Victress Connection Ltd

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
2022-06-07 06:45 - 08:30 (Australia/Sydney) | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Catherine Davidson is a Mediator practicing in Australia and internationally and is Listed in Who’s Who Legal 2021 as a Leading Mediator in Australia. Catherine believes conflict can be constructive. As a mediator, she builds people’s capacity to engage with each other and resolve their dispute. She enables them to make decisions that are practical, commercial, personal and creative.

ABOUT CATHERINE
Catherine specialises in commercial and workplace disputes. She is a member of several International and National Mediation Panels.
She has mediated over eight hundred commercial and employment disputes including court referred cases.
She is a former lawyer – commercial litigation – practising in London and Sydney.
Catherine has a passion for education and is a mediation and negotiation Trainer in the public and private sectors in Australia and across the Asia Pacific region. She is also a Trainer for the Australian Disputes Centre and the Resolution Institute. She is a Sessional Lecturer teaching negotiation in the Exec and Adv MBA Programmes University of Technology Sydney.
Catherine is also an experienced Facilitator, facilitating senior leadership meetings, workshops and strategic planning sessions in the public and private sectors across a diverse range of industries.
She is committed to strengthening both the individual and organisation’s ability to:
· communicate openly
· manage conflict
· negotiate productively
· strengthen relationships
Catherine’s mediation experience includes working in Australia and internationally, in both the private and public sectors.

DOING BUSINESS DIFFERENTLY
2022-05-03 06:45 - 08:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Lucy will take you on a roller coaster ride full of fascinating experiences and business learnings. From a 27-year career as a master communicator, world changer and trailblazer, Lucy knows how to do business differently. Discover why fun should be a factor in your strategic plan, why kindness and optimism feed your bottom line and how ordinary people do the extraordinary.

ABOUT LUCY
Lucy is an award-winning leader and speaker. She’s a change-maker, exceptional communicator, and business fixer with thebest mohawk in the business. Lucy led an advertising agency for 20 years beforeshe became the CEO of a brand-new women’s health organisation, funding anetwork of hospitals and a midwifery school in Ethiopia. She then went onto transform a Cambodian children’s charity as its first CEO. She is the creator ofan education start-up and the author of two books. Lucy’s memoir, Get the Girls Out, was published by HarperCollins to rave reviews. You will find her challengingand entertaining in equal measure, with humour tied into a powerful businessmessage. Lucy Bloom is a rule-breaker, idea-maker and momentum creator.
Connect with Lucy on social media: @thelucybloom

Creating Confidence with Content
2022-04-05 06:45 - 08:30, 2021-07-06 06:45 - 08:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Confidence isn’t something that we’re all born with. And even those who appear to have it, sometimes feel fear or doubt. It’s only natural! But we can help foster our confidence through how we present ourselves to the world and what we choose to share. Whether it’s how we choose to dress or how we choose to act or what we stand for. But how do we consciously (or unconsciously) portray this?
In this presentation we’ll be exploring:
How you can show up in the world by using the power of content to increase your confidence
What to share and how to share it so it doesn’t feel ‘tacky’

About Mel
Mel Daniels is a Content Strategist and Coach who loves to understand ‘why’. Even past her toddler years, she always asked why. She wanted to understand why things worked like they did, why people acted a certain way and why she was the only one who loved peanut butter and sultana sandwiches.
Her curiosity has lead her on an interesting life journey from academic achiever to corporate leader, mum extraordinaire and now business owner.
Mel’s purpose is to teach and empower women who want more from their business, on how to use content in a genuine way. She gives them the confidence they need to become more visible, seen as the expert that they are and inspired to take their business to the next level.

IWD Victress Connection Breakfast
2022-03-01 06:45 - 08:30 | Country Club Menagle, 170 Menangle Rd,, Menangle Park, NSW, 2563, Australia
The Future of Work
Leveraging opportunity and innovation amidst disruption, preparing teams for the future of work
Workers of the future will need to be lifelong learners, be agile and adaptive to changing job roles and tasks with increased automation, and be responsive to new markets.
Emerging generations will not be thinking ‘job for life’ – they will be thinking about job mobility rather than job security as they will need to continue to adapt to the changing external environment. They will be looking to gain transferable skills that they can continue to build on as their career develops.
In this session, Claire will unpack how you can position your organisation and teams for the future of work.

