INNOVATIONS AND INSIGHTS
PROJECT PARENT: THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF ALL CLAIRE DONALDSON REFLECTS ON HOW HER MOST RECENT CHALLENGE AS A LEADER SAW HER FEELING UNPREPARED EVEN AFTER MONTHS OF PLANNING.
Throughout my career I have had the opportunity to undertake a variety of leadership courses and apply my learning in both project and organisational contexts, reflecting on challenges and successes to consider what I might try differently next time. I will not 28
pretend that I am successful in being self-aware 100% of the time, or that setbacks don’t knock my resilience on occasion, but I genuinely want my team to be successful, whatever that means for them, and that means I need to reflect and continually improve.
