Closing Key Note Address – Set for Success
The highest performing teams are those that let go of harmony and focus on respect, diversity of opinions and difficult conversations – all in the service of creating resilience and results.
Collaboration requires the ability to raise issues and ideas, in a professional, timely and respectful manner. To build a resilient, adaptable and high-performing team
that maximizes the benefits of personal difference requires a rock-solid foundation of respect.
We all agree that diversity is great, and the evidence is unequivocal that it has an impact on the bottom line. But as our teams get more and more diverse, we won’t always see eye-to-eye, we won’t always agree on things.
So how do we create a culture where that’s OK? How do we encourage debate and robust discussion? How do we address issues directly and professionally?
How do we set ourselves and our teams up for success?
Rachael has over 15 years of worldwide experience, offering her insights from Antarctica and outlining the 3 tools she used to build respect in the expedition team. These tools work and now have the research to back them up.
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Rachael RobertsonInternational Keynote Speaker, Author, Antarctic Expedition Leader and Leadership ExpertRachael led the Australian expedition to Davis Station, Antarctica – the second female to lead a team at the Station and the youngest ever leader.
She managed a team of 18 people through the long, dark, Antarctic winter and through trial and error built a resilient and highly successful team based on the foundation that ‘respect trumps harmony’.
Since returning Rachael has completed her MBA, written 2 best-selling books, Leading on the Edge and Respect Trumps Harmony, and has presented at over 2000 events around the world.