about clairemadden

Claire Madden (www.clairemadden.com) is a leading voice internationally on Generation Z. As an author, social researcher, keynote speaker, and media commentator, Claire is in high demand as an expert in interpreting social trends, demographics, and implications of generational change. Claire is the author of Hello Gen Z: Engaging the Generation of Post-Millennials.
Claire is highly regarded for her dynamic and engaging presentations where she translates robust, research-based content into strategic applications for educators, managers, and business leaders.
Claire is commissioned by some of the nation’s largest companies and leading brands to interpret the changing landscape and communicate the implications for business and society.
As a media commentator, Claire is regularly interviewed on prominent television programs including ABC News Tonight, The Drum, The Today Show, SkyNews, Sunrise and The Morning Show, as well as on the radio and in print media. Claire is also a PhD candidate, studying the impact of Gen Z and work. Claire is also the Founder and Director of the research based strategy and communications agency, Hello Clarity (www.helloclarity.com.au).

Speaker - Linda Goldspink-Lord
2022-02-01 06:45 - 08:30 | Country Club Menagle, 170 Menangle Rd,, Menangle Park, NSW, 2563, Australia
The key to much of the success of Linda’s business has been centred around being resilient, innovative and creating authentic relationships at every level of business delivery. The changing nature of businesses post COVID-19, means we need to be creative as to how we innovatively navigate unexpected detours or roadblocks, and also how we connect with our customers and develop authentic connections.
As someone who is driven to educate others, Linda is determined to share her own life-changing experiences, as a way of empowering her audience. She will share how she has combined a passion for animals and gut health and just being real, to create a business that is not only commercial but creating a legacy as well.

ABOUT LINDA
Linda Goldspink-Lord is a powerful presenter and an advocate for resilience and growth. Her own complex experiences in life, family and career have led her to a place of great understanding and awareness. As someone who is driven to educate others, Linda is determined to share her own life-changing experiences, as a way of empowering her audience.
From chief executive of a not-for-profit organisation at just 22, to coping with her own health crisis, traumatic family loss and intense grief, to today, as the founder of Australia’s fastest-growing horse gut health company, Linda’s journey has been full of highs, lows and huge opportunities for personal growth.

February Breakfast will be at Country Club Menangle
170 Menangle Rd, Menangle Park NSW 2563

Christmas Lunch
2021-12-10 12:00 - 16:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
We’re really looking forward to a great opportunity to catch-up over a long lunch and just enjoy everyone’s company face to face again.
Lunch will be in the courtyard of Rydges. We do have limited numbers (40), so please don’t leave it too late to book if you’d like to join us.

NOTE: Attendance at this event is subject to meeting applicable government requirements regarding COVID-19 safety measures (eg vaccination).

Online Webinar - Cyber Safety Tips
2021-11-09 10:00 - 11:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Cyber Safety Tips for SMEs – Getting the Basics Right
Is your business at risk of being attacked by cyber criminals? The statistics say yes. On average each month, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) receives about 4,400 cybercrime reports!
Malicious cyber actors are actively targeting Australians, with more than 60% of all cyber attacks aimed at small to medium businesses. Working from home is ‘the new norm’ for many people these days, and it’s important to understand the risks that come with working outside a secured office and technology environment. Cyber security is a key risk, with phishing attacks, hacking and other cybercrimes needing to be addressed.
This webinar aims to answer any questions you have regarding how to safeguard your business against a data loss and strengthen your cyber risk resilience. Babette will talk about five simple, yet remarkably effective, actions that you can put in place immediately to improve your cyber security and –even better- that won’t break the bank. You will leave this webinar feeling more in control of how you manage the uncertainty that comes when business is done online.

About the presenter:
Babette Bottin is the founder and director of DAS Insure, a highly specialised risk and insurance consultancy firm with a focus on cash flow protection. With a long-standing career in Trade Credit Insurance, Babette added Cyber risk protection to her product portfolio due to the impact a cyber incident can have on the cash flow.
Babette holds a Master of Economics, a Diploma of Insurance Broking/Snr Assoc CIP ANZIIF, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

DAS Insure has been an official partner of the government’s initiative #STAYSMARTONLINE and is a Network Partner ACSC of the Australian Cyber Security Centre.

Babette is passionate about helping companies, business owners and individuals to strengthen their cyber security. She has consulted hundreds of companies across Australia and is a regular presenter for BEC Australia.

