This yr, the theme for Worldwide Girls’s Day is ‘Select to Problem’.
So, to honour that, we wish to rejoice a number of the unbelievable girls and allies who work at Intrepid, difficult stereotypes and the established order. These workforce members work in all corners of the globe – throughout totally different roles and workplaces, in any respect ranges and who do unbelievable work to champion girls and help gender equality.
We requested Intrepid employees from around the globe to nominate a feminine colleague or ally who has shone all through the pandemic by displaying management or innovation, advocating for gender equality, taking on extra work, research or household duties or supporting different girls.
In no explicit order, listed here are a few of Intrepid’s greatest and brightest this Worldwide Girls’s Day.
1. Aye Mya Mya Soe – Common Supervisor, Indonesia
For her management and energy
“Aye is an incredible instance of energy, braveness and dedication. She demonstrates nice management and has mentored others to comply with in her footsteps.”
2. Yvette Thompson – Gross sales, Australia
For being an inspirational function mannequin
“By far this girl is one of the best supervisor I’ve ever had! Regardless of not working for her in nearly a yr, she continues to encourage me on daily basis and is my favorite function mannequin.”
3. Yin Minn Htwe – Buying, Myanmar
For supporting and coaching others
“Yin MinThwe has led the workforce throughout COVID-19 and given her time to coach and help employees in different elements of Asia. She has additionally executed a variety of volunteering to assist arrange studying and greatest follow curriculum requirements at native tourism schools.”
4. Zina Bencheikh – Managing Director EMEA
For trailblazing and galvanizing others
“Zina is flying the flag for gender equality, objective and social and environmental causes. She continued to take up public talking alternatives all through COVID-19 and is an incredible function mannequin for ladies, displaying what is feasible if you happen to put your love and vitality into it.”
5. Cassandra Harvey – Gross sales, North America
For bringing positivity and help
“Cass has all the time been an incredible chief, however she actually set the bar excessive by means of this disaster. She has additionally had a tough yr personally with well being points in her household, however she is all the time there for her workforce. She is an excellent girl in my eyes.”
6. Caitlin Lutton – Buyer Service, Australia
For taking the chance to show others
“In the course of the pandemic, Caitlin commenced finding out to grow to be a trainer. It’s clear she’s going to be unbelievable, because the latest coaching she facilitated was informative, partaking and enjoyable!”
7. Zinzi Bobani – Finance, South Africa
For stepping as much as look after individuals round her
“Once we have been unable to use for authorities help for employees, Zinzi spent hours looking for a solution to get us entry. She has gone out of her solution to assist out the workforce, personally serving to out a significantly sick workforce member. COVID-19 has hit near house amongst her household and associates, and I do know that she was a rock for all of them.”
8. Cara Toovey – Gross sales, Australia
For her capability to deliver individuals collectively
“Cara is the unifying determine organising social occasions on-line and main by instance, whereas she cared for her two women as a single mom. There have been instances when you could possibly see that the pressure of 2020 was taking a toll on her as properly, however she by no means misplaced her cheerfulness, her love of our workforce and her capability to maintain on going.”
9. Fernando Rodriguez – Operations, Peru
For his management and fervour
“Fernando may be very enthusiastic about all equality points, together with gender equality. He has all the time put big quantities of effort into supporting our feminine leaders, guides and employees all through the area and his management helped us obtain our objective of doubling the variety of feminine leaders in our area properly forward of time. He’s a singular instance of a male who is consistently empowering and supporting girls in what’s a really patriarchal Latino tradition.”
10. Celia Brennan – Operations, Australia
For her resourcefulness and care
“She has been instrumental in placing collectively our Covid-19 insurance policies and ensuring that each one our journeys and travellers are secure. In the meantime, she’s been juggling house education for her two younger kids.”
11. Wan-Chiwan Suwannapak – Operations, Thailand
For maintaining employees underneath her care engaged and knowledgeable
“Wan has needed to handle the stress of Covid on decreased hours whereas working from house and in addition delivering house education to her two daughters. She’s ensured that leaders underneath her care are stored engaged and knowledgeable. Wan additionally managed to search out time to attend and cross a brand new hospitality and tourism-based course in SE Asia and be one of many first to take action.”
