singapore Exchange, CDL’s portfolio comprises residences, offices, hotels, serviced apartments, integrated developments and shopping malls.
Grant graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws degree, has completed a Master’s degree in Economic Sciences from London University and has an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.
Grant is Chairman of the Adelaide 36ers, Chairman of Holdfast Assets, a Director of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, a Governor of Pulteney Grammar School, a Council Member of the Asia Society Policy Institute and a member of the Premier’s Economic Advisory Council (South Australia).
Grant is a proud South Australian farmer, with a background in winemaking and sheep farming, and a self-confessed sports tragic with a passion for basketball which is useful since he owns the Adelaide 36ers.
The SOL Results team looks forward to welcoming you.
Join us at Fedoras Restaurant – or join via Zoom
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COVID-19 UPDATE – date change
We are happy to announce we have been able to postpone the event Breakfast at the Next Level from 4th of August till WEDNESDAY the 11th of August, hopeful that by then restrictions will be eased further and we can welcome ALL of our loyal sponsors, annual members and supporters in a safe environment.
So update your calendars…
BREAKFAST at the NEXT LEVEL with NICK LEE
Wednesday 11 of August 2021, same place same time
Please reach out if you do have any further questions or concerns
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Turning Adversity into Strength – The Nick Lee Story & Jodi Lee Foundation
With Nick Lee – Director at Health Minds & Chair at Jodi Lee Foundation
Wednesday 11 August 2021 | 7:00AM – 9:00AM (networking starts 6.30AM)
Join us at Breakfast at the Next Level, on Wednesday 11th August 2021, when we welcome Nick Lee, a corporate health expert and the Chairman of the Jodi Lee Foundation. He is also the Co-Director and Partner of Healthy Minds, a program that aims to provide people with optimal mental health and wellbeing.
With a beautiful family and working as a director of multi-national consumer goods company, Nick Lee had good reason to be happy and optimistic about his future. That changed in an instant when his wife Jodi was diagnosed with stage IV bowel cancer at the age of 39. After battling with the disease for 2 years, Jodi passed away in 2010.
We all face critical hurdles in our lives, but when we do, it is how we react that determines our future health and happiness. After Jodi’s death Nick made the brave decision to leave his job and use his experience to do all he could to stop others suffering a similar experience.
He established The Jodi Lee Foundation to inspire others to protect themselves against bowel cancer and make positive choices to improve their health. The work of the Foundation has saved many Australian lives.
As the Founder of The Jodi Lee Foundation, Nick developed a passion for corporate health and a strong desire to improve the health of ordinary Australians. Joining Tom Nehmy at Healthy Minds presented a perfect opportunity for Nick to fuel his passion. Nick has a wealth of corporate experience and is an accomplished speaker using his powerful story to motivate and inspire others to take action to improve their health. Nick is able to relate his own personal experience to current thinking about mental health, coping with stress and making the right choices when confronted with critical hurdles in our lives.
Nick was a 2015 SA Australian of the Year finalist, and was awarded the 2013 Social Entrepreneur of the Year (Central Region) by Ernst and Young.
This breakfast event is not to be missed! Join us to hear from Nick Lee on his life story, and how he has used his corporate business experience in the not-for-profit sector, successfully driving the growth of the Jodi Lee Foundation.
If you’re looking for inspiration to improve your team’s performance, your business or your own career, mark Wednesday 7th July 2021 in your diary and purchase your tickets for Breakfast at the Next Level featuring SOL Results Mastercoaches Manuel Karkafiris and John Ngatia.
At this special workshop event, Manuel and John will share valuable knowledge to motivate you to go beyond what you believe to be your capabilities. The presentation will include:
• Crucial conversation on communication
• Stepping up and delivering critical messages
• Understand your communication style
• How do you react under conflict
• Proven step by step process to get your message across
• Getting the best out of yourself and your team
• How to achieve your stretch goals
• Tapping into all the resources you need to accomplish your goals.
These insights are derived from Manuel and John’s own business successes, and skills & strategies that the gentlemen have used themselves to create continuous growth in their lives.
Leadership Tools for High Performance, Getting the best out of yourself & your team with Manuel Karkafiris and John Ngatia
Developing a positive mindset is crucial to personal and business success, says Manuel. It’s a practise, and requires commitment to ensure excellence becomes a habit.
“Our mind is a powerful organ and if we use it right, the results can be amazing,” he said.
Passionate about helping SOL Results clients to achieve success, balance and fulfillment in life, Manuel applies his internationally-accredited teachings of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) to improve performance in all areas from career and finances to relationships and health.
“I have seen people’s lives turn around because they begin to focus on the good things in their life rather than the negative in every situation,” Manuel said.
Professionals including psychology PhDs, doctors, chief executives and chief financial officers have benefitted from working with Manuel to achieve business success, all the while focussing on the power of positive thinking.
Likewise, John Ngatia’s mission is to inspire people around the world to live a life of joy, great health and financial abundance. A dynamic and compelling speaker, John is renowned for his ability to motivate his audience to personally enrich the quality of their life – physically, mentally and financially.
With more than 15 years of experience in accounting and business, including both small businesses and large multinational corporations, John will help you to grasp strategies to adapt and apply to your own business and in your workplace.
John has successfully mentored high profile business owners, executives, doctors, surgeons and sports personalities. He was presented with Africa Media Australia’s African-Australian Person of the Year award in 2015, recognising his endearing and charismatic personality and his ability to capture his audiences’ attention and enable them to improve their lives.
This breakfast event is not to be missed! Join us at July’s thinktank to hear Manuel and John talk about how they have achieved business success, and take onboard a wealth of tips to help you to do the same in your life and career.
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