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19th Nov 2025 | 9AM GMT+8
Zoom Webinar
Reframing Leadership Through Gender Empathy
International Men's Day
2025
Understanding Men. Empowering All
About the Webinar
In many organisations, emotional literacy remains underdeveloped—especially across gender lines. Men are often expected to project strength, suppress vulnerability, and lead with logic over emotion, while women are encouraged to be empathetic but penalised for being “too soft.” These rigid expectations hinder authentic communication, trust-building, and collaboration.
By unpacking these gendered dynamics through a thoughtfully designed programme of storytelling, interactive learning, and reflective dialogue, this webinar surfaces the unseen forces that shape how leaders show up, respond to pressure, and connect with others.
Our goal is to bridge the gender empathy gap in leadership—not to centre one gender’s experience over another, but to foster a more complete, human-centred understanding of how men and women experience power, pressure, and purpose differently in the workplace.
This initiative goes beyond representation—it is about rebalancing humanity in leadership, one empathetic conversation at a time.
The rebalancing of humanity in leadership begins when we bring what’s unspoken into the conversation. This webinar helps leaders go beyond policy and representation—into the heart of how we work together, communicate across differences, and lead with empathy.
Webinar Objective
To spark a new wave of emotionally fluent leadership by helping senior leaders—especially women—understand the emotional realities, communication patterns, and inner struggles of male leaders. Through a mix of storytelling, interactive learning, and reflective dialogue, this webinar bridges gender empathy gaps in the workplace, builds stronger cross-gender collaboration, and drives meaningful DEI impact across leadership pipelines.
Speakers
Impact Speakers
Impact Speakers from LeadWomen and MyMasterMan
Anne Abraham
Prof. Is. Maurizio Rosini
Thought Leaders
Flagship Panel | Inside the Minds of Men: Leadership, Pressure & Allyship
Prof. Is. Maurizio Rosini
Datuk Wira Johan Rozali-Wathooth
Suhana Dewi Selamat
Co-Creators
Inclusive Dialogue | Across the Table: What Male Leaders Wish Women Knew and Vice Versa
Chooi Hoon Low
Jason Leong
Emellia Shariff
Syed Mohammad Muhafiz
Who Should Attend
Leaders
Management
Allies
Champions
Expected Outcomes
Strengthened male-female leadership collaboration
Deeper awareness of unconscious emotional dynamics in the workplace
Better communication in reviews, team discussions, and conflict resolution
More authentic male allyship rooted in self-awareness
Increased psychological safety for all genders in leadership environments
Webinar Agenda
Participants scan Slido QR and share (anonymously) a hidden truth about how they lead (e.g., “I’m expected to be strong all the time” or “I worry I’m too soft”)
Welcome by LeadWomen: Anne Abraham, Founder & Chairperson of LeadWomen
Emphasis on emotional fluency, allyship, and understanding as key to inclusive leadership cultures.
Panel Thought Leaders:
- Professor Is. Maurizio Rosini, Founder of MyMasterMan & Head of Marketing Communication at Alzette University
- Johan Rozali-Wathooth, Founder & CEO of Bintang Capital Partners
- Suhana Selamat, Executive Director/Head of Governance, Risk & Compliance, Khazanah Nasional
Moderator: Liza Liew, Manager – Consulting and Client Services
A facilitated (story-telling) fishbowl dialogue – that ends with the The Leadership Rebalance Pact activation.
Dialogue Co-Creators:
- Jason Leong, Founder Chief Executive Officer, Bettermind Sdn. Bhd.
- Chooi Hoon Low, Master Coach and Independent Non-Executive Director
- Syed Mohammad Muhafiz, General Manager, Human Resources – Group Finance, Petronas
Facilitator: Emellia Shariff, CEO of Malaysian Institute for Development of Professionals (MIDP)
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Webinar Participation Guidelines
1. Access & Registration
- Free participation for up to 500 attendees.
- Zoom link will be shared after confirmation of registration.
- The Organisers may review registrations to ensure alignment with the webinar’s purpose.
2. Dialogue & Conduct
- This is a co-creation space built on openness, reflection, and respect.
- Disrespectful, discriminatory, or disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated.
- Together, we seek to strengthen male–female collaboration, raise awareness of emotional dynamics, and foster better communication and allyship.
3. Privacy & Stories
- Your details will only be used for webinar access and LeadWomen programme updates.
- Stories shared may be personal — please honour them with confidentiality and respect.
4. Recording & Learning
- The webinar will be recorded to extend learning beyond 19th November.
- By joining, you consent to your image, voice, or contributions being part of the recording, which may be shared for learning and awareness.
5. Technology & Access
- Please ensure stable internet and Zoom installed.
- Each participant is responsible for their own connection.
6. Commitment
- The programme may adjust if needed but will remain authentic and inclusive.
- Any changes will be communicated promptly.
Code of Conduct
Leading with Gender Empathy
This gathering is more than a webinar — it is a step towards workplaces where leadership is shared, human-centred, and inclusive. To honour this purpose, we invite you to:
- Collaborate across genders by listening with curiosity and engaging with generosity.
- Acknowledge emotional undercurrents — spoken and unspoken — in workplace dynamics.
- Communicate with care during dialogue, reviews, and moments of conflict.
- Model allyship with authenticity, beginning with self-awareness and humility.
- Nurture psychological safety so every voice, regardless of gender or seniority, feels valued and heard.
By joining, you commit to these principles and to co-creating a leadership dialogue rooted in empathy.
We look forward to seeing you!
For any questions, speak to Anis at anis@lead-women.com or Rena at rena@lead-women.com