Molly Dunstan, Veterinarian at Sunpork Farms was awarded the second Dr. Ian Parish Leadership Development Award, sponsored by Auspork Limited this year. Molly participated in the Marcus Oldham Rural Leadership Program, supported by NAB Agribusiness (participants pictured).
”A very big thank you to Pork SA and Auspork for this great opportunity through the Dr Ian Parish Award. I can’t say how much I enjoyed the course, including the challenge to get out of my comfort zone and learn from other people in the ag industry. The sessions were based around emotional intelligence, public speaking, mental health, pillars of leadership and communications, with some great key-note speakers.”
“My key takeaways were that leadership is everyone's business & not just reserved for those in specific leadership roles, the importance of early collaboration, developing my personal toolkit to help myself and others in tough times, and overall improving my self-awareness. The opportunity to network with others in agriculture and learn from their experiences has been a privilege to be part of.”
“I feel like the course has come at a perfect time for me for reflection of where I have come, enabled forward planning / thinking of where I would like to go within the pork industry and how to help bring out the best in myself and the teams that I work with.”
Molly highly recommends anyone who is developing their leadership roles within their pork farming business and/or the community to apply.
