ODA october event

October Event Review: Insights into the impact of the coronavirus crisis on employee experience – and what to do about it!

The Stats tell the story! On 28th October at 6.30 we all settled into our favourite nook of the house to tune into ODA via zoom. A wonderful outcome of our regular Zoom events is that our collective voice is growing, with regulars from regional Victorians, New South Wales and beyond. Our friendship circle is growing.   Our guest speaker …

May 2019 event with Kristyn Haywood

May Event Review – Fostering Trust in Leadership with Kristyn Haywood

Our ODA community gathered on a freezing cold Melbourne May evening to speak with ‘People for Success’ founder, Kristyn Haywood, about leadership, trust, and courage.   Kristyn has a strong reputation as a leader whisperer, and her self-described “quirkiness” is immediately disarming. She is an experienced facilitator and executive coach, using her skills and learnings for leadership education and transformational …

Fostering Trust in Leadership

‘People for Success’ founder, Kristyn Haywood, talked about leadership, trust, and courage at the ODA May 2019 Event. Kristyn’s passion for her new program A Leader’s Six Obsessions was immediately evident. The program works to foster leadership mindsets and behaviours that build “energetic, passionate and focused teams.” Building trust is an essential foundation for strong teams in a modern business environment. Getting …

August 2018 – “Dialogue in the Dark”

What an absolutely fabulous experience! First though, our thanks must go to Glenda Hutchinson for creating this opportunity for ODA, its members and guests, and to the co-facilitators for the evening, Catherine and Russell, who created a safe and secure environment for us. This event was billed as “a workshop unlike any other”, and it certainly lived up to that …

Can play have its rightful place at work?

with Wendy Grenfell CEO and founder Elgin Hall Merrilee McCoy General Manager Trash Puppets Jhess McKnight Creative Director Trash Puppets Our last event in 2016 was “Can play have its rightful place at work?”. A big thank you to our presenters Wendy Grenfell (CEO Elgin Hall), and Merrilee McCoy and Jhess Knight from Trash Puppets. We had an absolutely delightful …

Crucial Conversations – Crucial Accountabilities

with Geoff Fleming General Manager VitalSmarts (Aust/NZ) This was another well attended event that provided those in attendance with both a theoretical and hands-on experience with how to deal with difficult interactions in the workplace. Our presenter, Geoff Flemming, set the scene by exploring our behaviour when faced with difficult conversations and how we typically respond to them. He suggested …