Tim Ryan teaches the Radical Candor feedback framework

NAIDOC Week 2025: A Leadership Opportunity for Australian Businesses

INSEAD Professor Erin Meyer takes us inside Netflix culture

As we reflect on International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025, we see how far we’ve come but how the road stretches out ahead of us.

·        Most recent data shows the **gender pay gap** in Australia was 21.8%, equating to women earning 78 cents for every dollar men earn. In other words, women earn, on average, $28,425 less each year. (WGEA [_Australia’s_ _Gender Equality Scorecard 2023-24_](https://www.wgea.gov.au/publications/australias-gender-equality-scorecard)). New data will be released on March 4, 2025.

·        Surveys also show women are underrepresented in most companies’ **pipelines for leadership** roles. ([DDI survey](https://www.ddiworld.com/blog/women-leadership-statistics))

·        Yet more women leaders are shown to support a **more inclusive** environment and a **more engaged** workforce, both of which benefits everyone.

As ever, women leaders have so much knowledge to offer and a lot to say. So, in the lead up to this year’s IWD2025, let’s look below at just some of the women leaders and speakers on [Growth Faculty’s program of learning events](https://ideas.growthfaculty.com/l/1071223/2024-06-12/5q9w34) in 2025.

International Women’s Day free event [Mita Mallick: Reimagine Inclusion in Your Workplace.](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/articles/Creating-Equitable-Workplaces?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate)

As you read this, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion movement is facing a crisis. The International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 theme is “Accelerate Action” but the world is witnessing a shock deceleration on making progress.

Major governments and organisations are backtracking, diversity conversations are getting muted, and many leaders are struggling to understand their role in creating inclusive environments.

As our IWD speaker for 2025 Mita Mallick says, inclusion isn't a trend you can switch on and off. It's a fundamental human need, especially in our workplaces.

Mita Mallick – IWD 2025

A CEW survey of ASX leadership teams reveals 9 out of 10 CEOs are still men, and nearly half of the nation's top 300 organisations (46%) had no women in their **leadership pipeline** at all in 2024.

Yet the top-performing companies do tend to have more women in their high-potential pools who are being developed to take over higher-level roles. (DDI World research)

Kylee Stone, Founder + CEO of The Performance Code, guided and upskilled emerging leaders and high potentials over 3 sessions in Growth Faculty’s Emerging Leaders Program weekly from 27 March.

Topics will centred around the [foundations of leadership](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/articles/foundations-of-leadership?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate), including finding your purpose, [communication](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/articles/communicationskillsforgreatleadership?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate), [strategic alignment](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/articles/importance-of-strategic-alignment?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate), decision-making, conflict resolution, and team building.

Kylee is a proud descendant of the Waka Waka and Kullili First Nations People.  A former Director of Marketing and Strategy with News Corp Australia, Kylee’s 25 years’ experience in the corporate arena has been integral in her facilitation of highly engaging, transformational learning programs.

igh-potential employees

·        Aspiring people leaders

·        New people leaders and mid-career professionals seeking to develop the foundational skills to lead without compromising on their values, health, relationships and wellbeing.

Emerging Leaders Program with Kylee Stone

All leaders will need new skills to adapt to the changes coming next. It’s important to know where the gaping holes are in your team’s future-proofing skills.

Award-winning author and work futurist [Andrea Clarke discussed key insights](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/articles/key-insights-from-work-futurist-andrea-clarke?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate) from her latest book _“Adapt: Mastering Change in 4 Steps”_

Over 45 minutes Andrea shared the traits of “adaptive intelligence” and practical ways leaders and teams can anticipate and shape change. She helped participants better cope with rapidly developing artificial intelligence, shifting boundaries, and ongoing uncertainty.

A former television news reporter and Washington D.C. correspondent, Andrea founded of Future Fit Learning and is the author of Australian Business Book of the Year 2019 “_Future Fit,”_ and _“Adapt.”_

Andrea Clarke – Adapt: Mastering Change in 4 Steps

For all workplaces and leaders, the risks and ethics of AI adoption is a critical issue.

Dr Immaculate (Mac) Motsi-Omoijiade  joined Growth Faculty for a live and interactive session on [AI risks and regulations](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/articles/ai-risks-and-regulations-leadership-action-guide?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate). This included topics such as: 

*    The current regulatory frameworks and governance structures guiding AI adoption globally
*   Ethical and trust imperatives associated with AI, including privacy, fairness, and transparency

Dr Motsi-Omoijiade is an expert in emerging technologies. With a background spanning law, business, and technology, Mac has held roles at the Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Responsible Business,  the University of Birmingham's School of Law, the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies and the Warwick Business School AI Innovation Network.

