SERIES 3 WORKSHOP

Build the confidence and capability to lead effectively across diverse environments in this practical, skills-focused workshop. You’ll explore how different work styles and preferences shape leadership approaches, and learn how to recognise and step into leadership opportunities within your current role. Drawing on the principles of situational leadership, the workshop equips you to adapt your approach depending on the context, whether working within academia, engaging with industry, or navigating collaborative partnerships. Through hands-on activities and guided practice, you’ll develop essential skills in negotiation, conflict management, and influencing others.

Mary Ferguson

Mary partners with executives and leaders as an executive coach and leadership facilitator, bringing extensive experience in leadership transformation at the individual, team, and enterprise levels. She specialises in vertical development—helping leaders expand their capacity to think, adapt, and operate at higher levels of complexity. Mary has worked with a diverse range of clients, from academia to ASX-listed corporations and large private enterprises, NGOs, and public health institutions, in Australia and internationally. As an accredited NMAS mediator and conflict coach, she is highly skilled in managing high-stakes conversations, mitigating emotional triggers, and facilitating productive dialogue in leadership and coaching settings. Her expertise spans leadership and vertical development, career progression, executive coaching, well-being, positive psychology, and conflict resolution; essential tools for fostering psychological safety, unlocking potential, and driving transformational change.