Online: Business Women Australia Mastermind - Leadership, Mindfulness & Conscious Communication

A practical, research‑informed online mastermind and Roundtable discussion for members and guests, including Heads of Department, C‑suite leaders, managers, and champions of change.

Guided by Vida Carlino and Lyn Hawkins, this hands‑on mastermind builds the core communication and conscious capabilities today’s leaders need. We will share the parameters that create psychological safety. Learn the practical guidelines that can help navigate all conversations, so you can lead with clarity, empathy, and impact.

Join the conversation, share your experience, and practice the skills your teams need now. Bring a colleague and embed these tools across your workplace.

Why this now:

Modern leadership demands more than technical excellence. Organisations need leaders who can:

communicate with presence and conscious intention to empower team members, serve clients, and partner with stakeholders,
listen deeply and radically, and respond with curiosity,
foster psychological safety without lowering the bar, and
sustain wellbeing under pressure through evidence‑based mindfulness, awareness, and self‑regulation.

This mastermind blends cutting‑edge research with practice.

What we will cover:

1) Conscious communication skills for leaders

Mindful presence & attention.
Listening that changes outcomes.
Psychological safety behaviours.
Transforming difficult conversations.
Feedback loops all people can use.
Ownership and authentic communication.
Language choices, power dynamics, ownership, and conscious cues.

2) Mindfulness in action (for busy leaders)

Micro‑practices for healthy, productive environments: 60‑second resets, intention‑setting, the "third space", and post‑meeting decompression.
Regulating your nervous system.
Individual and Team rituals.

How it works:

Live online mastermind (Zoom): 90‑minute online roundtable mastermind that is interactive, with a supportive peer group of business leaders, managers, executives, and leaders.
Practice Lab: to help consolidate the theory and techniques.
Peer Circles: The opportunity to establish buddy support or 'growth pod' for continued practice, reflection, and connection between sessions.

Perfect for: Heads of Department, project directors, senior managers, founders, community leaders, and people‑leaders across business enterprises, corporations, government, and NFPs.

Outcomes you can expect:

Greater deep insight into the important attributes of conscious leading and managing in today's complex world.
Improve clarity and calm under pressure.
Develop more constructive communication and fewer avoidable escalations.
Improve listening quality, engagement, and management effectiveness.
Develop practical rituals that sustain wellbeing and performance without adding “more to do”.
Embrace a shared language and toolkit you can implement and introduce to your team and clients.

Meet your facilitators

About Vida Carlino

Transformational leadership coach, author & founder, Inspiration Source

Vida is a transformational leadership coach, speaker, and author known for catalysing profound shifts in the way people lead, live, and connect. As Founder & Director of My Vida and the Inspiration Source, she brings over three decades of experience in business ownership, human behaviour, and leadership development. Vida's extraordinary work sits at the intersection of conscious leadership, emotional intelligence, and wellbeing, helping professionals align their inner and outer worlds and lead with authenticity and impact.

About Lyn Hawkins

National Director and Founder, Business Women Australia

Lyn is a strategist, management consultant, and the National Director of Business Women Australia (BWA). She designs and implements growth strategies for corporates, professional firms, and purpose‑driven enterprises. Lyn is recognised for her practical, commercial approach to leadership development, collaboration, and business transformation, and for building one of Australia’s most influential collectives for women in business and leadership.

Bring these to your organisation:

Department cohorts: Equip your leadership team with a common toolkit and shared practice.
Enterprise managers: Skills and development for executives, people leaders, and frontline managers.
Community & NFPs: Lead and influence to increase the impact of your purpose-driven organisation.

Interested in engaging Lyn and Vida to work with your organisation? Register your interest and email lyn@businesswomenaustralia.com.au for a proposal and quote, and to secure dates for your cohort. Include your role, team size, and desired start month (bookings are open for February 2026). Mastermind and in-house development programs can be held in-person or online, for short impact or as longer cultural change management projects.

Ready to lead with clarity, compassion, and courage? Join us.

Leadership, Mindfulness & Conscious Communication: Research highlights & references

What today’s C-suite needs. Analysis of ~5,000 C-suite job descriptions shows demand has shifted toward social/communication skills (influence, collaboration, empathy) alongside business acumen. (Harvard Business Review)
Listening is a leadership performance skill. High-quality leader listening is linked with greater employee job satisfaction and psychological safety; HBR outlines four listening skills leaders must master. (Harvard Business Review)
Psychological safety underpins performance. HBR (with Amy Edmondson’s work) explains what it is, why it drives learning, and how leaders build it; recent Harvard Business articles tie it directly to innovation and transformation. (Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Impact)
Mindfulness at work works (with nuance). Meta-analyses find workplace mindfulness programs reduce stress and burnout and improve well-being, with effects maintained at short follow-up. (SpringerLink, BioMed Central)
How leading orgs enable mindfulness. Google popularised “Search Inside Yourself” and gPause peer communities to grow mindfulness and emotional intelligence inside teams. (Harvard Business Review, Capacity Interactive)
Enterprise roll-outs at scale. SAP’s Global Mindfulness Practice has delivered 100+ SIY trainings and helped 20+ enterprises build internal instructor capability and communities. (SAP News Center, mindfulworkplace.community)
Design programs wisely. Oxford’s 2024 research flags that generic wellness offerings (incl. apps and classes) often show little effect on mental health—so pair mindfulness practice with job design, workload and manager quality improvements. (wellbeing.hmc.ox.ac.uk)
Why mindfulness helps the brain. Harvard Medical School synthesises evidence that mindfulness can alter brain structures associated with stress and attention. (Harvard Medical School)

About Business Women Australia:

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emerging leaders
women who desire growth and high level connections

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