You can get in touch with Babette via LinkedIn, email Babette.Bottin@dasinsure.com or call 1300-CYBER4-You (1300 292 374)
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Online Cocktail Masterclass
2021-10-08 17:30 - 18:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
ONLINE MASTERCLASS – 8 October 2021 – 5.30PM
Feel like joining us for a bit of fun during lockdown? Do you like the sound of connecting amongst friends within the Victress Connection family on a Friday evening to learn a few cocktail techniques and enjoy some drinks together?
We’re hosting a virtual masterclass like no other presented by award winning bartender, Clinton Weir. Clinton has performed in 18 countries and was the official cocktail bartender for WiIl & Kate’s Royal Wedding after party in Buckingham Palace (yes, seriously!).
Numbers are limited to 30 spots. Jump on and register using the link below, if you’d like to join us.
Registrations close 15 September 2021.

Valued at $113, Victress Connection members pay $65
Learn some basic bartending skills, how to create your own cocktail concoctions at home, plus see Clinton’s entertaining flairtending skills at work! Registration includes:
• beautifully packaged cocktail kit delivered to your door filled with a 4 piece cocktail tool set, ingredients, premium crafted garnishes, sour mixes and recipes;
• 60 minute online cocktail making session with Clinton.
All you need to supply is glassware and ice. Easy!

Speaker - Linda Goldspink-Lord
2021-08-03 06:45 - 08:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
The key to much of the success of Linda’s business has been centred around being resilient, innovative and creating authentic relationships at every level of business delivery. The changing nature of businesses post COVID-19, means we need to be creative as to how we innovatively navigate unexpected detours or roadblocks, and also how we connect with our customers and develop authentic connections.
As someone who is driven to educate others, Linda is determined to share her own life-changing experiences, as a way of empowering her audience. She will share how she has combined a passion for animals and gut health and just being real, to create a business that is not only commercial but creating a legacy as well.

ABOUT LINDA
Linda Goldspink-Lord is a powerful presenter and an advocate for resilience and growth. Her own complex experiences in life, family and career have led her to a place of great understanding and awareness. As someone who is driven to educate others, Linda is determined to share her own life-changing experiences, as a way of empowering her audience.
From chief executive of a not-for-profit organisation at just 22, to coping with her own health crisis, traumatic family loss and intense grief, to today, as the founder of Australia’s fastest-growing horse gut health company, Linda’s journey has been full of highs, lows and huge opportunities for personal growth.

Wealth Wise
2021-06-01 06:45 - 08:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
In today’s #MeToo environment, where equality is a catch phrase on everyone’s lips, women are more educated and qualified than ever before. However, our financial literacy levels – that is, our understanding and confidence in managing our OWN finances – is still very LOW.
As a qualified youth worker and trauma counsellor, Antoinette brings a different skillset to her role as a Certified Financial Planner®. This has enabled her to offer emotional support as well as financial advice. It’s therefore no surprise that the clients which she loves working with the most, have gone through some big life-changing event: redundancy, death of a spouse, divorce or retirement-when-you’re-scared-you-don’t-have-enough.

Antoinette is very passionate about Women’s Wealth Strategies and helping women like us to increase our financial literacy and, through that, empower us to greater economic heights. She believes in simplifying and breaking down the jargon for her clients – making complex strategies easy to understand and therefore implement.
Specialising in providing advice to professional women, she is a seasoned presenter at seminars and boardroom lunches, writes articles and her mainstream media appearances include Sky News Business and Channel 9’s The Today Show.
In her session, she shares why it’s important to overcome the gender-specific challenges that threaten our financial security and gives us practical ideas that work. She also discusses the reasons why couples often disagree about Money and how to overcome that in your relationship.
Join us on Tuesday, 1 June 2021, to hear Antoinette share some strategies to improve your financial wealth.

Liz Giblett - Practical Tips for Reinvigorating your Brand
2021-05-04 06:45 - 08:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Does your brand really reflect the personality of your business? Are you proud of the perception that your customers or clients have of your products or services, even if they haven’t yet directly engaged with your business? Or are you in need of a brand overhaul but don’t really know where to start?

