#178 Michaela Connor : Travel is the school of life
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On this episode we hear from Michaela. She believes that the school of life is travelling and as soon as she could, that is exactly what she did. She worked to travel and eventually she made travel her career as well. She stared this career with the Flight Centre and found something that was aligned with what she was passionate about and help people explore the world. This then transitioned to helping people in her team to succeed when she moved into learning and development. In 2018 she moved to Asia and is now based in Phuket with Discova as People and Culture Leader. She shared her journey to becoming a leader and how she progressed in her career, learning new skills along the way such as adapting your communication style in different cultures. She shares a beautiful and vulnerable story of finding herself outside of her roles of leader, mother, wife during what she calls her midlife crisis. It was in Laos that helped her find herself, find her feet and find her passion again.
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