8th WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP QUEENSLAND SUMMIT

Building a sustainable career 

- Understanding what sustainability means for your leadership journey 

- Discovering your career passions 

- Ensuring you self advocate and celebrate personal success

Advancing personal resilience in leadership

- Navigating radical change 

- Learning how to ‘bounce back’ from setbacks 

- Develop and implement skills to build resilience

Avoiding burnout 

- The importance of boundaries 

- Creating a balance that works for you 

- Implementing steps to allow balance within your team 

Creating your own leadership brand

- Being a self advocate 

- Uncovering your own career branding 

- Developing a plan to implement your brand to help you in your leadership journey 

Join Liquid Learning for this kick-off session as we prepare for two days of incredible speakers, senior leaders, expert deep-dives and unmissable panel discussions!

After opening remarks the whole room breaks up into interactive groups for you to meet one another, network, and outline your desired learning outcomes as we start unpacking the key themes of the conference!

As a leader one of the most important things you will grow to understand is that you never stop learning. Lisa Burquest has led teams all over Australia, and to this day she takes inspiration and guidance from the people in her teams around her. Leaders are built up through their experiences, the high points and more importantly the low points which have taught them most valuable lessons. Each individual’s leadership journey is unique, and for Lisa the road that led to her being the Chief People Officer for Virgin Australia has been one well travelled.

- The importance of constant learning and adaptability.

- The highs and the lows - how these shape you and your future.

- Putting people at the heart of your leadership journey

Innovation doesn't have to be drastic - small changes have an influential pull and can often generate great success outcomes. Successful leaders don’t know everything, in fact the way to build success is to develop a culture of collaboration and openness to different views. In this session, Professor Rowena Barrett will discuss the importance of an innovative culture and how entrepreneurship can be the key to being the leader you want to be!

- Having a future focused leadership approach

- The importance of collaboration within your team

- How to install a culture of entrepreneurship within your team

Mix and mingle with your fellow leaders over a cup of coffee and light refreshments.

Being at the top of your game means you make tough calls everyday, but that doesn't mean sacrificing your authentic self. Demonstrating a genuine care and concern for the needs and well-being of your people is a sign of leadership strength. This session, Helen will explore the power of authentic leadership, and mindsets and strategies you can implement to ensure you stay true to yourself.

- Caring for your team and your colleagues

- Authentic leadership strategies and how to incorporate these into your leadership approach

- Staying true to yourself

If the past three years have taught leaders anything it's to excel under pressure. In this expert commentary, Michael Collins examines the impact of difficult work environments on leaders' capacity to make effective decisions. Michael will teach you how to prepare yourself to not just survive but thrive under pressure.

- Developing the skills to lead effectively in high pressure environments

- Take home tips and tricks to incorporate into your leadership style

- Increase your decisive decision making

Enjoy a midday lunch break. A time to refresh, refuel, and prepare for a full afternoon of immersive learning and inspiration.

Diversity is timely and topical, and sometimes risks being seen as a bit of a buzzword, but what does it really mean in practice? How can you ensure that you can encourage a culture of inclusion and diversity as a leader? In this session, the panellists will discuss their experience with breaking down diversity barriers and leading teams who truly represent the diverse workforce in Queensland.

- Adapt your leadership style to ensure you get the best from your team

- Celebrate individual talents

- Encourage diversity of thought in your team

Leading through radical change and sustaining high performance during periods of significant stress and uncertainty, is not for the faint hearted. In this session, Ruth will draw upon her personal experience in merging Energex and Ergon Energy to create Energy Queensland, and explain why she believes that values, resilience and making mistakes are essential to success.

- The fundamental importance of personal values aligning with organisational values

- Why resilience is critical for success

- How to embrace failure

A quick break to refresh and continue building your network with fellow leaders. Enjoy a light refreshment before finishing day one.

Feeling the effects of workload fatigue? You're not the only one. In this expert session, Nicole will teach you the ‘how to’ create a sustainable career that works for you. From steps to prevent leadership fatigue and burnout to ensuring that you are the biggest champion of yourself, Nicole provides the keys to the potential for a long, sustainable leadership career.

