Episode 16: Find your own authentic voice to write your leadership story with Prof Erica Wilson

Leadership Amplified by Dr Karen Morley

In the latest episode of #Leadership Amplified, I speak with the wonderful Professor Erica Wilson, Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic Innovation) at Southern Cross University, about her leadership journey. Erica began her academic career researching the constraints faced by Australian women solo travellers and the empowerment they find through their journeys. That has led her to see leadership, and her own leadership career, as a lifelong journey with many different turns and destinations. As things shift and change, growth occurs. Each new leg is challenging, as well as exciting and inspiring. She speaks openly about needing to rewrite her own leadership story, to turn around the idea that she was an accidental leader. Her hard work, the skills, the support she had from others who saw what she was capable of even when she didn’t feel ready definitely weren’t an accident! It’s through claiming her ambition, visibility and voice that she wants to inspire other women in academia to see that what’s possible for them.