High Performance Leadership Workshop | ECLAT, Hawthorn East

Presented by Top Gun Events in partnership with AFL SportsReady

Friday, 9 May 2025
9:00 am – 4:15 pm (AEST)
Location: Eclat, Hawthorn East, VIC

Unlock elite performance in your team

Step into the mindset of high performing teams at this exclusive full-day leadership workshop, curated by Top Gun Events and proudly supported by AFL SportsReady.

Facilitated by Nick Maxwell — 2010 Collingwood Premiership Captain and Melbourne Storm Leadership Coach — this immersive workshop is built for business professionals who want to elevate individual, team and organisational performance.

Designed for a small and intimate audience, the experience is highly interactive, giving you the space to connect, reflect and apply real-world strategies in a focused environment.

Throughout the day, you’ll gain direct insights from a powerhouse lineup of leaders across elite sport and business. Sessions will explore what drives sustained success, how to lead through challenge and the foundations of building resilient, high-performance cultures.

Michael Voss

Three-time AFL Premiership Captain turned Carlton Senior Coach, Michael Voss brings unmatched insight into resilience, leadership and building high-performing teams. A Brownlow Medallist and legendary midfielder, he knows what it takes to lead through challenge and inspire lasting culture.

Craig Bellamy

NRL coaching legend and Melbourne Storm's long-serving Head Coach, Craig Bellamy has set the gold standard in team success. With five premiership wins and a 70%+ win rate, he’s known for transforming potential into performance through high standards, grit and connection.

Cameron Schwab

A legacy-focused leader, Cameron was appointed CEO of Richmond FC at just 24, later leading Melbourne and Fremantle through cultural and strategic transformation. With an MBA and experience at Harvard and Columbia, he now mentors CEOs on courageous, authentic leadership.

Nick Maxwell

Premiership-winning Collingwood Captain and Melbourne Storm Leadership Coach, Nick Maxwell has helped shape elite team environments across two codes. As the facilitator, he guides attendees to reflect deeply, challenge assumptions and apply high-performance principles in business and life.

Key Topics

• Building a winning team
• Leading from the front
• Creating a high-performing culture
• The ingredients for success & resilience
• Authentic, vulnerable and courageous leadership

Itinerary

9:00 am Arrival at Eclat – coffee, tea & pastries
9:30 am: Welcome by Nick Maxwell
9:45 am: Michael Voss - Resilience and leading through complexity & the power of connection
10:45 am: Morning tea
11:00 am: Craig Bellamy - Leadership starts at the top and culture is the key to success
12:15pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Cameron Schwab 
- Being brave, the authentic, vulnerable and courageous leader
- Leveling up; what business can learn from elite sport
- The score takes care of itself; aligning purpose and performance
- Leadership is about the example you set and the culture you create.
3:10 pm: Nick Maxwell - The day’s reflection
3:15 pm: Networking drinks at Eclat Parlor Club Bar
4:15 pm: Official close