Her work is at the intersection of technical innovation and regulatory frameworks, with a mission to advance responsible adoption of transformative technologies across industries.

Dr Immaculate (Mac) Motsi-Omoijiade – AI risks and ethics

How do repair trust when it breaks down? What are common trust challenges faced by CEOs, entrepreneurs, teams, and their leaders? How do you earn trust?

These are the themes discussed when leading trust expert and _“Who Can You Trust?”_ author **Rachel Botsman** took to the virtual stage as a Global Headliner for Growth Faculty on 7 May. She shared [trust lesssons for leaders](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/articles/trust-lessons-for-leaders-from-rachel-botsman?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate) in an interactive virtual interview about her new audiobook _“How To Trust and Be Trusted.”_

Rachel Botsman teaches entrepreneurs and leaders at Oxford University and Saïd Business School, and she created the first courses on trust in the digital world. Her writings on trust have been widely published in _The Guardian, Financial Times, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review_, and _Wired._

Rachel Botsman – How to Trust and Be Trusted

As Academic Director of the Langley Group Institute, [Sue Langley](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/events/sue-langley-positive-leadership/overview?campaign_id=701RG00000b3PZHYA2&promo=Blog&type=Affiliate) created the world’s first nationally recognised Diploma of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing and Certificate IV in Wellbeing Science. 

She will lead a masterclass to share her research-backed techniques to practice Positive Leadership, offering participants a practical, inspiring framework that boosts performance, engagement, and wellbeing.

21 May - Sue Langley

As part of Growth Faculty’s AI stream in its 2025 program, [Asma Gulbaz](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/events/Asma-Gulbaz-Integrating-AI-into-leadership-practices/overview?sid=a0KRG00000Eutcs2AB), an engineering leader with extensive experience in driving product delivery and fostering collaboration across global teams, will lead a session focusing on how leaders can effectively integrate AI into their leadership practices.

On 23 July, Asma will guide your team through a discussion on AI adoption, managing change, ensuring sustainable outcomes, and nurturing an environment of collaboration and innovation.

You'll learn:

·        The strategic role of AI in leadership

·        How to build a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement

·        Ways to identify AI-Driven opportunities for operational efficiency

·        Strategies for leading and coaching teams through AI adoption

July 23 - Asma Gulbaz – Integrating AI into Leadership Practices

INSEAD business school professor Erin Meyer is the co-author with Netflix CEO Reed Hastings of _New York Times_ bestseller _“No Rules Rules.”_  In a [live interactive session on 6 August](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/events/ReinventYourOrganisationalCulture/overview?sid=a0KRG00000E6Nzb2AF), she will share her latest research conducted with Reed Hastings on work environments that foster creativity and adaptability.

You will learn key culture strategies from Netflix, and how to value people over process, innovation over efficiency, and how to lead with context, not control.

Through unorthodox principles such as Talent Density, Radical Candor, Freedom and Responsibility, and The Keeper Test, Erin Meyer will lay out a proven, systematic method for building and enhancing a corporate culture that breeds high performance, speed, and flexibility throughout the organisation.

6 August – Erin Meyer - Reinvent Your Organisational Culture

As you can see, our women speakers help to make this a blockbuster [2025 Program](https://ideas.growthfaculty.com/l/1071223/2024-06-12/5q9w34). Growth Faculty’s live virtual learning sessions feature some of the world's most influential thought leaders in business and leadership, many of them focusing on AI, change leadership, and adaptable leadership.

Events are added regularly, so keep up to date by signing up for [our newsletter](https://ideas.growthfaculty.com/l/1071223/2024-07-24/5qfgl1) and see what’s on offer for [Growth Faculty members](https://join.thegrowthfaculty.com/#plans).

Growth Faculty also offers a great value [Enterprise plan](https://thegrowthfaculty.com/#plans) for larger companies to develop leadership skills in teams of 20 or more employees.

2025: WOMEN LEADERS AND SPEAKERS AT GROWTH FACULTY

Growth Faculty’s line-up of women thought leaders in 2025

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2025: WOMEN LEADERS AND SPEAKERS AT GROWTH FACULTY

Growth Faculty’s line-up of women thought leaders in 2025

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Keep informed
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