Giving Back to Queensland Business
Two Queensland-focused roles. One shared purpose: building the future of QLD business on the strength of its people.
There's something about being a small business that makes you want to support other small businesses. Maybe it's the shared experience of bootstrapping, or knowing first-hand how much difference one piece of advice — at the right time — can make.
This year, Talent Insight Solutions founder Kylie Ellwood has stepped into two Queensland-focused roles, both centred on giving back to the business and HR community.
Mentoring4Growth — The QLD Government Mentoring Program
Mentoring4Growth (M4G) is a Queensland Government-funded program connecting experienced business mentors with founders who are scaling their businesses. The program is delivered by the Department of State Development and is available to any Queensland small business owner.
Kylie volunteers as an M4G mentor, working one-on-one with QLD founders on the people-side of growth — leadership development, hiring decisions, and team culture as the business scales.
MSQ HR Industry Reference Panel
Manufacturing Skills Queensland (MSQ) sets workforce strategy for Queensland's manufacturing and screen industries. The HR Industry Reference Panel brings together senior HR practitioners across Queensland to advise on workforce development, skills shortages, and the human-side challenges these industries face.
Kylie's role on the panel contributes the experience TIS has built across 15+ years of behavioural assessment and workforce development work — particularly around how organisations make hiring, promotion, and team-design decisions.
Why It Matters This Month
May is Queensland Small Business Month, and the 2026 theme is Future Ready — about resilience, innovation, and seizing opportunity. Both M4G and the MSQ Reference Panel exist because Queensland recognises something important: the future of business is built on the strength of its people.
That's the same belief Talent Insight Solutions was founded on. And it's why these two roles, although unpaid, have become some of the most valuable work we do.
Get Involved
If you're a Queensland founder who could benefit from M4G mentoring, applications are open year-round through the Department of State Development.
And if you'd like to chat about how behavioural data could help your team's growth — book a discovery call with Kylie. There's no obligation.
Want to chat about your team's people growth?
Book a 15-minute call with Kylie. No pressure — just a conversation.
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