Thank you to those in the Oceania region who joined us last Friday for our TCI Oceania webinar! We hope you enjoyed this 'Lunch & Learn' with Phil Preston, globally recognised expert on purpose trends and strategies.
Phil shared his experiences on the paradigm shift towards genuine purpose goals, about how clusters have the opportunity to bring their multi-stakeholders together through this process. It is not easy, however it is worth it as we are stronger together.
He also shares THE most powerful question that leaders should be asking their group ... aren't you curious what that is?
Here you can watch the full webinar recording (49mins).
If you follow The TCI Oceania Chapter on LinkedIn, then you'll get the pearls of wisdom snippets from Phil over the coming weeks.
Note that the recording will be available for the next four weeks - then we will have a second 'Lunch & Learn' on Friday 24 November that will be a group session, some practical communication advice from Phil to support a shared purpose, and a 'what is missing' discussion.
For more information about the TCI Oceania Chapter, please contact Secretariat Tanya Wilkins: secretariat@tcioceania.net
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