Amanda Sinclair is an author, researcher, teacher and consultant in leadership, change, gender and diversity. Currently a Professorial Fellow, Amanda held the Foundation Chair of Management (Diversity and Change) at Melbourne Business School from 1995 - 2012.  

Amanda is also a meditation teacher and incorporates insights and evidence from meditative traditions, mindfulness and neuro-scientific research in her leadership work. She supports people to find new, sustainable and sustaining ways of being in leadership.

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A Leadership of Refusal: Remaking the narrative of the falling leader
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A Leadership of Refusal: Remaking the narrative of the falling leader
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My latest article with Emma Bell and Sheena Vachhani has just been published in the British Journal of Management. Read it here: ·Bell, E., Sinclair, A. and S. Vachhani (2024) ‘A leadership of refusal: Remaking the narrative of the falling leader,’ British Journal of Management.

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Women in Health Science Committee
Women in Health Science Committee

I'm delighted to have been invited to join eminent colleagues on the National Health and Medical Research Council's Women in Health Science Committee.

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How to fight burnout while working from home
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How to fight burnout while working from home
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Feeling the lockdown blues? I had a lovely conversation with MBS’s Yasmin Rupesinghe on how mindfulness can help reduce the unprecedented burnt out that we’re now seeing around the world.

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Lessons for Leaders from Lockdown
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Lessons for Leaders from Lockdown
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I am delighted to have delivered the Sir Donald Hibberd Lecture at Melbourne Business School on 'Lessons for Leaders from Lockdown: A time for humility, learning and giving back.'

You can watch the recording here: Sir Donald Hibberd Lecture Link

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Christine Nixon AO honoured
Christine Nixon AO honoured

Great to see Christine Nixon my amazing colleague and friend, receiving an Office of the Order of Australia (AO) for her outstanding leadership, across many fields and especially supporting women and higher education.

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Article: Quieting the Inner Critic
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Article: Quieting the Inner Critic
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Learn 4 strategies for quieting that 3am inner critic. Published in IMD.

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Article: Staying mindful when you’re working remotely
Article: Staying mindful when you’re working remotely

Published in Harvard Business Review Digital

Remote working doesn’t have to be a barrier to your capacity to deliver leadership presence, connect with colleagues and build strong workplace communities. Here’s how.

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Podcast: Why a culture of Care is replacing Traditional Leadership
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Podcast: Why a culture of Care is replacing Traditional Leadership
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Our experiences through Covid, in addition to worldwide social activism to combat racism, sexism and sexual violence against women, has changed the leadership task. Across organisations and contexts, from corporate to football, leaders need to offer care and compassion, as much as big picture strategy or direction.

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Chapter: Leading with embodied care (2020)
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Chapter: Leading with embodied care (2020)
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How do leaders tap into the wisdom of their bodies to make decisions and choices which ‘pull on their heartstrings’ or ‘churn their gut’? In this chapter Amanda and colleague Donna Ladkin argues that bodies play a central role in caring, and caring is central to leadership.

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