Your brand is not just about your logo – it’s a reflection of everything you do and it’s integral to attracting new customers and engendering loyalty.
Join Liz Giblett from Strategic Marketing Matters who will share with you her practical tips on reinvigorating – or even reinventing – your brand. Liz has worked with a wide range of SMEs over the last 20 years in establishing and developing a multitude of brands across a variety of industries including professional services, education, membership organisations, recruitment, industrial products and not for profit organisations. Liz will discuss how you can map out your brand strategy and convey that strategy via your brand identity. She will share the practical tips she has learned along the way and demonstrate some of the brand success stories she has helped craft over the years.

Fortify Your Focus
2021-04-06 06:45 - 08:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Dr Kristy Goodwin specialises in delivering brain-based strategies for peak performance and wellbeing in a digital age. The strategies she will discuss with us will help you and your employees stop digital distractions denting productivity.
The technologies that are integral for our work have also been designed to hijack and hold our attention. We’re now living in an attention economy. To achieve peak-performance in the digital landscape, the most critical skill we can cultivate is focus. Focus amongst the alerts and notifications and pings and dings that put a dent in our productivity.
Dr Kristy will help you better understand the impact of digital distractions on productivity and wellbeing, arm you with the knowledge and strategies to effectively manage and limit these distractions and pass this understanding onto your employees. You will develop a repertoire of strategies and micro-habits that can easily be applied to your workday and personal lives to ensure your digital behaviours support peak performance.
Session Overview:

Why ATTENTION MANAGEMENT is the super skill of the 21st Century;
The three reasons why TECHNOLOGY HIJACKS your attention;
The significant ways that DIGITAL DISTRACTIONS dent your PRODUCTIVITY & WELLBEING;
How to map your WORKDAY to your CHRONOTYPE to maximise your PRODUCTIVITY; and
A range of strategies and micro-habits to OPTIMISE your FOCUS.

Dr Kristy will share simple solutions to some of the common tech troubles facing high-performers in the digitalised workplace.
ABOUT DR KRISTY
Dr Kristy Goodwin is a digital wellbeing and peak performance speaker, author, researcher and media commentator. She works with organisations, both big and small, to optimise employees’ digital wellbeing and productivity as they navigate hybrid work arrangements.
Kristy’s virtual keynotes or masterclass series provides simple, yet science-backed solutions to support employees’ mental wellbeing, physical health and productivity in a digitalised, remote and/or hybrid context. Kristy shares a menu of micro-habits for employees to integrate into their days to ensure their health and performance is bolstered in a digital age. She helps teams to leverage the benefits that technology offers, whilst also mitigating the potential pitfalls.

Inspiring International Keynote Speaker Nadine Champion
2021-03-02 06:45 - 08:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Nadine Champion is a rare international keynote speaker, author and martial arts Sensei (teacher), who is bound to leave a profound impression on you. She is a thought leader on courage, facing change and resilience, who is highly sought after and has been engaged to speak across diverse industries, presenting for a wealth of notable companies such as Facebook, CPA and Telstra.

Nadine’s authenticity shines through with her life changing ’10 Seconds of Courage’ message – a powerful call to action challenging her audience to change their thinking in order to succeed. The central principle of the ’10 Seconds of Courage’ message is that action must be combined with knowledge. Nadine lives the concepts she is devoted to sharing with others, so they can move forward from allowing fear to create missed opportunities in their personal and professional lives.
The protégé of a legendary master, she is the winner of a Gold medal at the World Cup of martial arts, an undefeated champion kickboxer and a cancer survivor.
Nadine is an inspiring speaker with a truly inspiring story; she speaks with a rare combination of courage, vulnerability and humour and has the character strengths of a martial artist teamed with the unique perspective only surviving a life-threatening illness can provide.

Mastering the art of successful change leadership
2021-02-02 17:45 - 19:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Leading a Successful Change Process:
If 2020 taught us anything, it is that the right leadership for surprise and unique situations is critical. Successful change leaders see communication as a crucial part of their role and they create an influential process by correlating the reason for change with organisational values.
Vanessa Giannos is an expert in Human Resources and Change Management. She will discuss the change management process and, more importantly, the skills from your own toolkit you can draw upon to successfully lead change and better remove barriers to employee success.
Some of the points Vanessa will guide us through are:

• Learn the Human-Centred approach to Change Management.
• Why is Change Leadership critical now?
• What is Change Leadership?
• What is Adaptive Leadership and how do you develop it?
• 5 key Change leadership tips & tools

