THE NEW STANDARD OF LEADERSHIP:
HEALTHIER TEAMS, STRONGER PERFORMANCE
Australia's national conference dedicated to
performance, retention, & culture
2 days | 10+ expert speakers
The 2025 conference sold out
- 16-17 September 2026
- Voco Brisbane City Centre
EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS 31 MAY 2026
Leaders investing in practical wellbeing and performance.
Attendees believe content is relevant and high quality.
Supported by respected organisations across the workplace wellbeing space.
Insights grounded in real challenges across diverse sectors.
Who The National Workplace Wellbeing Conference is for
This conference is for leaders who carry real responsibility and want practical, proven ways to lead well under pressure.
- You’ll get the most value if you are:
- A CEO, founder, director or senior decision-maker
- A HR or People & Culture leader influencing organisational direction
- Leading or supporting organisations of 50–100 people, or more
- Balancing performance expectations with rising people risk
- Tired of surface-level business wellbeing initiatives that don’t stick
This conference builds leadership capability that holds up under real workplace pressure.
The Changes You Can See in Your Own Organisation
When the principles from the conference are applied, early shifts tend to emerge in how leadership operates across the organisation.
Within 90 days, many organisations begin to notice:
with less rework caused by misalignment or reactive responses
as concerns are addressed earlier at team level
even during periods of pressure or change
even during periods of pressure or changeincluding improved engagement and reduced intent to leave
easing pressure points that often contribute to burnout
supporting calmer communication and steadier decision-making
rather than treated as a separate initiative
WHAT SOME OF THE 2025 ATTENDEES SAID
The 2026 Lineup
Our keynote speakers and panelists bring decades of experience in leadership, mental fitness, and high performance ready to share practical strategies you can implement right away.
Jason Marshall
WPWI Co-Founder, Leadership & Mindset Expert
Discover how to lead with clarity and intention so your team performs because they are inspired, not because they are exhausted.
Lauren Marshall
WPWI Co-Founder, Burnout & Stress Management Expert
Learn how to build teams that perform at a high level without burning out the people inside them.
Jess Cameron
Emotional Intelligence Expert
Learn how to set professional boundaries that protect your performance, your team’s wellbeing, and the standards your workplace depends on.
Sarah Gray
Perimenopause and Menopause Expert
Equip yourself with science-based strategies to better support women navigating perimenopause and menopause at work, and why it matters to your retention and culture.
Melissa Langton
HR Specialist
Walk away with practical strategies to lead hybrid teams with clarity, accountability, and a culture that does not fall apart when people are not in the same room.
Des Kerr
People and Culture Expert
Get two decades of real HR wisdom delivered through humour and storytelling that makes the hard stuff easier to remember and actually apply.
Michael Furey
Award-winning Executive Coach and AI Leadership Expert
Discover how to embed AI into your organisation in a way that actually improves how your people work, perform and thrive.
Todd Jarratt
Performance Resilience Expert
Identify self-sabotage patterns, build stress tolerance, and lead with clarity and consistency under pressure.
Claire Bateman
Strategic Leadership & Organisational Transformation Expert
Gain proven strategies for attracting, recruiting, and retaining the right people in a competitive labour market where the cost of getting it wrong keeps rising.
Dr Daniel Kirkbride
Longevity Expert
Explore the biological drivers behind fatigue, reactive leadership, and declining performance, and what high-performing leaders can do about them.
Angela Henderson
Co-Founder of the Healing Centre Australia
Understand how trauma-informed practices reduce psychosocial risk, improve emotional regulation, and make your workplace measurably safer and more resilient.
What’s on The Workplace Wellbeing Agenda?
The 2026 National Workplace Wellbeing Conference is built around The New Standard of Leadership and the real challenges leaders are facing right now. It brings wellbeing and performance into the same conversation with evidence, practical application, and lived experience.
Across two days, the conference will explore six core leadership capabilities. Sessions will combine keynote insights, facilitated workshops, and table-based collaboration to translate learning into action.
- 16-17 September 2026
- Voco Brisbane City Centre
Please note the following agenda is subject to change.
