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"post_id": "331",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "The Success Paradox – Why Leaders Need Confidants as They Rise",
"post_content_short": "Tom Walsh - Managing Director, Walsh Accountants
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\n"The strange thing nobody tells you about success is that the further you climb, the fewer people you can actually talk to."
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/the-success-paradox-why-leaders-need-confidants-as-they-rise\/",
"post_date": "2026-07-28 03:56:01"
},
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"post_id": "330",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Cyber Risk. Beyond the IT department.",
"post_content_short": "This practical workshop by Lisa Carter, Managing Director of Clear Insurance provides leaders with a clearer understanding of business risk\nand how to protect and strengthen their organisation through effective insurance and risk management strategies. Participants will gain\ninsights into identifying key exposures, navigating insurance structures, and making informed decisions that align with business objectives,\nultimately building resilience and confidence in an increasingly complex operating environment.",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/cyber-risk-beyond-the-it-department\/",
"post_date": "2026-07-28 01:48:00"
},
{
"post_id": "329",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "AI - Where to Start",
"post_content_short": "Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the way businesses operate, creating opportunities to improve productivity, decision-making and\ncustomer experiences. In this practical workshop, Daniel Bayfield, CEO of Veracity, will explore how leaders can safely and effectively\nadopt AI, identify valuable business use cases, and take simple first steps towards building AI capability within their organisations.\nParticipants will leave with a clearer understanding of where AI can add value and a practical roadmap for getting started.",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/ai-where-to-start\/",
"post_date": "2026-07-28 01:36:00"
},
{
"post_id": "328",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Cyber Risk: It's Not Just an IT Problem",
"post_content_short": "Lisa Carter - Managing Director, Clear Insurance
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\n\t"Today’s business environment demands that cyber resilience is woven into your overall business strategy, not treated as a technical\n\tafterthought or IT Problem".\n",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/cyber-risk-its-not-just-an-it-problem\/",
"post_date": "2026-06-19 01:11:38"
},
{
"post_id": "327",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "When Team Members Are Inadvertently Non Compliant.",
"post_content_short": "Douwlene Burdett - Managing Director, Healthy Business Training Academy
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\n"In most workplaces, compliance failures do not come from people deliberately cutting corners or ignoring the rules."",
"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/327\/hbta-logo-_2-with-code-(002).png",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/when-team-members-are-inadvertently-non-compliant\/",
"post_date": "2026-06-08 03:47:00"
},
{
"post_id": "326",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Why 80% of Your Deals Are Lost Before You Send the Proposal",
"post_content_short": "Peter McKeon - Founder & CEO, Salesmasters
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\n"If you’re a sales leader watching well-crafted proposals disappear into silence, the problem almost certainly isn’t your proposal. It’s what happened — or didn’t happen — before you sent it."",
"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/326\/salesmasters_logo_cmyk-July-2025.jpg",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/why-80-percent-of-your-deals-are-lost-before-you-send-the-proposal\/",
"post_date": "2026-05-27 05:25:56"
},
{
"post_id": "325",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Stop Being Your Company’s Most Important Employee",
"post_content_short": "Ben Lightfoot, Director - GrowthGROUP
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\n'There is a hard truth many founders eventually face: if your business breaks when you step away, you have not built a business — you have\nbuilt a job.'",
"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/325\/GrowthGroup.jpeg",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/stop-being-your-companys-most-important-employee\/",
"post_date": "2026-05-22 02:18:00"
},
{
"post_id": "324",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Trust your gut as part of your financial strategy for sustainable business growth.",
"post_content_short": "Louise Davis - FifthEagle
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\n'Sustainable growth comes down to three things: how much you earn, how much cash you keep, and how effectively you deploy capital.'
