I first noticed Emma Olivier when she set up her own company, Twenty Percent, an advisory company based in Australia that provides high-quality services to help organisations unleash the power of the 20% of Australians who have a disability.

I was immediately struck by her ability to be out, loud and proud about her own experience of disability. When we finally met for dinner in London I saw at first-hand how she is a woman who means business and is ambitious for meaningful systemic change when it comes to disability inclusion. I am a huge fan of her work.

She starts her presentations with the opener ‘don’t limit yourself by what others say.’

Emma encourages us to create our own view of how we want to be perceived. In this film and through our conversation together, you'll hear her thoughts about how inner confidence relates to our capacity to create our own personal brand. And own it.

She speaks powerfully about her life. Emma was born with one hand and she talks about her school life in the 80s, when we didn’t really celebrate difference: we celebrated being the same as everyone else.

Emma credits the ‘gift’ of disability as being a problem-solving skill, which she has used to carve a successful career. She has 30+ years of consulting experience having first started her career with Arthur Anderson. She then moves on to Accenture where she eventually becomes a Managing Director. While there she becomes executive sponsor for disability inclusion in ANZ Accenture for three years. During this time, the employee reference group grew significantly and was a finalist in the 2022 Australian Network on Disability awards.
There’s a running theme through Emma’s job titles, managing huge operations for complex organisations.
You will be riveted and come away with many ideas to try.

These interviews are brought to you with thanks to remarkable people choosing to share their learning about developing inner confidence so that others can learn faster.

Once you have listened, we ask one thing from you: send the link to the film to five others who you think might be able to pass on the messages to five others.

We are on a mission at PurpleSpace to cascade a universal definition of inner confidence, a strong expectation of a positive outcome, and to share the practical things we can do to navigate our working worlds while managing disability.

Enjoy this film.

For PurpleSpace members wanting further information about how to build inner confidence of their ERG/Network members, visit our resource hub.

For more information about Emma Olivier, and her work, visit: https://www.twentypercent.au

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