Self Management Awards – Judge Bio
- Written by: Susan Douglas-Scott —
- Published: 8th August 2018
In the lead up to the Self Management Awards, we find out more about our judges and what self management means to them.
Susan Douglas-Scott, Chair of the Golden Jubilee Foundation shares with us what she’s looking forward to about judging the self management awards and the best piece of advice she’s been given…
If your friends could describe you in three words, what would they be?
Empathetic, altruistic and busy!
In 140 characters, what is self management to you?
… a way of life offering an anchor for my personal and professional ways of being.
I had the honour of leading Gaun Yersel’ and now it leads me.
If you could trade places with anybody, who would it be?
Doris Day
What piece of advice would you give your younger self?
You are beautiful believe it (even with a different body!)
What is the best thing about being a judge for the Self Management Awards?
Getting to hear all the amazing things people and communities are achieving
What would be the soundtrack to your life right now?
“Oh I do like to be beside the seaside” sung by my dad in the car
What three people would you invite to a dinner party?
Michelle and Barak Obama and Liz Carr
What’s the biggest compliment you’ve ever received?
“There is something magical about that woman” (after I had conducted a funeral ceremony)
If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Healing people and animals
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