WiP Network Conference 2023: How can leaders be empowering?

Former rugby union player, Maggie Alphonsi, who represented England on 74 occasions, delivered the day's opening keynote address, exploring the importance of being "comfortable with being uncomfortable" and how leadership is about helping peers to either follow or exceed your footsteps. Alphonsi told delegates that during her school years she was encouraged to start playing rugby by a PE teacher, who would focus on Alphonsi's strengths as opposed to her weaknesses. "I was always told there's no such thing as weaknesses, and she brought me to lead with my strengths," she explained. ...