BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260701T073000Z DTEND:20260701T093000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:CBD Women in Business Network| Three Women. Three Perspectives. One Transformational Experience | 1 July DESCRIPTION:A Workshop: Three Women. Three Perspectives. One Transformational Experience \n \n\nThis workshop will be interactive and brings together three women who each provide individual perspectives to explore the patterns that influence how we think\, decide and lead our lives.\n\n\n\nWe'll work through three themes:\n\n\n\nMarcela Acosta shares her framework Still Command : The Internal Decision Architecture. We begin the night by recognising that confidence doesn't come from controlling every outcome. It comes from knowing yourself. Trusting yourself and meeting yourself with greater awareness\, compassion and clarity.\n\n\n\nJane Counsel facilitates Boundary House\, an interactive reflection designed to help participants reflect on their foundations of their professional and personal life\, identify where cracks may be appearing\, and recognising the boundaries that need strengthening.\n\n\n\nCathy Dimarchos focuses on Conscious Collaborations - invites participants to reflect on how sharing influence\, knowledge\, and experience can create stronger businesses\, deeper connection\, and create greater collective impact.\n\n\n\n \n\n\nAbout the Presenters\n\n\n\nMarcela Acosta is a human with a VISION. An ex-employed professional who decided to create and lead her life in her own way.\n\n \n\nWith more than 25 years work experience in company environments within the finance industry she decided to follow her inner call and found her own path living intentionally. She believes that Global Impact is happening now\, starting with the movement that we are all building together from within. We have the power to create change.\n\n\n\nJane Counsel is a leadership and business coach\, training facilitator and founder of thrive4women\, who is passionate about helping women build courageous\, values-aligned leadership and businesses that reflect who they truly are and the impact they want to have in the world. Known for her authentic\, engaging and deeply inclusive approach\, Jane helps leaders and business owners move beyond surface-level success into deeper self-awareness\, intentional communication\, and meaningful impact.\n\n\n\nShe has a corporate background spanning media\, energy\, and banking including her former role as Head of Diversity & Flexibility at Westpac\, Jane has spent the past 12 years partnering with leaders\, teams and organisations across Australia and Asia Pacific.\n\n \n\nCathy Dimarchos is a transformational strategist and global humanitarian operating at the intersection of billion-dollar business growth\, psychology\, conscious leadership\, and grassroots social impact.\n\n\n\nWith more than four decades spanning finance\, governance\, behavioural transformation\, and humanitarian leadership across Africa\, she is known for redefining leadership through awareness\, ethics\, and human connection.\n\n\n\nA TEDx speaker and internationally recognised voice in transformational leadership\, she bridges what most organisations struggle to connect strategy and humanity\, commercial growth and social impact\, ambition and deeper purpose.\n\n\n\nCathy doesn't just lead change - She changes the way people think\, lead\, and build legacy.\n\n\n\nWorkshop Outcomes\n\n\n\nYou will leave with:\n\n\n Greater self-awareness and clarity\n Insight into personal decision-making patterns\n Practical tools for healthier boundaries and alignment\n Increased confidence personally and professionally\n A deeper understanding of conscious\, collective impact\n Strategies to create meaningful transformation through connection\, trust\, and shared leadership\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho Should be part of the CBD Women in Business Network? \n\n \n\nIf you are a business owner\, manager\, hold or aspire to hold senior positions and you're interested in leadership\, you should be involved with this network. Men or women - everyone benefits from the content and participating. If what we're doing sounds interesting\, please join us. Members\, Non-Members/Guests are welcome.\n\n\n\n\nOther Coming Events \n\n\n\n \n 12 June - Building Teams that Think\, Challenge & Perform. Hosted by Success Culture\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n Share:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n 16 June - After 5 Networking | CBD Sydney Business Hero Pitch Night + Networking\n 24 June - CBD Women in Business Network| Three Women. Three Perspectives. One Transformational Experience\n\n\n\nEvent Supporters\n\n\n\n \n \n \naEX Institute (formerly BSI Learning) delivers the Women in Leadership Training programme commencing 14 May 2026. See here for more information. This is a 6-month program designed for entrepreneurial women who are already leading and managing team members and who wish to take their leadership skills to the next level. Expressions of interest to richard@realisebusiness.com.au.\n\n\n\n\n \n\nAustralian professional hair care products that uses no animal ingredients or testing\, vegan certified and accredited by Choose Cruelty Free (CCF). Use plant-based and certified organic ingredients.\n\n\n\nWith the support of the City of Sydney\n\n\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\nMembership.Counts\n\n\n\nPresented by the CBD Sydney Chamber of Commerce to connect businesses through events\, training opportunities\, business support services and a 24/7 digital member community platform.\n\n\n\nMore information here.\n\n\n\nChamber Business Membership is $385 incl. GST for 12 months.\n\n\n\nJoin HERE\n\n \nSponsor Members\n\n\n\naEX Institute | ANZ Business Banking | Bank of Sydney | Corporality Global | CUPRA City Garage Sydney | Cybertify | De Lorenzo Haircare | Forvis Mazars\, Sydney | Juris Techne | The Langham\, Sydney | Realise Business | Resly | Softlabs\n\n\n\nCorporate Members\n\n\n\nAlyve Technnology | Castlereagh Boutique Hotel | Optus Enterprise & Business X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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A Workshop: Three Women. Three Perspectives. One Transformational Experience \;
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This workshop will be interactive and brings together three women who each \;provide individual perspectives to explore the patterns that influence how we think\, decide and lead our lives.
