First Nations Authentic Leadership for Women
The First Nations Authentic Leadership for Women masterclass is designed to empower participants to instil principles of Lateral Empowerment in their daily lives in order to contribute towards elevating their success, their leadership and others.
Through collective storytelling, reflection and shared vulnerability, this workshop will bring attention to and highlight the effects that Lateral Violence has and can have on your desires to elevate your leadership. It will explore how you reflect on and nurture your emotions, practice resilience and build deeper connections to self and your values.
Creating and taking space to nurture and invest in ourselves as human ‘beings’ is vital to our sustainability and our capacity to empower, enable and serve others. This is a space to check in with yourself, enable understanding of experiences, identify grounding values, but more importantly to own your story and instil empowering behaviours into your daily life.
Why attend
Be empowered to connect and understand others, and your own, experiences of Lateral Violence
Understand how you can adopt responsibility towards changing your story & narrative for future generations
Engage in a sacred women’s space that allows you to confront your challenges, provide healing & cultivate your wellbeing
Participate in a space of shared vulnerability & be taught through cultural ways of learning, knowing & being
Discover how to allow yourself the permission, time & space to embody & practice self-awareness & care
Develop confidence in your abilities to be able to live your truth & stand in your true power & resilience
Establish an individual & collective agreement to implement ‘Lateral Empowerment’ behaviours in all spaces of your life
Lateesha Jeffrey
Director and Consultant, Wave of Change Consultancy Pty Ltd
A Northern Territorian, Lateesha is a proud Woolwonga and Kukatj woman, raised on Larrakia and Yolngu Land. Lateesha is a passionate advocate for education – particularly for young women – and the role empowering these young women plays in healing intergenerational trauma and strengthening communities. Which is why she established Wave of Change Consultancy Pty Ltd (2021) and founded the Lateral Empowerment Program (2022), as a way for her to influence meaningful waves of change to empower others.
As the mother of a young daughter, and coming from a large family of 6 siblings, Lateesha knows the importance of having strong role models as we walk in two worlds.
Lateesha Jeffrey She/Her
A Northern Territorian, Lateesha is a proud Woolwonga and Kukatj woman, raised on Larrakia and Yolngu Land. Lateesha is a passionate advocate for education – particularly for young women – and the role empowering these young women plays in healing intergenerational trauma and strengthening communities. Which is why she established Wave of Change Consultancy Pty Ltd (2021) and founded the Lateral Empowerment Program (2022), as a way for her to influence meaningful waves of change to empower others.
As the mother of a young daughter, and coming from a large family of 6 siblings, Lateesha knows the importance of having strong role models as we walk in two worlds.
Lateesha has extensive experience working in the community with a focus on building models for change that deliver great outcomes. From concept through to development, implementation and evaluation, Lateesha thrives on bringing new ideas and fresh energy to “unsolvable” problems.
Lateesha’s vision is to influence generational change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through collaboration, consultation and empowerment.
Your event experience
The support, guidance and teachings of an experienced storyteller, facilitator and role model
Learning grounded in culture and embedded with lived and living experiences
Build on and connect with a strong network of women who lead workplaces, families and communities
Who will attend
This masterclass is taught from First Nations practice, principle and protocols, and is available for First Nations identified women and non-First Nations women to attend from:
- Federal, State & Local Government
- Community & Non-for-Profit Organisations
- Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations
- Universities
- Private Sector
Agenda
All times shown in AEST
Opening of masterclass, facilitator introduction & program background
Weaving connections & safety basket
- ‘Weaving connections’ activity & icebreaker
- Establishing a ‘Safety Basket’ with the group: “What do I need to feel safe to connect, share and learn today?”
Morning break
Dismantling ‘Lateral Violence’
- Explore the understanding of Lateral Violence
- Unpack personal and professional experiences of Lateral Violence within the group
Connect, share & learn
- A dedicated time to share and learn how others have experienced and/or overcome experiences of Lateral Violence
- Emotional mapping: Telling our story
Lunch break
Emotional literacy
- Practising ‘Basket Filling’ as a tool and form of knowledge to support emotional literacy
- Understanding our emotions and where they come from, explored through understanding and unpacking individual backgrounds
Shame resilience
- Exploring what shame is to us and where it comes from
- Learn how to practice shame resilience
Afternoon break
Practice reflection
- Exploring strategies to recognise, name and make sense of experiences and feelings we’ve had
- Implementing the RULER strategy
Reflection on new learnings & takeaways
Close of masterclass
Opening of masterclass & day one reflections
Weaving connections & safety basket
- ‘Weaving connections’ activity & icebreaker
- Reflecting and adding to your ‘Safety Basket’ with the group: “What do I need to feel safe to connect, share and learn today?”
Living into our values
- Highlighting and identifying your individual
- Practising ‘Basket Filling’ as a tool and form of knowledge
Morning break
Lateral empowerment
- Defining what Lateral Empowerment is, or can be
- Establishing an action plan to instil new and more reflective behaviours
Practice reflection & close of masterclass
An opportunity to reflect on your experiences, new learnings and takeaways.
Extended networking lunch
Pricing
Save up until 5 July
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Early bird pricing
Save $600
Save up until 26 July
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Early bird pricing
Save $400
Save until 13 September
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Early bird pricing
Save $200
Standard rate after early bird
+GST
Save up until 5 July
+GST
Early bird pricing
Save $600
Save up until 26 July
+GST
Early bird pricing
Save $400
Save up until 30 August
+GST
Early bird pricing
Save $200
Standard rate after early bird
+GST
Bring your colleagues and save with a group discount
Groups of 5+ save 10%
The event was not just engaging and amazing, it was a profound journey of education and insight for me, told through the vulnerability, passion and authenticity of the speaker. It was a deeply moving and transformative experience”
Lindsey Hewett
Department of Defence
Being in the room with such inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and emerging leaders was truly regenerative. It will be an experience that will live with me for a long time”
Cherie Hill
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts