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    <post_id>817</post_id>
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    <post_title><![CDATA[WA Leaders Podcast with Dr. Paula Smith]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[In this episode of the WA Leaders podcast, host Charlie Gunningham interviews the "speaking lady" of Perth, Dr. Paula Smith, to discuss her
40-year career in business and the nuances of influential communication in the booming 2026 Western Australian economy. Dr. Smith, founder
of the Global Institute of Training and Presenting, shares why many senior executives struggle with public speaking and offers strategic
tips such as the rule of primacy and recency and the importance of using frameworks over "death by PowerPoint".]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-dr-paula-smith/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-05-06 02:06:34</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>816</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Finance Clauses Under Pressure: What Deal Makers Need to Get Right in 2026]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[n fast paced transactional markets, the finance clause remains one of the most failure prone elements of a deal, and often the source of the
costliest disputes. A recent WA District Court decision, <em>Wahhab v BMD Nominees</em>, offers timely and practical guidance for
anyone working with finance conditional contracts, including agents, brokers, settlement teams and legal advisers.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/816/Lavan.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/finance-clauses-under-pressure-what-deal-makers-need-to-get-right-in-2026/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-05-04 05:35:47</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>815</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[GET TO KNOW OUR EXPERTS - Emma Burdett from Huddle Up Creative]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[What is Emma's favourite weekend ritual...]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/815/Emma-Burdett_Header.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/get-to-know-our-experts-emma-burdett-from-huddle-up-creative/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-05-01 06:51:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>814</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The AI opportunity window is open for SMBs]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[For years, meaningful technology advantage required developers, large budgets, and long implementation cycles. That barrier has dropped.<br />
	
<br /><br />
	Today, SMBs can use AI to improve communication, reporting, follow-up, proposal preparation, and internal decision-making without starting a
	major technology project. But this window will not stay open forever.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/814/Sujit_Headermedia_2.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/the-ai-opportunity-window-is-open-for-smbs/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-05-01 06:38:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>813</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Mobilising Australia's missing middle]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Medium-sized enterprises (MSEs) play an important role in the economy, diffusing technology downstream and connecting large and small firms.
	But while they contribute significantly to the Australian economy, they are often overlooked. 

<br /><br />
	Australia’s mid-sized segment represents a smaller share of Australia’s firms and workers than Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
	Development (OECD) peers. This is sometimes called the ‘missing middle’.
]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/mobilising-australias-missing-middle/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-28 06:46:25</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>809</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[WA Leaders — Cyber Exposure Snapshot]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[What attackers already see when they drive past your business.  Cyber Node recently ran a <strong>Cyber Exposure Snapshot</strong> across <strong>351 WA Leaders member and member-adjacent domains</strong>. Nobody was billed, nobody was asked, and nothing was touched, no
	credentials used, no internal systems accessed. We simply looked at what the public internet already says about each business, the same way
	an attacker does before any real intrusion.

<br /><br />
	We’re sharing the results because Australian SMBs are sitting on easily-fixed exposure that they almost certainly don’t know about — and the
	results are confronting.

