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Closing the Gap for a Fair and Equal Workplace #backyourself
Posted on February 12, 2023 Leave a Comment
I was privileged to be part of a panel discussion in the lead up to International Women’s Day 2023 exploring ‘Closing the Gap
for a Fair and Equal Workplace’.
Sharing some of my personal experiences on this theme which thought may resonate for some:
🌏 When given a choice take both!
🌏 Imposter syndrome is normal and use it as a strength
🌏 Create a sisterhood
🌏 Step up for equal pay
🌏 Flex for success
Women in leadership – a wicked problem and an immeasurable opportunity
Posted on January 17, 2021 1 Comment
A wicked problem can be described as having “innumerable causes, is tough to describe, and doesn’t have a right answer”. (Strategy as a wicked problem, HBR). I think this is a good description for the women in leadership conundrum with continuous waves of progress made and then setbacks. To this complex problem we need to continuously […]
Conquering 70.3 miles
Posted on December 1, 2019 Leave a Comment
Last Sunday I returned to longcourse triathlon racing and completed Western Sydney 70.3 (for those not connected to the triathlon world, this involves a 1.9km swim, 90km bike ride and a 21km run). 70.3 miles in total – which I hadn’t initially made the connection to the event name 😂😂. It had been over 5 […]
Road to the Gold Coast World Triathlon Champs as a Mum
Posted on September 23, 2018 5 Comments
I recently represented team Australia in the ITU Age Group World Triathlon Championship Sprint distance event. I was happy to finish 37th in my age group in a time of 1hr16mins21sec. Having emigrated to Australia back in 2011 this is something I wouldn’t have pictured, not knowing how to swim freestyle when I first arrived. […]
Are you afraid of success?
Posted on February 8, 2015 Leave a Comment
Much has been written about fear of failure and I found it refreshing to come across an article in this issue’s Collective magazine flipping this on it’s head and exploring a fear of success. For those who have not heard of the Renegade’s Collective I would highly recommend picking up an issue. I describe it […]
Dani Matthews 