Lisa Wilkinson landed in hot water last Sunday after she mentioned alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins during her award acceptance speech. She then hired a top lawyer who spoke out against her.
create an environment with permission to fail, learn and adapt;
accept the importance of authorising environments and to devolve authority;
value and work effectively with people with different ideological and lived experiences;
pace change;
navigate politics; and
constantly zoom in and out to understand what’s going on and work at different levels.
While I still have irrational arguments with myself about whether I have time for leadership development (because there will always be other ‘urgent’ things to deal with), the benefits have always far outweighed the time. I’m lucky to have benefited immensely from leadership development and know that in the for-purpose sector, this isn’t always the case. There are significant challenges around cultures of permission and resourcing.