— Masterclasses & Speaking
Cindy speaks at conferences, corporate events, and leadership forums — and delivers masterclasses for leaders and organisations ready to do the work, not just hear the ideas.
— Flagship masterclass
The Credibility Gap
Authenticity + Competence > Performance
Most leaders have more capability than they have confidence in. The Credibility Gap is the distance between how capable you are and how capable you feel — and it costs individuals and organisations more than they realise.
This masterclass is for leaders who want to close that gap — not by performing more convincingly, but by building the genuine conditions for authentic, sustainable high performance. Open to all leaders.
— Program detail
What we explore
Why performing leadership is exhausting and ultimately ineffective
The link between perfectionism and the imposter feelings you are trying to escape
Building genuine confidence through self-knowledge — not external validation
Leading authentically in environments that expect something different
Creating the conditions for sustained high performance
Format & delivery
Half-day intensive format
Open tour: five cities across Australia
Private program available for organisations
In-person preferred; virtual available
Suitable for all leaders — not women-specific
Can be integrated into broader leadership development programs
— Australian tour — 2025
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Open tour: approx. A$795 per seat
Private program: contact us for organisational pricing
— Keynote speaking
A speaker who has lived what she talks about.
Cindy speaks at leadership conferences, corporate events, government forums, and professional association events — on leadership, transformation, authenticity, and the human conditions required for sustained organisational performance.
Her speaking draws on two decades of senior leadership across Microsoft, Gartner, and Amazon Web Services — and fifteen years of mentoring leaders through the challenges that most leadership development programs do not address honestly.
Available for conferences, corporate events, government forums, Board education sessions, and professional association events. Enquiries welcome for both Australian and international engagements.
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Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
Drawing on her experience as Amazon's Emotional Intelligence Lead across Asia-Pacific and Japan — and grounded in the neuroscience of EQ, stress, and performance — this keynote gives leaders the practical tools to get more from their teams by treating them as humans, not staff. One of Cindy's highest-demand sessions.
45–75 min · All leaders · Conference keynote or corporate leadership event
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The Credibility Gap
Closing the distance between how capable you are and how capable you feel — and building the conditions for authentic, sustained high performance.
30–60 min · All leaders · Keynote or executive session
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Leading as Yourself
Why trying to be the leader you think others want is exhausting and ineffective — and how to build real confidence through authenticity, not performance.
30–60 min · Women's leadership events · Keynote or panel
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Human Leadership in the Age of AI
As AI reshapes how organisations operate, the leaders who will matter most are those who can do what AI cannot — create trust, navigate complexity, and lead people through uncertainty.
30–60 min · Women's leadership events · Keynote or panel
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Transformation That Actually Sticks
Why most transformation programs stall — and what leaders need to do differently to ensure strategy translates into sustained execution and measurable outcomes.
30–60 min · Women's leadership events · Keynote or panel
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What Boards Need to Know About AI
A practical session for Boards and senior executives — covering what AI means for governance, risk, and organisational strategy, without the technical complexity.
30–60 min · Women's leadership events · Keynote or panel
— Workshops
Working sessions that build real capability.
Workshops go beyond the keynote to give participants time and space to apply frameworks to their own context. Available as half-day or full-day sessions, in-person or virtually, for private organisational delivery.
All workshop content is drawn from the EXCEED curriculum — and can be customised to your organisation's specific challenges, audience level, and development goals.
Workshops can be delivered as standalone sessions or integrated into broader leadership development programs and transformation engagements.
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Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Workshop
A working session on the neuroscience of EQ, stress, and performance — giving leaders practical tools to understand their own responses under pressure and build the conditions for high performance in their teams.
Half-day or full day · All leaders · Private organisational delivery
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The Credibility Gap
An extended working session built on the Authenticity + Competence > Performance framework — giving participants time to apply the model to their own leadership context, identify specific gaps, and build a personal action plan.
Half-day or full day · All leaders · Open or private delivery
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Authentic Leadership Workshop
A half-day working session on building sustainable confidence, navigating organisational dynamics, and leading effectively as yourself — covering authenticity, the perfectionism-imposter cycle, self-knowledge as leadership strength, and sustainable performance. Written in the language female leaders recognise; relevant to any leader ready to stop performing and start leading.
Half-day · All leaders · Private organisational delivery or women's leadership cohorts
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The Human Side of Change
A practical session on building change leadership capability — not change management process. For leaders accountable for delivering transformation who need to understand the human dimensions of change and build the capability to lead through uncertainty.
Half-day or full day · Senior leaders · Private organisational delivery
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Custom workshop
Not every challenge fits an existing topic. Cindy designs custom workshops for organisations with specific leadership challenges, cohort needs, or development priorities — drawing on the full EXCEED curriculum and EEG advisory experience.
Half-day or full day · Contact us to discuss
— Facilitation
Facilitation that moves the room — not just the agenda.
Cindy facilitates leadership events, executive off-sites, strategy sessions, and conference panels — bringing the same honest, direct engagement to moderated conversation that she brings to her own sessions.
Her facilitation is well-suited to sessions where the goal is not just content delivery but genuine conversation — helping leadership teams reach clarity, surface the real issues, and leave with shared direction rather than a polished summary of what people said.
Available for leadership team off-sites, Board strategy sessions, executive workshops, and conference panels. Enquiries welcome for both Australian and international engagements.
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Leadership team facilitation
Facilitation of leadership team sessions — strategy alignment, operating model design, transformation planning, or leadership capability conversations. Structured to produce clear decisions and shared ownership, not just discussion.
Half-day or full day · Senior leadership teams · Private
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Board facilitation
Facilitation of Board strategy sessions, governance reviews, and technology or AI education sessions. Structured to help Boards ask the right questions, surface the real risks, and engage with complex issues without getting lost in operational detail.
Half-day or full day · Boards · Private
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Conference panel facilitation
Moderation of leadership conference panels — keeping the conversation honest, drawing out the real perspectives, and making sure the audience leaves with something more than a polished consensus.
60–90 min · Conference or corporate event
— Formats
From keynote to masterclass to private program.
Let's talk about your event.
— Booking enquiries
Cindy takes a limited number of speaking and masterclass engagements each year. If you are planning an event and would like to explore whether she is the right fit — for a keynote, panel, masterclass, or private session — the best first step is a conversation.
When you get in touch, it helps to have a sense of:
Your event date, format, and audience size
The topic or theme you have in mind
Whether you are looking for open or private delivery
Your location and any virtual requirements
