Women in Business Discussion Group Tuesday 30 September 2014 | 5.45pm – 8pm | CPA Centre Level 3, 111 Harrington St

We are excited to announce John Raymond as our guest speaker for our September discussion to talk about "Are your conversations working hard for you?"

Being adaptable is a key capability for success in today’s organisations, whether it be in government or corporate. The role of leaders therefore, need to embrace adaptability to deliver what is expected, yet this is easier said than done. Many leaders underestimate, or ignore completely, the power of a great conversation to transform a situation, though there wouldn’t be anyone who hasn’t experienced this phenomenon. An adaptive leader uses every day conversations to support his or her people to navigate a complex world we work in.  This presentation draws on the dialogue principles of coaching and mentoring conversations and applies them to every day conversations. John will expand on a number of key coaching and mentoring principles and offer way they can be applied in your day to day conversation to get a better result. This session will be informative, interactive and experiential so you will walk away knowing both what to do and how to do it.

John Raymond is Principal at the Institute of Executive Coaching.  John’s experience is firmly grounded in leadership having led business units, teams and organisations. From 1996, he has been an executive coach and facilitator helping people manage themselves and lead people. John has coached and trained managers at all levels in private, public and education sectors in Australia and abroad. In corporate, he has worked with organizations like Reader’s Digest, Accor Hospitality, Credit Suisse, BayCorp, McGrath, Clayton Utz, Facebook and Ericsson. In the Public Sector John has worked with various departments, including Immigration, Austrade, APSC, ATO,DEEWR and Defence. Education clients include University of Western Sydney, Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership, Alfred Deakin High School and University of New South Wales.  John has been involved in coaching since it started to take hold in the Australasian region in the mid 1990s and he is passionate about the professionalisation of the industry. To this end, John has held leadership positions and contributed to various committees over many years. His most recent contributions have been through his role as President for the International Coach Federation – Australasia and as a member of the Standards Australia working party that has written the guideline for Coaching in Organisations - a global first.

WiB Committee member and Divisional Councillor, Lisa Gray will be hosting this exciting discussion.  We will be providing hot canapés and one lucky member will win a fantastic prize on the night – so make sure you have paid your membership fee!

To attend, please RSVP to Reis at cpawibfb@gmail.com or via Facebook by 5pm Friday 26 September 2014.