Vanessa Giannos is an International Master Behavioural, Executive, Leadership, Business, Wellness, Life and Career Coach. Vanessa is Masters’ qualified, with over 20 qualifications, and over 25 years of Human Resources, Organisational Development, Coaching & Leadership Development experience. She has helped thousands of professionals, leaders and business owners excel in their careers and business, and hundreds of business owners build, grow, and transform their businesses.
Vanessa was awarded a leader entrepreneur in the prestigious BRAINZ 500 list 2020. Vanessa is a passionate and engaging consultant and coach, who has extensive experience in all areas of business. Vanessa brings to coaching a unique blend of coaching expertise, psychological and behavioural expertise, leadership, and management expertise and business acumen and international corporate and start-up expertise. Vanessa’s passion is to assist individuals and organisations transform to the best they can be, to achieve their highest potential and become hugely successful in achieving their desired goals.
Vanessa also specialises in Functional Diagnostic Health, Leadership Coaching, Organisational Culture, Change Management, Communication & Influencing, Human Behaviour, Human Resources, Organisational Design & Development, Merger & Acquisitions, Performance and People Management, Employee Engagement, Customer Experience, Strategic and Operational Planning, Team Building, and Management & Leadership Training.

We are please to announce our Breakfast Sponsor for February 2021 is Club Menangle

Victress End of Year Lunch
2020-12-04 23:00 - 2020-12-05 01:30 | NSW
Enjoy a two-course lunch whilst hearing from one of Australia’s most sought after and respected high-performance team consultants.

About Diana Tapp
Diana Tapp is an author, speaker and internationally successful corporate educator specialising in the development of high-performance teams in business.
She is the CEO and founder of the highly successful, boutique corporate training company World Class Teams.
Originally from New Zealand, she has lived in Sydney for the last 20 years, yet remains an avid All Blacks fan.
Considered Australia’s #1 High-Performance Team Consultant, over 6,000 people have sought her skills in creating a sustained high-performance culture in their business.
Known for her practical and dynamic approach to learning, Diana is passionate about delivering genuine change in an organisation, not just training that ‘ticks the box’.
Diana believes that while people are your greatest asset, they often also create your biggest challenges. To have people working at their absolute best requires strong technical or professional skills and strong people skills. Her purpose and passion is giving leaders and staff the practical tools and skills to ensure everyone in the business is working at their best level, as an individual and as part of a team. Only when this happens can a business accelerate and thrive, not merely survive.

Cash Flow in a Crisis Webinar
2020-09-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Cash Flow in a Crisis Webinar
Drawing upon their extensive experience, Andrea and David will walk us through some of the issues that business owners and leadership team members should be considering and acting upon in today’s economic environment.
From stimulus, cash flow, and scenario planning to practical considerations such as cadence and maintaining strong relationships with key third-party service providers (eg: banks, insurers and landlords), in this conversational session we will discuss practical strategies you can take away and implement for today, tomorrow and beyond. We’ll be focused on not just surviving, but thriving.

About Andrea Culligan
Using a founder mindset and ecosystem, Andrea helps clients tackle disruption, become market leaders and grow by owning the next horizon of innovation.Building 5 businesses in Australia and 2 in Canada, 4 of those reaching multimillion dollars along with 2 exits Andrea has been engrossed in the entrepreneurial and Startup community since 2000.
Due to her passion and experience for entrepreneurship and Startups, Andrea has advised and mentored numerous specialists and businesses along the way. From creating a number of strong startup brands, to defining growth strategies for tech platforms to running innovation hubs & accelerators for large corporates, Andrea combines an experience based approach with a process driven system to ensure high innovation at low risk.
Due to her business successes and involvement within the community, Andrea was awarded the NSW Telstra Young Businesswoman of the Year in 2009, the NSW Telstra Small Business of the Year (2009) and has been listed on the BRW Fast 100 list along with numerous other industry and business awards.

About David Manfield
David is a Liquidator & Trustee in bankruptcy who has spent 30 years specialising in the SME space. He is passionate about advising business owners on saving their businesses and assisting with personal asset protection for those facing financial distress.
This will often include a financial structure review, working capital requirement analysis and the preparation of a Roadmap to Recovery action plan.
David’s experience incorporates a multitude of large and complex receiverships, liquidations, administrations and bankruptcies in addition to pre-insolvency consultation and corporate turnaround/workouts.
His consultation is frequently sought after in various litigation support matters, including the preparation of expert reports in insolvency, business valuations and the quantification of economic loss.
David regularly accepts appointments from Government authorities (particularly NSW Revenue), Australian Taxation Office, NSW Office of Fair Trading and other creditors and financiers.

