Advice I’d Give My Younger Self: Susan Gelsi
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tips for a Baby Medic from a Medic Who Didn’t Always Get it Right “Tips and tricks for young players”, or in […]
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Advice I’d Give My Younger Self: Mirrors, Machiavelli And Mentoring
Reading Time: 3 minutes “What were you like when you were my age Auntie Leigh?“ I love my nieces. With them, I get to play the […]
Advice I’d Give My Younger Self (even though I probably would have ignored it)
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is the first of a new series ‘Advice I’d Give My Younger Self’. We can all learn from each others […]
Bread and Butter: What an Honours Year Taught Me about True Learning
Reading Time: 3 minutes My family would assure you that my cooking skills do not inspire confidence. But 2022 was the year that changed that. My […]
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 […]
You’re Posting Me Where?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The dreaded call… will it be Nowra, Tindal or Wagga Wagga? Or worse… Puckapunyal! The nervous anticipation of not receiving your desired […]
Lessons from lockdown in the City of Brotherly Love
Reading Time: 3 minutes In January 2020 I boarded a plane heading towards the US and my dream job of a three year posting in Philadelphia. […]
A Cool Dude with Long Hair
Reading Time: 3 minutes I’d always been the tomboy. The one girl amongst the group of boys. This continued when I joined the Army reserves. I […]
Tackling Gender Bias
Reading Time: 6 minutes Much has been written about women in leadership. There are countless books and articles on leadership written by women specifically for women. […]
My Defence Story: Failures, Field and Finding my Inner Strength
Reading Time: 6 minutes My Defence story is not unlike many others. I enlisted, survived recruit training and went on to my training establishment. It seemed pretty straight […]
What it means to fight like a girl
Reading Time: 6 minutes Firstly, I apologise that this article might not be the best writing I’ve produced. I’m currently sitting here at work shivering while […]
The Power of an Uncluttered Mind
Reading Time: 5 minutes I hugged them tight, so tight that my four year old complained she couldn’t breathe. But I didn’t want to let go, […]
Spotlight Her 2021
Reading Time: 12 minutes Spotlight Her 2021 Propel Her is shining a spotlight on silent achievers who contribute in inspirational ways to the Defence of Australia […]
The Power of Attitude: The Choice is Yours
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. Follow the series and join the conversation via #PropelHerAus. In all […]
Strengthening Through Sport
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. Follow the series and join the conversation via #PropelHerAus. A […]
How to Choose a Career Coach
Reading Time: 3 minutes This article is part of the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. Follow the series and join the conversation via #PropelHerAus. I […]
Write well, present well: Sharing your ideas in the ADF
Reading Time: 5 minutes Someone I admire once told me that you will not always have a stage on which to speak, but the best thing […]
The Transition Test
Reading Time: 5 minutes This article is part of the Defence Women’s Leadership Series. An organisation’s characteristics are formed through its founding and its history, as it […]
Spotlight Her
Reading Time: 3 minutes Spotlight Her Propel Her is shining a spotlight on silent achievers who contribute in inspirational ways to the Defence of Australia Tweet […]
Belonging, Authenticity, Vulnerability: Unlocking your Potential
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is a reflection article by Kate Yaxley for the Propel Her – Defence Women’s Leadership Series. Like many Grounded Curiosity readers, I […]