{"id":2832,"date":"2021-03-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/vlogs\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-michelle-carney-and-melissa-proctor\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T18:15:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T18:15:35","slug":"leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-michelle-carney-and-melissa-proctor","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-michelle-carney-and-melissa-proctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Meet: Diversity &#8211; Chain Conversations: Michelle Carney and Melissa Proctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-860949180-scaled.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Mar 29, 2021                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Leaders Meet: Diversity &#8211; 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Her early career was spent developing sport for disabled people, and since she has worked at CEO\/Director level leading a number of grassroots sports partnerships and organisations. Michelle has worked in the commercial sector, professional sport, international development and international sport for development.<\/p>\n<p>In this conversation, she explains how working in diverse environments and understanding different cultures has helped shape her as a leader and suggests that the essence of leadership is &#8220;lighting a spark and watching people thrive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also covered in this conversation:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>What it means to be a transformational leader<\/li>\n<li>The strength of female leadership<\/li>\n<li>Building yourself and your organisation back up after setbacks<\/li>\n<li>Embracing change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-melissa-proctor-and-lenah-ueltzen-gabell\/\">Edition 13: Melissa Proctor and Lenah Ueltzen-Gabell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-lenah-ueltzen-gabell-and-hannah-redfern\/\">Edition 12: Lenah Ueltzen-Gabell and Hannah Redfern<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-shelley-kerr-eilidh-barbour\/\">Edition 11: Shelley Kerr and Eilidh Barbour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-dion-dublin-and-eilidh-barbour\/\">Edition 10: Eilidh Barbour and Dion Dublin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-jo-tongue-and-dion-dublin\/\">Edition 9: Dion Dublin and Jo Tongue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/sport-business\/leaders-meet-diversity-chain-conversations-jo-tongue-and-jason-roberts\/\">Edition 8: Jo Tongue and Jason Roberts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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width=\"244\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: inherit !important;\">Chain Conversations is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/leaders-meet-diversity-2\/\">Leaders Meet: Diversity Series<\/a>, in partnership with Facebook. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The programme brings together leaders from a variety of backgrounds across professional sport to share their personal stories of leadership and to reflect on their own career journeys, pinpointing the peaks and troughs, the helps and hinderances along the way.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Every other week the previous interviewee will become the interviewer as we hear inspiring stories from aspiring and senior leaders within the professional sports industry. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The aim is to inspire, to energise, and to showcase why diverse thinking \u2013 and diverse opportunity \u2013 makes for better business across sport and beyond.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Partners of the 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