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.

Mie Øestergaard is an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Strategist, who specialises in working collaboratively with organisations to implement new initiatives to increase diversity and help create more inclusive cultures and industries.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Mie about her life and career journey, the sobering highs, and lows of working in diversity, equity, and inclusion, the value of each of us being introspective about challenging our own privilege. And why recent changes in the sports industry have given her hope for a brighter and more inclusive tomorrow.

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.

Episode 20 sees us meet the magnificent Stephanie Corker, an Account Director at Wasserman, a global sports, entertainment and culture marketing agency and Co-Founder of Lived Equity a Diversity & Inclusion Community, that aims to provide a safe and inclusive platform for diverse professionals and allies to connect, support and learn from each other.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Stephanie about her journey to becoming an ally, how we can all create more equitable experiences for underrepresented groups in sport and beyond as well as the importance of business leaders taking visible ownership and accountability for embedding diversity, equity and inclusion as a key part of their company’s business operations and culture.

To learn about Stephanie’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.

This week's episode is focussed on sharing In Her Corner Host, Liseli Sitali's "Reflections" on the lessons learned from the incredible women, we have had the honour of celebrating through sharing the story of their journey. Having an episode to reflect on the insights shared so far feels apt in a week when we’re commemorating those who lost their lives to defend our civil liberties.

Without the selfless sacrifices of the countless men and women, we would not have the opportunity to create this platform. It also feels apt to take a moment to celebrate the significant strides that women have made in recent history, namely Kamala Harris became the first female US Vice-President, Dr Kathrin Jansen being on the brink of developing a COVID-19 vaccine and of course In Her Corner's previous guests continuing to smash countless glass ceilings.

Episode 18 sees us meet the hope-inspiring Courtney Carroll Levinsohn, Founder of Women in Soccer, a growing community of women and allies united by the inclusive spirit of football.

In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Courtney about Women in Soccer’s mission to connect women from around the world through the beautiful game, the importance of media and brands investing in women’s sport in order to help achieve gender equity and the career-defining lessons that have made Courtney razor focussed on Living in the Solution as a response to today’s present-day challenges.

Episode 16 sees us sees us meet Melita Emanuel-Carr, an inspirational and impressive professional basketball player who is making waves on and off the court. Melita has represented Team England and Team GB in all age groups and made history with team England by winning a silver medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. In this episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Melita about balancing athlete welfare and the pressures of winning, the role of the modern-day athlete as an activist and why the sports industry needs to be more proactive in taking ownership of tackling gender and socioeconomic inequalities.

To learn about Melita’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.

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.

Episode 11 sees us meet the inspirational Mary McVeigh Connor, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Without Borders, an award-winning non-profit that is building a more inclusive world through football. An Ivy League graduate and former professional football player, Mary has used her experience of playing and coaching to work in overseeing program development across Central America, East and Northern Africa, the United States, and Europe.

In this eleventh episode of In Her Corner, we talk to Mary about football’s powerful ability to transcend borders, sport’s integral role in addressing gender inequity and the importance of building an inclusive people-first workplace culture.

Episode 8 sees us meet the formidable Zarah Al-Kudcy who is a true Driving Force and the Head of Commercial Partnership Development at Formula 1® . Zarah's role entails leading F1’s creative strategy and solutions for both future and current sponsorship partners as well as chairing F1’s Diversity & Inclusion steering group.

In this eighth episode of In Her Corner, we’ll talk to Zarah about the importance of making sacrifices to chase your dreams, driving change to better achieve gender and racial parity in sport and why luck is simply preparation waiting for an opportunity.

Welcome to In Her Corner, a podcast aimed at celebrating and empowering women working at every level of sport on and off the field.