For over 20 years I've worked in leadership roles across the mining industry, in Australia and overseas - leading teams, delivering complex projects and managing multi-million dollar budgets in high-pressure, high-stakes environments
But the hardest challenge I've faced wasn't in my career
At 26, I went in for what should have been routine eye surgery. It didn't go to plan - and what followed changed how I look and how I think
The injury changed me physically
The choices I made next changed everything
That experience taught me more about resilience, decision-making under pressure and personal responsibility than any leadership course ever could. It's the lens I now bring to the leaders and teams I work with
