HSF Pro Bono Seminar – Are you an Inclusive Leader in the NFP Sector?

23 July 2018

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Would you like to develop skills to help you become an innovative and inclusive leader?

Inclusive leadership used to be a “nice to have” but is now essential and separates high performing teams and organisations from the average.

The Herbert Smith Freehills Pro Bono & Citizenship team are offering their key pro bono clients the opportunity to benefit from Heather Price’s (CEO of Symmetra) experience and expertise in a two hour seminar on inclusive leadership. She will walk attendees through inclusive leadership – what it is about, how to build your inclusive leadership capability and how to use this information to position your organisation to thrive in these disruptive times.

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