Perimenopause and menopause can bring changes that affect how women feel, work and navigate their careers, yet these experiences are not always openly discussed or understood in the workplace. This webinar explores the connection between menopause, wellbeing and working life, highlighting the importance of understanding individual experiences and creating supportive environments where women can continue to thrive. Join Karen Stein to explore practical ways to navigate this life stage with greater confidence, communicate your needs and access the support that can make a difference. Discover how the right tools, strategies and connections can help you maintain your contribution, wellbeing and long-term career sustainability.
You will gain:
– A greater understanding of how perimenopause and menopause can affect your working life.
– Insight into the connection between energy, wellbeing, confidence and career sustainability.
– Practical strategies for communicating your needs, setting boundaries and seeking workplace support.
– An opportunity to reflect on your strengths and build confidence during times of change.
– An introduction to the PeriPathways Group Coaching Program and how it can support women navigating this stage of their careers.
Virtual Masterclass date: Thursday 25th February 2027
**This WiBF Masterclass offers 1 CPD Point**
Great leadership takes more than confidence. This masterclass explores how to lead with conviction, find the courage to challenge the status quo and bring care to the way you lead others.
Discover how to navigate difficult conversations, make bold decisions and create a positive impact while staying true to your values.
In this practical, facilitator-led session, you will:
– Explore the qualities of audacious leadership and how conviction, courage and care work together.
– Identify opportunities to step beyond your comfort zone and lead with greater confidence.
– Develop strategies to speak up, challenge assumptions and navigate challenging situations.
– Discover how to build trust, strengthen relationships and lead with empathy while holding others accountable.
– Apply practical approaches to turn your values into action and make a lasting impact as a leader.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Virtual Masterclass date: Thursday 18th March 2027
**This WiBF Masterclass offers 1 CPD Point**
What makes people feel motivated, valued and inspired to do their best work? In today’s evolving workplace, keeping teams engaged requires more than setting goals and measuring performance. When employees feel disconnected from their work, the impact can extend beyond productivity to collaboration, innovation and overall team morale.
The key to building an engaged team lies in understanding what drives people as individuals. By recognising the emotional needs that influence motivation at work, managers and team leaders can create environments where people feel supported, connected and empowered to contribute.
Join this WiBF Virtual Masterclass to uncover the drivers of workplace engagement and discover practical ways to strengthen motivation, build stronger team connections and bring out the best in the people you lead.
In this practical, facilitator-led session, you will:
– Explore the key psychological and emotional needs that influence motivation, engagement and performance in the workplace.
– Recognise the signs of disengagement and identify opportunities to strengthen motivation within your team.
– Discover how individual differences shape what people need to feel valued, supported and inspired at work.
– Apply practical strategies to foster trust, encourage ownership and create a more positive team environment.
– Build your confidence as a people leader by learning how to sustain engagement and help individuals reach their potential.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Strengthen your leadership presence, influence and impact.
As leaders navigate increasing complexity and change, the ability to lead with confidence, build trust and bring others along is more important than ever.
Leading with Presence helps leaders understand what they stand for and how they show up in their leadership roles. Through self-reflection, powerful questions and group discussion, participants will explore how greater self-awareness can strengthen relationships, influence stakeholders and improve leadership effectiveness.
Focusing on three key elements of leadership presence – Confidence, Humility and Connection – the program also explores the four Cs of leadership: Contribution, Courage, Curiosity and Compassion.
Participants will learn how to:
– Lead with greater confidence, authenticity and purpose.
– Navigate challenging conversations and decisions.
– Build trust, connection and influence with others.
– Explore new perspectives and collaborate more effectively.
– Strengthen their leadership presence through change and complexity.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Strengthen your human connection, communicate with presence and lead beyond the algorithm.
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the way we work, human connection, trust and authentic leadership presence are becoming more important than ever. While technology can process information and predict behaviour, it cannot replicate the physical and vocal qualities that make human communication powerful.
In this dynamic keynote, Dr Louise Mahler draws on her background in opera, psychoanalysis and leadership presence to explore how body language, voice and physical presence influence trust, authority and engagement.
Through practical insights and interactive exercises, participants will discover how to communicate with greater confidence, cut through digital noise and use their voice, body and energy to connect with others and make a lasting impact.
Participants will learn how to:
– Use voice and body language to strengthen credibility and leadership presence.
– Understand how physical presence influences trust, authority and engagement.
– Communicate with greater authenticity, confidence and impact.
– Cut through the digital noise and create meaningful human connection.
– Apply practical techniques to bring greater presence to everyday leadership and communication.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Do you find yourself setting impossibly high standards, second-guessing your abilities or feeling like you need to prove yourself, even when you’re doing well? For many professionals, perfectionism and people-pleasing can become deeply ingrained habits, making it difficult to celebrate achievements, set boundaries or feel confident in their capabilities.
Over time, the pressure to get everything right can take a toll on your wellbeing, confidence and career satisfaction. But what if you could shift your perspective, challenge self-doubt and redefine what success looks like on your own terms?
Join this WiBF Virtual Masterclass to explore the patterns behind perfectionism and imposter syndrome, and discover practical ways to build self-belief, embrace progress over perfection and approach your work with greater confidence.
In this facilitator-led session, you will:
– Understand the difference between healthy ambition and perfectionistic thinking, and how to recognise when high standards become counterproductive.
– Identify the underlying beliefs, experiences and triggers that contribute to perfectionism, people-pleasing and imposter feelings.
