Advancing women in business and sport with Michelle Redfern

A natural born leader, Michelle Redfern recognized and embraced her resourceful, curious, adventurous spirit early in life. Combining this spirit with her high appetite for risk Michelle is fearless in the pursuit of what sets her soul on fire, which is closing the global leadership gap in business and sports. Michelle owns Advancing Women in Business and Sport, an enterprise providing consulting and advisory services on workplace gender equality, diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as Lead to Soar, a multi platform resource for ambitious women leaders. She's the producer and host of the Advancing Women in Sport podcast and is the author of The Leadership Compass, The Ultimate Guide for Women Leaders to Reach Their Full Potential.

What You Will Hear in This Episode: 

1:28 Michelle’s personal story

5:09 Embracing her role as a leader and rude awakenings entering the workplace

12:03 Similarities in the corporate world and sports world for women

17:21 Michelle’s education journey, imposter syndrome and challenging limiting   beliefs

23:29 Michelle’s book, The Leadership Compass and her 3 pillar formula

30:24 Effective DEI initiatives

Quotes

“You might have to grow old, but you don't have to grow up.”

"No woman is an island you know, we do things with and through people.” 

“Women are conditioned and socialized their entire lives about the role that they will play, the behaviors that they will exhibit. We take that on whether we like it or not.”

“Being a leader sometimes means shut up.”

“Women don't need fixing, the system needs fixing…... part of fixing that system is getting more women into positions of power..”

“When you say I don't do politics for me, that says to me I'm not interested in progressing my career.”

"managers and executives need to do is understand where you are right now versus where you want to be>”

Mentioned:

Michelleredfern.com

LinkedIn

Instagram

The Leadership Compass

eConnect with Bonnie

Gendered Ageism Survey Results

Forbes article

5 Tips to own the superpower of your age

IAMMusicGroup

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