Online Masterclass 2
2020-08-04 22:00 - 23:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Overcome Imposter Syndrome & Stop Self Sabotage
Do you ever feel like a fraud? Or that you’re not worthy of your success or accomplishments? Do you constantly doubt your decisions and live with an underlying fear that you’re going to be ‘exposed’ as not knowing enough? Well you’re not alone. In fact more than 70% of the population is with you. This type of fear has a name – IMPOSTER SYNDROME and Alison will show us how to battle it and win!
Whether you return to the office or continue working from home, present to a live crowd or show up in this new virtual world ‘IMPOSTERISM’ does not discriminate. The fear is real and if left to grow it can be the single biggest blocker to your success whilst derailing your confidence & sense of self worth along the way.
So grab your lunch, coffee or tea & join us for this 1 x hour Masterclass. An engaging deep dive and Q&A into what Imposter Syndrome actually is and how you can stop self sabotaging your success.
Key areas covered:

What is Imposter Syndrome
The top 5 ‘Imposter Personas’
Common triggers of Imposter Syndrome
Examples of Self Sabotaging behaviours (and how to stop)
How to battle Imposter Syndrome (and win!)

Alison Shamir
Alison Shamir is a Career & Life Coach, Mentor and former Corporate Executive whose work has been featured on broadcast TV & Australia’s leading digital platforms. Through 1-1 Coaching, Workshops and Speaker roles, Alison empowers her audience with the knowledge, tools and methods they need to build Confidence, overcome Imposter Syndrome and develop the Mindset to present and perform at their best. Prior to launching her own business Alison held multiple leadership positions across the technology & media sectors. Her mission is to demonstrate that when we build our confidence and step into our authentic brand our potential for success is endless.

Online Masterclass
2020-07-21 22:00 - 23:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
The Confidence Formula
Build unshakable confidence and mindset for success
The single biggest thing Alison has witnessed hold women back in business and in life is a lack of confidence. Not talent or skill, ambition or desire, education or dedication, it’s confidence. Typically referred to as a personality trait, confidence is far more complex & powerful than many realise.
Confidence is not reserved for the extroverted, nor the most popular or the loudest in the room. It is in abundance and readily available to anyone who wishes to possess it but you need to practice. Confidence underpins so much of what we do often without us even realising. It is crucial to reaching your desired success and on the flip side a lack of it can be your greatest barrier. So it’s time to pull back the layers and go deep!
Grab your lunch, coffee or tea & join us for this 1 x hour Masterclass. An engaging deep dive and Q&A into the power of building unshakeable confidence and mastering a mindset for success.
Key areas covered:

What is Confidence – Myth Vs Fact

The Benefits of being Confident

How to build it – My 3 step Confidence Formula

The link between Confidence & Growth Mindset

About Alison
Alison Shamir is a Career & Life Coach, Mentor and former Corporate Executive whose work has been featured on broadcast TV & Australia’s leading digital platforms. Through 1-1 Coaching, Workshops and Speaker roles, Alison empowers her audience with the knowledge, tools and methods they need to build Confidence, overcome Imposter Syndrome and develop the Mindset to present and perform at their best. Prior to launching her own business Alison held multiple leadership positions across the technology & media sectors. Her mission is to demonstrate that when we build our confidence and step into our authentic brand our potential for success is endless.

Information Coming Soon
2020-05-05 17:00 - 18:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
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Financial Wealth
2020-04-07 17:00 - 18:30 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
April 7, 2020
Wealth Wise
As the Hollywood saying goes, Ginger Rogers did the same routines backwards and in high heels, yet it was Fred Astaire’s fancy footwork that received the accolades. That women face certain gender-specific challenges that men don’t, is no longer news.

