Carmel Crouch: Leading With Grit, Vision and Unshakable Purpose

Join host Paul Edginton as he sits down with Carmel Crouch, long-serving Managing Director of STEPS Group Australia, to unpack a remarkable life devoted to inclusion, leadership, and resilience. Carmel’s story is one of courage, fierce independence, and relentless drive, from managing four supermarkets at 22, to rescuing a struggling organisation and building one of Australia’s most impactful disability services.In this episode:• Growing up with no roadmap for leadership and creating her own• Overcoming systemic discrimination with empathy, tenacity and pragmatism• How Carmel turned personal challenges into a national social enterprise• The vision behind Pathways College and its generational impact on families• Reflections on succession, legacy and the search for the next right leaderCarmel’s insights cut through management theory and land firmly in lived experience. This is a conversation for anyone leading people, building purpose-driven organisations, or wondering how to turn a “no” into a national movement.If this episode resonates, please subscribe, share, and leave a review. Don't forget to subscribe, share, and join the conversation on The CEO Advantage.www.ceoadvantage.com.auFollow us on Instagram @ceo_advantage