Erna Walraven's guest appearances

Erna Walraven

Nine To Noon

The Good Life: Andrew Leigh in Conversation

Open Authors

WeBuzz by AnimalConcepts

Alain De Botton

Cal Newport

Lori Gruen

Jonathan Haidt

David Sinclair

Turia Pitt

Alex Hutchinson

Jane Goodall

Dylan Marron

Daniel Pink

Frank Ostaseski

Emily Oster

Martha Nussbaum

Jeremy Heimans

Massimo Pigliucci

OwlTail

Erna Walraven covers the progression of her career in the animal care sector, from caring for stray dogs to successfully becoming former Senior Curator at Taronga Zoo for twenty years. She strives to encourage members of the public and animal care professionals to be active for animals, the planet and the greater good. As curator, Erna realised her region was lacking animal welfare positions. She created a position for Taronga Zoo which encompassed training the zoo’s staff about what the term ‘animal welfare’ actually means. This enables staff to create goals in what standards they want to achieve and how success can be measured. Part of this includes allowing animals to have negative experiences or “safe negatives”, whilst ensuring their welfare is not compromised, to give them a life that is as close to what the animal would experience in the wild, such as being outdoors in bad weather. This is so that the animals can make the decisions in their own care as they would outside of captivity. It is important to enrich these innate behaviours so that future generations of animals know how to be independent from humans when they have been released into a sustainable habitat. In this podcast, Erna provides tips on how she landed her first job in a zoo and explains the inspiration behind her contributions to animal welfare. Her books ‘Wild Leadership’, ‘Wild Fathers’ and ‘Care of Australian Wildlife: For Gardeners, Landholders and Wildlife Carers’ are just some examples of how Erna empowers members of the public to save animals in crises. She explains the importance of communication that leaders have with their employees and how this affects successful working relationships. Erna also discusses her exciting upcoming book which focuses on the power that female animals have in their social groups. Become a member of PAWS now HERE

Erna Walraven covers the progression of her career in the animal care sector, from caring for stray dogs to successfully becoming former Senior Curator at Taronga Zoo for twenty years. She strives to encourage members of the public and animal care professionals to be active for animals, the planet and the greater good. As curator, Erna realised her region was lacking animal welfare positions. She created a position for Taronga Zoo which encompassed training the zoo’s staff about what the term ‘animal welfare’ actually means. This enables staff to create goals in what standards they want to achieve and how success can be measured. Part of this includes allowing animals to have negative experiences or “safe negatives”, whilst ensuring their welfare is not compromised, to give them a life that is as close to what the animal would experience in the wild, such as being outdoors in bad weather. This is so that the animals can make the decisions in their own care as they would outside of captivity. It is important to enrich these innate behaviours so that future generations of animals know how to be independent from humans when they have been released into a sustainable habitat. In this podcast, Erna provides tips on how she landed her first job in a zoo and explains the inspiration behind her contributions to animal welfare. Her books ‘Wild Leadership’, ‘Wild Fathers’ and ‘Care of Australian Wildlife: For Gardeners, Landholders and Wildlife Carers’ are just some examples of how Erna empowers members of the public to save animals in crises. She explains the importance of communication that leaders have with their employees and how this affects successful working relationships. Erna also discusses her exciting upcoming book which focuses on the power that female animals have in their social groups. Become a member of PAWS now <a href="https://animalconcepts.mykajabi.com/PAWS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>

Ep66 with Erna Walraven on writing, inspiring and empowering people in caring for wildlife

Erna Walraven on what wild animals teach us about leadership. You can learn more about Erna and find details about her book Wild Leadership here.

Erna Walraven on what wild animals teach us about leadership. You can learn more about Erna and find details about her book Wild Leadership <a href="http://www.ernawalraven.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

107. Erna Walraven on what wild animals teach us about leadership

Erna Walraven talks to Warren Moore about her book, 'Wild Leadership'. She analyses the leadership behaviour of various wild animal species and looks at the lessons that can be learnt for human leaders. 'Wild Leadership' puts forward a view of leadership for humans inspired by evolutionary theory and compares various animal societies with leadership styles including laissez-faire, democratic, maternalistic, political and egalitarian. Erna spent over 30 years as the senior curator at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Erna Walraven talks to Warren Moore about her book, 'Wild Leadership'. She analyses the leadership behaviour of various wild animal species and looks at the lessons that can be learnt for human leaders. 'Wild Leadership' puts forward a view of leadership for humans inspired by evolutionary theory and compares various animal societies with leadership styles including laissez-faire, democratic, maternalistic, political and egalitarian. Erna spent over 30 years as the senior curator at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

Erna Walraven - Wild Leadership