Such a great day - thanks so much for having me there!
Laura Cole
Trainer, Hopes Consult
Sharpen commercial acumen, master teams, and drive your business forward.
ELEVATE is a high-value, practice-led development day designed for current and future staffing and recruitment leaders seeking practical and immediately applicable strategies across commercial decision-making, cashflow and financial resilience, data-driven operational visibility, organisational performance, and leadership, communication and culture.
Following the success of ELEVATE 2026, we invite you to register your interest for next year’s event and be among the first to receive exclusive updates and announcements. Sign up to our mailing list here.
This day is designed to create and strengthen the commercial acumen and operational capability of senior recruitment and staffing teams.
MORNING: Running the Business - Commercial Excellence
A series of practical, high-impact sessions designed to sharpen leaders’ operational and financial acumen:
Payday Super: what does it mean for your business? - Presented by Victoria Kirwin, Apositive
Managing the Recruitment P&L: Get clear on the numbers that determine your business success - Presented by Phil Allen, Finance Director Asia Pacific, Hays (1999-2025)
Cash flow killers: Putting your recruitment business on the offensive in 2026 - Presented by Chris Slack The Finance Consultancy
Driving the business with Data - Presented by Jacky Carter and Christine Wright, The Satori Partnership
AFTERNOON: Leading the Business: Leadership excellence
Facilitated by leadership coaches and industry specialists, focusing on the behavioral and cultural foundations of great leadership.
Introduction to Leading the Business - Presented by Colin Cuthbert, EOS Worldwide
Great leadership - what’s the secret? Presented by Sophie Robertson, Younique Coaching
Speak to Inspire: How Communication Directly Impacts Motivation - Presented by Russell Webb, Claverdon Consulting
The Practical Foundations of Leading a Team - Presented by Laura Cole, Hopes Consult
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Such a great day - thanks so much for having me there!
Laura Cole
Trainer, Hopes Consult
Was a great day! I have a huge amount of notes I have taken down to implement in our business - just in time for planning and budget prep. Thanks to all involved.
Danielle Johnson
National Director, Sirius.
Really thoughtful contributions combined with business owners willing to take time out of their day to grow. Great concept, Great people and Great day.
Chris Slack
Managing Director, The Finance Consultancy
Hopefully the first of many similar events to support leadership capability growth during 2026... Loved being involved and being alongside such industry legends...
Russell Webb
Managing Director, Claverdon Consulting
It was a great day. So many great actionables.
Geoff Millar
Founder, TRC
All great topics provided in a collaborative setting. Looking forward to next year.
Rod Hore
Managing Director, HHMC
It was a great day - thank you to everyone who came, APSCo Australia for inviting us and to my fellow presenters.
Jacky Carter
The Satori Partnership
The lineup of speakers and topics was impressive and relevant; great networking too. Kudos to APSCo for organising a very successful first Elevate.
SDP Solutions
Thanks to APSCo Australia for a great event - ELEVATE.
Samantha Miklos
Managing Director, CMR
Huge credit to APSCo Australia for putting on such a high-quality event.
Colin Cuthbert
EOS
Commercial confidence, cashflow management and operational insight continue to be front of mind for the sector, and it’s great to see these discussions happened at ELEVATE.
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