Women's Plumbing Alliance Leadership Retreat 2026

Time

Session

3:00pm – 4:15pm

🌴 Your Retreat Starts Here – Arrival, Check-In & Welcome
Arrive at Sofitel Gold Coast Broadbeach, check in, settle into your room and receive your retreat program.

5:00pm – 5:20pm

🚌 Let’s Get Moving!
Depart for the evening’s team-building adventure.

5:20pm – 6:00pm

🔐 Prison Island – Arrival & Team Check-In
Get ready to test your teamwork, problem-solving and competitive spirit!

6:00pm – 7:30pm

🔐 Locked In, Stronger Together – Prison Island Gold Coast
An interactive team-building challenge designed to get everyone working together, thinking fast and having plenty of laughs along the way.

7:30pm – 9:00pm

🍽️ Connect & Celebrate – Dinner at Hurricane's Grill & Bar Surfers Paradise
Relax, refuel and continue the conversations over dinner.

9:00pm – 9:20pm

🚌 Return to Sofitel

Time

Session

6:30am – 9:00am

☕ Rise, Refuel & Recharge – Breakfast

9:15am – 9:30am

Arrival & Settle In – Paradise 2

9:30am – 10:30am

🎯 Bring Your Best, Every Day with Melissa Millar
A powerful goal-setting session designed to help you gain clarity, focus on what matters and bring your best to every day.

10:30am – 11:00am

☕ Morning Tea & Connect
A chance to refresh, network and continue the conversation.

11:00am – 11:45am

💬 HR Essentials: Know It. Do It.
A practical session covering the people-management essentials every business leader needs to know — from employment and performance management through to workplace issues and difficult conversations.

11:45am – 12:25pm

🥗 Working Lunch – Connect & Learn

12:30pm – 2:30pm

💡 DISC Workshop 

The session introduces the four DISC styles – Drive, Influence, Support and Clarity – through an engaging, interactive presentation and activities. Participants will complete their own DISC assessment and receive a personalised 14-page report, helping them better understand their strengths, communication preferences and how they work with others.

2:30pm – 7:00pm

💕 ME TIME – Your Time, Your Way
Take some well-deserved time for yourself. Explore Broadbeach, enjoy the hotel facilities, indulge in a spa treatment at Endota Spa located a 2-minute walk away (with services available at a discounted rate for WPA Retreat attendees), shop, relax by the pool or simply switch off and recharge.

7:00pm – 9:00pm

🥂 Dine, Connect & Unwind – Dinner at Garden Kitchen & Bar, The Star!
Come together for a relaxed evening of great food, conversation and connection.

Time

Session

6:30am – 8:45am

☕ Breakfast & Check-Out
Enjoy breakfast before checking out and preparing for the final day of the retreat.

8:45am – 9:00am

Arrival & Settle In – Paradise 2

9:00am – 10:30am

💎 Leading with Clarity and Confidence with Jennifer Aleo
Practical tools for sustainable leadership, communication and wellbeing 

Jenn Aleo is a Mindfulness Leadership Coach and founder of Guided Being Holistic Practices. With 25 years’ experience in Business Management and HR, Jenn combines business expertise with qualifications in Change Management, Holistic Counselling, Embodiment, Mindfulness and Yoga. Her interactive masterclasses provide practical tools to deepen self-awareness, think clearly under pressure, communicate confidently and support sustainable leadership, wellbeing and personal growth.

10:30am – 11:30am

🤝 Industry Connections – WPA Partner Roundtable
An engaging roundtable bringing together WPA partners and attendees for conversation, insights and valuable industry connections.

☕ Morning Tea & Refresh

11:30am – 12:30pm

🌿 Fuel Your Body, Understand Your Health with Melissa Cook
Explore the connection between nutrition, metabolism, hormones and overall wellbeing, with practical insights to help you feel your best.

Melissa Cook is a Clinical Nutritionist, Metabolic Balance Coach and Accredited Health Coach based in Scarborough, Queensland. She works with women who feel frustrated by unexplained weight gain, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain and cravings, particularly when they’ve been told their results are “normal.”

12:30pm – 1:30pm

🥗 Wrap-Up
Reflect, celebrate and look ahead as we bring the 2026 WPA Leadership Retreat to a close. One final opportunity to connect, reflect and continue the conversations before heading home.