the 94%
the 94%
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94% of women working in C-suite executive roles played sport , 52% at university level*. In all walks of life, not just the C-Suite, participation in sport from an early age promotes professional excellence, in whatever field a woman moves into. And that’s a fact.Sport helps develop resilience, discipline and teamwork. Together these form a holy trinity for success.Hosts Rachel Shelley (Helena Peabody on TV’s The L Word, gay icon and mother to a teen girl in London) and Dublin’s Nikki Symmons (former international hockey and cricket player for 13 years, Ireland’s first female athlete to come out as gay and a specialised DEI advisor) talk to successful women from all walks of life, about how their sporting experiences have shaped them in weird, wonderful and often whacky ways. With a lot of laughter en route. They discuss the wild and varied parallels they see between competitive sport and their real-life experiences.How lessons learnt on the pitch shape their behaviour off the field.How sport has made them the women they are today.And how they got off the blocks at the very start.But it’s not just the sporting elite in their new careers that we hear from, although our host Nikki will keep us anchored in that arena. Our guests include high-flyers from the world of entertainment, politics, media and corporate… wherever successful athletes find themselves.And that’s everywhere. *EY Women Athletes Business Network and ESPN W 2014 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The show explores themes of resilience, discipline, and teamwork developed through sports, featuring episodes that discuss how these traits have shaped the careers of guests like actress Jennifer Beals and DJ Adele Roberts, highlighting the links between competitive sports and real-life challenges.
94% of women working in C-suite executive roles played sport…
52% at university level*.
Talking to some of your favourite and fabulous women from all walks of life about how their sporting experiences have shaped them in weird, wonderful and often quite witty ways.
With hosts Rachel Shelley (Helena Peabody on TV’s The L Word, gay icon and mother to a teen girl in London) and Dublin’s Nikki Symmons (former international hockey and cricket player for 13 years, Ireland’s first female athlete to come out as gay and a specialised DEI advisor).
In all walks of life, not just the C-Suite, participation in sport from an early age promotes professional excellence, in whatever field a woman moves into. And that’s a fact.
Sport helps develop resilience, discipline and teamwork. Together these form a holy trinity for success.
They discuss the wild and varied parallels they see between competitive sport and their real-life experiences.
How lessons learnt on the pitch shape their behaviour off the field.
How sport has made them the women they are today.
And how they got off the blocks at the very start.
But it’s not just the sporting elite in their new careers that we hear from, although our host Nikki will keep us anchored in that arena. Our guests include high-flyers from the world of entertainment, politics, media and corporate… wherever successful athletes find themselves.
And that’s everywhere.
*EY Women Athletes Business Network and ESPN W 2014
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tracy E Gilchrist is a GLAAD award-winning editor in chief, journalist, moderator, interviewer and lecturer. And she knows how to hold space, too.
A self-proclaimed sensitive soul, trusted by super-stars and her readers alike, no-one was more surprised than Tracy when her 2024 interview with Wicked’s Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo went Viral with a capital V. Who wasn’t wanting to hold space with our beloved Tracy after that?
Not only does Tracy campaign relentlessly for LGBTQIA rights through her work “in queer media” (The Advocate, Curve, equalpride) and other charitable commitments like It Gets Better, she’s also a committed, non-competitive cyclist, who loves nothing more than an 80km bike ride along the Californian coast, especially if it’s raising money for her favourite charity, AIDS Lifecycle.
In this conversation, peppered with Tracy’s infectious laugh, she reveals
- the in-depth, behind the scenes, blow by blow account of THAT delicious interview with Ariana and Cynthia
- how sport gave her a refuge and safe space growing up in a violent household
- how sport and theatre training have honed her ability to think on her feet, to remain elastic in stressful live situations
- how sport, movement and specifically cycling continues to teach her lessons and shape her social life
We’ve always been in touch with Tracy, and you can be too by following her on Instagram here as well as via her website Tracy E Gilchrist.
94% of women working in C-suite executive roles played sport at a younger age,
52% at university level*.
In all walks of life, not just the C-Suite, participation in sport from an early age promotes professional excellence, in whatever field a woman moves into. And that’s a fact.
Sport helps develop resilience, discipline and teamwork. Together these form a holy trinity for success.
Hosts Rachel Shelley (Helena Peabody on TV’s The L Word, gay icon and mother to a teen girl in London) and Dublin’s Nikki Symmons (former international hockey and cricket player for 13 years, Ireland’s first female athlete to come out as gay and a specialised DEI advisor) talk to some of your favourite high-achieving women from all walks of life, about how their sporting experiences have shaped them in weird, wonderful and often whacky ways. With a lot of laughter en route.
They discuss the wild and varied parallels they see between competitive sport and their real-life experiences.
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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