Leadership Amplified by Dr Karen Morley

And, given that the rulebook went out of the window with the onset of COVID, learning to live with ambiguity helps too! This some of the wisdom you’ll glean from listening in to the chat that Grant Enders and I recently had about his leadership story. Grant is CEO of 3DMedTech, an exciting start-up focused on developing and commercialising patient matched medical devices at scale, leveraging advan...

'As a leader you need your people - because it‘s about them, not the work.' Just some of the wise words from Dr Charmaine Gittleson. Charmaine is a non-executive director in the biotechnology sector. She is a member of the boards of Antisense Therapeutics; George Health and Bayon Therapeutics and she also consults in Clinical Development strategies. Charmaine has extensive global experience as a p...

This was one of Sarah Fortuna’s reflections during our recent Leadership Amplified discussion. We’ve heard this before - Sarah’s early reflections on leading left her feeling that leadership wasn’t for her. Early in her career saw a lot of unhealthy practices, what she saw was unappealing, she couldn't see the kind of role models she wanted to emulate. Thankfully that changed. She worked with lead...

This was one part of a fascinating discussion with the wonderful Julie Bale, CIO at EnergyAustralia in the latest episode of Leadership Amplified. Julie is an influential CIO with over 25 years’ experience working globally in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Utilities. Like many of us, Julie’s earlier experiences of leadership taught her how she DIDN’T want to lead. In her leadership rol...

Human connection is a part of Amalie Smith’s leadership mindset. In Episode 17 of Leadership Amplified, Amalie shares her views on the particular challenges that dispersed teams face. Amalie is Head of Network Delivery at Essential Energy and in this episode she generously shares her unconventional career history, and her approach to leading operational teams. She’s also candid in sharing the less...

In the latest episode of #Leadership Amplified, I speak with the wonderful Professor Erica Wilson, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic Innovation) at Southern Cross University, about her leadership journey. Erica began her academic career researching the constraints faced by Australian women solo travellers and the empowerment they find through their journeys. That has led her to see leadership, and her...

#ChooseToChallenge with compassion and empathy was the focus of my #IWD2021 speech for the Resource Industry Network. In this podcast, I reprise the speech, to share my thoughts on the critical value of compassion and empathy in gender inclusion work. So grateful to have the chance to speak with 500++ women, men and future leaders for their wonderful lunch celebrating the day. I've been reflecting...

Create a ripple effect - help others achieve heights they never thought they could This was one of many inspiring messages from Karen Brown in the latest episode. In our conversation, Karen shares her leadership journey, from school years, as a member of the QLD Firebirds netball team, to her choice of pharmacy as a career, then on to her successes as a Managing Partner of 2 TerryWhite Chemmart ph...

What better way to get back into the podcasting groove for 2021 (finally 🥴) than with a conversation with Dr Tina Soulis, CEO of Neuroscience Trials Australia. NTA delivers global standard clinical trial projects for pharma, biotech and device clients. Over the past year, what clinical trials are and their value has become crystal clear to us! We’re all experts now….   Our conversation focused on...

Be #courageous and get out of your comfort zone has been Angela William's call to action, particularly during this #COVID-19 year. Angela is General Manager at Ventia Pty Ltd, leading a portfolio of projects in excess of $250m. Earlier this year she led the incident management team for the organisation (then Broadspectrum). In this podcast episode, Angela talks about how she grew her career from h...

To do that you need to know what makes you tick. Great leaders know themselves inside out, according to @Erin Wild. Critically she says, you need to push into the uncomfortable situations, to know what stresses you, to be prepared to experience the discomfort. This helps to challenge your thinking and you learn to trust yourself. And it’s equally important to be able to remain calm, to validate yo...

Delighted to share a conversation with Duncan Phillips, CEO at TerryWhite Chemmart.   One highlight of the conversation is Duncan's story of their advisory group response to #COVID-19. The initial feeling in the group, that included people with 30++ years' experience in the industry, was fear. Duncan realised that had to be addressed first, so they started with vulnerability, not action. They shar...

Phil says that giving time to team members is always important, more so in our COVID-19 environment. There should be a deliberate, intentional focus on investing time in team members, it’s not something that’s incidental. A genuine, open and honest conversation should buoy both the team member and the leader. Such a delight to be sharing Phil's insights in the conversation, and with you here in th...

Such an enjoyable conversation with SA’s Commissioner for Public Employment Erma Ranieri!   Erma and I worked together some time ago and it was fabulous to reconnect in this conversation: it was enlightening and inspiring to hear how Erma is using her role to promote gender equality.   In the conversation we talk about the value of:   TOP LEVEL commitment 📌 having a plan and leadership commitment...

Susan Ratcliff candidly shares some of the challenges she experienced early in her career and reflected on how they grounded her later leadership career and success. Sue’s story of grappling with own vulnerability, and why she values it - both the vulnerability and the grappling! -  so much is a wonderfully personal and candid account.

Enjoy this wonderful conversation with the very talented Brooke Young, as we discuss the importance of purpose to your leadership, the value of making leadership an invitation, and the importance of practising your leadership skills and attributes. It's important to continue to cultivate and learn new skills; discomfort is a great catalyst for learning. Women can be reluctant to ask for support fr...

A thoroughly enjoyable interview with Karen Faehndrich, CEO of Audrey Page and Associates, where we discuss 'lifeshakes' and 'lifequakes' plus much more. Careers are being upended and the future is daunting; Karen's advice and reflections as a leader and expert in career management (and so much more) is timely. She openly shares the impact of COVID-19 on her, some of her brilliant - and challengin...

One of the breakthroughs of the last decade has been better understanding of the impact of unconscious bias on decision-making. In this episode I outline what bias is, how unconscious bias works, and how gender bias affects the way we think about leadership. 'We like to think that our mind is like an impartial judge in search of the truth, but it is more like an attorney searching for evidence to...

In this episode, I discuss the value of champions to increasing gender inclusion. This is one of the important areas I cover in Beat Gender Bias: How to play a better part in a more inclusive world. ‘It’s about the legacy you leave and diversity is a key part of that. …. If I leave with the right diversity in place, then it’s a job well done.’ Alan Joyce, CEO, Qantas I discuss the value of champio...

At the launch of Beat Gender Bias, I was joined by Nick Marinelli, former CEO of Fulton Hogan Australia, who provides one of the stories I share in the book, and Lesley Williams, publisher extraordinaire and Director Major Street Publishing. Dan Hillier, General Manager at Terry White Chemmart was MC. I outline what led me to write the book and what is in it. Nick speaks about the gender diversity...

In this podcast, I introduce you to my forthcoming book Beat Gender Bias: How to play a better part in a more inclusive world. ‘There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.’ Gloria Steinem I outline the reasons why I am so motivated to increase inclusion. I share one of the key activities I use in my training to help leaders become more aware of the...