Soft Power Leadership
CURIOUS?
How can you bring curiosity to any challenges you encounter today, instead of judgement? Why would you want to? For all sorts of reasons that mean better outcomes for you and your work. Bringing curiosity instead of judgement helps you manage any anxiety attached to a challenge. It helps you stay grounded and optimistic about…
Read MoreARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH?
I’ve been working with some of my clients on the issue of executive courage, the quality we’ve agreed is far more important and far more challenging to achieve than executive presence. But the absence of executive courage? Now that really IS a challenge. What are the costs of NOT bringing courage into your executive leadership?…
Read MoreAn antidote to women bullying others
The Power of an Executive Women’s Syndicate Power doesn’t have to divide — it can unite. In this short video, Women Leading Women Australia founder Karen Brinkley explores how an Executive Women’s Syndicate creates a rare kind of leadership circle: one built on trust, safety, and shared purpose. Why safe spaces matter As women rise…
Read MoreHow do you use the power you have?
Executive Women in Leadership: Redefining Power What does power really mean for executive women in leadership? In this powerful reflection, Women Leading Women Australia founder Karen Brinkley explores how shifting our mindset about power can change not only how we lead, but what we make possible for others. Rethinking power The Latin root of the…
Read MoreWhat’s next for you and your career?
Many executive women have completed extraordinary programs — AICD, ANZSOG, Harvard Kennedy — yet still find that transformation in their workplace hasn’t caught up with their own growth. Press play above as Karen Brinkley shares how the Women Leading Women Executive Syndicate helps turn professional learning into sustained change and authentic leadership impact. When knowledge…
Read MoreThanks for the difference you make!
In leadership, the greatest strength often lies not in power over others — but in the quiet, consistent power with others. This message from Karen Brinkley celebrates the women who lead through connection, purpose, and courage. Press play above for a heartfelt reflection on how women in leadership are creating meaningful impact — not through…
Read MoreHow are you amazing today?
Executive Confidence: You Are Already Enough Confidence isn’t built by perfection — it’s built by truth. And the truth is, you are already enough. In this short video, Women Leading Women Australia founder Karen Brinkley speaks directly to executive women who give everything to their work, yet quietly question their worth. The pattern behind self-doubt…
Read MoreWhen did you stop playing?
I’ve been trying to remember when I stopped playing with dolls. And perhaps more importantly, why. The question’s come up — as so many great questions have come up — after seeing the Barbie movie, and then seeing the response to the Barbie movie. Particularly the conservative male response that’s centred around Barbie being “man-hating feminist…
Read MoreDeveloping a different style of leadership for women
The state of women in Australia: The bad news It’s not easy to get up-to-date statistics for the state of Australian women. The last ABS National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing in this country dates to 2009, and back then: Those stats are alarming in their own right, but put them in the context…
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