WNA Hobart | A Tasmanian Success Story in the Age of COVID

Let’s face it. 2020 was a pretty tough year for business in general, and a sector that has taken a big hit is training and development. 

Many operations shut their doors, some permanently, as everyone struggled to cope in the wake of mass cancellations. In a couple of short weeks, the industry went from boom to bust. 

For Shaping Change and Susan Fahey Consulting, lockdown could not have come at a worse time. Ros Cardinal and Susan Fahey launched their new flagship program for women in leadership – Emerge, in what was quite possibly one of the last face to face networking events held in Hobart.

Now pivot is becoming a very overused word, but pivot they did. 

Moving to blended online delivery opened new markets interstate and internationally for them. Emerge was better than they could have imagined.

Just some of their success stories from Emerge are: 

• Frances – became CEO of her NFP organisation. 
• Anu – launched a consulting business, won a contract to consult to the United Nations, and is positioning herself as a thought leader in the diversity space.
• Jess – found her dream job heading up the Tas branch of a NFP. 
• Georgie – landed an influential board position and has taken on several significant opportunities in her Department. 

In lots of ways COVID provided opportunities that they simply hadn’t considered. From Emerge being a Tasmanian program to taking it to the world!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

Why it is more important than ever for women to step into leadership The three keys to success as women in business The tools and methods we used to bring Emerge to a global audience What is next for Emerge 

OUR GUEST SPEAKER: 

Rosalind Cardinal is the Managing Director of Shaping Change, a consultancy specialising in improving business outcomes by developing individuals, teams and organisations.

In 2018, after two years of design and development, Ros released her Women’s Leader Archetypes model and assessment for women in leadership roles. To date over 7000 women have completed the assessment, and many hundreds provided additional insights into women’s leadership issues via email and interviews.

Shaping Change has been a finalist in the Australian Small Business Champions Awards every year since 2015, and in 2020 Ros was a finalist in the prestigious Telstra Business Women’s Awards.

OUR VENUE: 

The catering will be adhering to the COVID safe plan. There will be a complimentary drink on arrival, followed by a sit down two course plated meal. 

WNA members have the opportunity of donating a prize.  If you are bringing along a prize, please ensure you have your business name with it to hand to a WNA representative on arrival, bring your flyers / business cards to have at the Prize Table, for not just the winner to have, but other attendees to talk about and collect to take back to the office.

**PLEASE REMEMBER Social distancing rules. ie NO hugging, elbow taps only. There will be hand sanitiser available on the day.***

TICKETS: 

Members: $69.00 | Visitors: $99.00 (all inclusive of GST),
Join WNA now and book at the member rate.