Kammeron Cran

ambassador, the team space

Kammeron is the Founder of The Team Space. She is an executive and team coach specialising in humanistic leadership, collaborating with teams to help them develop the behaviours and rituals that lead to high performance.

She is passionate about helping leaders create the space to be deliberately developmental as well as empowering women with her CARE-OF approach to turning difficult conversations into an opportunity to create connection, trust and mutual respect.

Difficult conversations are a normal part of life. Many people avoid difficult conversations in the workplace because it makes them feel uncomfortable. Even experienced managers can find these conversations daunting, despite being an important part of their role.

What was one of the most difficult conversations you had during your journey as a leader?

While juggling a senior leadership role in a company that was going through a major restructure, I was going through an extremely painful breakdown in my marriage. It nearly broke me. The relationship chipped away at my confidence without me realising it, until one day I had to suddenly end it. That I had ended up in a relationship like that, well that in itself, made me question my own judgement.

“In my mind I was a strong independent self-sufficient woman, so how did I end up a statistic?”

I didn’t realise it at the time, I was overusing the idea of resilience (in fact getting it completely wrong) and it was stopping me from being vulnerable. I soldered on telling myself and others “I’m fine’, but things were definitely not Ok.

I had a big team, two young children and huge pressures. Looking back it’s clear the best thing I did was be to honest with my employer, be honest with my boys and be honest with my team. It was a gift.

I had the most incredible support as a result and I inadvertently role-modelled how to keep showing up, how to be effective in having the most difficult conversations we unexpectedly navigate and keep moving forward despite adversity.

I now see that there is no way I could have done this without being vulnerable and showing compassion to myself and being surrounded by the most wonderful family, team and leaders.

With over 20 years in the media industry as a senior executive in a large corporate, as well as being a mother in a blended family, and a leadership coach, I have a wealth of experience in having difficult conversations.

Kammeron is an alumni of The Marketing Academy Australia, a global leadership scholarship for marketers who want to change the world, and is now a certified coach, a non-executive director of the charity ADHD Australia and a board member of the National Lotteries and Newsagents Association. Kammeron is passionate about human potential, teams, neurodiversity and the women’s justice movement.