Lead with Confidence: Practical Leadership Foundations
Description
Practical leadership foundations for people ready to lead themselves, others and their community with greater impact.
Leadership today asks more of us than technical skill or good intentions. It calls for self-awareness, emotional intelligence, resilience, strategic thinking and the confidence to influence with integrity.
Lead with Confidence is a practical three-part leadership workshop series designed for emerging and established leaders who want to strengthen the way they lead in their workplace, community organisation, business, board, committee or volunteer role.
Delivered by Cr Karen Foster GAICD, the series blends self-leadership, practical leadership development, governance insight and reflective coaching. Each workshop builds on the next, while also standing alone as a complete learning experience.
Cost:
Full Program (All three workshops):
Standard Rate: $1600+GST*
Early Bird: $1350+GST*
Community Groups: $800+GST*
LGSC Alumni: $1200+GST*
Individual Workshops:
Standard Rate: $600+GST*
Community Groups: $300+GST*
LGSC Alumni: $450+GST*
**Plus Humanitix fee
Workshops
- 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Workshop 1: Leading from Within - Wednesday 21 October 2026
Leadership begins with self-awareness. This workshop helps participants understand their values, strengths, patterns and default behaviours. It explores the importance of personal responsibility, intentional action, boundaries, standards, resilience and self-care. Participants will explore: · self-leadership principles · personal values and strengths · patterns and default behaviours · radical self-responsibility · intentional decision-making · leadership presence, confidence and charisma as behaviours · boundaries and standards · resilience and self-care
- 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Workshop 2: Leading Strategically - Wednesday 28 October 2026
Good leadership requires the ability to step back, set direction and make thoughtful choices. This workshop focuses on what it means to lead strategically, including how to work at the right “altitude”, clarify priorities, make trade-offs, empower others and turn strategy into action. Participants will explore: · what it means to think and lead strategically · vision, priorities and trade-offs · moving from doing to directing · accountability, empowerment and the balance between the two · turning strategy into execution · focus, discipline and strategic courage · designing days that support effective leadership
- 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Workshop 3: Leading for Impact - Wednesday 4 November 2026
Leadership is ultimately measured by the value it creates. This workshop helps participants understand formal and informal power, build political intelligence, step into authority and focus their leadership effort where it matters most. Participants will explore: · formal and informal power structures · political intelligence in the workplace and community · managing across an organisation or system · stepping into authority · choosing the right battles · leading for impact, not just activity · courageous conversations and accountability · measuring and sustaining impact · becoming a leader who creates genuine value
About the facilitator
Karen Foster GAICD
Cr Karen Foster GAICD is an experienced leader, speaker and facilitator with a strong commitment to lifelong learning. Karen is a sitting second-term Councillor who has served two Mayoral terms and one term as Deputy Mayor. She brings a wealth of community leadership experience developed through entrepreneurship, governance and community service. A graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Karen is also an experienced Non-Executive Director, Board Chair, Independent Chair, coach, mentor and facilitator. Her approach to leadership development blends coaching, mentoring, peer support and delivery tailored to different learning styles. Karen lives in Peek Wurrong Country, Port Fairy, in the Maar Nation of south west Victoria.
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