Donna de Zwart, Managing Director of Fitted for Work

She may head up one of Australia’s most vital not-for-profits, helping women in this country who are experiencing disadvantage find a meaningful place in the workforce, but Donna de Zwart can admit it – she feels Impostor Syndrome, too. 

These days, however, she has an antidote: “More and more I have that really stern conversation with myself – ‘This is rubbish, what’s the worst that can happen here? I can try something, I can fail, but no one’s going to die as a result.’ This Impostor Syndrome, this false sense of humility…that actually doesn’t help me or the women I’m trying to reach.”

In her Pep Talk with host Caroline Hugall, Donna reveals her greatest achievement, why a sense of creativity is crucial, and why everyone needs someone in their corner to say, “You can do this, you’ve got this”. 

This first series of Pep Talk is in partnership with the not-for profit Fitted For Work, which runs work-readiness programs and mentorships for disadvantaged women.