Layne Beachley has successfully ridden the waves of change, challenge, failure, and success. Having conquered the world of surfing, Layne is now dedicated to cultivating connection, growth, and happiness in humanity. Her new venture Awake Academy is a centre for self-empowerment, designed to help people detach from fear, take control and design a life they love. 40 years of life lessons from a World Champion, empowering leaders to find their edge. Through captivating storytelling and genuine straight-talking training, Layne thrives on assisting people to focus their mindset on achieving their goals, realise their gifts, dispel self-limiting beliefs and own their truth - just what you'll experience in this workshop!!

About Your No Bullsh*t Transformation:
This course will give you an essential toolkit to transform your life. Imagine living the life you truly desire and achieving anything you set your mind to. It's time to bring back the fun! With guidance from your Jedi Master Layne, you will develop a deeper understanding of yourself while gaining skills to combat uncertainty, boost your confidence to embrace challenges, and live your life by design. This is the necessary toolkit to connect with your feelings, align with your truth, and awaken your spirit. Now it's up to you! Layne will share over 40 years of lived and learned personal experiences to empower you to awaken, evolve and transform. This is the only course you will need to unlock your internal GPS to live a life filled with fun and flow.

Key Learning Outcomes include:
- Develop the awareness and ability to express your feelings
- Create alignment with your truth and build your dream team
- Actions to energise your life and awaken your spirit
- Cultivate a mindset that embraces joy, celebration, and play to empower you to detach from fear and bring back the fun
- Get into your state of flow to be agile and adaptable, in the absence of resistance, doubt, and self-sabotage
- Own your feelings, identify your strengths, detach from judgment, and design a life you love
- No more coulda, should, or woulda!

Dana Lightbody is the CEO of The Leadership Institute. She is a staunch advocate of equality for women in business and believes women should be helping other women every chance they get. Dana established Konnect Learning in 2013 and The Leadership Institute in 2017. Since then she has advocated for equality for women in all aspects of her entrepreneurial and professional life - in particular by chairing and assisting the production team in the development of TLI's Women in Leadership line of events.

Layne Beachley AO is regarded as the most successful female surfer in history. Her dedication to success saw her as the only surfer, male or female, to claim six consecutive world titles between 1998 and 2003. Layne went on to win a 7th world title in 2006 before retiring from the World Tour in 2008.
Her no bullsh*t leadership style blazed a trail for equality at the beach, on the waves and in the boardroom, and she is driven to help others, especially women, find and use their voice to instigate change, challenge the status quo and pave the way for future generations. In this opening keynote session, Layne will share her 3 steps to sustained success challenging you to clarify your vision for success, identify your allies and honesty barometers and confront your fears.

3 key takeaways:
- Clarify your vision
- Build your dream team
- Action is the antidote to fear

Christine Holgate was the CEO of unimpeachable repute before the 2020 Cartier watch crisis. The media circus that ensued went all the way to the Prime Minister himself; becoming the non-issue that led to her very publicised resignation. Throughout this ordeal, Christine took the time to work on her mental health and self-care, emerging as the new CEO of Toll Global Express, all the while managing public inquiries, political big-mouthing from men in power, and the weight of public opinion. In this session, Christine shares what she has learned as a woman in leadership in one of the most unique positions in history - and how she dug deep to get herself out the other side.

Shelley has more than 25 years of experience in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and reconciliation landscape. She was the inaugural Co-Chair of Reconciliation Australia, was awarded the Order of Australia for her work in the Indigenous arena, and was named one of the Australian Financial Review’s ‘100 Women of Influence’. Shelley knows that having courageous conversations is the way forward for real cultural understanding, awareness, and change. In this session, you will learn to appreciate that feeling quietly uncomfortable because you don’t know what to say is not how change is made. Shelley talks us through how to have a courageous conversation and how to back your convictions without causing offence or disrespect.

Natalie Barr has forged a career in journalism with little known about accolades from some of the most sought-after institutions in the world hiding a Golden Mic and an Emmy Award for broadcasting under her belt, Natalie Barr is a quiet achiever - rewriting the position of women in the media. In this session, Natalie discusses her rise to prominence and the lessons learned along the way.

Lion’s strong stance on gender equality is attracting broad recognition, having been cited as a WGEA employer of choice for the past four years and named a founding recipient of the Gender Tick in New Zealand. Behind these achievements lies a program of systematic organisational change aimed at empowering women and men at a senior level to facilitate equality from the ground up.

In this key session we speak with champion of change Stuart Irvine about Lion’s mission to level the pointy end of the leadership table.

