2025 Chief Executives and Emerging Leaders Breakfast
Leadership Beyond Boundaries: Innovating for the Future
IPAA Queensland is thrilled to invite the public purpose sector once again to our annual flagship event, the Chief Executives and Emerging Leaders Breakfast.
This popular event has become an important part of the fabric of the sector in Queensland, offering CEOs an opportunity to invest in their future talent and recognise young and emerging leaders in their organisation.
Our 2025 keynote speaker, Michael McQueen, is a change strategist, trend forecaster and business strategist. The multi-award winning speaker and bestselling author of ten books will challenge the sector on how to remain relevant and build momentum towards policy change and implementation.
At this event, Michael will take to the stage to share his latest insights on preparing for what may come next, while also mastering the art of momentum.
In what will be an energetic, riveting and compelling keynote presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to learn and be informed on:
- The key trends that will shape the coming decade and what this means for government.
- The role Generation Z will play in redefining industry norms and community expectations of government.
- The common culture and mindset traps that will set the public sector on a collision course with obsolescence – and how to avoid them.
- Proven and practical strategies for staying one step ahead of change, building momentum and remaining relevant in an era of rapid change.
Further to mastering the art of momentum, the public sector is facing a time where we need to keep pace in the age of uncertainty.
It’s been rightly said that the pace of change has never been this fast, and it will never again be this slow. We are living in a transformative era, and smart leaders know that now is the time for audacity, adaptability, and agility.
Enormous opportunities lie ahead for those that can identify the trends of tomorrow and gear up for them today.
Audience members will leave this event with a clear action plan for achieving effortless growth and maintaining it over the long haul; a conversation that is undoubtedly coming at an opportune time in the Queensland and Australian public sectors.
After all, the public sector needs to be innovative and approach policy decisions with a fresh lens and do so consistently with energy and creativity; something that can be tricky to maintain over the long haul of a policy reform agenda.
Held at iconic Brisbane’s City Hall, the event features an engaging keynote speaker who will challenge the thinking of well-seasoned public leaders, emerging leaders and young professionals alike, on a hot topic and an emerging challenge in public sector leadership.
At IPAA, we think of emerging leaders as those who are new to public service, new to formal leadership roles, or are in the early stages of their public purpose career. We seem them as vital to progressing an innovative and transformational response to complex and evolving community needs.
The event is a fantastic opportunity for emerging leaders to engage with senior leaders, share ideas and expand their professional networks.
DETAILS:
Date: Wednesday 28th May 2025
Place: Main Auditorium, City Hall, King George Square, Brisbane
Time: 7am for a 7.15am start, concluding at 9.30am
Price: Organisational members and partners are entitled to receive either 1 table (of 10), 2 tables (of 20), or 5 seats as part of their membership.
Table (of 10) – Additional table organisational members $1,400
Table (of 10) – General admission $1,900
Individual ticket – FULL financial members $130
Individual ticket – Organisational member employees $160
Individual ticket – General admission $220
This event has been made possible with the support of our Major Event Partner
IPAA Queensland Major Sponsor and Emerging Leaders Capability Partner
Event sponsor
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ABOUT MICHAEL MCQUEEN
Michael McQueen is a multi-award winning speaker, change strategist and bestselling author of ten books.
With clients including Google, Toyota and Mastercard, he has helped some of the world’s most successful brands navigate uncertainty and stay ahead of the curve.
Michael is a regular commentator on TV and radio and his work has featured in publications ranging from The Guardian to Forbes and CNN. In addition, Michael is a familiar face on the international conference circuit having shared the stage with the likes of Bill Gates, Mel Robbins and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Michael has spoken to over 500,000 people across 5 continents since 2004, and is known for his engaging, entertaining and practical conference presentations. Having been formerly named Australia’s Keynote Speaker of the Year, Michael has been inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame.
ABOUT OUR EMERGING LEADERS WORKING GROUP
IPAA Queensland’s Emerging Leaders Working Group was formed as part of IPAA Queensland’s priority for delivering initiatives that meet the needs of emerging leaders engaged in public purpose work.
IPAA Queensland recognises that emerging leaders are the future leaders of our public service and public purpose organisations and have an important role to play as public service and public purpose work stewards of the future.
The working group provides an important opportunity for emerging leaders from IPAA Queensland member organisations and IPAA individual members to contribute to our vision, direction and activities. This cadre of emerging public servants and public purpose workers are well positioned to provide guidance and advice to ensure that IPAA Queensland’s activities are relevant and engaging to new professionals and up-and-coming leaders.