SheLeaders Podcast Series - Ep. 2: Female roles with Lisa Renkin

The second episode of Sheleaders Podcast had invited Lisa Renkin with us to talk about female roles in politics and diplomat area, the importance of taking risks and having a mentor, strategies on identifying opportunities and maintaining work-life balance.

About Lisa Renkin
Lisa represents the interests of Victoria State of Government, Australia in China, Hongkong, and Taiwan and has worked in strategic and technical leadership roles in China for last 15 years. Prior to her role at the Victorian Government, Lisa was Manager of International Initiatives and the Head of the China program for the Burnet Institute. She also was Vice President of the Victorian branch of the Australia China Business Council, and is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University. With international experience that has spanned an impressive twenty years, taking on roles from healthcare to humanitarian development to commercial projects, Lisa has really been a force for good with regards to effective leadership to strengthen initiatives throughout the developing world. Lisa is also our mentor in SheLeads Empowering Female Mentorship Program.

Episode Content

• Lisa talks about her career path, what does she do, and what makes her jump over the fence to work in China.
• Discussion about the difference of female roles in leading position between Australia and China, and the culture shock she has been encountered.
• The importance of taking risks and the methods of identifying opportunities.
• Lessons have learned across the twenty years work experience.
• Insights about work-life balance and advices for young female professional to maintain this balance as they build their careers.
• The importance of having a mentor and how to find a mentor suits you the most.

Episode Mentions

• Book: Becoming by Michelle Obama
• Book: Madeleine Albright, first female Secretary of the States (US)
• 996: a work style adapted by many internet companies in China which is 9am-9pm, 6 days a week
• Find Lisa on LinkedIn
• Find Anita on LinkedIn
• Get to know more about SheLeads, follow our Wechat official account: sheleads
  or Linkedin:Sheleads Professional Females Network

About Sheleads
Sheleads is an empowing female platform, which is run by women and specially for women. This international network is created to build long-term valuable relationships among professional females at workplace. Sheleads will not only enable women to share their expertise, learn from each other in a safe and comfortable environment where common challenges are shared particularly to females, but also help emphasize the role of female leaders in professional careers.