12. Chrystal Daniel – Buyer Expertise, Australia
For taking new challenges in her stride
“Chrystal has returned to full-time work from maternity depart in the course of a pandemic and is adjusting to pandemic work-from-home life, being a mum, and being promoted to a supervisor all on the identical time. It’s really inspiring to see Chrystal be superb in any respect three.”
13. Ngoc Vu – Finance, Vietnam
For encouraging focus and innovation
“Ngoc is an incredible quiet achiever. In 2020 Ngoc stepped up and has been instrumental in guiding the enterprise, encouraging the a lot smaller workforce to remain targeted and be modern. She is a famous person not usually recognised outdoors of her personal workplace.”
14. Erica Kritikides – Product, Australia
For being a really empathic supervisor
“As a single mom, I felt stress throughout within the pandemic. For many of 2020, I home-schooled my baby and labored decreased hours. Erica understood my state of affairs – as a mom first, then as a supervisor. Whereas she has advocated for working dad and mom for a very long time, she actually shone throughout this pandemic. She ensured my title was placed on the desk for any tasks and she or he inspired me to take day off to take care of me.”
15. Joanna Reeve – Enterprise Growth, UK
For taking up new duties
“Jo is an actual Intrepid powerhouse, very decided to realize the unimaginable for her workforce and for herself. She took on new duties throughout COVID-19 and has risen above and past anybody’s expectations.”
16. Erin Shand – Buyer Expertise, Australia
For going above and past her function
“Throughout COVID-19 Erin supplied her providers to fill gaps along with finishing her duties inside her personal function. Her modern concepts have fashioned an integral a part of the 2021 technique, and I couldn’t have achieved the outcomes we’ve had as a workforce, with out her.”
17. Katie Breen – Advertising, Australia
For her robust sense of what’s proper
“Not solely was Katie an enormous help for our workforce throughout a actually robust yr, however she put her hand up for a number of additional tasks. And thru her involvement within the RAP committee and her personal private curiosity, she labored to coach herself and our workforce round Black Lives Matter.”
18. Rama Mahendru – Common Supervisor, India
For all the time doing what’s greatest for her workforce
“Rama has earned the respect of the India workforce, main them by means of the disaster whereas dealing with private points, as her son had simply began college in Australia and is caught there due to COVID-19. She is all the time seeking to do what’s greatest for the corporate and her employees.”
19. Katie Dance – Know-how Providers, Australia
For getting stuff executed with a constructive angle
“In March final yr she acquired an additional 4 individuals in her workforce and supported us in addition to her unique workforce. She additionally accomplished her grasp’s and juggled having a toddler at house and being pregnant – and she nonetheless doesn’t hunt down the limelight!”
20. Leah Johnson – Gross sales, New Zealand
For supporting others it doesn’t matter what
“For all the time being there for individuals in our workforce, regardless of the place in New Zealand or Australia they have been based mostly.”
21. Lucy Siebert – Communications, Australia
For stepping up and going above and past
“Lucy is an distinctive particular person. She joined the Intrepid workforce not lengthy earlier than the pandemic hit and has been a gentle rock all through. To lead the company communications for a global journey firm throughout a worldwide pandemic is just not a straightforward feat! She has executed all of this whereas being on the opposite facet of the world to her household and whereas COVID-19 hit her house in South Africa laborious.”
22. Tune Nongchanun – Folks workforce, Thailand
For making enhancements for the longer term
“Tune has been a big help to her area all through the pandemic, aiding conversations and maintaining observe of adjusting work necessities. She has additionally used the time to proactively determine areas for enchancment for the longer term.”
23. Marie Swanson – Advertising, Australia
For displaying care and compassion to these round her
“Regardless of working decreased hours, she nonetheless took the time to test in with me once in a while and inspired me to again myself in sure difficult conditions.”
24. Maritza Chacacanta – Operations, Peru
For supporting the native communities impacted by COVID-19
“The general public Maritza works with are porters on Inca path who had to return to their farms when the pandemic hit. She by no means misplaced contact with the communities and then labored on Christmas Eve, travelling across the countryside of the Andes to ensure each certainly one of them and their households had their meals parcels from The Intrepid Basis.”
25. Michelle Ouw – Gross sales, Australia
For creating readability in a time of uncertainty
“Michelle did an incredible job at being out there to help the workforce. Regardless of being stretched for time and there being a lot uncertainty in our trade, Michelle was there to work with us to create some readability round ever-changing processes.”