CoverMore specialises in travel insurance and employee 13 assistance – two of the hardest hit industries during the global pandemic. Leading over 2,000 over four continents through the most difficult working conditions in history, Cara stood her ground and got her people through it. Learn how this CEO focused on her people, their wellbeing and their future while navigating the crisis

Deborah Thomas has had a wide and varied career from editing and managing some of Australia’s most popular women’s magazine brands including The Australian Women’s Weekly, CLEO, ELLE, and Harper’s BAZAAR to C-Level positions with Ardent Leisure (ASX 200) and now not for profit organisation Camp Quality. In this exclusive fireside chat, Deborah talks us through the highs and lows of her various roles and what she’s learned through her immense career.

Kate Munnings knows her way around leadership, having held CRO, COO, and CEO positions across various health, logistics, construction & legal companies, as well as board positions in her lengthy and distinguished career. In her current role as CEO of ASX 200 company Virtus Health Limited, she leads one of the world’s largest Assisted Reproduction & Reproductive Genetics Services group with 43 clinics & 56 laboratories, as well as 7 hospitals across 5 countries. In this key session, Kate shares with us some of the skills, techniques, and strategies she has used to get both where she is today and successfully lead her organisation into the future.

It's now been over 15 months since we've been able to gather in large groups. To network. To make actual person-to-person connections. We are all over the endless Zoom meetings in pyjama bottoms - with a toddler and two dogs in the background. We've got cabin fever. We want out!

The overwhelming feedback we've received is that people want to physically meet, mingle and make connections with other people. We are, after all, a social species.

That's why we're putting on networking drinks! Be ready to swap LinkedIn profiles, hand out old-school business cards, get to know your potential new colleagues and bosses, and have a few genteel sips of sparking as you mingle with your fellow leaders of tomorrow.

Dana Lightbody is the CEO of The Leadership Institute. She is a staunch advocate of equality for women in business and believes women should be helping other women every chance they get. Dana established Konnect Learning in 2013 and The Leadership Institute in 2017. Since then she has advocated for equality for women in all aspects of her entrepreneurial and professional life - in particular by chairing and assisting the production team in the development of TLI's Women in Leadership line of events.

Shaynna Blaze is one of the most recognisable faces on television, host of a multitude of renovation shows such as Selling Houses Australia, Shaynna’s World of Design, Deadline Design, Buying Blind as well as a judge on The Block. In 2021 you would have seen Shaynna as a contestant on Celebrity Apprentice which she also won.

Prior to becoming a television design superstar, Shaynna had a successful design business straight out of design school for eight years while having two kids. When her marriage broke up she was now a single mother of two so went back to one of her other loves, music, and worked as a jazz singer to keep afloat whilst trying to raise her young children. She later reignited her design business and after five years found herself on TV.

Fast forward to 2022, Shaynna not only has her own thriving design business, Blank Canvas Interiors, but she has authored two interior design books; starred on multiple television shows, and collaborated her designs with brands such as Montgomery Homes, Molmic Furniture, OneWorld Collection, Urban Road, Timberline and Harris Scarfe. She has also launched a charity called Voice of Change which seeks to use the arts as a platform that invokes a movement against family violence. Shaynna also Executive produced an independent movie called “The Fort” with her children which also centers around the theme of family violence.

In this exclusive keynote, Shaynna talks us through the highs and lows of her career and how this one-time single mother became the face of design in Australia.

Jelena Dokic needs very little introduction. She is a tennis coach, commentator, writer, and most notably a former professional tennis player achieving world No. 4 in August 2002. Her career success was often marred by controversy of her outspoke father and in 2017 she had the bravery to write about her the abuse she suffered on the professional circuit. In this intimate and honest session, Jelena talks about her personal nerve and the drive, grit and determination she had to embrace to propel her to the top of the most competitive sport in the world.

Corrine started her career as an operating theatre registered nurse, taking 12 months off to work in corporate at IBM as a personal assistant – and then never looked back! She could barely turn a computer on to start with but quickly rose through the ranks, passing through delivery, sales, and marketing, before successfully moving into executive leadership roles across the globe in a variety of tech companies.

Given this, it may come as a surprise to many that she has often experienced the challenging impacts of “Imposter syndrome”.
In this session, Corrine will talk you through the reasons we experience Imposter syndrome, identify contributors which fuel this, and share tools to navigate through the periods you may feel like an imposter. It’s natural, every human is susceptible to it and everyone can conquer it!

In this exclusive case study session, the masterminds of Fujitsu’s equality drive will discuss the challenges and benefits of their initiatives, including leadership takeaways and strategies for teams to achieve similar results.

PwC Australia has some of the strongest numbers across the Big Four professional services firms when it comes to women in leadership. This hasn’t happened by accident. In this session, PwC Australia CEO Tom Seymour talks us through what the firm has done to achieve more gender equality (noting there is a long way to go), and barriers that must be addressed to achieve equality of opportunity for all women in leadership.

