Imagination Meets Leadership for Emerging Tourism Leaders

Step into the future of leadership on the Gold Coast with a dynamic event designed to evolve your leadership skills and expand your vision of tomorrow’s workplace. "Imagination Meets Leadership: Enhance Your LX (Leadership Experience)" is more than just a workshop—it’s a groundbreaking experience for First Time Managers and Emerging Leaders in the tourism and hospitality sector.

Join us for a high-energy, interactive two-hour session as part of the City of Gold Coast Business Week. Proudly supported by the CITY OF GOLD COAST, in partnership with KINETIK GLOBAL, this event offers you a unique opportunity to blend innovation, creativity, and connection in a truly transformative experience. The centrepiece of this session is the new IMAGINATOR, GOLD COAST, a space where imagination will fuel leadership.

This workshop is designed to be fun, engaging, and impactful. It will tackle real challenges you face in leadership roles, providing tools and solutions, and introducing you to the future of leadership through interactive sessions with AI. Reflect on the kind of leadership experience (LX) you want to cultivate and project, and explore what it means to lead in an era where technology and creativity converge.

Event Highlights:

• High-Energy Learning: Engage in a fun and reflective program that challenges you to think about your Leadership Experience (LX) and the role of AI in leadership.

• Future-Focused Insights: Gain valuable insights into becoming a leading professional in the Gold Coast’s tourism and hospitality industry.

• Community Building: Connect with a community of First Time Managers and Emerging Leaders who will support each other beyond Business Week, contributing to a robust leadership pipeline that makes the Gold Coast a premier employment destination.
  

This is your moment to enhance your leadership journey and make connections that will empower you to lead the change in your industry. The future of leadership on the Gold Coast is bright, and it begins with you! Join us, and together, we’ll shape the workplaces of tomorrow.

Registration opens at 9:30 am for a 10:00 am start. Morning tea will be served from
9:30 am - 10:00 am.

Eligibility:

To be eligible to participate in the program you must be employed by a tourism operator / be a part of the visitor economy and fall within one of the categories below:

• accommodation hotels, lodges, hostels, caravan parks, and glamping
• tour and transport - guided and self-guided tours, excursions, land and water-based tours, scenic flights, and ferries
• attraction museums, art galleries, historic buildings/sites, landmarks, zoos/aquariums, amusement parks, cultural centres
• food and beverage restaurants, cafés, bars, breweries, wineries, etc
• venues, conference venues and wedding venues

Approval for participation is at Invest Gold Coast's discretion. Approval will be based on the information you provide in the registration form.

By registering for this event, you will become part of the Kinetik Global Gold Coast Emerging Leaders Community Group. This Community Group will be used in the lead up as part of the program. Post event you may opt out of this Community at any time.

Please note - there is a limit of 1 registration per company.

Terms and Conditions

By registering for this event, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

• Consent to Use Images and Recordings: The Council of the City of Gold Coast, Kinetik Global and Imaginator may make, use, publish, and reproduce images and recordings of you and any accompanying children for promotional purposes.
• No Compensation for Use: You will not receive compensation for the use of these images and recordings.
• Personal Information Handling: The Council, Kinetik Global and Imaginator may collect, use, and disclose personal information about you and any accompanying children for promotional purposes. Existing uses of images and recordings will not be affected by any withdrawal of consent.
• Content Accuracy: Promotional materials referring to you and any accompanying children are made in good faith and are believed to be accurate.
• Copyright Ownership: The Council, Kinetik Global and Imaginator may collect, use, and disclose personal information about you and any accompanying children for promotional purposes. Existing uses of images and recordings will not be affected by any withdrawal of consent. The Council, Kinetik Global and Imaginator owns the copyright in the images and recordings.
• Acknowledgment: Representatives of The Council, Kinetik Global and Imaginator may collect, use, and disclose personal information about you and any accompanying children for promotional purposes. Existing uses of images and recordings will not be affected by any withdrawal of consent.

Host or Publisher Kinetik Global