NAWBO Austin Monthly Luncheon Meeting - October 2026

We invite you to join us for an opportunity to connect with fellow women business owners. The registration fee includes your meal. We look forward to seeing you and sharing valuable insights together!

✨ Forged: Leadership That Holds When Everything Else Is Shifting

The plan changed again. And the people who work for you are watching your face to figure out whether it's going to be okay.

💼 October is planning season. You're building next year's numbers while this year keeps moving underneath you, and your team is carrying more uncertainty than they're saying out loud. Rebuilding the plan one more time won't steady them. Something else has to.

🤝 Join NAWBO Austin for our October luncheon featuring Colonel DeDe Halfhill, USAF (Ret.). DeDe spent 25 years in the Air Force, including two combat tours, advising the nation's most senior military leaders in the most consequential rooms in the Department of Defense. What she learned there is that whether any of it worked had almost nothing to do with strategy and almost everything to do with what was happening between the people in the room. Today she works with leaders through DeDe Halfhill, LLC on exactly that.

✨ DeDe will make the case that the human side of leadership is the operational side, and she'll give us the precision to lead the fear and exhaustion in a room when everything around it is changing. This one is for anyone leading through disruption, restructuring, or a team in transition who has run out of road with the standard leadership playbook.

What you'll take away:

• A clear understanding of why leading has been harder than it should be, and what's been missing from every playbook you've been handed.
• A skill you can practice that produces trust, engagement, and performance that strategy and structure alone can't reach.
• A new way of seeing your role that changes what leadership looks like day to day.

What to expect at all NAWBO luncheons:

• A welcoming environment for all women business owners and those who support them.
• A registration table with friendly faces to help you sign in and a hospitality team to welcome you if you're new.
• A brief NAWBO Austin monthly meeting program.
• This month's Featured Presentation.
• Door prize giveaway.
• Wrap-up and a chance to network with other women business owners in attendance.
• Space is limited, and we often sell out. Early registration is encouraged. We value your time and adjourn promptly at 1:30.