A private leadership community for Sydney decision makers

For leaders who want the truth, not the theatre.

The space to speak plainly about what is actually hard right now.

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OFF THE RECORD

Not networking for the sake of it Real conversations for better leadership and people decisions

A trusted space for Sydney leaders who want clarity substance and practical conversation.

WHY IT EXISTS

Leaders should leave clearer more confident or less alone than when they arrived.

Connect Challenge Influence

WHAT IT IS

A leadership and influence community rooted in Western Sydney

WHO IT IS FOR

  • Leaders and emerging leaders
  • Hiring and people decision makers
  • People leading teams culture and budgets

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT

Clarity over noise. Substance over surface.

OFF THE RECORD

The four pillars shaping every conversation Events content partnerships and community initiatives all sit under these themes.

Pillar 1

Leadership Under Pressure

The reality of leading people in 2026.

Focus areas

  • Leadership fatigue and burnout for decision makers
  • Navigating complexity change and uncertainty
  • Accountability without losing humanity
  • Leading when you do not have all the answers

Event examples

  • The weight of leadership no one talks about
  • Closed room leader roundtables
  • Fireside chats with leaders who have been through it

Why this matters This is where trust is built. Leaders lean in when they feel seen.

Pillar 2

Hiring Talent and People Decisions

Recruitment without making it about recruitment.

Focus areas

  • The real cost of poor hiring decisions
  • Ethics in recruitment and performance management
  • Retention flexibility and workforce expectations
  • Hiring in talent short markets

Event examples

  • Hiring risk in 2026 and what keeps leaders up at night
  • Panels with HR finance and operational leaders
  • Case study led discussions on what worked and what did not

Why this matters You become the credible voice in the room not the loudest.

Pillar 3

Influence and Decision Making

This is where the group grows beyond gender.

Focus areas

  • Influence without authority
  • Confidence in decision making
  • Navigating power politics and stakeholder tension
  • Having a voice at the table and keeping it

Event examples

  • Executive style workshops
  • Peer led discussions
  • Senior leaders sharing lessons learned the hard way

Why this matters This attracts true decision makers and not spectators.

Pillar 4

Community and Meaningful Impact

The heart of the group done in a grown up way.

Focus areas

  • Giving back without performative charity
  • Community impact aligned with business values
  • Leadership responsibility beyond profit
  • Western Sydney as a force for good

Event examples

  • Partnered community initiatives
  • Purpose driven leadership conversations
  • End of year give back events

Why this matters It gives the community weight and makes it stand for something.

Events

Women of the West event on 7 May 2025

Women of the West: A Celebration of New Beginnings with Alison Shamir

Supporting Women’s Community Shelters.

Get Tickets Here
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A Fresh Sip of Perspective: The Impact of Alcohol on Performance

Guest speaker, Lauren Lakin from SmugAF

Supporting Parramatta Women's Shelter 26th September 2024

An aerial view of a river running through a lush green forest.

Reason for connection with Ron Woods

Supporting Diamond Women

10 seconds of courage with Nadine Champion

Supporting Australian Skin Cancer Foundation

5th September 2023

Attraction or Attrition Breakfast

Hosted at Emu Hall

26th October 2022

Women of the West: A Celebration of New Beginnings with Alison Shamir

Supporting Women’s Community Shelters.

Get Tickets Here

A Fresh Sip of Perspective: The Impact of Alcohol on Performance

Guest speaker, Lauren Lakin from SmugAF

Supporting Parramatta Women's Shelter 26th September 2024

An aerial view of a large wave in the ocean.

A Fresh Sip of Perspective: The Impact of Alcohol on Performance

An aerial view of a river running through a lush green forest.

Reason for connection with Ron Woods

A close up of a sand dune with shadows on it.

10 seconds of courage with Nadine Champion

Supporting Australian Skin Cancer Foundation


Attraction or Attrition Breakfast

A Fresh Sip of Perspective: The Impact of Alcohol on Performance

Reason for connection with Ron Woods

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Women of the West: Our Newsletters

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December 1, 2024
Our final newsletter for 2024! Every year seems to go by faster, doesn’t it? It feels like just last week I was writing our Christmas newsletter for 2023, yet here we are again!
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December 11, 2023
Another year has flown by ever so quickly. They seem to get faster and faster each year!