– Explore the impact of self-criticism, fear of failure and the pressure to meet expectations on wellbeing and professional performance.
– Develop strategies to challenge unhelpful thought patterns, build confidence and recognise your achievements without the need for constant validation.
– Learn how to adopt a more balanced approach to success, manage expectations and create healthier, more sustainable ways of working.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Virtual Masterclass date: Thursday 12th August 2027
**This WiBF Masterclass offers 1 CPD Point**
Build trust, influence and leadership confidence—one conversation at a time.
Leadership isn’t built through authority, expertise or charisma. It’s built conversation by conversation. Every interaction shapes trust, momentum and performance, making conversational capability an essential leadership skill.
For emerging leaders in banking and finance, the ability to speak up, navigate challenging conversations and influence across the business is particularly important. This two-hour masterclass introduces practical approaches to leading yourself and others, building relationships and progressing initiatives—even without formal authority.
Drawing on the principles of conversational leadership, participants will explore how to communicate with greater confidence, create clarity and navigate the conversations that shape their effectiveness at work.
Key Takeaways
– Lead yourself: Understand your communication style and how you respond under pressure.
– Lead your team: Build trust, delegate effectively and support others to do their best work.
– Navigate friction: Approach feedback, accountability and difficult conversations with confidence.
– Influence up: Communicate strategically with senior stakeholders and make it easier for others to support your work.
– Shape the system: Map stakeholders, build relationships and influence outcomes across the business.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Make your money work for you, today and into the future.
Financial confidence is about more than earning a good salary. It’s about understanding your options, making informed decisions and knowing your money is working towards the life you want.
In this practical masterclass, money educator Jessica Brady will help demystify the world of superannuation and investing, breaking down key concepts into clear, actionable insights. Whether you’re just starting to build your wealth or looking to take a more active role in managing your finances, you’ll explore ways to make your money work harder for your future.
Key Takeaways
– Get financially confident: Build your understanding of the key principles behind personal financial wellbeing.
– Make informed investment decisions: Explore how investing can support your lifestyle, priorities and long-term aspirations.
– Get to know your super: Understand what to look for when reviewing your superannuation and how your choices can affect your future.
– Turn knowledge into action: Identify practical steps to strengthen your financial position and avoid common money mistakes.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Virtual Masterclass date: Thursday 28th October 2027
**This WiBF Masterclass offers 1 CPD Point**
Turn insight into action and practise responding differently in the moments that matter most.
Knowing how you want to respond and doing so in the moment can be two very different things. This practical masterclass helps participants move beyond awareness to apply The Better Response™ framework to real workplace challenges.
Participants bring a situation they are currently navigating, identify the patterns behind it and explore alternative ways to respond. Through small-group discussion, role-play and guided practice, you will rehearse difficult conversations, address simmering tensions before they escalate or prepare for significant changes ahead. The shared experience also creates opportunities to connect with others and recognise common challenges.
Building on the accompanying webinar, this interactive session uses research-informed approaches to practice, rehearsal and habit formation to help participants turn new insights into lasting behavioural change. Webinar attendance is not essential.
Key Takeaways
– Develop a personalised Better Response plan for a real workplace situation.
– Practise a response you can apply immediately.
– Build practical strategies to navigate challenging conversations and situations with greater intention.
– Strengthen your ability to develop new response habits over time.
– Connect with peers and learn from shared experiences.
– Access optional follow-up check-ins to support application and accountability.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
Build trust, communicate clearly, and contribute upwards with confidence.
Managing upwards is an essential leadership skill, yet it’s rarely discussed. It’s not about changing or controlling someone more senior; it’s about taking an intentional approach to building stronger working relationships so your ideas, perspectives and team’s needs are heard.
In this practical, interactive masterclass, participants will explore how to navigate senior relationships with greater confidence, communicate strategically and align their work with broader business priorities. Through relationship mapping, personality insights and practical activities, participants will identify what’s working, where relationships could improve and how to make their contributions more visible.
Key Takeaways
– Understand what managing upwards means and why it matters.
– Assess and strengthen relationships with senior stakeholders.
– Adapt communication to different personalities and working styles.
– Build trust, visibility and alignment with organisational priorities.
– Connect day-to-day work to the bigger picture and influence outcomes.
– Develop a personalised action plan to apply the learning at work.
Rather than assuming the problem lies with your manager, this workshop focuses on what you can do to strengthen relationships, improve collaboration and lead with intention, whatever your role or level of seniority.
You are constantly responding to the world around you, but you were never taught a key element of this, how the nervous system actually works, or how to work with it.
Whether it’s stress that won’t switch off, a mind that races at 2 a.m., or a body that feels flat and disconnected, this masterclass is designed to help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and give you practical tools to shift it.
Using a combination of theory, practices and activities we will explore how the nervous system works and how it shapes behaviours. We will develop an awareness of signs our nervous system in struggling and effective ways to intervene.
By the end of the workshop you’ll be able to;
– Understand the main parts of the nervous system and what each does.
– Know how it shapes stress, rest and recovery.
– Recognise signs of different nervous system states in yourself and others before they affect judgement, communication or leadership.
– Be aware of your personal early-warning signs, from reactive emails to decision fatigue.
– Practise at least six regulation techniques you can use at your desk, in a meeting or before a difficult conversation.
– Leave with a written, personalised regulation plan.
All genders are welcome to participate in this masterclass.
