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Janet speaks about the messy middle - the place where governance meets people. That’s where behaviours, competing interests, incomplete information and pressure test whether good governance actually holds, and where good judgement is either built or lost.
Janet Attwood helps boards, executives and public-purpose leaders navigate the messy middle — where good governance meets real people, real behaviours and real pressure — so they can think clearly, ask better questions and design governance systems that actually work in practice.
Janet is a regulator-informed governance adviser, Board Chair, non-executive director and author, drawing on nearly two decades inside frontline regulation and current board leadership roles. She speaks on what actually happens in the messy middle — the behaviours, blind spots and pressures that test governance long before a regulator ever does — bringing practical reset tools, not just theory.
Janet is based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales, halfway between Sydney and Newcastle. Janet can travel across Australia for speaking engagements, depending on her availability.
Keynote Speaker · Panelist · Facilitator · Regulator-Informed Governance Adviser · Board Chair & Non-Executive Director · Chair & CEO Mentor · Author, Purpose Under Pressure
Speaker Topics
Every session is shaped around your audience and your theme. These are the topics most likely to start the conversation.
What Regulators Wish You Knew
The view from inside regulation: what actually triggers scrutiny, what a regulator notices in the first five minutes, and the gap between what boards think demonstrates good governance and what a regulator is actually looking for.
Beyond Compliance: Governing Health, Safety and Wellbeing
why health, safety and wellbeing belong at the heart of governance, not in an operational compliance corner.
Chairing in Complexity: Reset Tools for Courageous Boardrooms
How Chairs create the conditions for better conversations, challenge and judgement.
Officer Due Diligence: What a Regulator Actually Looks For
What boards and officers need to do to demonstrate due diligence on WHS and psychosocial risk, not just what a compliance checklist covers.
Governance Under Pressure: The Conversations Leaders Need Before It’s Too Late
Avoiding drift, false reassurance and missed signals.
Making Decisions that Stand Up Later
Judgement, accountability and leadership under pressure
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