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/trust-your-gut-as-part-of-your-financial-strategy-for-sustainable-business-growth\/",
"post_date": "2026-05-22 02:10:00"
},
{
"post_id": "323",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Managing a Hybrid Team - How The Smartest Leaders Win",
"post_content_short": "Ben Watts, CEO of Wattsnext<\/strong> “Managing a Hybrid Team” workshop explores the realities of modern hybrid work,\nhighlighting the risks created by ambiguity and weak management systems. He introduces the Five Hybrid Pillars—outcomes, trust, meetings,\nperformance, and culture—as a clear framework that helps leaders create clarity, accountability and stronger team rhythm, supported by\npractical tools and real‑world examples.",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/managing-a-hybrid-team-how-the-smartest-leaders-win\/",
"post_date": "2026-05-22 02:02:00"
},
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"post_id": "322",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Why Your Deals Aren't Closing",
"post_content_short": "Led by Peter McKeon, Founder and CEO of Salesmasters<\/strong>, this workshop helps leaders understand why deals often stall well\nbefore a proposal is sent. It focuses on the critical stages of qualification, discovery, decision‑maker access, and deal control that\ninfluence close rates. Participants review the seven most common reasons proposals fail, identify the upstream sales behaviours driving\nthose outcomes, and learn how to apply a more structured sales process that builds clarity, momentum, and authority—so proposals serve to\nconfirm decisions rather than recover lost ground.",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/resource-centre\/presentation-and-videos\/sales-and-customer-engagement\/why-your-deals-arent-closing\/",
"post_date": "2026-05-22 01:56:00"
},
{
"post_id": "321",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Are you Building a Valuable Asset – or just an Exhausting Job?",
"post_content_short": "Richard Munro, Director - Alternate Business Strategies<\/strong>
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\n"Serious buyers, investors and even internal successors look for a business that can operate predictably without the founder at the\ncentre of every decision"",
"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/321\/Alternate-Business-Strategies.jpg",
"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/are-you-building-a-valuable-asset-or-just-an-exhausting-job\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-26 02:25:00"
},
{
"post_id": "320",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Increase Capability without adding headcount",
"post_content_short": "In this workshop, Petra Zink, Founder & Director at The 360TalentCo.<\/strong> explains how to increase capability in your\nbusiness without adding headcount. Firstly, increasing headcount does not necessarily equate to a better outcome for your business.\nCapability is designed, not just discovered. Petra also highlights that every growth constraint maps to 3 main gaps, people, standards\nand technology.
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/increase-capability-without-adding-headcount\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-25 14:20:00"
},
{
"post_id": "319",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Government Grants & Incentives - What's available and how to access them",
"post_content_short": "Matt White, Director at RD Tax + Grants<\/strong> discusses government grants & incentives - what's available and how\nto access them. Matt highlights how there are a huge amount of opportunity available both Federally and via State Governments, Local & Regional Councils for businesses. In addition, grants are not just for grant recipients, they can be used to defray the\ncost of your fees to your clients.",
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"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/government-grants-and-incentives-whats-available-and-how-to-access-them\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-25 14:13:00"
},
{
"post_id": "318",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Business - Investor Ready",
"post_content_short": "Join David Callaghan, Partner at Mullins Lawyers<\/strong> for his workshop on how to ensure your business is investor ready.\nDavid discusses how to get your businesses structure right to be investible and how to spend time working on your business, not in it. He\nalso focuses on the different types of IP and which ones would be best suited to varied businesses.
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/business-investor-ready\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-20 01:56:00"
},
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"post_id": "317",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Hybrid Didn’t Break Your Culture. It Exposed It.",
"post_content_short": "Ben Watts, CEO - Wattsnext Group
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\n'The businesses that will win over the next decade won’t be the ones arguing about where people work. They will be the ones designing how\nwork works!'",
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"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/hybrid-didnt-break-your-culture-it-exposed-it\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-19 03:59:53"
},
{
"post_id": "316",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Is my NDA on a collision course with AI?",
"post_content_short": "Andrew Nicholson, Partner - Mullins Lawyers
\n
\n'Don’t delay – review your processes and documents now to avoid losing valuable rights.' ",
"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/316\/Mullins_RGB_FullColour_Logo.png",
"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/is-my-nda-on-a-collision-course-with-ai\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-17 01:29:12"
},
{
"post_id": "315",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Why Documenting Your Sales Process Is the Foundation of Sustainable Growth",
"post_content_short": "Peter McKeon, CEO & Founder - Salesmasters<\/strong>
\n
\n'If you want to grow, you must build the systems and processes that support growth. Sales is no exception.' ",
"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/315\/salesmasters_logo_cmyk.jpg",
"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/why-documenting-your-sales-process-is-the-foundation-of-sustainable-growth\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-17 00:26:54"
},
{
"post_id": "311",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Licensing of IP is the Secret Sauce. Tell Me The Recipe.",
"post_content_short": "Join Celia Murray, Director at Untapped Agency<\/strong> for her workshop on Licensing of IP is the Secret Sauce. Tell Me The\n\tRecipe. Celia discusses how intellectual property is made up of intangible assets such as license contracts, databases and prototypes plus\n\tstandard intellectual property such as trademarks patents and copyright. The secret sauce recipe is controlled leasing of IP and\n\tintangible assets, achieving a financial benefit and creating a competitive advantage.\n\n
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/licensing-of-ip-is-the-secret-sauce-tell-me-the-recipe\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-11 04:52:00"
},
{
"post_id": "310",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "AI in SEO in 2026",
"post_content_short": "Peter Curran, Director at Digital Surfer<\/strong> discusses AI in SEO in 2026. Peter shares the forecast that by 2028,\nAI-driven "Agent" searches (where the AI books the appointment for the user) will be common. The 2026 Reality: You cannot ignore\nthe SEO that works now.
