11th Women in Retail & FMCG Leadership Summit

Defining high performance

- Clarify the meaning of High Performance

- Assess your teams current experience

- Identify opportunities to strengthen performance

Exploring culture and values

- Develop shared understanding using values, principles, and behaviours

- Communicate your teams values to everyone around you

- Embed a high performing culture

Unlock your team's hidden potential

- Explore personality profiling and the heightened understanding it brings to your organisation

- Discover the untapped strengths within your team

- Help your team to help themselves

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!

Being a leader isn’t about being the star of the show, it's about creating a place for others to shine. In order to drive innovation within your team you need to create a psychologically safe environment where people can brainstorm, problem solve and deliver incredible results. Esme Borgelt is experienced in creating an environment that not only allows but encourages innovative working and is here to share her insights so you, too, can create those lightbulb moments within your team.

- Create a culture and environment that not only allows but encourages innovation

- Understand the importance of creativity and engagement within your team

- Be a leader that knows the benefits of working alongside unique individuals

Doing more with less is something all aspiring leaders would love to master. The ability to stay on top of your inbox, reduce your never ending to-do list, and actually spend some time on the "nice to haves" that you've been meaning to get around to. In this skills-based session, you'll learn how to apply strategies to boost productivity and deliver surpassing value.

- Top tips for managing your workload

- Master your phone, inbox and social media use

- Learn to say no as an over-achiever

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

We all know the importance of having an effective marketing strategy to promote our organisation but we often neglect to take these learnings to market ourselves as a leader. Building and communicating your personal brand helps you to build relationships, vocalise your values and promote your USP. Join Belinda Tumbers as she shares her top tips for setting yourself up for success as a leader in the Retail and FMCG industry. 

- Identify your unique selling points

- Enhance your career pathway 

- Build your confidence in communicating your brand 

As leaders we are continuously looking for ways to improve, understand our team more and increase engagement. Leaders who understand the principles of behavioral science can utilise this to create environments that foster employee success, productivity, and satisfaction. In this expert session, Leanne Elich shares with us the key biases of behavioural science that you can use to enhance your leadership skills. 

- Uncover tools and strategies to overcome barriers through the lens of behavioural science

- Explore employee motivations and help your team reach self-actualization

- Develop habits that put trust and psychological safety at the core of leading

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

Leadership has evolved, like the world and the retail and FMCG industry. There is no greater time than like the present to bring your leadership into the modern world. Let go of the structured, restrictive chains, and build connections with those around. Understanding your unique leadership style will keep you relevant and allow you to lead like never before.

- Be an authentic and people focused leader

- Build healthy and personable relationships with those around you

- The importance of identifying your unique connection style

Katie Saunders creates innovative and accelerated ideas, pushing the boundaries within FMCG to deliver exceptional outcomes that have a positive impact on consumers. Katie leads through collaboration and puts her trust in her team's knowledge and experience. In this session you will learn how to recognise your team's strengths, the impact you have within your role, and the importance of pushing your leadership.

- Learn how to utilise your teams exceptional skills

- Develop a collaborative leadership approach

- Push the boundaries in your leadership and industry

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

Leading new teams can be one of the toughest challenges a leader can face. Whether it’s taking on a new role, moving organisations or integrating new people into your team. Adaptability and influence are key for navigating the interpersonal dynamics and integrating people into your teams culture. In this session Linda explores the positives and pitfalls of leading transformational change, and her own key learnings along the way.

- Build authority and influence in new settings

- Dealing with challenges and setbacks

- Embracing opportunity in the uncertain

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.

We're back! Another day and a whole lot more learning to come - time to check back in with your fellow leaders.

Tick off any goals you scored on Day One, develop an implementation plan for your new goals and set yourself up for another exciting day!

As the saying goes, people leave managers not companies. So what can you do as a leader to improve the engagement of your people? Unsurprisingly, it's reported that employees seek a culture that nurtures them and focuses on their development, resulting in a happier, more engaged workforce. In this session, Amanda Schafer reflects on the strategies she has used throughout her career to create a workplace that invests in it's greatest asset - the people.

- Identify what you desire in a workplace

- Gain tips and tricks in communicating your culture

- Lead your team with a people focused approach

We hear lots about what it takes to be a leader, which can help when you start on the leadership journey. But what happens if you don't quite fit that mould? Do you change or do you stay authentically yourself? In this candid session, Renee shares how she has managed to stand out from the crowd throughout her leadership career. She has embraced all parts of her personality and this has allowed her to flourish, create an environment of success, and lead from within.

- Become the leader you wish to see

- Lead with purpose and passion

- Give yourself permission to be who you are

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

In our fast-paced lives between packed schedules at home and never ending to-do lists at work it can feel overwhelming a lot of the time. How can we achieve all we want to achieve and be the best version of ourselves when we feel like there is never enough time in the day? Ale is passionate about helping women who want to bring the best versions of themselves to both the office and at home. In this session, she shares how to develop a positive and healthy mindset and allow your creativity to flow.

- Learn how to cultivate a healthy, productive mindset

- Develop a creative toolkit 

- Fill your life with purpose and meaning 

You see your colleagues and friends day to day, which can add a tonne of purpose to your career and life, but do you have a well rounded, sufficient, and positively challenging network? Having a network that will support and back you is an incredibly valuable foundation to have in your career. Gemma Howells knows the importance of having a network as she navigates her career progression and the challenges she faces in taking on new ventures.

- Build a network that supports you and positively challenges you

- Step outside of your comfort zone and connect with others

- Utilise your support system on your career journey

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

The retail and FMCG industry is an extremely fast and innovative sector. Your leadership needs to keep up with industry and company trends to best fulfil desired outcomes. As a leader you need to create a space that allows your team and company to stand out from the rest. Lead with purpose, push the boundaries, and have your advancement goals in sight.

- Create a space that encourages innovation and creativity

- Navigate the impacts of external pressures through change leadership

- Utilise others unique skill sets to reach and achieve outcomes

A quick break to refresh and continue building your network with fellow leaders.

When first starting out in your career you dream of where you want to be and how it will make you feel. However, in the midst of the day to day, you can so easily forget to take a moment to appreciate and acknowledge how far you have come, the people you have met along the way, and the impact you have made. In this session, Cath Scarce reflects on the 10 things she wished she had known at the start of her leadership journey. From the highs and the lows, taking time to appreciate her successes and embracing the unexpected journey she has taken.

- An industry focused career reflection

- Be the one to set yourself up for success

- Understand the value in your unique journey

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

Explore different responses to change

- Understand your responses to change and recognise how others may differ

- Identify different personalities and how to influence them

- Strategies to overcome resistance

Leading with Emotional Intelligence

- The benefits of great rapport building on change management

- Managing upwards and influencing with integrity

- Tools to lead, motivate and thrive through change

Failing forward

- Your role as a leader in building resilient teams

- Bounce back faster from challenging situations

- Effectively manage conflict and turn negativity into opportunity

Action planning for workplace change

- Set personal goals for approaching change

- Create implementation plan for your current projects

- Feel confident in leading change in the workplace