You Deserve to be Heard: How Women can Confidently Communicate with Leaders
An empowering 3.5-hour workshop for women who are ready to speak up and be taken seriously when communicating with people in positions of authority.
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Communicating with leaders can feel intimidating. Whether you’re sharing an idea, giving a presentation, or having a one-on-one conversation, power dynamics (both real and perceived) can make it harder to trust your voice, express your ideas clearly, or show up as your authentic self.
At the heart of it all, many women don’t believe they deserve to be heard by someone in authority, so they either stay silent or diminish their own self-importance.
Have you ever:
- Felt intimidated by someone just simply because of their title?
- Downplayed your strengths and skills when talking to a leader?
- Stayed silent when you really had something important to say?
- Felt that you were not important enough to speak to a leader?
It doesn’t have to be that way!
This workshop will help you overcome fear and self-doubt and build the courage to speak with confidence to leaders.
Across this interactive session, you’ll learn practical strategies about how to:
- express yourself in a way that feels true to who you are, while also building trust, credibility, and connection with leaders
- identify the barriers you create when communicating with leaders
- speak about your work without downplaying your strengths
- listen without assumptions and engage with leaders as humans rather than hierarchies
- strengthen the belief that your voice is worth listening to
What to expect:
- A safe learning environment: You will feel comfortable and encouraged to take yourself out of you comfort zone in order to learn and progress.
- A transformative experience: A highly interactive and transformative experience for women ready to communicate with leaders with confidence and clarity.
- Tools for enhancing your communication with leaders: A toolbox of strategies you can use to show up courageously and with increased self-assurance.
- Support and feedback: You'll receive individual support and feedback every step of the way.
You can do this - you just need the tools, time to practice and quality support. Walk out the door with simple, actionable, life-changing strategies that you can use immediately and a renewed belief that your voice deserves to be heard!
Date:
19 November 2026 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Investment: $345
This program is tax-deductable. Consider speaking with your organisation as previous attendees have had their employer support their professional development training.
You Deserve To Be Heard
How Women can Confidently Communicate with Leaders
Full Price $345
Catering
A light morning tea will be provided with vegan and gluten free options available upon request.
About the facilitator
Kerry Pienaar is the founder of Complete Communication Coach, a passionate facilitator dedicated to helping women find their voice, and the author of “You Deserve to be Heard: 101 tips to boost your public speaking confidence”.
She has extensive experience working with female entrepreneurs, executives, and leaders; coached TEDx Adelaide speakers; and facilitated workshops and coaching for programs for women including:
- Pathway to Politics for Women
- Girls Take Over Parliament
- Behind Closed Doors: Leadership Development for Women
- Women in the West: Connecting Women in Business
- Good Shepherd: LaunchMe for Multicultural Women
- Mitcham Girls High School.
An award-winning public speaker and recognised by Yahoo Finance as one of Australia’s top public speaking coaches, Kerry provides a supportive, practical approach that empowers women to speak with confidence, clarity, and authenticity.
What women are saying about Kerry's approach:
"She met me where I was — nervous, overthinking, doubting myself — and gave me simple, practical strategies that worked straight away. It wasn’t about perfecting me. It was about helping me find my own authentic voice. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without her." - Aish
"After a decade of searching for the right coach, I feel incredibly blessed to have found Kerry. She genuinely wants to help me become the person I've always aspired to be - confident and unafraid to share my voice.
Kerry has shown me that I have valuable knowledge to share, and it can make a difference for others.
Thank you, Kerry, for helping me become my best self after years in the shadows. I am no longer scared, embarrassed, or worried about what others think, I know now that we all deserve to be heard!" - Veronica