Unpacking leadership and navigating paradox

Strategies for leaders balancing contradictory elements within organisations.

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Mary Lemonis

Chief People & Sustainability Officer

Mary Lemonis has over 20 years of HR experience and has led teams through Asia Pacific.

She joined REA Group in March 2018 and is the chief people officer. Prior to that, she was at Campbell Arnott’s where she was the vice president of human resources for Asia Pacific for 8 years, worked in a variety of senior HR generalist and specialist roles with Campbell Soup Company in Australia and the US, and at Lion in a number of HR management roles based in Australia and China.

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In the final episode of Humanity Works Season 1, Mary Lemonis and Craig Forman sit down to talk navigating paradox, the value of role modelling and what it takes to be an effective leader, at scale.

How effective leaders can embrace complexity.

Mary Lemonis is the Chief People and Sustainability Officer for REA Group, a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

Mary is a passionate and intuitive leadership practitioner and in this episode she draws on more than 25 years People and Culture experience, and unpacks what it takes to be an exceptional leader.

Mary Lemonis and Craig Forman explore: 

  • Mary's career trajectory and her journey to Chief People Officer
  • Defining culture and engagement and the role leaders have in shaping both
  • What it means to successfully navigate paradox and why it's so important.
  • How REA Group responded to the fall out from Covid-19 and Mary's key learnings from that time
  • The value and impact of Conscious Leadership
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