Diana Taylor
Diana Taylor AM is a distinguished lawyer, business owner, and community leader from Geelong, Victoria, renowned for her pioneering roles in Australian sports and civic leadership.
Over a career spanning more than 25 years, she has broken new ground for women in Australian Rules Football administration – becoming the first female president of a men’s AFL metropolitan football league, the Western Region Football League, the first woman appointed to the VFL Tribunal, appointed director of the Geelong Football Club in 2010, and in 2019, Diana became the Geelong Football Club’s first female Vice President in its 165-year history.
Diana is also an experienced board chair and director and has served on a number of boards including the Victorian Convention and Event Trust, the Geelong Authority and established Australia’s first community led and fully accredited private hospital to care for people at end-of-life, Anam Cara House Geelong.
Diana’s is also one of Australia’s leading experts in workplace matters through her experience in undertaking over 1,000 workplace investigations, child safeguarding and reportable conduct matters and cultural health checks for organisations across the corporate, government, not-for-profit and sport sectors and operates her own business, Diana Taylor Legal Consulting.
Diana’s multifaceted contributions to law, sports, and philanthropy earned her the prestigious Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2024 for significant service to Australian rules football and to the community of Geelong.
Diana is also a Telstra Business Women’s Award Winner in the corporate & private category.
In recent years, Diana has added ‘author’ to her portfolio, writing her first book, ‘The Playbook – crossing the white line to succeed in life, business and the AFL’, to support people to think strategically, plan smart and execute for success.
- Why Heart and Grit are the True Superpowers of Exceptional Leadership.
- The Female Leader: Built to lead, last and create legacy
- Planning for Greatness: Mastering the elements of the strategic planning process and leading for organisational and personal greatness
- Community Leadership: Building a better future, one deliberate action at a time
- Sport and Leadership: Applying lessons from the on field and off field sporting environment to excel in leadership
Diana has a confident, assertive and inclusive speaking style when presenting to senior operational and corporate leaders and has the ability to read the room and make adjustments in the moment to engage with participants and to enable input and full participation. Diana’s deep subject matter expertise, delivery and approach has fulfilled the FRV brief and the relevant strategic objectives and outcomes for the workshops.
Diana understands what her audience wants from the presentation; an understanding of their key drivers, clear guidance to inform their ideas, and new ways of looking at their opportunities.
Diana speaks from the heart and is an inspiring and engaging speaker. Her core beliefs, experience, and values cross over into business, not-for-profits, and the sporting community. She leaves you with a sense of empowerment.
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