In today’s #MeToo environment, where equality is a catch phrase on everyone’s lips, women are more educated and qualified than ever before. However, our financial literacy levels – that is, our understanding and confidence in managing our OWN finances – is still very LOW.
As a qualified youth worker and trauma counsellor, Antoinette brings a different skillset to her role as a Certified Financial Planner®. This has enabled her to offer emotional support as well as financial advice. It’s therefore no surprise that the clients which she loves working with the most, have gone through some big life-changing event: redundancy, death of a spouse, divorce or retirement-when-you’re-scared-you-don’t-have-enough.
Antoinette is very passionate about Women’s Wealth Strategies and helping women like us to increase our financial literacy and, through that, empower us to greater economic heights. She believes in simplifying and breaking down the jargon for her clients – making complex strategies easy to understand and therefore implement.
Specialising in providing advice to professional women, she is a seasoned presenter at seminars and boardroom lunches, writes articles and her mainstream media appearances include Sky News Business and Channel 9’s The Today Show.
In her session, she shares why it’s important to overcome the gender-specific challenges that threaten our financial security and gives us practical ideas that work. She also discusses the reasons why couples often disagree about Money and how to overcome that in your relationship.

Overcoming Hurdles
2020-03-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
An inspirational journey of resilience and reinvention
Jana Pittman’s story is a roller coaster of triumph, defeat, failure and success. As an Olympian, mother, author, speaker and doctor, her story embraces the peaks and troughs that helped shape her career and build her into who she is today.

Two-time World Champion and four-time Commonwealth Champion in the 400m hurdles, Jana personifies resilience and determination and is recognised as one of Australia’s greatest female athletes. When continued injuries hampering her athletic career could have signalled retirement, she swapped the track for the ice. Jana joined the Australian Women’s bobsled team, to become the first woman to represent Australia in both a Summer and Winter Olympic games.
Off the track, Jana this month began work as a doctor at Blacktown Hospital, with her eyes set on the goal of practicing in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. With her keen interest in women’s health, Jana is an ambassador for the ‘Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation’, ‘Save the Box (RANZGOG)’ and ‘Targeting Cancer’. Jana is also proud mum to Cornelis and little sisters, Emily and Jemima.
Jana says….
“What an incredible journey life has taken me on. I have failed over and over again, but I believe 100 per cent, that if you keep battling on, it will happen. If one door shuts prematurely, then another door will open and an even greater future will unfold. Maybe my next challenge will beat me too, but I will just get back up again and keep on fighting.”
Join us on Tuesday, 3 March 2020 for an unforgettable and inspirational morning with Jana.

The Power Of The Mind
2020-02-04 08:00 - 10:00 | NSW
The Power Of The Mind
Join Life Coach, Anne Vitocco, for an enlightening presentation and learn how to communicate more effectively to ensure successful and happy connections with the people in your life, professional and personal.
Anne helps others step outside their comfort zone, to be excited by the unknown, to recognise opportunity and reach their limitless potential to become the best they can possibly be.
We all have the potential to achieve great things in life; it all begins with how we think!

About Anne

Anne has worked within several industries and corporations over the years, but her experience within the Aged Care sector helped her to realise that people who maintained clarity, purpose and optimism, enjoyed better health and lived a more meaningful life. It was clear that becoming a qualified Counsellor and Life Coach was the right and rewarding path for her to take.
Through personal one-on-one sessions, speaking at community network groups, hosting public seminars and corporate presentations, Anne’s wealth of knowledge and ability to relate to her audience is tangible, inspiring, and thought-provoking.

Cocktail Series Event
2019-12-13 19:00 - 22:00 | Peca Restaurant, 7 Gregory Hills Dr,, Gledswood Hills 4622 0812, NSW, 2557
Cocktail Series Event
Join us in celebrating our first Christmas together at Victress Connection and to reflect upon each other’s success throughout the year gone by!
2019 has been an exciting year for us and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed sharing experiences and laughter with you at each of our breakfast events. To celebrate the end of year and re-connect with you, we’ve invited to our Cocktail Series Event at PECA each of the wonderful speakers whom have shared their expertise with us throughout the year; Nikki Heald, Laurene McKenzie, Mia Van Tubbergh, Clare McCabe and Anna Hinder. This is a perfect opportunity to get to know them a little better or personally thank them for their contributions at Victress!
We know that the holidays are a time to be enjoyed with family and friends. With this in mind, we are welcoming along to PECA any family members, friends or colleagues you would like to bring along; male or female. Just register them for a ticket or send them the information to register themselves.
If you’ve already been to PECA, you know you’re in for a treat! If this will be your first experience of PECA, we’re confident you’ll be impressed not only by the gorgeous, contemporary restaurant interior, but also the delicious and meticulously prepared food! In addition to enjoying selections from the delectable canape menu and a mouth-watering dessert, there will be a selection of alcohol and other drinks on offer, included in your ticket, from 6pm – 9pm.
Get in early for this one, as places are limited! We look forward to sharing time with you at this relaxed Cocktail Series Event.

