About

Hi, I’m Helen. I'm a changemaker, a problem solver, and a trusted collaborator.

My goal is to skill up and support women and historically marginalised people to succeed at work and in life.

At the same time, I help organisations leverage the power and potential of their teams and customers by turning diversity, equity, and inclusion talk into results.

I use research, systems change, curiosity, and life experience to make decisions that are beneficial to employees, customers, and the company as a whole.

Seeing people make positive and practical changes in their lives, especially in regard to diversity, equity, inclusion, and personal leadership is what I love. This vision has assisted me in driving change from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to some of Australia's biggest organisations, guided by my values of courage, justice, and growth.

I was born in Melbourne to a Taiwanese mother and an Anglo-Australian father. After cutting my teeth in law in Melbourne, I worked for U.S. Congress and consulted for gender equity, racial justice, and LGBTO+ equality movements in Washington, DC. On-the-ground advocacy was among my duties on the Supreme Court steps. After returning to Australia, I led culture change in one of the country's biggest corporations from the C-suite to the front lines.

During this time, I was undergoing a range of ‘life’ changes all at once—learning what careers weren’t for me, working in a corporate job, switching tracks to another field of study, relocating to another country, and figuring out what drives change. I developed the social and emotional intelligence skills I needed to manage them all. After talking to friends and co-workers who were also in the same situation, I realised that we needed to do the work and let others know what we needed to thrive. I realised that there was a void between many people's experiences in the workplace, what we know was just and right, and what actually occurs daily. Every day, I talked about and implemented the elements of change that would create a more inclusive environment—capturing the head, heart, and hands of working with employees and consumers. I didn’t see it being carried out as a systematic method that would work. I also saw approaches that were lacking systemic processes, like listening to people who have lived experience, bringing an intersectional lens, strong evaluation and human-centred design.

I decided to dive into making diversity, equity, and inclusion a reality in order to make the most of my skills and experience. I've worked with teams to develop social and emotional intelligence as well as inclusive leadership skills, co-created strategies and action plans to implement practical, inclusive workplace changes, and developed products and services that include a wider variety of customers.

Yes Get It strives to assist organisations in leveraging the strength and potential of their teams and customers, as well as assisting people to thrive.

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