(E23) Claire Reindorp: do it scared

It’s a pretty big responsibility to lead an organisation aiming to change the future for young women in the workplace. How you balance supporting and advocating with campaigning. How you tackle prejudice, bias and years and years of ingrained practice. How you make yourselves seen and heard in a noisy world. Well, today’s guest is doing that and some.I’m feeling totally in awe and inspired after talking with Claire Reindorp, Chief Executive of the Young Women’s Trust. If Claire was a stick of rock she’d have charity and tackling inequalities running right through the centre of her. We talk about: Claire's background and upbringing has shaped her beliefs, purpose and approachbeing a new 'learner' CEO - expectation versus realitygetting comfortable with the things you know least aboutfinding supportwhat it’s like leading a small charity leading as a feminist and leading a feminist organisationrealities of making an organisation inclusiveleading to make change happen and staying alert to practising what they valuejuggling multiple agendascollaborating instead of competing with other charitiesleading during the election and being heard in a crowded spacehow organisations can better support young women in the workplacehow you can get involved and support the Young Women's Trust.Resources and helpful linksFollow Young Women's Trust on LinkedInFind out more & support the Young Women’s TrustLinkedInx.comAbout leaders with impactWant to know the secret of great leaders? In Leaders with impact we'll be exploring what makes an impactful leader; sharing stories of success and strategies that set them apart.If you are ambitious for your organisation but are struggling to identify what you can do differently as a leader to deliver the right improvements, then hit subscribe to learn how you can get clear on your strategy, implement some self-leadership and connect with those you serve.New episodes are released every fortnight. Get in touchIf you enjoyed the episode please leave a review on Apple podcasts (or your app of choice) and let me know what you thought on LinkedIn or instagram. I’ll be back with the next episode in two weeks so in the meantime remember to sign up to my newsletter to get notified of new episodes, guest appearances and further insights on how to lead with impact.