True Grit – Passion, Perseverance & Success
2019-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
True Grit – Passion, Perseverance & Success
What does it take to have true grit? How do successful business women combine passion and perseverance to achieve their goals? Come along and learn what true grit looks like in both career success and horse racing this Melbourne Cup day. We will look at what grit is, how you build it in yourself and others and why it makes a difference to career success. If you have ever wondered how to increase the proactiveness of yourself and your teams come along and join us.

About Anna

Anna Hinder is the Principal of Searl Street Consulting. With over nineteen years of experience in human resources, Anna has held a range of senior HR generalist roles in financial services, global consulting and investment banking. Anna has worked with partner leadership teams across Australia, Asia and Europe and understands the environment and challenges of influencing business leaders on people issues in fast paced organisations.
Anna holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Anthropology from the University of Queensland, a Master of Commerce (HRM) from the University of New South Wales and extensive post-graduate qualifications in leadership and positive psychology. Anna has been an adjunct faculty with the Australian Graduate School of Management, Australian Institute of Police Management and The University of Sydney.
Anna enjoys the intersection of evidence based research and practical challenges of managing professional in firms and partnership structures. Anna continues to be interested in the commercial applications of research into what makes organizations and people more effective in their work.
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Lead to Train, Retain and Succeed
2019-10-01 07:00 - 09:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Lead to Train, Retain and Succeed

In a world where everything is constantly changing, businesses need to respond quickly to succeed. When it comes to leadership – what used to work before, simply isn’t working now and certainly won’t work in the future.
Clare will share insights on how adapting your leadership style will get the right people, right teams and right outcomes for you and your business.

About Clare

Clare McCabe is the founder of MacPac HR, a Human Resources company that helps business owners, leaders, managers and staff navigate the many, and often hidden, challenges of the people side of business.
Before devoting herself to working fulltime at MacPac HR over 10 years ago, Clare was working as General Manager, Americas for an international award-winning food packaging company. It was this role that saw Clare combine her Operational Management experience with her love of working in the HR field and with people – and working with large clients such as Pepsi-Co throughout North and South America.
Clare has a strong passion for working with women in continuing to develop their knowledge and skills, which led to her developing the Women in Leadership program that has been rolled out across NSW and was successfully championed by local council in 2018 and 2019 meaning more women than ever are gaining exposure to the program.
In addition to her continued and challenging role as a HR Consultant, Clare also has a passion for sport, which has seen her achieve the highest possible recognition as an International Netball Umpire in 2003. This has led her to officiate at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and many Test Series around the world as well as domestically in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy and Trans-Tasman competitions.
If this wasn’t enough, Clare also volunteers her time and assists community groups such as Meals on Wheels where she is Vice President of her local group – as well as recently becoming President of Mens Netball NSW.

The Message Behind Social Media
2019-09-03 07:00 - 09:00 | Luigis Restaurant, 15 Old Menangle Rd, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia
Connect Engage Nurture –
The message behind social media

With all the noise online, does your social media encompass your sales strategy or are you just throwing mud against a wall to see what will stick?
Join Mia Van Tubbergh and Laurene McKenzie as they walk you through your sales message and provide you with strategies to Connect, Engage and Nurture your networks.

About Mia

Mia Van Tubbergh – Business Growth Specialist
With over 20 years of experience in B2B and B2C Sales, Mia has a wealth of knowledge and practical experience within the sales process and is passionate about training productive and profitable sales teams. Mia is highly effective in building sales strategy and is determined to bring the sexy back into sales. By providing comprehensive training in cold calling and sales messaging, sales teams become more confident in their ability to sell which sees only one result… increased profitability!

About Laurene

Laurene McKenzie – Business Development Specialist | Marketing Plan Architect
Laurene specialises in assisting clients to develop a clear plan and Business Development strategy (Marketing and Sales). This results in her clients having more time to invest in their business for the things that they do really well or need to focus on. Laurene applies her expertise to help strategically manage internal processes with simple, cost effective and, more importantly, successful ways to increase Sales and in turn result in growth.
Truly passionate about her work, Laurene prides herself on providing exceptional service and support to her team, clients and business partners. She is recognised as being highly creative, someone who can be relied upon to come up with a new approach where needed and to always follow through and get the job done.