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\nGoogle’s traditional results still drive the highest conversion for business owners today. Closing Advice: Build your foundation on\nTrust and Authority today. It is the only way to be "AI-ready" for tomorrow.",
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"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/ai-in-seo-in-2026\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-11 04:44:00"
},
{
"post_id": "309",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Getting More From Your Accountant",
"post_content_short": "In this workshop, Tom Walsh, Director at Walsh Accountants<\/strong> explains how to get more from your accountant. Firstly,\n\tgetting more from your accountant starts with you giving them more context. Your goals, your stage, your communication style, your\n\tconcerns. If they do not have that, they cannot do their best work.\n\n
\n\tSecondly, your business structure should be actively working for you across three dimensions: protection, tax optimisation, and succession.\n\tIf it has not been reviewed in the last two years, that is a conversation to have. Thirdly, the risks sitting between you and your\n\t10-year goals need to be identified, assessed, and managed.\n\n
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/getting-more-from-your-accountant\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-11 04:36:00"
},
{
"post_id": "314",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Why Financial Advice for Australians Living Overseas Requires a Different Approach",
"post_content_short": "Mitchell Kelsey, Director - Runway Wealth Management
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\n\t"For Australians living overseas, managing finances can quickly become more complicated than it was at home. This is where expat\n\tfinancial advice becomes essential. Expat financial advice takes traditional advice a step further by addressing the unique challenges of\n\tmanaging finances across borders."\n\n
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"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/why-financial-advice-for-australians-living-overseas-requires-a-different-approach\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-10 01:28:07"
},
{
"post_id": "313",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "What Distinguishes Successful Business Owners?",
"post_content_short": "Dan Wright, Founder & Director - Thryve
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\n\t"Successful business owners have clarity on both their personal strategy and business strategy. They work hard to ensure both are, and\n\tremain, genuinely aligned."\n\n
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"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media\/website_posts\/313\/Thryve_Primary-Logo-New.jpg",
"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/what-distinguishes-successful-business-owners\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-09 03:54:00"
},
{
"post_id": "312",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Invest in Your Business Now or Choose to Give a Bigger Discount When You Exit",
"post_content_short": "Tom Walsh, Director - Walsh Accountants
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\n\t"At some stage, every business owner will exit their business, whether it’s on their terms or not. Some will plan for it. Others\n\twill hope they can “figure it out later.”\n\n
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"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/invest-in-your-business-now-or-choose-to-give-a-bigger-discount-when-you-exit\/",
"post_date": "2026-03-05 22:44:00"
},
{
"post_id": "307",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Gen AI Without the Hype",
"post_content_short": "In this workshop, Bill Owens, CEO at Veracity<\/strong> explains Gen AI without the hype. Leveraging Gen AI benefits was the\nkey messaging, with gen AI being business-ready now. Executives need to understand AI types and how multiple tools serve different\npurposes. Bill discusses how AI integration has the potential to significantly enhance competitive advantage and that Gen AI comes\nwith live risks that require careful analysis. ",
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"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/gen-ai-without-the-hype\/",
"post_date": "2025-12-04 02:23:00"
},
{
"post_id": "306",
"post_category_id": "1",
"post_title": "Structuring and Planning for your Business",
"post_content_short": "Michael Klatt, Partner at Mullins Lawyers<\/strong> shared insights on structuring and planning for your business. Michael\nexplains how all families are different, that communication is key to ensuring success in transition of wealth. Proper structuring at\nan early stage is essential and different structures have different advantages. He also elaborates on not force the next generation\ninto business ownership if they are unable or unwilling to make it succeed. ",
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"post_content_type": "page",
"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.gc.qldleaders.com.au\/media-and-pr\/structuring-and-planning-for-your-business\/",
"post_date": "2025-12-04 02:10:00"
}
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