Press & media
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Recent coverage
2026
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Avril Henry AM FIML reflects on her career has focused challenging entrenched thinking, advancing equity and developing female leaders.
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Cec Busby speaks with Avril Henry about what it take to challenge the rules everyone else accepts.
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Board roles are often portrayed as comfortable side gigs – a useful cash top-up for those with the right connections. But that view misses the responsibility, accountability and work that comes with being a director.
Why board roles are more than a paid seat at the table | Read the interview with Avril and Christine Khor, CEO and founder of Peeplcoach.
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Reflecting on four decades working with leaders and organisations, Avril explains how effective leadership starts with emotional intelligence: listening, observing body language, asking open questions and acting accordingly.
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In this conversation, Danielle and Avril talk about the grandmother whose wisdom shaped her life, what it costs to be the person who challenges the status quo, and what to say the next time someone calls you difficult, disruptive or too much.
Thinking points
Where are you fighting for everyone else’s fairness, but not your own?
What have you been told to be grateful for that’s actually keeping you small?
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Sitting with Amanda, Avril reflects candidly on the personal cost of challenging the status quo, what still needs to change for women, and how cancer has changed the way she thinks about success, time and the life she still wants to live.
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What does great leadership look like when uncertainty, pressure, and change arrive? In Part 1 of our conversation with leadership expert, executive coach, author, and change-maker Avril Henry, we explore the deeper themes that shape effective leadership, from crisis management and culture to courage, trust, and human connection.
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In Part 2 of our conversation with Avril Henry, we move from leadership philosophy into practical workplace advice that listeners can immediately apply.