An "accidental" and very natural leader bringing people together with inspiration and kindness
with Emma Garrett
What a pleasure to talk to Emma Garrett! In this episode she tells me about her huge range of leadership experience across many different sectors: commercial, non-profit and charitable. She explains how inspiring others and connecting with people have been key for her in her leadership journey. However, above all, she talks about another vital ingredient: kindness.
Tune in to hear a very inspiring story from someone who describes their success as "accidental". Anything but, I would say! A truly natural leader!
About Emma:
Emma is the Development Director at Eastbourne College, an Independent co-educational Day and Boarding school on the East Sussex coast. This is a new role that she has recently taken on and she says it is the perfect culmination of everything she has ever done in her career to date, bringing together her experiences in marketing, charity fundraising, public speaking, PR, events planning and networking.
She describes her career as ‘squiggly’ but wouldn’t have had it any other way, and believes that her varied experiences as a mother, entrepreneur, business owner, volunteer, charity fundraiser and Deputy Lieutenant in the county of Bedfordshire have all been invaluable.
Emma ran a social media business alongside her park Cafés providing training and social media management for SMEs and charities. She was also President of the Bedfordshire BusinessWomen's Networking Group and Pavilion at the Park, one of her cafés was mentioned in the Good Food Guide as well as being chosen as one of 100 SMEs recognised in the 2018 Small Business Saturday Campaign. She was also recognised by f:entrepreneur as one of 100 female entrepreneurs in the #ialso Campaign in 2019.
She is a Vice Patron for Autism Bedfordshire and an Ambassador and on the Senior Management Team for the Schoolreaders Charity. She is the founder of the SoupFest Fundraiser in Bedford and sits on the Bedford Homeless Partnership Executive committee.
In her spare time - spare time?! - she likes to sing, play tennis and squash, run and indulge her coffee addiction. She is a self-confessed foodie and her mission on arrival in Sussex is to visit every winery in the South East, all in the name of research!
ecbgarrett@eastbourne-college.co.uk
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmagarrett/
twitter: @serendipitastic
Instagram: emmacbgarrett
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