Authentic Voices Check-In: When People & Situations Get Complicated

How do we build strong professional relationships and maintain clarity when people don't always agree?

The conversation continues.

Following our Lead, Connect & Grow evening, we're creating a smaller space to go one layer deeper into the ideas, questions and experiences that emerged from the room.

The Authentic Voices Check-In is the deeper layer of our quarterly Lead • Connect • Grow experience, an opportunity to pause, reflect and explore one of the themes introduced during our main gathering.

🤝 This Check-In: Connect + Lead

Our focus will be on the moments when professional relationships become more complicated, when we have different perspectives, expectations or ways of communicating.

Together, we'll explore questions such as:

• How do we build genuine professional relationships beyond small talk?

• How do we maintain trust when we don't always agree?

• How can we communicate our perspective without creating unnecessary tension?

• What helps us stay clear and confident when situations become uncertain?

• How do we navigate disagreement while still being open to other perspectives?

This won't be a traditional presentation or networking event. It will be a small-group facilitated conversation, with opportunities to reflect, share experiences and learn from different perspectives.

Facilitator: Nadia Cardenas

Nadia is the Founder of Authentic Voices. Throughout her career, she has advised and supported students and staff in their professional development. She has led small groups of professionals in Market Research, Statistics, AI and Statistical Modelling. She loves numbers, data, and the arts, and she enjoys creating pieces of work with data and creative ideas. She was trained by a coach accredited through ASESCO (Spanish Association of Coaching) in 2018, further developing her interest in coaching, personal growth and human connection. She also facilitated the in-person Lead, Connect & Grow series.

👥 A small group by design

Places will be intentionally limited to keep the conversation open, personal and meaningful.

This is a space where everyone has room to participate.

📅 Saturday, 26 September
🕕 10:00 am - 12:00 PM
📍 North Adelaide Library and Community Centre (176 Tynte Street, North Adelaide SA)
👥 Limited places

We'll continue the quarterly conversation with another Authentic Voices Check-In on 10 October, exploring another theme from the Lead • Connect • Grow experience.

Join us ready to share, listen, reflect and explore.

The goal isn't to have all the answers. It's to have better conversations.