- What sustainability means for your leadership journey

- Preventing burnout

- Ensuring you self advocate and celebrate personal success

Join us for our end of day one networking. Enjoy canapés and drinks whilst getting to know your peers further, build ongoing relationships, and share your highlights of the day.

Working in the public sector means that the teams you lead are larger than the people who work in your office, but leading for the community. This means that you are committed to leading for everyone in the community, ensuring you embrace diversity and celebrate community. In this session, Sally will talk about her move from rural country NSW to the big city and how taking that leap of faith has taken her on a journey to becoming the Deputy Director General at Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD.

- Embracing a culture of diversity can allow your teams to flourish

- Reflecting the community you serve in the teams you lead

- Pushing yourself to take a leap of faith

Finding your passion in a career is not always straightforward. It’s made harder when you are ahead of the cultural curve. In this session, Heidi discusses her true passion for organisational sustainability, way before it became the norm, and how you can translate that passion into leading people with authenticity and compassion. With a career spanning several states and territories in Australia, the UK and Northern Ireland, Heidi has followed her career passions and has discovered that focusing on what you're really passionate about and being authentically herself has paid off to reflect a diverse and extensive leadership portfolio.

- Finding your career passions and how to make it work for you

- Leading teams in highly technical, male- dominated industry

- The importance of authentic leadership

Mix and mingle with your fellow leaders over a cup of coffee and light refreshments.

Being a leader you are often the face of your team - the one who is there for everyone else, to advocate for your team members and to be the buffer between the organisation and your people. But sometimes being the person who looks out for everyone else is not always straightforward. Real life doesn't stop at the office door. In this session, Kassandra shares her personal experience as being a successful leader whilst facing personal challenges head on.

- Learn the importance of being your authentic self in the workplace

- Advocate for your team

- Navigate challenging situation as a leader

Taking the next step up in your career can be daunting. So much to learn in order to succeed. In this expert session, Penny will provide you the essential skills every manager needs to have in order to thrive in their leadership journey. This session will provide you with the key skills every manager needs to have in their personal toolkit. 

- Creating a strong culture and values based team 

- Effective change management 

- Leading with Emotional Intelligence (EI)

Enjoy a midday lunch break. A time to refresh, refuel, and prepare for a full afternoon of immersive learning and inspiration.

Statistics show that efforts are being made to balance the gender imbalance in the boardroom though these have not produced the rapid change that many hoped for. In this session, the panellists will discuss their personal leadership experiences and how they have overcome hurdles to reach the top in their careers (so far). Hear from those who really do believe the sky is just the beginning for women's leadership - not the limit.

- Honest discussion about the direction of female leadership in the next 5 years

- The importance of having role models in your career

- Not being afraid to push for more in your leadership journey

Each individual’s leadership journey is unique, and their stories have helped mould their successes. In this insightful session, Cath reflects on the challenges of transitioning from being a specialist and Industry expert to broadening her skill set and to successfully becoming a high-performing C-Class Executive. Cath also delves into the unique culture of Local Government and shares how it allowed her to develop as a people leader and the how skills required have evolved over the years.

- The importance of constantly learning

- The skills vital to a successful leader

- Learning to embrace the highs and the lows of leadership

A quick break to refresh and continue building your network with fellow leaders. Enjoy a light refreshment before finishing your conference experience.

We wrap up our two days of insight and inspiration with this interactive roundtable session. This is your chance to table any topic or trend for a final group discussion. Network with your peers, reflect on your journey so far and create an action plan to carry you forward!

- Reflect on your key takeaways from the Summit

- Identify opportunities for career progression and growth

- Create an action plan for your leadership journey

Know yourself - Values-based leadership

- Clarity around your values

- How do these values show up in your daily leadership practice?

- Clarity around your purpose and goals

- Clarity around your strengths - how to leverage

- Clarity around your gaps - how to address

A path to high-performance leadership

- Leadership style - mix and match

- Leading and developing people

- Leadership strategies and tools of development

Leading with Emotional Intelligence (EI)

- The neuroscience of communication 

- To tools of Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ)

Action plan

- Identify areas of stretch

- Develop leadership development goals

- Identify an accountability plan - how will I measure my leadership development?