26. Miranda Raciti – Buyer Service, Australia
For approaching all the pieces with a degree head
“Miranda has been so constant in her angle and help by means of the pandemic. She has led one of many hardest elements of the enterprise in making certain our prospects are pleased and being sorted. She all the time approaches issues with a degree head, regardless of the subject and is a robust and assured communicator.”
27. Natalie Placko – Model, Australia
For all the time having time for everybody
“Nat has been one of the best function mannequin and help for thus many individuals – particularly the entrepreneurs, who’re practically all girls themselves. She has a knack for making you are feeling higher if you find yourself struggling, she is real, empowering and constructive. Irrespective of how worrying Nat’s job has been, she all the time has time for everybody and can take trip of her busy schedule to talk to you.”
28. Soledad Moncayo – Reservations, Ecuador
For being a robust female voice and chief
“A tireless employee who all the time makes herself out there to the remainder of the workforce, together with areas that aren’t technically in her remit. She has been a robust feminine voice and chief throughout the Ecuador workforce for a few years.”
29. Robyn Nixon – Particular Tasks, Australia
For bringing individuals collectively
“Robyn has been a pillar of energy over the past 12 months, shifting to the UK to guide the cost on bringing the workforce again collectively and succeeding. She was a key member of the native journey revolution at Intrepid from day one and has now taken this mission by the horns.”
30. Sachini Gunatilake – Product, Sri Lanka
For being an encouraging chief
“Sachini has nice management abilities, she is all the time useful to all of the workforce members and desires to see the workforce develop in addition to the workforce members develop. She is such an understanding particular person with regards to any state of affairs.”
31. Sarah Clark – Managing Director APAC
For selling our objective in an enticing manner
“In 2020 she joined the core administration workforce, led the native journey mission, does superior month-to-month updates displaying us of her house island Tasmania, and promotes our objective in an enticing and informative manner. Plus, she’s tremendous approachable and responsive.”
32. Alana Plucinski – Buyer Service, Australia
For being a supportive supervisor
“She has been an enormous help to the workforce and takes on a variety of totally different duties. She retains us up to date and is usually somebody we go to for help, whether or not skilled or private.”
33. Wye Wong – Chief, Malaysia
For locating methods to help her area people
“Wye Wong utilized for a grant for a group backyard mission that she was engaged on throughout COVID-19. She was profitable in getting the funding and the area people now has a rainwater harvester on the group backyard.”
34. Natalie Scales – Buyer Service, Australia
For on the lookout for methods to enhance our prospects’ expertise
“Nat is all the time proactively on the lookout for methods to repeatedly enhance processes to make sure our prospects get the very best expertise from Intrepid, but additionally seems to be for tactics to make sure our processes don’t create pointless work for our workforce.”
35. Brett Mitchell – Chief Gross sales Officer
For being such a supportive, trusting and empowering supervisor
“I don’t know if I might have given this job to myself, however you probably did! I’m so happy of what we’ve achieved to date and actually seeking to the post-pandemic success we will probably be driving collectively.”
36. Natalie Kidd – Chief Folks and Objective Officer
For her honesty and recommendation
“She is the calm pressure behind lots of our successes. She drives individuals to shine, is an incredible listener and her recommendation is all the time on level. She isn’t frightened of telling the reality, even when the reality can harm as that’s what makes us enhance and grow to be higher managers and folks.”
37. Susanne Etti – Objective workforce, Australia
For working tirelessly to assist the planet
“Susanne has labored tirelessly by means of the final yr on our local weather response. She has been creating toolkits for exterior publication, doing numerous webinars always of the day and night time and represented Intrepid on quite a few local weather targeted motion teams.”
38. Claire Fitzgerald – Gross sales, Australia
For her unwavering help to her workforce
“For displaying up, holding area and supporting others by means of the COVID-19 storm in all corners of Australia and New Zealand.”
39 + 40. Abbe Lunn and Mandy Alderson – Gross sales, Australia
For supporting these much less lucky than themselves
“They each made the time to coach for the Blue Dragon Marathon by means of The Intrepid Basis. Collectively they raised over $600, which is a superb feat throughout a pandemic. These girls method all the pieces they do with an incredible constructive angle and infectious vitality and they’re an inspiration to many.”
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