COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMAN
286 four-year-old daughter “ how to book time into my diary so she feels like she has some control of when she gets to talk to me . I figure it will serve her well now and into the future ,” she laughs .
Taking control is something Carson is passionate about , especially as a woman in business , let alone IT . In 2017 she was chosen to be a mentee on the Dell Women IT Executive Mentoring program ( DellWITEM ), which aims to address the low numbers of women in the IT industry by providing women with dedicated executive mentors drawn from the current industry leaders .
She found the experience so invaluable that she recently became a mentor on the program . “ It ’ s important to participate in these programs and utilise techniques to support you through your career and with your self-belief ,” she says . “ We all get impostor syndrome sometimes , not believing we are enough , or have enough skills for the job .”
JUNE 2020