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Lessons in Leadership: Meegan Sullivan, President, Asia Pacific Division, Tetra Tech Limited

In Australia, only 22.3% of all CEOs are women, and in STEM industries, only 8% are women. Women are underrepresented in all leadership positions in all industries.   Thankfully, we have Meegan Sullivan, President of Asia Pacific Region for Tetra Tech, blazing a pathway for...Read More
March 4, 2024
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Life, Uncategorized,

A life update from Meg: getting married, and making a massive life choice

For many years, I’ve known a decision like this one would likely arrive.  All my life I had never just assumed I would be a Mrs Someone. I’d always cherished my name, and it felt strange to consider giving it up. But that time...Read More
December 4, 2023
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Career

A journey of self discovery: embrace the evolution of your career

When I was 22, I was quite certain that I would be a technical design engineer, working on the structural designs of houses or bridges or stormwater drainage systems.  I never dreamed that I would be writing articles like this one. Or giving Graduate...Read More
July 13, 2023
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Career

This little phrase is helping me achieve “consistency”

The self-help world loves to preach about consistency. Have you heard the ever-so-popular phrase “consistency is key”? There is a good reason for it, but this story is not about the why, but more about… the how. Instead of rehashing the popular phrase “consistency...Read More
May 10, 2023
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Career, Leadership,

Welcome to the new home of Her Bold Universe! 

Her Bold Universe has had a makeover!  I’m so excited to have a fresh new home for Her Bold Universe. I’ve known for a long time that HBU would evolve into something more than a blog, but with a big 2022 for me personally...Read More
April 24, 2023
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Career, Leadership,

The evolution of Her Bold Universe: empowering emerging leaders in STEM

In 2017, I started a blog called Her Bold Universe. It was a way to share my experiences and to – hopefully – help others in their careers. Writing a weekly blog was fun, and I enjoyed the process.  Five years on, I have...Read More
October 16, 2022
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Career, Leadership,

When can you start to lead?

The idea of being a leader, right now, might feel impossible or foreign because it’s so often associated with words like CEOs, Prime Ministers, Presidents or Captains These roles are leadership roles. That’s known and given.  But leadership is so much more than this. ...Read More
March 31, 2022
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Career

What’s the difference between mentoring and coaching?

The terms ‘coaching’ and ‘mentoring’ are starting to come up a lot in the corporate world. We accept without question the role of a coach in the world of sports and the role of a teacher for our kids. While I’ve got mountains of...Read More
March 21, 2022
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Career

You are in charge of creating your career.

Your career is yours to create. But it can be surprisingly easy to forget this powerful concept.  Which is forgivable. It can feel like so much is out of our control, given our careers are broken up into small steps which is often getting...Read More
March 7, 2022
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Leadership

You’ve heard “emerging leader” thrown about. But what does it mean?

You might have heard the term “emerging leader” at work. Or perhaps, you’ve been told you are a leader, but you have no idea how that’s possible; after all, you’re not a CEO. You don’t have the role title. I know what it’s like...Read More
February 21, 2022
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Life

3 Tips for Balancing Your Hobbies When You’re Multi-passionate

One of my favourite things to hear about is another person’s hobbies. It makes for such interesting and inspiring conversation. But sometimes, it also brings about a sense of wistfulness when we might be reminded about the lack of time we have in our...Read More
June 28, 2021
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Career

Why are you building a career?

Have you ever stopped to remember why you’re building a career?  On the surface, it could be a pointless question; the answer readily available. But the point of this article is not to worry about how obvious or not this might be. The point...Read More
June 21, 2021