Wednesday 16th September 2026
- 9:15am Registration Opens
- 10am Welcome to Country
- 10.30am Welcome from Co-Founders WPWI
- 11:00am Trauma Informed Practices in the Workplace with Angela Henderson
- 11:30AM AI and Wellbeing with Michael Furey
- 12:00pm Lunch- Fully Catered
- 12:45pm Panel
- 1:30pm The Self-Sabotage Gap: How to Stop Getting in Your Own Way Under Pressure with Todd Jarratt
- 2:00pm The Self-Sabotage Gap Workshop with Todd Jarratt
- 2:15PM Afternoon Tea- Fully Catered
- 2:45PM Why Resilience, Decision-Making, and Culture Start in the Body with Dr Daniel Kirkbride
- 3:15pm Curing the Hybrid Headache with Melissa Langton
- 3:45PM The Humorous Side of HR with Des Kerr
- 4:15PM WPWI Co-Founders Wrap Up
- 4:30PM Day 1 Finishes
- From 5pm Networking Drinks
Thursday 17th September 2026
- 9:00am Coffee and Chat
- 9:30am Welcome to Day 2
- 9:45am Creating High Performing Teams with Lauren Marshall and Jason Marshall (Workshop Style)
- 11:15am Setting Professional Boundaries with Jess Cameron
- 11:45am Setting Boundaries Workshop with Jess Cameron
- 12:00pm Lunch- Full Catered
- 12:45pm Fireside Chat: Persuading the Boss to Make Changes & Workplace Flexibility with Claire Bateman
- 1:15PM Workplace Flexibility Workshop
- 1:30PM Navigating Perimenopause and Menopause in the workplace with Sarah Gray
- 2:00PM Afternoon Tea- Fully Catered
- 2:30PM SPEAKER ANNOUNCED SOON!
- 3:00PM Leading with Purpose Not Pressure with Jason Marshall
- 4:00PM WPWI Co-Founders Wrap Up
- 4.30PM Day 2 Finishes
- From 6PM VIP Dinner (VIP Ticket Holders Only Event)
Step into two days of practical insight, progressive thinking, and leadership capability you can apply immediately. Register now and be part of the conversation redefining performance and wellbeing.
The New Standard of Leadership
Traditional leadership models are no longer enough for today’s workplaces.
Pressure is higher. Teams are stretched. Expectations keep rising, yet the old models of leadership still rely on endurance, hierarchy, and pushing harder. That gap is costing organisations performance, retention, and people.
The New Standard of Leadership recognises that performance and wellbeing are not exclusive to the other. They are interdependent drivers of sustainable results.
This conference explores the six leadership capabilities now required to lead effectively in modern organisations.
- Across two days, the conference will unpack how leaders can:
- Regulate themselves before leading others
- Stay calm and decisive when pressure escalates
- Hold performance and wellbeing together in daily leadership
- Build culture as a system that supports consistency, not a vibe
- Lead from purpose rather than reactivity
- Balance empathy with accountability to support inclusion and standards
These capabilities form a new baseline for leadership. They reflect what organisations now need from leaders to reduce burnout, improve retention, and maintain performance over time.
If leadership does not evolve, the costs will continue to rise. Together, we will close that gap.
Two Days that Change How You Lead
This is a two-day, evidence-led conference built around application.
Across both days, the agenda is structured to help leaders think clearly, engage deeply, and leave with tools they can use the next day.
You can expect:
Facilitated workshops after each keynote to apply ideas to real workplace scenarios
Short, focused keynotes that introduce each leadership capability without long lectures
Table-based collaboration where leaders work through shared challenges with peers
Time to reflect and integrate, rather than rushing from session to session
Practical frameworks and tools that can be taken back into teams immediately
The pace is deliberate. Less passive listening. More guided thinking and discussion.
The experience is structured, calm, and human. Space to step out of reactivity, sharpen judgement, and build leadership capability that holds performance and wellbeing together.
From The People in The Room in 2025
Choose Your Conference Experience
A carefully curated program designed to inspire, equip, and connect you so you leave with actionable strategies ready to implement.
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VIP Experience
YOUR TICKET INCLUDES:
- Full access to all keynote presentations, workshops and panel discussions.
- Access to workplace experts and leadership insights
- Comprehensive conference materials and exclusive resources.
- Gourmet catering package, including buffet lunch, afternoon tea and barista made coffee all day
- Networking with high-performing peers
- PLUS:
- 3 course VIP dinner and drinks with facilitators on 17th September 2026
- Priority, reserved seating
- Additional networking opportunities
Pricing:
- Payment Plans Available starting at just $70/week
- Strictly limited to 30 VIP tickets
General Admission
YOUR TICKET INCLUDES:
- Full access to all keynote presentations, workshops and panel discussions.
- Access to workplace experts and leadership insights
- Comprehensive conference materials and exclusive resources.
- Gourmet catering package, including buffet lunch, afternoon tea and barista made coffee all day
- Networking with high-performing peers
Pricing:
- Payment Plans Available starting at just $59/week
Need an invoice to secure approval? We can arrange invoicing for your organisation.
