Asking For Help: Overcoming Pride and My Own Prejudice
Reading Time: 8 minutes I’m a creature of habit. I have been listening to the same audiobook every night to go to sleep for 19 odd […]
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Defence Women’s Leadership Series by Lyndsay Freeman and Shamsa Lea
The Athena Project. There’s No Shame In The Name: Victim
Reading Time: 8 minutes Written by Jordyn Gray (she/her), Founder of The Athena Project, Veteran, Survivor, Advocate and Speaker Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence Do you remember […]
Burnout: The Professional’s Nemesis and How to Outsmart It
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hello Propel Her Community, You may have noticed we took a big break from publishing over the end of the year because… […]
Leadership in the Army: My Story
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last year, I was asked to speak to a group of APS and civilian women about my leadership experience in Army. Although […]
On impending motherhood and leadership: Which comes first?
Reading Time: 5 minutes I have some questions for all the women I serve with who happen to be mothers.Were you ready? Were you prepared? How […]
The default setting to be the default parent; motherhood and delegation.
Reading Time: 5 minutes “What do you mean ‘call him first?“ A common question, often said with surprise, underpinned by thinly veiled judgement. My partner is […]
New Chapter for Propel Her Aus
Reading Time: 2 minutes After three years of sharing women’s stories and insightful conversations, it is time for a new chapter. Propel Her Aus co-founders, Shamsa […]
Shattering Identity Bias – An interview with Captain Mona Shindy CSC
Reading Time: 5 minutes Captain Mona Shindy is an accomplished Naval Officer – one of the first to serve on an Aussie warship. She wears many […]
International Women’s Day 2023 – Cracking the code: Innovation for a Gender Equal future.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Propel Her Co-Founder Shamsa Lea gave us a sneak peek into her IWD presentation to a female audience at a veterans organisation […]
You Can Be What You Can’t See: Moving Beyond The Child’s Imagination To Achieving Life Goals
Reading Time: 7 minutes A recent post on a feminist and women’s empowerment page I greatly admire and respect quoted Sally Ride, an astronaut, physicist, engineer […]
High Performance Teams and Leadership Lessons – Afghan Evacuation Task
Reading Time: 8 minutes For nine months (August 2021 – May 2022), I have been part of a volunteer team, including Chris Parsons and Martin Dransfield, […]
When Traditional Concepts Blind Us To Our Own Success
Reading Time: 4 minutes It can be devastating when our pathways in life lead us to outcomes we view as contrary to success. This is […]
I See Myself: The Portrait Painted for All Mothers Who Serve
Reading Time: 6 minutes I know that look. I see myself in her eyes. I know that woman intimately. It’s a portrait of me – a portrait of […]
The invisible hand of gender inequality
Reading Time: 5 minutes This year’s theme for International Women’s Day was “break the bias”. However, what does this mean? And how can we actually break […]
It’s not up to her to solve: The competing demands of work and family
Reading Time: 8 minutes To improve the recruitment, retention and advancement of women, we need to remove structural barriers. And guess what? Doing so will be […]
The ABC of Diversity: Steps to Creating a Space for Change
Reading Time: 5 minutes I am currently serving with one of the most diverse organisations in the world – the United Nations. My role as a […]
Beyond Bubble Baths: The 9 Elements of (Realistic) Self-Care
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’ll admit it. I’m a Self-care Wanna-Be. I wanna-be more guilt-free and consistent with prioritising self-care. I wanna-be so enviably organised with my time and space that […]
Women, Warriors and Warfare: When the best man for the job is a woman
Reading Time: 6 minutes Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing a LinkedIn post from an American Army colleague, on a photo of a group of […]
Will the Real Army Leaders Please Stand Up?
Reading Time: 4 minutes During a promotion course at Canungra, I recall an instructor posing a simple question to the audience: “How many of you have […]
How to have a Challenging Conversation at Work
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Shamsa Lea and edited by Lyndsay Freeman. This article is part of the Propel Her Australia – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. The difference […]
Choose to Challenge: Issuing ADF Leaders a Gender Challenge on International Women’s Day
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Lyndsay Freeman for Propel Her Women in the ADF are not living in a golden age. Despite gender restrictions for all […]
Do you call yourself ambitious?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Reframing how we all view the word ambition, particularly as women, will stop the ‘ambitious woman’ being an anomaly and empower us all.
The GROW Model: Your secret weapon for goal-setting and leadership
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her Australia – Defence Women’s Leadership Series by Shamsa Lea and Lyndsay Freeman. There is a cartoon showing […]
The only woman in the room
Reading Time: 4 minutes Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series spotlights Air Force Pilot and Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Marija ‘Maz’ Jovanovich as she shares her insights […]
A Mental Health Journey
Reading Time: 6 minutes To raise awareness of Australian mental health month – Propel Her shares this honest insight into a senior ADF leader’s story. If this article is challenging […]
Finding my Version of Success: A Different Approach to Steering Your Career
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. Do you feel like your military career is beyond your […]
The Mediator Mindset: A Leader’s Guide to Conflict Resolution
Reading Time: 5 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and conflict […]
Imposter Syndrome: Feel it, name it, propel forward anyway
Reading Time: 5 minutes Uncover more insights from our centre of 40+ articles at the Propel Her Home Page or submit a guest author submission, read how here. […]
Learn, Connect, Inspire: The Power of Networking
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is the fourth article in the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series by Lyndsay Freeman and Shamsa Lea. The term ‘networking’ will invariably turn some […]
Intrapreneurship: The Art of Innovation and Influence
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is the third article in the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series by Lyndsay Freeman and Shamsa Lea. You might purely associate ‘intrapreneurship’ with tech startups and […]
Building a Strong Personal Brand
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the second article in the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series by Lyndsay Freeman and Shamsa Lea. Do you […]
The Value of Mentoring
Reading Time: 5 minutes Most ADF members don’t realise the value of mentoring until late in their careers – with the common reflection being ‘Why didn’t I do this sooner!?’ Mentoring can change your career and life trajectory. It can open up networks and opportunities beyond your immediate reach, and can give you the tools and confidence to develop and promote yourself.