Leading‏‏‎ Others to Come as They Are | A How I Lead Interview with Georgia Travers

Georgia Travers joined the Church in 2014 and has served in ward
Young Women, Primary, and Relief Society presidencies, as Primary
Activity Day leader, and currently as ward Relief Society
president. She holds a BSc in Physics from the University of
Bristol and a PGCE and MSc in Learning and Teaching from the
University of Oxford. Georgia is currently raising three small
children (including twins) and working part time as a secondary
school Physics teacher—teaching ages 11-18—and as a national
examiner for Physics GCSE qualifications. Links This Week in
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Highlights 04:00 Introduction to Georgia Travers 07:00 Georgia’s
conversion story 12:30 Getting called as Relief Society president
13:30 Bringing her unique perspective to her calling as Relief
Society president 15:20 Georgia loves combining science and
religion. There has to be a place for both and they are more
similar than most people think. 18:25 While Georgia loves the
Church, she finds it a little rigid and she feels we could do
things a little differently to make the church more inclusive to
all. She shares a few things that have surprised her in our church.
21:00 There are small things that we can do in our leadership that
can make a big difference. Georgia shares some ideas that she has
gathered and feels that are important. For example, more worship
music and ways to be more inclusive. 24:40 It’s important to come
as we are and be able to show up at church as our true selves.
Georgia does this by being very open in her church talks about her
weaknesses and experiences and this allows others to also be
authentic. 28:20 Georgia talks about trying to have more community
outreach in their area in England, but it’s difficult because of
people’s perceptions of our church. How can we show the community
that we are a Christian church and not as scary as they think?
32:20 Georgia shares ways they are doing more community outreach.
34:10 Implementing Relief Society counsels at the beginning of
Relief Society meetings. 39:00 Being Relief Society president has
taught Georgia perspective and that everyone has their own battle
and struggles. 40:00 Georgia's final thoughts on leadership The
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