--- title: Blog | Michelle Redfern description: Former Senior Consultant & Strategic Partner --- [![LN-Logo-2021](https://www.leadingnow.biz/hs-fs/hubfs/ADMIN%20-%20All%20Brands/LN/LN-Logo-2021.png?width=147&height=80&name=LN-Logo-2021.png "LN-Logo-2021")](https://www.leadingnow.biz/) # The Latest Insights from Leading NOW ### Michelle Redfern Former Senior Consultant & Strategic Partner - - - ## Posts by Michelle Redfern ## [Why male allies are so important for gender equality in sport](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/why-male-allies-are-so-important-for-gender-equality-in-sport) This blog was written by Michelle Redfern, Strategic Partner and Senior Consultant based in Melbourne, Australia, and was originally published on her blog. --- Life has been very full here at Advancing Women in Business and Sport. We have been working on the next Advancing Women in Sport research series – stories of women in sport, from athlete to the boardroom. I have interviewed women who are athletes, coaches, administrators and board members about their experiences in sport. They are funny, forthright and above all, worth listening to if you are serious about gender equality in your sport. This series will be in a different format to our previous two reports. We’ll be releasing video interviews supported by a written report for each woman interviewed. So you can watch, listen and read about how to make sport a much more equitable place for women. 4 min read | [Michelle Redfern](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/michelle-redfern) [Read ON!](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/why-male-allies-are-so-important-for-gender-equality-in-sport) [Gender Dynamics](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/gender-dynamics) [Allies](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/allies) ## [How Leaders Can Step Up and Be An Ally for Women of Colour](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/how-leaders-can-step-up-and-be-an-ally-for-women-of-colour) This blog was written by Michelle Redfern, Strategic Partner and Senior Consultant based in Melbourne, Australia, and was originally published on her blog. --- Who is an ally to Women of Colour at work? Me. You. What is an ally to Women of Colour in the workplace? Put simply, it is someone who actively supports and promotes a culture of including people, such as Women of Colour, First Nations women, culturally and linguistically diverse and migrant women, who are more often than not under-represented in leadership in organisations. An ally uses their political and social capital to advocate for those women so both the woman and the organisation can reach their full potential. 5 min read | [Michelle Redfern](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/michelle-redfern) [Read ON!](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/how-leaders-can-step-up-and-be-an-ally-for-women-of-colour) [Gender Dynamics](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/gender-dynamics) [Women of Color](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/women-of-color) [Allies](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/allies) ## [3 Ways to Shine a Light on Disrespect Towards Women at Work](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/3-ways-to-shine-a-light-on-disrespect-towards-women-at-work) This blog was written by Michelle Redfern, Strategic Partner and Senior Consultant based in Melbourne, Australia, and was originally published on her blog. 5 min read | [Michelle Redfern](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/michelle-redfern) [Read ON!](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/3-ways-to-shine-a-light-on-disrespect-towards-women-at-work) [Gender Dynamics](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/gender-dynamics) [Managers Mindsets](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/managers-mindsets) ## [Man to Man: What Does it Really Take to be a Male Ally?](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/man-to-man-what-does-it-really-take-to-be-a-male-ally) This blog on male allyship was written by Michelle Redfern, Strategic Partner and Senior Consultant based in Melbourne, Australia, and was originally published on her blog. 10 min read | [Michelle Redfern](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/michelle-redfern) [Read ON!](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/man-to-man-what-does-it-really-take-to-be-a-male-ally) [Gender Dynamics](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/gender-dynamics) [Managers Mindsets](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/managers-mindsets) [Allies](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/allies) ## [What Is The Significance of Being an Other?](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/pride-what-is-the-significance-of-being-an-other) In celebration of Pride Month, we invited Michelle Redfern, our Senior Consultant based in Melbourne, Australia, to author this blog post. Read ON! --- I have been in a deeply committed and loving relationship with my (now) wife for nearly 20 years. Our relationship is public knowledge. However, in the early years of our relationship I wasn’t ‘out’ about my same sex relationship, particularly in my workplace. I made this choice because amongst other things, I was fearful of being judged and having my career aspirations affected because of my sexual identity. I worried about the negative consequences of being openly gay at work. LGBTIQ+ people are often not able to bring their full self to work, feel like they have to hide elements of their life and have their psychological well-being compromised by feelings of ‘otherness’. This is a significant issue that 68% of LGBTIQ+ people in America are still grappling with. 4 min read | [Michelle Redfern](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/michelle-redfern) [Read ON!](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/pride-what-is-the-significance-of-being-an-other) [Gender Dynamics](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/gender-dynamics) [Diversity & Inclusion](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/diversity-inclusion) [Managers Mindsets](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/managers-mindsets) [lbgtq+](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/lbgtq) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ### Subscribe #### Interested in receiving Leading NOW's latest insights on Leadership & Workplace Culture? Stay up to date by subscribing to our blog. 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