Ema Dantas

Ema has a lot of experience with leadership, especially Women's Leadership, and Personal Leadership. As the founder of Language Marketplace, Ema was the owner of a successful women’s enterprise for over 20 years. In that time Ema witnessed the changing landscape for women leaders, including the influence women can have on the changing world. Ema discusses how care, empathy and a more human approach helped her grow her company into a multi-million dollar, award winning translation company. She attributes her success to focussing on her translator's basic needs (making sure they were paid!) and in return she developed strong relationships with translators built on trust and respect. This created a workforce that was dedicated to the clients they served and based on that service, clients returned. Ema also attributes her success to the premise of always giving back to the community. And so she also shares her story of building charity into her company, and then eventually creating her own charity, Peaks for Change Foundation, so she could focus her efforts on matters close to home.

In terms of personal leadership, Ema shares her journey of overcoming some of her biggest fears and challenges while preparing, training, and eventually climbing the Seven Summits - the tallest mountains on each continent. Ema shares her journey of why she created a foundation that works to end the stigma of mental illness. And she shares why she chose the Seven Summits despite the fact she is petite, and also terrified of heights. Ema successfully completed both versions of the seven summits, climbing a total of eight mountains over the course of 6 years. She has many experiences to draw from on these journeys!