YWCA Adelaide Annual Report 2016-17 Oct 17 | Page 10

SHE LEADS PROGRAM
2016/2017 saw 22 women graduate from the SHE Leads Program. The
value of the program is the diversity of the participants and mentors
who come from a wide range of employment areas to learn and share
their leadership journey and aspirations.
Guest presenters, Kelly Graham-Sutton, Sharon Ferrier, Liz Forsyth and Amy Nazar supported
the SHE Leads Program facilitator Nicole Swaine, as the participants explored their leadership
styles, communicating, working in teams and establishing a strategic approach to their personal
life and career. Here is what one 2017 SHE Leads Program participant says:
“Feelings can be hard. I have them basically non-stop — even (read: especially) at work. SHE
Leads helped me leverage my passion, anger, anxiety, excitement in a meaningful and productive
way. We worked hard to cultivate traditional leadership qualities too, like our capacities to actively
listen, ask questions, give and receive feedback, and read our peers' emotions. Those learnings
were equally valuable, even complementary to our personal embrace of vulnerability. Our
facilitator Nicole Swaine fostered an inclusive, supportive learning space, and I think about her
lessons every day. I feel I will for many years to come. Endless gratitude to my fellow SHE
Leaders and YWCA Adelaide for having me.”
Aimee Knight, YWCA Member SHE Leads Scholarship recipient
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