Marnie Beckett
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General Manager, Community Facilities
Brisbane City Council
Marnie is an executive leader with nearly 30 years’ experience in a variety of industry sectors including local government, health and community care, infrastructure and construction, mining, and not-for-profit.
Her experience includes executive leadership, governance, asset management, strategic advisory, marketing and communication, stakeholder engagement, public relations, and change communication.
Starting her career in a small not-for-profit industry group to an executive role in Australia’s largest local governments, Marnie’s career has spanned a variety of roles that have all required her to provide clear advice to senior leaders to assist in shaping decisions. It has shaped not only her experience, but how it has changed her leadership style.
Marnie will bring her experience to the leadership lab to help facilitate conversations that will help flesh out real challenges faced by leaders every day; especially how to keep our teams engaged, deliver difficult news, but also how we can learn from success and more importantly, from the times that have challenged or tripped us up.
SESSIONS
Day 1
1:55
Mini Leadership Labs
Lab A: Resilience in High-Pressure Environments
The rules keep changing. Priorities shift. Teams are stretched thin. Learn how to lead decisively through ambiguity, protect momentum when others are burning out, and stay anchored when the pressure builds.
Casey Tanks, Chief Financial Officer, Sime Darby Industrial; AFR Women in Leadership 2025 Finalist
Lab B: Thriving in Male-Dominated Environments
Develop the tools to navigate power dynamics, amplify your voice, and lead authentically in spaces where women are underrepresented
Amanda Spencer, Director, Solutions Engineering, Cloudfare
Lab C: Building Strategic Influence
Learn how to manage up, shape decisions, and shift thinking to drive outcomes across your organisation.
Marnie Beckett, General Manager, Community Facilities, Brisbane City Council
Lab D: Leading High-Performing, Inclusive Teams
Unpack what it really takes to build and sustain a team that consistently delivers results. This lab focuses on the behaviours, systems and leadership practices that drive accountability, trust and performance for long-term success – even in the face of conflict, underperformance, or team dysfunction – to support long-term success.
Deborah Dixon, General Manager Navigation, Carers Queensland