THE BRUNCH CLUB PRESENTS LIZ MCMILLAN – FEBRUARY 2026
Liz McMillan is a Business and Executive Advisor, Coach and Consultant and two-time CEO who helps leaders and organisations find alignment and expand what’s possible. With more than 20 years in Silicon Valley leading technology, publishing, and SaaS companies – including as CEO of Dictionary.com and Teach Starter – Liz brings the precision of a strategist and the depth of a humanist to every stage and boardroom. Her work blends strategy and humanity, showing leaders that alignment isn’t abstract – it’s structural. By connecting purpose, values, and goals, Liz helps leaders move from chaos to clarity, from reaction to intention, and from leadership fatigue to confident, conviction-led impact. Known for her grounded wisdom and pragmatic approach, Liz challenges conventional thinking about leadership and success. She shows that when leaders align who they are with what they’re building, they create reciprocity, sustainability, and lasting value – not just for their organisations, but for the people and communities they influence.
he Human Architecture of Alignment is a keynote about the structure that makes leadership – and business – work. Every business challenge is, at its core, an alignment challenge. Leaders don’t fail for lack of intelligence or effort – they struggle when their purpose, values, and goals fall out of rhythm. Misalignment quietly erodes trust, fractures culture, and drains performance. But when alignment is intentional, it becomes a leader’s most pragmatic and human advantage: the architecture that connects who you are, how you lead, and what you build. Through powerful storytelling – from Nina Simone’s artistic awakening to the leadership transformations Liz McMillan led as CEO of Dictionary.com and Teach Starter – audiences are taken on a journey that reveals how alignment turns truth and courage into clarity, conviction, and confidence. Liz exposes the Accidental Journey to Alignment – the six painful, universal stages leaders face when they pursue alignment without structure – and then shows how to replace that chaos with an intentional architecture built on purpose, values, and goals. She explores how alignment creates reciprocity that compounds into value creation, turning capable leaders into great leaders and successful companies into enduring assets. At its heart, this presentation is both deeply personal and strategically practical. It challenges leaders to see alignment not as a soft skill, but as the structure behind sustainable success – the bridge between personal truth and commercial performance. Because when leaders are aligned, strategy sings, culture thrives, and value compounds. Alignment isn’t a mindset. It’s the structure that makes everything work.
Find Liz Online
Website: liz-mcmillan.com
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The Brunch Club Events
The Brunch Club is the ultimate brunch event for people in business – think TEDx talks over delicious food and drinks. Come and join others just like you in a fabulous casual environment ✨, learn more about the topics you love from guest speakers who are leaders in their field 👸🏻. Have a cheeky beverage 🍹, plenty of laughs and win prizes over our favourite meal of the day – brunch!
The Brunch Club is a strictly no sales, no business cards, no pressure networking event. While I encourage you to meet new people, have a great time and expand your knowledge base – this is the event to come to if you’re sick of 30 second spiels and having business cards forced upon you. I want everyone who comes along to feel comfortable, supported and welcomed! 💕 When you meet a fabulous person that you’d like to connect or collaborate with, forget the business card and be a little creative. Why not take a selfie together and text each other, add each other on social media, swap emails, or tag each other in stories – think outside the box 📦
Each month I’ll be hosting a new speaker to come and share their knowledge with The Brunch Club, where you can feel free to ask questions and get involved in the conversation.
💁🏻♀️ To make the most of our time together, I’ve put together the menu options for you to pre-order your delicious meal when you book your ticket. 🥞
Be sure to let me know if you have any dietary requirements – there are plenty of vegetarian, plant based and gluten free options available. 🥗
Your ticket includes:
🍉Your meal
🥂Beverage on arrival – choose from juice or a glass of champagne
☕️Tea/coffee
🧞♀️Access to the fabulous guest presenter
🎁 Entry into the lucky door prize draw
Ticket Price: $79
Date: Friday February 6th
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Venue: Surfers Pavilion, 30-34 Ferny Avenue, Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217
Parking: Surfers Pavilion has some limited parking underneath, and paid parking nearby
Tickets close on Wednesday, February 4th
HOSTED BY
Lauren Bryant is a twin mum, event host, and award-winning small business specialist with a background in automotive and finance. As the founder of Empower House, she has spent nearly a decade helping women streamline and scale their businesses, while building more time, clarity, and confidence along the way.
At the heart of Lauren’s work is community. Through The Brunch Club, she has created a no-pressure networking space where women in business can show up as they are, feel genuinely seen and heard, and build meaningful connections. Across more than 70 live events, Lauren has facilitated thousands of connections and helped raise tens of thousands of dollars for charity.
Lauren is passionate about creating spaces that feel welcoming, supportive, and human — where conversation matters more than pitching, and connection comes before strategy. The Brunch Club reflects the values at the core of Empower House: community, empowerment, and education.
Learn More About Lauren
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