 Deborah Lange – “How do we mindfully embody the interplay of leadership and fellowship”Leadership and Followship in Appreciative ReciprocityIn a world that values leadership, what “sense of being” is required to allow an interplay of leadership and followship that respects and values different people to take up different roles for different purposes at different times?Leadership and Fellowship is an integral way of being in a culture that values an inter-dependent, open systems philosophy and mindset in lieu of a hierarchical, linear, controlling mindset.
In this workshop participants will playfully explore the field of leadership and followship, experiencing being both leaders and being followers. It is intended that the active, embodied experience interspersed with reflective noticing and conversational exchange will enable new discoveries to emerge. Deborah Lange, Award Winning Mentor, Best Selling Co-Author and Lifelong Educator, is dedicated to understanding how to facilitate human potential and co-create cultures where people thrive. Her passion has taken her to all corners of the globe to learn from both ancient and new wisdom. She has had her body painted by the Himba people in Namibia; connected with nature with the bush men in the Kalahari; danced with street kids in Soweto to say “no” to sexual abuse; was inspired by world class violinists and artists in Slovenia; walked a song line in Australia with Indigenous people; whispered with horses in Colorado and so much more. She speaks, mentors and facilitates on topics such as, Embodied Leadership, Leadership and Followship, Integrating Logic and Intuition, Play as a method to discover new wisdom, Trusting Your Body and cultures where people thrive. She holds a Masters Degree in Social Ecology, Business Degrees in Human Resource Development and Graduate Diplomas in Education, Learning, the Arts and Language. |
 Colin Pitson – “How do we best excite and motivate people to practise mindful awareness?” From Worry to Wonder through Mindful CuriosityThis workshop is about exploring how we can seed our own emergent leadership capabilities, in all areas of our lives.
Colin Pitson is a life member and founder of SLaM, he was the inaugural Director of the National Film and Sound Archive. Colin is now an internationally accredited Master Executive Coach (ICF MCC) whose focus has been on working with budding leaders in both the public and private sector; not just grooming them for higher office where they need to work effectively with an increasing diverse range of stakeholders, but to survive the inevitable pressures and thrive personally. His passion and purpose has been to partner with his clients in maximising their innate creativity and potential as leaders, and to contribute to minimising the human tragedy of burnout and bullying in the workplace. As a solid theoretical basis for the work he now does, Colin supplemented his earlier academic qualifications in electrical engineering and Post Diploma in Industrial Management, with formal studies in depth psychology. In 2001, he graduated with a Master of Arts in Cultural Psychology with Distinction (from University of Western Sydney – with majors in Jungian studies and Chaos and Complexity); and a Diploma of Adult Psychotherapy (ANZAP); plus six-years of training towards becoming a Jungian Analyst (ANZSJA). He also has formal training in executive coaching and coach supervision, the field he has specialised in for the past 16 years. |
 Michele Gennoe – “How do thought leaders translate the core concepts of mindful leadership into business terminology?” Translating Spiritual Concepts into a 7-step Business Leadership ProgramMichele will present an interactive workshop for thought leaders in the mindful leadership area. ASIC identified that nearly 50% of businesses fail because of poor leadership and in 2012 a study by McKinsey of large IT projects found 17% went so badly that they threatened the very existence of the company. Traditional leadership programs will not solve this: mindful leadership will. The type of mindful leadership that promotes, supports and allows the authentic leader to emerge and lead with different thinking and a different way of being than the one that created these problems.This workshop combines the latest research in cognitive science, neurosciences and organisational transformation, to review the processes undertaken in translating spiritual concepts into a 7-step leadership business program that utilises both structured and intuitive techniques. Using the mindful leadership business program designed by Michele Gennoe, participants will explore how to apply this information to develop the question of translating their own programs, services and products into business mindful terminology.Mindful leadership is on a journey similar to the one already undertaken by yoga, as it moves from being hippy, to being exclusive and then to being accepted throughout mainstream. So many of the concepts for it to be understood or accepted at the moment need to be translated and worded in common business language to get engagement and buy-in. For example, instead of using ‘meaning’, a common business word would be ‘purpose’. There has never been a greater need for inspirational leaders who can role model, support and inspire those around them to be their best. Finding a common language to translate your business offering to language that businesses can understand and embrace is imperative to doing so. Because there has never been a better time to future-proof the spirituality, leadership and management field than by leading the field in delivering more efficient and effective mindful leaders.
Michele Gennoe is an award-winning business author and presenter with over 20 years leadership experience in industries as diverse as banking, media and charity. As founder of On Purpose Consulting she consults across corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors for organisations ranging from Shine through to the WoolMark and the Red Cross. With postgraduate studies in international management and a Masters in Spiritual Science, Michele combines her structured and intuitive training, experience and expertise to facilitate profound change for leaders and organisations globally. |
 Joseph Loewy –“How do we embody energetic gender balance to lead from an authentic position as empowered leaders?” Femergy: Leading with Authenticity Joseph’s mission is ‘to inspire, facilitate and unleash the creative power in myself and others and assist in the expansion of human consciousness’. His philosophy can be summed up in the title of a Children’s book ‘I am part of all I see, and all I see is part of me’ (Chara M. Curtis and Cynthia Aldrich).
Joseph believes we are all connected in consciousness at varying stages of development on a continuum from Physical, Mental (Mascergy) through, Emotional and Spiritual (Femergy). Joseph sees expansion of this consciousness from the Physical to the Spiritual as our human task on Earth.In this workshop Joseph will briefly explain the theory and then enlist participants, through a series of creative exercises, to connect with their authentic/congruent Self – utilising journey mapping, purpose mapping and art therapy processes to tap into the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energies that enable us to take our authentic self to work. This workshop is a pause to reflect in a journey that we are all on. The workshop is an open, evolving process that can be further discussed, explored and developed over the 2 days of the conference and beyond.Joseph Loewy is Founder and Director of RedStallion Strategic Planning & Visual Consulting. He started as an illustrator in Melbourne, and has held a variety of positions in the creative area – from illustrator to National Creative Director for H&T Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Creative Group Head for Harris, Robinson, Courtenay Advertising, Sydney and Associate Creative Director, Sudler & Hennessey International. It was in his Senior Management roles that Joseph really had the opportunity to develop his strategic and leadership skills. He turned his creativity to working with individuals and teams to develop innovative solutions for organisations. In his career Joseph has also facilitated groups in strategy and visioning, team building, communication and negotiation training, creative arts, performance management. Joseph now works over 3 continents helping leaders develop ‘Journey Maps’ to engage their people in the Organisation’s journey. |