Please email admin@wpwi.org and the team will organise this for you.
WANT TO BRING YOUR TEAM?
Build shared understanding, alignment, and leadership capability across your organisation. Discounts available for group bookings.
Please email admin@wpwi.org to secure these discounts.
- Buy seven tickets, receive one complimentary ticket and have a table reserved for your team
- Discounts available for teams of five or more
Need to Ask Your Boss?
Need to get sign-off before you book? We have put together everything your boss needs to say yes. From the business case to the ROI, it is all ready to go.
Partners and Sponsors of TNWWC26
This conference is backed by organisations committed to stronger leadership, healthier workplaces, and sustainable performance. Our partners support practical solutions that help leaders reduce risk, improve retention, and build cultures that perform under pressure.
Sponsorship and partnership opportunities are available for organisations looking to connect with senior decision-makers and align with Australia’s leading workplace wellbeing event.
Who is WPWI?
Workplace Performance and Wellbeing Institute is an Australian organisation focused on workplace wellbeing and performance.
We work with leaders and organisations to reduce burnout, strengthen culture, and improve performance in ways that are practical, evidence-led, and commercially sound. Our work sits with CEOs, HR and People leaders who understand that wellbeing and performance cannot be separated.
Drawing on behavioural science, organisational psychology, and lived leadership experience, WPWI turns wellbeing into a measurable part of how work is led, decisions are made, and performance is sustained.
The National Workplace Wellbeing Conference brings this work together, creating space for leaders to recalibrate how leadership shows up and what it enables inside their organisations.
Questions About Australia’s Leading Wellbeing and Performance Conference
Who is this conference for?
This conference is for leaders carrying real responsibility. CEOs, founders, directors, HR and People & Culture leaders, and senior managers who influence how work gets done. It is particularly relevant for organisations with around 50–100 people, where leadership decisions have a direct impact on performance, retention, and risk.
Is this relevant for CEOs and senior leaders, or mainly HR?
It is relevant for both. The content is deliberately positioned to speak to commercial outcomes and leadership capability, not HR initiatives in isolation. CEOs and senior leaders will gain clarity on performance, risk, and decision-making. HR and People leaders will gain practical ways to support leaders and embed wellbeing into how work actually operates.
How is this different from other workplace wellbeing conferences?
This is not a wellness event and it is not motivational theatre. The focus is on leadership behaviour, systems, and decisions that shape performance and wellbeing together. Every session connects back to how leaders show up under pressure and what that means for results, culture, and retention.
What will I walk away with after the two days?
You will leave with a clearer leadership lens, practical frameworks, and tools you can apply immediately. Many attendees report clearer decision-making, stronger boundaries, better conversations with their teams, and a more sustainable way of leading without relying on burnout or constant reactivity.
How practical is the content, will this translate into real workplace action?
Very practical. Sessions combine short, focused keynotes with facilitated workshops and table-based discussion. The emphasis is on application, not information overload. Leaders work through real scenarios and leave with actions they can take back into their organisations the next day.
What does “The New Standard of Leadership” actually mean in practice?
It means moving away from leadership models built on endurance, hierarchy, and pushing harder. The new standard focuses on six practical leadership capabilities that allow leaders to hold performance and wellbeing together, especially under pressure. These capabilities directly influence decision quality, culture, retention, and long-term performance.
How are wellbeing and performance addressed together, not separately?
Wellbeing is treated as a leadership input, not an add-on program. The conference explores how stress regulation, emotional intelligence, culture systems, and clarity of purpose directly affect performance outcomes. The message is simple: performance suffers when wellbeing is ignored, and leaders play a central role in both.
What level of leadership experience is this conference suited to?
The content suits experienced leaders as well as those stepping into greater responsibility. It does not assume a specific leadership style or background. What matters is that you lead people, make decisions, and operate under pressure.
Can I attend as part of a leadership team or group booking?
Yes. Team attendance is encouraged and often delivers the strongest impact. Shared language and understanding make it easier to apply the learnings back at work. Group discounts and team booking options are available.
What makes this conference worth two full days out of the business?
Because it addresses the real costs leaders are already carrying, rework, burnout, disengagement, and reactive decision-making. Two focused days create space to step out of constant pressure, recalibrate leadership approach, and build capability that saves time, energy, and people risk in the months that follow.
Can I request an invoice for my ticket?
Yes. Invoices can be issued for individual tickets or team bookings if your organisation requires it for approval or payment.Please contact the WPWI team via email (admin@wpwi.org) and we’ll arrange it for you.