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Future Women Leadership Series

Future Women Leadership Series

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Leadership takes courage and resilience. Host and founder of Future Women, Helen McCabe shares insights from some of the most influential women on the sometimes complex challenges faced by women on the path to senior leadership. Leadership thought-leaders will inform and at times challenge your thinking on what it means to be leader and advise you on how to build respect and loyalty from your team members. Future Women is a club for women to connect, learn and lead. To find out more go to futurewomen.com2025 FW Economics
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  • Dr Kate Mason on how to communicate with authority
    Sep 10 2025

    What is the difference between a good and a gifted communicator? Dr Kate Mason is a leading communications expert. Her new book, Powerfully Likeable, is a roadmap for female leaders looking to communicate in a way that's both powerful and likeable.

    In this episode, she gives practical, actionable tips for how to avoid the constricting binaries and become a gifted communicator at work.

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    • Keep up with @futurewomen on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Threads

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    31 mins
  • How to overcome a career plateau
    Sep 3 2025

    What should you do when you're feeling stuck in your career? And how can you best transform a plateau into new opportunities.

    In this panel discussion recorded live at the FW Leadership Summit, join journalist Leila McKinnon as she probes the best ways to reframe the problem and embrace a growth mindset. With Co-Founder of Arise Foundation Tasnia Hannan, academic Fran Grant, Zing Wellbeing Founder Rhian Allen, Founder of Chronic Illness at Work Michelle Irving and Australia's former Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley

    • Join the movement to fast-track your professional development. Become an FW Diamond member today.
    • Keep up with @futurewomen on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Threads

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    27 mins
  • Senator Jane Hume on how to avoid the likeability trap
    Aug 27 2025

    What should you do when strong convictions create conflict at work?

    Senator Jane Hume became a politician because of her strong convictions and beliefs. But these convictions aren't shared by all. Some love her for her beliefs and others... well, not so much.

    In this episode, she gives tips how leaders should navigate the thorny issue of ‘likeability’ at work and shares why she believes in 'getting better' over 'getting bitter'.

    • Join the movement to fast-track your professional development. Become an FW Diamond member today.
    • Keep up with @futurewomen on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Threads

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    29 mins
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