Gender equality is not solely a female domain. It is men, after all, that hold the majority of senior positions. They, therefore, play a vital role in building workplace equality and pushing for parity. For this to be achieved faster than the currently predicted 136 years, we need men to be part of the conversation - and the men on this panel are dedicated to bringing about change. In this highly interactive discussion, they will share their experiences of advocating, promoting, and driving change, and the barriers they have had to overcome in the process. Come prepared for a frank and open discussion and your questions answered by some of the most senior men in the country.

Jane Fernandez is the Chief Operating Officer, Australia, FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023TM. Jane led Football Australia’s successful bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023, one of the world’s largest international sporting events. Previously, Jane was Head of Sport for the Australian Olympic Committee managing key aspects of Australia's participation in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and Tournament Director of the AFC Asian Cup 2015. Her career in major sports events spans more than 20 years and includes the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Jane is passionate about the power of sport and major sports events to drive social change and to leave a positive legacy.

We’ve all been there. Sitting there silently with lots to contribute while waiting for your co-worker to take a breath, so you can get a word in. Or you’ve suggested an idea that someone else takes the credit for, or worse an idea, that’s ignored, only to have someone else share it as though their new idea. It’s frustrating and disheartening when your voice isn’t heard; it’s as though who you are and all you could contribute is hidden. Not being heard can make you feel like you’re not leadership material. When inside, you know that you are. The good news is you’re not alone; many women identify these same challenges and in this dynamic, interactive workshop you’ll get practical tools to immediately apply, so
that you can create the workplace experience you deserve.
Unfortunately, women often face gender bias and personal confidence barriers when trying to communicate their ideas, getting their voices heard, and generally making sure they get stakeholder buy-in. No matter your role, it’s important that you’re able to speak up with confidence, communicate effectively and ensure that your voice is heard. This half-day masterclass will give you the opportunity to build your presence and gravitas in any situation, communicate with confidence and clarity, and adopt the practical mindset changes necessary to move your career to the next level.

Key Learning Outcomes Include:
• Practical how-to’s, so that you can address the self-doubt that undermines confidence and effective communication
• Being visible – how to speak up with confidence, and share your value with stakeholders who matter
• Assess and understand your stress triggers in the workplace & how to keep them in check
• Challenging with confidence – how to have the difficult conversations
• Set and enforce boundaries – learn how to say no in a way that lands well
• Create respect and trust so that you've noticed, listened to, and heard
• Clarity – action steps to set you up after the workshop

By the end of the day, you will have a personalised plan to step into your power with confidence and ensure that you’re recognised as a contender for new roles and project opportunities, promotions, secondments, and board appointments. This is a collaborative and highly interactive workshop that creates a safe, judgment-free environment, where you can explore personal confidence and communication challenges, work with other women, and create a strategy and action steps that work for you.

The ability to reach goals and make lasting positive changes is something that almost everyone struggles with. Generating the momentum and enthusiasm to keep taking the necessary action and see things through can be difficult. In the past year, with the significant turbulence and uncertainty that the world has been going through, this has never been more true.

There is a secret to achieving success and reaching your goals. There is a key to making positive change happen. The best news is; it’s simple to learn and works for everyone. This course is a half-day master class designed to give you the tools, skills, and insights to make solid progress toward any goal. You will learn a simple, step-by-step process and walk away with a blueprint to reach your goals. Along with this action plan, you will also learn the skills to fine-tune your mindset for success which will enable you to better conquer fears, doubts, and any other blocks that have been getting in your way.

Key Course Takeaways :
• Take away the 5 step process to immediately achieve your goals and create change that lasts
• Create change and achieve anything you want
• Why people fail to reach goals, and what to do about it
• How you need to tap into motivation to create momentum
• Uncover blocks and build strategies to overcome them
• Understand what a success mindset is and how to achieve it
• Prevent sabotaging thoughts and return your mindset to positivity
• Take away the 4 essential mindset steps to reaching your goals

57 Hotel is a 92-room boutique hotel located in the middle of Surry Hills, Sydney’s cultural heart and soul. Inspired by the infamous New York nightclub Studio 54, 57 Hotel brings the luxe and lifestyle of the 1970s to Surry Hills, merging impeccable design with modern practicality.

What’s more, it’s a short walk to Central Station’s Light Rail Station – so you’ll easily be able to get to the SCG!

Address
57 Foveaux St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

The Details:
Check-in from: 22/02/2022
Check-out from: 25/02/2022

Rooms Types:
Rooms with 2 single beds or 1 King bed or 1 Double bed (Room can be occupied by 1 or 2 guests with the existing bedding)

Room Rates:
15% off Best Available Rates

Booking you discounted accommodation

No rooms are held and are subject to availability and our room rate changes daily. This discount is valid until the 4th of February 2022 unless all the rooms are sold out.

Once guests are confirmed, all bookers who require accommodation must contact the hotel directly on revenue@57hotel.com.au or call (02) 9011 5757 to book over the phone