Friday 12 June – Friday 17 July 2020
Every Friday for six weeks, we invite you the YPP community of API, to connect virtually over lunch with your YPP Committee Chair as they chat ‘fireside’ with interesting individuals from within our industry who have forged a path and created an exciting career.
This series is designed for early career professionals looking to connect and learn while working from home. Through informal discussions and Q&As, you will hear invaluable career advice and gain insight into the various pathways available. The leaders will offer advice, ideas and encouragement as they share their experiences of time past.
How to purchase
Members can choose to either purchase individual webinars for $20 per session, or purchase access to the whole series for a substantial discount and pay only $60.
To purchase the series as a whole, please click here. To purchase webinars individually, please click on the titles below.
This series of six webinars is worth 3 CPD points. If you make your purchase after the series has begun, you will be given access to recordings of the ones you have missed.
Series Episode Breakdown

Register for all six webinars
This series is designed for early career professionals looking to connect and learn while working from home. Through informal discussions and Q&As, you will hear invaluable career advice and gain insight into the various pathways available. The leaders will offer advice, ideas and encouragement as they share their experiences of time past.
Friday 12 June – Friday 17 July
Episode 1: A New Normal
Training early career professionals from home and the post COVID work environment with Rachel Elliott, M3 Property and Samantha Carroll (SA YPP Chair).
Friday 12 June 2020
Episode 2: Valuing in Today’s Economic Climate
Episode 2 of the six-week leadership series takes us to Tasmania. William Reynolds, Director of Opteon’s Technical Services, is on board to discuss valuing in today’s volatile economic climate. William and Tamsin will discuss how to manage keys risks and valuation uncertainty in a changing market.
Friday 19 June 2020
Episode 3: Real Estate
Episode 3 of the YPP Leadership Fireside Series is getting to know Haesley Cush. Over the last 20 years, Haesley has sat at the forefront of Brisbane real estate and will chat with will chat with QLD YPP committee member Sam Christensen about his key learnings developing his many successful businesses.
Friday 26 June 2020
Episode 4: Business Strategies and Mindset
Join a discussion exploring business strategies and mindset.
Friday 3 July 2020
Episode 5: Resilience and longevity in your career as a property professional
How important is resilience in a time like now? Trent Weir is the ideal person to speak to this topic as his 14 year career has spanned many challenging and many rewarding directions, including the last GFC. This fireside will be about the many different pathways available and how success is all in how you master your own resilience.
Friday 10 July 2020
Episode 6: Career Progression
Marketing Yourself in a Crowded Market with Suzette Lamont, Regional Director Client Solutions, CBRE and Alexa Krapeshlis (NSW YPP).
Friday 17 July 2020