Victress Connection Ltd

Financial Wealth
2020-04-07 17:00 - 18:30 (Australia/Sydney) | 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.
