Chyloe Kurdas
Expert in Driving Institutional Change
Topic
AFL & AFLW / Change Management / Culture / Disruption / Diversity & Inclusion / Golf / Inspiring Stories / Leadership / Mastering Leadership / Purpose & Vision
Profile
Chyloe Kurdas is a highly regarded leader with significant expertise in inclusion, belonging, high performance and transformative change. She is celebrated for her significant contributions to the inception and execution of the AFLW, the regeneration of Australian women’s golf, and inclusive sporting communities.
As a child of migrants from Hungary and Turkey, Chyloe experienced the value of sports in building community, the impact of sports on belonging, and the power of having an ally on your side. It also proved to be where she realised she would never be deemed good enough to play football professionally because of her gender. This realisation as a 5-year-old girl set Chyloe on a course to finding her ultimate purpose and powerfully informed her career, driving inclusion and belonging. She still credits being one of the first women to play football on the MCG as one of best days of her life.
Chyloe is a trusted advisor to the Australian Institute of Sport, Australian Sports Commission, and AusCycling, tasked with creating high-performance athlete and organisational outcomes by leveraging belonging and inclusion.
As a Melbourne Business School Associate, Chyloe has delivered over 100 leadership sessions on how to drive meaningful and impactful change for the Department of Defence and numerous corporate entities. Also an experienced educator, facilitator, and executive coach, Chyloe now leads the Australian Red Cross’ inclusion and diversity efforts, directing senior leaders to enable belonging as a core leadership practice.
Chyloe has parlayed her career history and communication skills into her role as a respected television and radio sports commentator and TEDx Sydney presenter.
Chyloe’s keynotes showcase her immense passion for values and purpose-led leadership by candidly sharing her personal stories of navigating adversity and driving change in sporting institutions. A powerful storyteller, Chyloe’s rich personal and professional journey is the foundation for her unique perspective on leadership, inclusion, and transformative cultural shifts.
Her presentations explore leading self and others intentionally and with purpose, how belonging & inclusion are enablers of high-performing outcomes, how to build an inclusive personal leadership brand, how to drive organisational and individual change, nurturing resilience, and the profound impact of fostering belonging for all of us as a lasting leadership legacy. Chyloe draws on the wisdom gained in not always getting things right to how she instigates change in the hearts and minds of others, empowering audiences to do the same.
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Chyloe spent so much time and effort to ensure that her key note address complimented our evening and was relevant to the audience’s needs. Chyloe was incredibly easy to work with and discuss ideas and direction. She was well prepared and it was obvious that she has tailored her presentation for our event. Her key note address was not only professional but more importantly it was passionate, intelligent, articulate and inspiring. Chyloe’s involvement on the panel provided great insight and knowledge and she worked brilliantly alongside her follow panellists. She was very generous with her time and engaged with the audience after her appearance and provided an integral role in the success of our event.
Incredibly professional, timely and easy to work with. Chyloe’s message was powerful, tailored for the audience and resonated with all delegates in attendance. I too took great value out of what she had to say regarding engagement and building a community of supporters.
Chyloe responded to our brief and her delivery was fabulous. The audience loved her!
Chyloe brings a passion and powerful message based on her remarkable experience. It is an inspiring story that resonates with people of all ages.
