Foodbank’s CEO, Brianna Casey, on why providing 86 million meals needs a leader with boundaries + personal policies

10/24/22 • 34 min

What happens when you lead a team that delivers 86 million meals to charities across Australia every single year? You quickly learn how to set boundaries and personal policies.

That’s what I discussed with Brianna Casey, CEO of FoodBank on our Leading Generous Teams podcast this week.

Brianna is the CEO of Foodbank Australia, the country’s largest hunger relief organisation. Brianna joined Foodbank in July 2016, following her successful term as CEO of Australian Childcare Alliance NSW. Prior to that, she spent 14 years in agri-politics, both in NSW (as Policy Director) and Queensland (as CEO). Brianna has served on a number of Ministerial Advisory Councils throughout her career, is an active volunteer in her community and recently received a Pro Bono Australia Impact 25 Award.
In this episode, we discuss:

How Brianna Casey fuels and engages her team, even when delivery such complex work
Insights into techniques for resetting + recharging leadership
How she circuit breaks in constant change

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To learn more about FoodBank see: https://www.foodbank.org.au/

What happens when you lead a team that delivers 86 million meals to charities across Australia every single year? You quickly learn how to set boundaries and personal policies.

That’s what I discussed with Brianna Casey, CEO of FoodBank on our Leading Generous Teams podcast this week.

How Brianna Casey fuels and engages her team, even when delivery such complex work
Insights into techniques for resetting + recharging leadership
How she circuit breaks in constant change

To learn more about FoodBank see: https://www.foodbank.org.au/

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