ICON NSW: 2018 Next Step Program

ICON NSW is excited to announce the launch of the 2018 Next Step Program.

Next Step events are designed to support the development of up-and-coming marketing, communications and business development professionals. The program of events has been specifically created to help expand skill sets, build professional networks and provide inspiration for career success.

The program is a series of five separate events run over the course of a year (each interactive event runs for approximately 1 hour, with networking opportunities within a Sydney CBD venue). Although individual registration and attendance is available, we encourage attendees to take advantage of the Next Step Program package which provides the opportunity to register for all five events in the series at a discounted cost. More details on registration for this series are located at the end of this email.

We are excited to invite you to our first event of 2018 in April and share what we have in store for the rest of the year.

Next Step Session 1: Career By Design – your future is up to you

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to say, "My days are full of everything I love, and nothing I don't"?

Linda Murray is a keynote speaker, trainer and executive coach who motivates, inspires and provides professionals with the tools and skills they need to become great leaders.

During this session, Linda will help you focus on your professional direction and what you want to achieve. She will guide you through understanding that the dreams you create and the strategic relationships you form is up to you. You’ll walkaway feeling re-energised, with great tools to support you in bringing your own dream career to fruition.

This workshop aims to helps participants:

• Take responsibility for their own careers
  
• Understand the influencing factors in creating a dream career
  
• Know the steps they need to take to create that dream career
  
• Drive massive action
  

With performance review conversations coming up, this session will be a great one to help you take ownership of your career.

A little bit more about Linda Murray

Linda was 22 when she started her first business. Over a span of seven years, Linda grew the business significantly to a team of 25 staff and became known as the leader in the bookkeeping industry. However, armed with a degree in Psychology and Philosophy, she was aware that her business acumen at the time was limited. After experiencing business coaching at an early stage in her career, coupled with a burning desire for helping others, Linda sold her business at the age of 29 and started Athena Coaching. Ask anyone and they will tell you, Linda is best known for her ability to connect and for taking complex situations and explaining them in a way which is easy to navigate and implement. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience in business, a passion for human behaviour and Positive Psychology, as well as her academic background she shows professionals how to enjoy greater commercial outcomes and accelerated individual success. A light breakfast will be served. Please advise dietary requirements during registration. We look forward to seeing you there!

Event details:

Upcoming sessions in 2018

• May – Next Step session 2: Giving and receiving feedback
  
• June – Next Step session 3: Presenting with impact
  
• August – Next Step session 4: Communicating value and effective storytelling
  
• September – Next Step session 5: The Power of Human Connection to create Resilience, to coincide with RUOK day.
  

Further details on each of the above events, including date, venue, presenters and individual event registration will be circulated leading up to each event.

ICON thanks event sponsor: 

and digital series global sponsor: