Powerful Presence
Emotional Agility & Communication Tools for Women in Leadership
BUNDABERG - GLADSTONE - YEPPOON
A space to strengthen your voice, presence & impact.
This workshop is for women navigating the real (and often unspoken) challenges of leadership. If any of these sound familiar, you’re not alone:
You find yourself second guessing how to express yourself without being misread
You’re feeling burnt out, stressed, and reactive
You’re often the only woman at the table - and it feels isolating
You’re navigating conflict but feel emotionally triggered or drained
What You’ll Experience:
✅ Practical, presence-based communication tools: Speak with clarity, conviction, and connection - even in high-stakes conversations.
✅ Embodied leadership strategies: Use breath, posture, and energy awareness to lead from a grounded, aligned state, no matter the environment.
✅ Tools to influence culture without overpowering: Guide team dynamics with intention and confidence - no burnout required.
✅ Confidence that comes from within: Lead with your own voice, rather than trying to fit someone else’s mould.
✅ Connection with other women leaders : Reflect, share, and grow in a space of mutual respect, courage and authenticity.
Limited Places. Registration Essential.
This Workshop is for Women Who:
✨ Want to feel more empowered, clear and confident in communicating ideas and navigating challenges
✨ Are shaping teams, guiding culture, influencing decisions or preparing to step more fully into leadership.
✨ Are in a formal management role, running your own business, leading in education or community spaces, or stepping into greater visibility and responsibility.
✨ Lead with heart, want to communicate for impact with clarity and courage, and are ready to lead change from the inside out.
“Any woman stepping into leadership or looking to change the way they lead, would find Melissa’s work both grounding and liberating. She helps you lead from who you are, not from who you think you have to be, and it’s powerful.”
Anita Schicker - Office & Finance Manager Goora Gan Steiner School
Meet Your Facilitator - Melissa Thomson
Leadership & Transformation Coach | Speaker | Wellbeing Facilitator
Hi, I’m Melissa, thank you for being here.
I’m passionate about supporting women to lead with presence, connection, and courage - so they can create meaningful change without compromising who they are.
My work is devoted to helping women express their voice and vision with clarity and confidence, navigate complexity with integrity, and influence culture from the inside out.
This passion is grounded in lived experience. I spent over a decade founding and leading a values-driven school - without a blueprint. I’ve worked across education, leadership, wellbeing, and systems change, partnering with local and state governments, driving legislative reform, and building community from the ground up.
Today, I bring that experience into my work as a leadership coach and speaker, helping women access the kind of embodied presence that earns trust, transforms conversations, and moves people and systems forward.
I’d be honoured to connect with you, and hope to see you at the workshop, and feel free to be in touch with any queries:
Melissa T helps individuals and organisations grow through courageous self-leadership where inner coherence, authentic voice, and aligned action become the foundation for transformational leadership and cultural change.
Opportunities for Leadership Development:
The Aligned Leader Program - 6-Weeks 1:1
Breakthrough Sessions - 75mins 1:1 session
Corporate Consultation & Customised Workshops for teams and individuals
ELEVATE - Ignite the Potential of Female Leaders - a high-touch, bespoke leadership program for organisational leadership development (By application)