Episode 90: High Performance, Human Leadership with Claire Greenwell
“When you dial down that perfectionism, you learn to start delegating to others. And so you build trust in your team, which empowers them.”
Claire Greenwell, Actuary and Senior Leader.
Experienced actuary and senior leader Claire Greenwell shares her lessons on leadership.
In this interview, Claire shares how she:
Treats flexibility as essential, not a nice-to-have, for her and her team members,
Learned boundaries the hard way, after burning out in an acting role,
Redefined success around her team, not her own output, shifting the spotlight to her people's growth instead of her own visibility,
Let go of perfectionism with her kids first, and found that trusting her own intuition transferred directly into trusting her judgement as a leader, and
Her top tip for actuaries aspiring to leadership roles.
Claire Greenwell is a portfolio director at the National Disability Insurance Agency, leading a team of 16 people (including actuaries and non-actuaries) that specialise in providing critical analysis and advice on Scheme sustainability and reform outcomes to senior leadership, Board and government departments. Claire has worked at the NDIA for eight years and previously worked in life insurance pricing for six years. She holds a Master of Public Health specialising in research methods, as well as her actuarial fellowship. Claire is based in Brisbane where she has three young children, working part-time and primarily from home to balance her work and family commitments.
Claire’s passion is building relationships and collaborating with cross-functional teams, such as frontline services, policy and other operational areas, to ensure that actuarial insights at the NDIA are meaningful and can be put into action.
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