<br />]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/809/Cyber-Node.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-cyber-exposure-snapshot/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-10 02:19:41</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>808</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The 2026 Shift: Strategic Digital Imperatives for WA Business Leaders]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The digital landscape for 2026 is defined by a move away from platform-chasing toward high-utility, structured systems. For Western
Australian businesses, success will depend on how effectively they own their data and their visibility. Based on PWD’s 15 years of
navigating these shifts, four core pillars will define the market leaders of 2026.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/808/5_digital_trendsplus{WD.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/5-digital-marketing-trends-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-2026/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-07 06:55:14</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>807</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Clauses That Matter in a Crisis: 5 Policy Conditions Being Tested by Supply Chain and Conflict Disruption]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Global disruption is increasingly influencing how Australian businesses operate. Delays in shipping, changes in supply routes, rising costs,
	and travel interruptions are no longer isolated events. They are becoming part of normal business conditions. While much of the focus is on
	operational impact, these conditions are also testing how insurance policies respond. In many cases, the outcome of a claim will depend less
	on the event itself and more on how the policy is structured.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/807/KBI-Image.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/the-clauses-that-matter-in-a-crisis-5-policy-conditions-being-tested-by-supply-chain-and-conflict-disruption/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-07 05:53:46</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>806</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[GET TO KNOW OUR EXPERTS - Greg Rogers from Predictive Recruitment Partners]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Find out what Greg's favourite weekend ritual is .....]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/806/Greg-Get-to-know-expert-flyer-.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/get-to-know-our-experts-greg-rogers-from-predictive-recruitment-partners/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-07 05:35:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>802</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Branding Is So Much More Than Visuals]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[When you ask most small to medium enterprises what branding is, the answers tend to centre around logos, colour palettes and websites. While
	those elements certainly matter, they are only the surface layer. Branding is your reputation. It is the perception people form about you
	based on every interaction they have with your business. It lives in the way your team communicates, how consistently you deliver, how you
	handle challenges and the experience clients receive from start to finish. In essence, your brand is the heartbeat of your
	organisation. 
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/802/Huddle-Up_3.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/branding-insights-shared-wa-leaders-panel-discussion/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-23 05:48:31</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>801</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Value of Values]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Have you ever stopped to consider why it is that so many companies have the same words listed as their values?  Or even why such things
	as “honesty,” “trust,” and “integrity” are claimed as values, when one would think them basic precepts for doing business and interacting
	with each other?
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/801/Dawn-Header.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/the-value-of-values/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-18 04:49:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>800</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[GET TO KNOW OUR EXPERTS - Tony Friday from Brainbox]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Which quick tip does Tony Friday recommend to business owners...]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/800/Get-to-Know-Flyer.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/get-to-know-our-experts-tony-friday-from-brainbox/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-16 06:29:16</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>799</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[How do you eat an ElephAInt?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[“How do you eat an elephant?” The answer is of course “one bite at a time.” This metaphor provides a surprisingly relevant use case for AI
	in bidding. With many years as a bidding consultant, and having experimented with our own generative AI bidding platform since mid-2023,
	I’ve learnt that the most common mistake organisations make is trying to swallow the whole ElephAInt in one attempt. This usually results in
	indigestion, data spills, or wasted effort. So here’s an alternative menu.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/799/Nigel-Dennis-Header-Article-.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/how-do-you-eat-an-elephaint/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-03 02:29:42</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>798</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[When Offshoring Becomes a Strategic Lever, Not a Cost Play]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Offshoring rarely fails because of geography. It fails because of mindset. Most leaders approach it as a margin decision. How do we do this
	cheaper? That framing almost guarantees a short-term outcome. The real shift happens when the question becomes: what should our local team
	stop doing so they can focus on higher-value work? Strategy rarely fails on paper. It fails in behaviour. And people issues quietly derail
	even strong business plans.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/798/brainbox-pink-bg_reduced.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/when-offshoring-becomes-a-strategic-lever-not-a-cost-play/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-02-26 03:51:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>797</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[GET TO KNOW OUR EXPERTS - Lachlan Stretton from KBI]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[See where Lachlan's favourite spot in Perth is and what tip Lachlan recommends to business owners......]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/797/Expert-Header_Media-Post.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/get-to-know-our-experts-lachlan-stretton-from-kbi/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-02-26 03:14:29</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>792</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[WA Leaders Podcast with Michael Malone]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[To many in Western Australia, Michael Malone needs no introduction. He is one of a handful of Australians who have set up a tech company and
