Rachael led the 58th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition to Davis Station, only the second woman ever to do so. Guiding 18 people through the long Antarctic winter, she built a resilient team on the principle that respect trumps harmony. Her best-selling books Leading on the Edge and Respect Trumps Harmony share those lessons.
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Peter spent 22 years with NSW Police leading teams through terrorism responses and natural disasters, including the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. That experience inspired him to found Hands Across the Water, now raising over 30 million dollars for Thai children. His book Leadership Matters distils leadership tested in the hardest conditions.
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Maz is the powerhouse producer behind global hits including The X Factor, Big Brother and Dancing With The Stars, and helped create the ABC's Q&A. She takes behavioural science and influence strategies from the entertainment world and applies them to business, helping leaders and teams win attention and lead like rock stars.
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Milly is a Gen Z specialist and award-winning founder of youth mental health charity ALLKND, reaching over five million Australians a year through digital storytelling. She brings evidence-based research and a deep commitment to wellbeing, helping leaders understand, engage and support the next generation entering their workplaces.
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Sonia is founder and CEO of LeadershipHQ, specialising in the neuroscience of leadership. She helps transform process-focused managers into people-oriented leaders by showing them how the brain shapes behaviour. Through high-energy, practical presentations, Sonia puts the humanity and humour back into leadership and inspires teams to lead through inspiration, not instruction.
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Known as Jonesy, Justin is one of Australia's pre-eminent explorers, holding two Guinness World Records and a place among Australia's 50 Greatest Explorers. From Antarctic blizzards to storm-tossed seas, he has spent 18 years undertaking epic, record-setting expeditions, sharing hard-won lessons on resilience, teamwork and leadership under extreme pressure.
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Jana is a dual Summer and Winter Olympian, two-time World Champion and four-time Commonwealth Champion, the first Australian woman to compete at both Summer and Winter Games. Now a doctor training in obstetrics and a mother of six, she speaks on resilience, determination and leading through reinvention.
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Wayne is recognised as one of rugby league's most influential and innovative coaches, the longest-serving coach of a single club with one of the best winning records in the game. Guiding the Brisbane Broncos to five premierships, he shares the leadership philosophy behind decades of sustained elite performance.
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