Michelle Moore – Episode 38

After a much-needed break, we’re back with the impressive and inspiring Michelle Moore who is an award-winning leadership coach, author, speaker, and educator voted as one of the UK’s 50 Most 'Influential Women in Sport’. In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Michelle about developing your own personal leadership style, why organisations need to treat diversity, equity, and inclusion as an integral part of what they do and stand for as well as the powerful role that athletes and sport play in shaping and challenging society.

To learn more about Michelle’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major streaming platforms.

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Hayzia Bellem – Episode 37

Meet the incredible Hayzia Bellem, Chairwoman of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) who are the global governing body for amateur MMA, sponsored by the UFC. As the first in her position, Hayzia has been leading the team at the IMMAF on an international project to promote female participation and gender equality in MMA.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Hayzia about how Tom Hardy inspired her to start working in MMA, why the challenges she’s faced in her career and personal life have set her up for success and how the IMMAF is supporting the growth of women’s MMA through working with member countries across the world to enable more women to enter, thrive and succeed in the Octagon.

To learn more about Hayzia’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major streaming platforms.

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Hayley Bennett – Episode 33

In this episode, we meet inspirational Hayley Bennett, a Diversity and Inclusion Consultant who works with some of the world’s most famous brands to help them improve gender equality, race equality, and employee wellbeing. Hayley’s career began in the world of football where her work involved empowering football’s future leaders and educating stakeholders in the game on diversity and inclusion.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Hayley about being intentional about creating inclusive cultures on and off the pitch to enable people to be their full selves, the challenges facing sport and society in addressing race and gender inequalities, and the work Hayley’s doing to inspire more young black girls to play the beautiful game.

To learn more about Hayley’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other major streaming platforms.

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Victoire Cogevina – Episode 25

In this episode, we meet the incredibly impressive Victoire Cogevina, who is the creator, CEO, and Co-founder of GLORIA, an emerging social media platform created to enrich football players and fans’ experience of the beautiful game. Prior to founding GLORIA, Victoire was a football agent and CMO of the first-ever female-owned football agency in South America.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Victoire about how she secured investment for GLORIA from one of the world’s most renowned tech investors, Alexis Ohanian, and the three career-defining lessons that led her overcoming sexism to become a successful football agent and triumphing despite career setbacks.

To learn more about Victoire’s journey tune into In Her Corner. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major streaming platforms.

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Laura McQueen – Episode 13

Episode 13 sees us meet the laudable Laura McQueen, Managing Director of Leaders, a premium content and conference platform for leaders working on and off the field in professional sport.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Laura about the growing pains of becoming a leader, using your position and influence as a leader in business to better promote diversity, equity and inclusion and evolving Leaders’ proposition to attract a more diverse audience. As well as Laura’s three career-defining lessons.

To learn about Laura’s journey tune into In Her Corner this Wednesday. In Her Corner is available to listen to, subscribe and download on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other major streaming platforms.

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Amie Sheridan – Episode 12

Episode 12 sees us meet the amazing Amie Sheridan, a writer and executive strategist who specialises in elevating the visibility of leaders in sports and entertainment via owned, earned and paid media channels.

In this twelfth episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Amie about what being a leader in the sports and entertainment industry means in a post-pandemic era, the importance of elevating the visibility of women working in sports and entertainment and how Amie has dealt with transitioning from being a working mother of three to a successful business owner.

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