Ethics and wellbeing are not just ideals; they’re strategic imperatives. Leaders who lead ethically earn lasting trust. Those who prioritise wellbeing create resilient, high-performing cultures. This retreat is where both meet - at the intersection of personal renewal and organisational impact.

Why it's needed

In today’s fast-paced, high-stakes environment, leadership can be both inspiring and exhausting. The greatest leaders don’t just drive results - they lead with purpose, ethics, and wellbeing at their core. This retreat offers a rare opportunity to step away from daily demands, reconnect with your leadership values, and return recharged - with clarity, conviction, and a plan.

Anu Srinivasan is one of the top female executives in Australia and is the founder of Shvaas - Leadership Wellness and Mindfulness. She is a thought leader, Yoga Australia certified yoga teacher and is highly respected in the industry. She has developed a unique program that combines her decades of experience as an executive and on the mat as a yogi, focusing on simple yet powerful tools to transform your leadership, improve your performance and productivity. Her program will empower you, in a holistic way - mind and body, to be your best, for you and for everyone in your life circle.

Dr Heidi Nicholl has a PhD in Applied Ethics and over 7 yrs experience as a leader in non-profits in Australia. Alongside her academic career teaching applied ethics (including as a seminar leader in the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics at Yale), she ran a successful business for 16 yrs which was sold in 2023. Heidi is currently President of Humanists Victoria bringing good works to life in the community. She is passionate about helping people to live a purposeful life aligned with values and finding ways to do as much good as possible in the time available.

Every attendee will have their own room - no sharing unless requested (please ask us if you’d like to bring a partner to enjoy the facilities while you attend the retreat). All rooms have a private ensuite bathroom with shower. Many rooms enjoy a river view and all have either a double, queen or king sized bed. A few higher-grade rooms are available, please ask us if you’d like to upgrade to a room with a kitchenette or with a private sitting area.

Oscar’s on the Yarra is a quiet, laid-back boutique hotel located in Warburton on the river Yarra. There is a firepit near the river (where we will host our welcome chat) and a newly installed sauna facility. Meals can be taken on the veranda and the Warburton rail trail is just across the road from the property.

We are expecting around eight to ten people - enough to have a diversity of views but small enough to allow for a more intimate sharing experience.

Anu and Heidi straddle multiple professional worlds with deep connections to corporate Australia, non-profits, yoga, wellness and for-purpose work. The workshop is targeted towards people in senior roles with some leadership responsibilities. We also want to nurture up and coming leaders so if there’s someone in your team who you think would benefit from our unique wellness and leadership approach please get in touch.

The Ethics Toolkit session will spend some time examining the intersection between the law, moral codes and etiquette. We will unpack and share examples of situations where leaders experience ethical concerns. The workshop will give a grounding in ethical theory applicable for everyday scenarios (especially around how to make good, morally robust decisions), explore our changing value-set and finally we will build our personal ethical and value-aligned mission to take back out into the world.