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\nWe'\;ll work through three themes:
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\nMarcela Acosta shares her framework Still Command&trade\;: The Internal Decision Architecture. \;We begin the night by recognising that confidence doesn'\;t come from controlling every outcome. It comes from knowing yourself. Trusting yourself and meeting yourself with greater awareness\, compassion and clarity.
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\nJane Counsel facilitates Boundary House\, an interactive reflection designed to help participants reflect on their foundations of their professional and personal life\, identify where cracks may be appearing\, and recognising the boundaries that need strengthening.
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\nCathy Dimarchos focuses on Conscious Collaborations - invites participants to reflect on how sharing influence\, knowledge\, and experience can create stronger businesses\, deeper connection\, and create greater collective impact.
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\nAbout the Presenters
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\nMarcela Acosta is a human with a VISION. An ex-employed professional who decided to create and lead her life in her own way.
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\nWith more than 25 years work experience in company environments within the finance industry she decided to follow her inner call and found her own path living intentionally. She believes that Global Impact is happening now\, starting with the movement that we are all building together from within. We have the power to create change.
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\nJane Counsel is a leadership and business coach\, training facilitator and founder of thrive4women\, who is passionate about helping women build courageous\, values-aligned leadership and businesses that reflect who they truly are and the impact they want to have in the world. \;Known for her authentic\, engaging and deeply inclusive approach\, Jane helps leaders and business owners move beyond surface-level success into deeper self-awareness\, intentional communication\, and meaningful impact.
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\nShe has a \;corporate background spanning media\, energy\, and banking including her former role as Head of Diversity &\; Flexibility at Westpac\, \; Jane has spent the past 12 years partnering with leaders\, teams and organisations across Australia and Asia Pacific.
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\nCathy \;Dimarchos \;is a transformational strategist and global humanitarian operating at the intersection of billion-dollar business growth\, psychology\, conscious leadership\, and grassroots social impact.
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\nWith more than four decades spanning finance\, governance\, behavioural transformation\, and humanitarian leadership across Africa\, she is known for redefining leadership through awareness\, ethics\, and human connection.
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\nA TEDx speaker and internationally recognised voice in transformational leadership\, she bridges what most organisations struggle to connect strategy and humanity\, commercial growth and social impact\, ambition and deeper purpose.
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\nCathy doesn&rsquo\;t just lead change - She changes the way people think\, lead\, and build legacy.
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\nWho Should be part of the CBD \;Women in Business Network? \;
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aEX Institute (formerly BSI Learning) delivers the Women in Leadership Training programme commencing 14 May 2026. \; See here for more information. This is \;a \;6-month program designed \;for entrepreneurial women who are already leading and managing team members and who wish to take their leadership skills to the next level. Expressions of interest to \;richard@realisebusiness.com.au.
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\nPresented by the CBD Sydney Chamber of Commerce \;to connect businesses through events\, training opportunities\, business support services and a 24/7 digital member community platform.
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\nMore information \;here.
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\nChamber Business Membership is $385 incl. GST for 12 months.
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Sponsor Members
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\naEX Institute | ANZ Business Banking \;| \;Bank of Sydney \;| \;Corporality Global \;| \; \;CUPRA City Garage Sydney \;| \;Cybertify \;| \;  \;De Lorenzo Haircare \;| \;Forvis Mazars\, Sydney \;|  \;Juris Techne \;| \;The Langham\, Sydney \;| \;Realise Business \; \;| \;Resly \;| \;Softlabs
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\nAlyve Technnology \;| \;Castlereagh Boutique Hotel \;| \;Optus Enterprise &\; Business \;
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\n LOCATION:Chifley Event Centre 8 Chifley Square (corner Phillip St & Hunter St) - Entry via Level 6 UID:e.2865.1478 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260612T052213Z URL:https://business.cbdsydneychamber.com.au/events/details/cbd-women-in-business-network-three-women-three-perspectives-one-transformational-experience-1-july-1478 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR