Co-Founder, Red Sky

Morning Master Class:
Executive Presence – From the Inside Out
(November 16, 9.30am – 12.30pm)

One of the founders of leadership consultancy, Red Sky, Ernie has worked with hundreds of executives from a wide range of global clients such as IBM, L’Oréal and Macquarie Bank, offering insights that stimulate creative solutions.

ABOUT THE MASTER CLASS:

In a world where change is constant, the need for adaptable leadership is a given. Underlying this is the elusive principle of Executive Presence. In this highly experiential session, Ernie will demystify the notion and inspire you to discover the true source of your own executive presence.

At the end of the session you will:

• Gain greater awareness of the link between your core beliefs, values and leadership behaviours.
• Continue the journey of self-discovery that leads to authenticity and “presence”.
• Provide you with the foundation for creative and innovative leadership.

Co-founders and Directors of One Thousand & One

Morning Master Class:
The Power of Story: Influence and Motivation through the ART of Storytelling (November 16, 9.30am – 12.30pm)

Gabrielle Dolan
Gabrielle Dolan is co-founder and Director of One Thousand & One. She has worked as an independent business management consultant and has held various senior management roles at the National Australia Bank. Her hands-on experience of the challenges organisations face in communicating effectively led her to the power of organisational storytelling.

Gabrielle has had extensive experience in the finance industry, agricultural, manufacturing and not-for-profit sectors. She has held various roles in change management, learning and development and project management. This background puts her in an ideal position to provide expertise on the various applications of organisational storytelling.

Gabrielle’s current academic qualifications include a Masters degree in Management and Leadership from Swinburne University and an Associate Diploma in Education and Training from the University of Melbourne.

Yamini Naidu
Yamini Naidu is co-founder and Director of One Thousand & One. She has extensive corporate experience and has worked in a range of industry sectors with senior industry leaders, key stakeholders and company boards.

Yamini is the Vice President of ElNet (Elearning Network of Australasia) and has taught leadership and management at RMIT University. This passion, experience and knowledge in learning, e-learning, management and leadership studies are now being directed to organisational storytelling.

She has a Masters degree in Economics from Bombay University and a Masters degree in Personnel Management from the London School of Economics and further qualifications in Education and Training from the University of Melbourne.

To satisfy her thirst for continual learning she is also undertaking swimming and Bollywood dancing lessons, although not at the same time.

One of Australia’s leading trainers and presenters

Afternoon Master Class:
Try thinking creatively for a change (November 16, 2.00 – 5.00pm)

Described as one of Australia’s leading trainers and presenters, Rod Matthews is developing an international reputation for his work, improving our ability to get things done and enjoy what we are doing. Rod’s insatiable curiosity centres on improved performance, particularly the challenges of putting theory into practice.  As a result Rod has developed a robust toolbox of tips, tools and techniques built for real life!

Rod’s confidence and clarity is evidence of his belief, that we need an educated, creative and committed population to meet the challenges our world faces, that we all have something to learn, and to teach.  This ensures that his presentations and Master Classes are practical, interactive, relevant and fun.

Australia’s Passion Provocateur

Afternoon Master Class:
11 practical steps to explode innovation in your organisation (November 16, 2.00 – 5.00pm)

After 20 years of high level legal and business experience, lawyer Charles Kovess knew that most people have a powerful and under-used ingredient they can use to drive successful changes in their lives.  He turned his back on the law in 1993 to share those success strategies as a professional speaker, educator, facilitator and coach, and now he’s a walking example of what he has so clearly proven… that ‘passion powers performance’, and that ‘passionate people produce’!  Charles has enthused and inspired many companies and individuals to achieve outstanding results by harnessing passion, he is known as Australasia’s Passion Provocateur, and travels the world revealing its mighty magic.

He is a Certified Speaking Professional, (of whom there are only 87 in Australasia), Past National President of the National Speakers’ Association of Australia, President of the Australia-Hungary Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Trustee of the Global Energy Network Institute. Charles has authored two inspirational books, ‘Passionate People Produce’, and ‘Passionate Performance’, and is the co-author of ‘The 7 Heavenly Virtues of Leadership’.

Director of The Strategy Studio and the creator of Studio Thinking™

Morning Master Class:
Create better outcomes by thinking like an artist (November 16, 9.30am – 12.30pm)

Mo Fox is an accomplished mixed media artist with a background in strategy, which means she’s just as at home with structured analytical thinking as she is with free-form creativity.  She’s an author, speaker, trainer and coach, Director of The Strategy Studio and the creator of Studio Thinking™, a methodology that uses art practices to achieve business results.

Owner of WorkInColour, creative thinker, trainer and writer.

Afternoon Master Class:
Juicy thinking is whole-brained thinking (November 16, 2.00 – 5.00pm)

Joanna Maxwell has recovered from her first career in corporate law to become the owner of WorkInColour and a coach, creative thinker, trainer and writer. She’s long been fascinated by the power that comes from combining the rigour of critical thinking with the possibilities of creative thinking. Programs such as Juicy Thinking™ and The Escape Hatch™ (exit strategies for unhappy professionals) are the result.

Juicy ThinkingTM is whole-brained thinking. It combines logical and creative thinking – and lets you feel the power of putting your whole brain to work. It’s about applied creative thinking, the ‘rubber hits the road’ stuff.