Rachael Robertson
After 15 years leading diverse and remote teams and business units, she took the jump and lead the 58th Australian expedition to Antarctica. It was a tough, gruelling, and exhausting year, but ultimately extremely rewarding and fruitful. The intensity of this leadership role, where the leader is on-duty all day, every day, for 12 months with no respite, gave her the opportunity to road test her leadership ideas the hard way - without the luxury of peers, a desk or any way out! It was a 'leadership laboratory' in the most extreme, hostile environment on Earth.
Since returning to Australia, Rachael has completed her MBA, and written two best selling books based on her experience – Leading on the Edge released in 2013 and her latest book Respect Trumps Harmony released early in 2020. She will share with you the tools she used to build a resilient and collaborative team from a group of 18 strangers, working in the toughest workplace on the planet.
Rachael Townsley
With over 14 years of marketing experience, Rachael Townsley has worked for some of the world’s most recognisable international brands in the Entertainment, Tech and Media & Advertising space. She recently joined the world’s #1 job site, Indeed, as the Marketing Director of Australia, where she is responsible for leading her team to drive growth for job seekers, small and medium sized businesses and enterprise organisations.
Rachael is passionate about creating an open, diverse and inclusive workplace culture where everyone can be their true selves. She is an active mentor and invests time into developing emerging talent as well as being an advocate for women and using her platform to help educate, grow and inspire women within the workplace.
Speaker Session
Main Stage - 12:45 pm - 1:55 pm
The Future of Teamwork with Rachael Robertson, featuring a conversation with Rachael Townsley
Today's teams and future teams are very different from what they once were. Now we’re mobile, flexible, real-time and connected. We’re expected to deliver results immediately. The ability to harness diversity to create high performance is critical. Rachael shaped a highly successful expedition team in Antarctica and now shares the critical tools she uses to quickly create innovation, collaboration and high performance in teams. Few of us get to choose our teams or have the luxury of a year or so to achieve peak performance. Technology and changing attitudes have enabled rapid mobilisation but can also exacerbate the “people challenge”. Because, fundamentally, teams are about people. We need new ways to create the environment where fresh teams can build a collaborative culture and deliver results quickly. In this keynote Rachael identifies the most powerful techniques that teams can use to drive innovation, collaboration and high performance
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