grown it to more than $1 billion in both revenue and valuation. Over 20 years as founder and CEO, he grew Western Australia’s first internet
service provider iiNet to be #1 in WA and #3 in the country.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/792/Michael-Malone-.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-michael-malone/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-12-17 06:09:48</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>791</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Picture Gallery - 10 Year Anniversary Party]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Check out the pictures from the 10-Year Celebration party here : ]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/791/Pciture_Header.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/picture-gallery-10-year-anniversary-party/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-12-12 02:28:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>790</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Video - 10 Year Anniversary]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Watch the 10 year jorney of WA Leaders as we celebrated this milestone. ]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/790/Pciture_Header.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/10-year-anniversary-video/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-12-11 01:19:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>789</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[WA Leaders Podcast with Sophia Rossow from Spring Safety]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Born in New Zealand, Sophia (or Sophie) Rossow's parents were dairy farmers. She moved to Perth when she was 3. Graduating from university
with an equivalent of an occupational health and safety degree, she worked in OH&S for several years before setting up Spring Safety
(although as you will hear, that was not its original name) in 2007.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/789/Sophia-Rosrow.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-sophia-rossow-from-spring-safety/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-12-03 23:23:09</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>788</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[WA Leaders Podcast with John Blake Sales Breakthrough Solutions]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[John Blake has been in sales his whole working life. Aged 17, he was spotted negotiating a new battery for his car, by surfie legend Barry
Young. He was offered a job, and never looked back, eventually setting up his own sales consultancy, which he admits is now a ‘lifestyle business’]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/788/John-Blake.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-john-blake-sales-breakthrough-solutions/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-12-03 22:50:41</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>785</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[November 2025 Gallery - Graduation and Event]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<strong>Congratulations</strong> to our Executive Members and Future Leaders on completing your initial Series.<br />
We are excited to continue this journey with you in the Alumni Series and look forward to seeing the amazing things you'll achieve. ]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/785/WALeadersGraduation2025-116.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/november-2025-gallery-graduation-and-event/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-11-26 01:36:06</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>784</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Results flow from SME support]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[MEs are the cornerstone of WA's economy - therefore they need the support in order to scale and grow.<br />
<br />
In a recent <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/wa-business-news/">Business News</a> article, written by Greg Riebe, WA Alumni members
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/grahamwhughes/">Graham Hughes</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jowettpaul/">Paul Jowett</a>
from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/docmosis/">Docmosis Pty Ltd</a> shared their experience in both scaling a business but also
continuing to innovate constantly.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/784/Docmosi.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/results-flow-from-sme-support/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-11-13 04:54:03</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>783</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[WA Leaders Podcast with Richard Kain]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Born in New Zealand, Richard Kain grew up loving science at school, moving on to medical school. From there he worked all around the land of
the long white cloud, and then over to the National Health Service in the UK, before landing in Fremantle, WA in 1993. By 2006, he was up in
Karratha, where he set up Complete Corporate Health.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/783/Richard-Kaine.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-richard-kain/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-11-03 04:57:55</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>782</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[WA Leaders Podcast with Dawn Russell from The Heartware Group]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Dawn Russell is on a mission to make sure every business fits the right people into the right roles, to maximise their happiness and success
at work. Established in 2010, her company The Heartware Group has access to an exclusive system to make this happen.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/782/Dawn-Russell-.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/wa-leaders-podcast-with-dawn-russell-from-the-heartware-group/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-10-31 01:52:57</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>778</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Future of Leadership: Data-Driven, Human-Centered, and Evolved]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The question isn’t whether leadership is evolving. It already has. The future of leadership isn’t about choosing between data or
	intuition—it’s about using both to build stronger teams, drive better performance, and create more engaged workplaces.

<br /><br /> <strong><em>Why the Next Generation of Leaders Must Master Both People AND Data.</em></strong>
<br /><br />
	Leadership is evolving. <strong>Instinct alone is no longer enough.</strong> The best leaders of the future will be those who
	seamlessly blend <strong>human insight with behavioural data</strong> to drive performance, engagement, and innovation.

<br /><br />The old leadership model: gut-feeling decisions, rigid hierarchies, and one-size-fits-all management <strong>is dead.</strong>]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media/website_posts/778/Dawn-Russell-.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.waleaders.com.au/media-and-pr/the-future-of-leadership-data-driven-human-centered-and-evolved/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-10-19 23:57:04</post_date>
  </posts>
</root>
