With governments struggling under mounting weight of expectation and the cost-of-
living pressures significantly affecting the way we live, there has never been a more
important time in our history for strong community leadership. To be successful,
community leaders need to be identified and step forward, be given the tools to
succeed, to last and then pass their knowledge and skills onto the next generation of
leaders. Community leaders have the ability to respond to and direct the power of
their communities for good, and to deliver on expectations of community in the areas
that make the most difference. As a community leader, Diana acutely understands
and guides the audience through what it takes to be a successful community leader,
how to prioritise action when there is so much need and how to take key
stakeholders, including government, on the journey with the community.

People and organisations have the ability to achieve extraordinary outcomes. But
greatness doesn’t happen by chance, and it is never given as an instant reward. Careful planning, a clearly defined purpose, accountability for actions and a controlled response for events inevitably not going to plan are essential. Diana has supported individuals and organisations for over two decades in high performance sport, business, legal and community environments to lead and plan for the best and hold to the course over the long term. This presentation will support the audience to lead in finding competitive advantage in the planning and execution process to achieve the ultimate success.

The competitive brutality of elite level sport, both on and off the field, carries with it
daily lessons for leadership and life. Sport is continuously handing out learnings in
multiple areas of leadership including the building of resilience, financial priorities,
reputation management, working within and for a team and finding the courage to go
the distance. With national, state and community sport administration experience
spanning over two decades and within some of Australia’s most loved sports, Diana
has been up close and personal with what matters and has led in these
environments. Diana shares with the audience the factors that make the difference
between success and failure, and how leaders can use the lessons of sport to take
themselves and their teams to greater heights.

Gender matters, and women in leadership roles or aspiring to leadership should be given every opportunity to succeed. There is a playbook that every current and aspiring female leader needs to understand to build their skills, read the room, develop their talent and character, develop their networks and refine their grit. Diana guides the audience through each of these critical elements by placing no ceiling on what is possible, and on refining the art of never giving up even in the most challenging of circumstances. Leadership does not hold the hand of the status quo. Leadership demands far more, and this presentation goes to the heart of what every female leader, and those who support them, need to know for sustained success.