Commencement Webinar: Monday 14th March 2022 (9:30am to 11:30am)
* Leadership Forum 1: 26 April 2022
* Leadership Forum 2: 31 May 2022
* Leadership Forum 3: 18 July 2022
* Leadership Forum 4: 23 August 2022
* Graduation - 20 September 2022 - 9:30am to 10:30am
This 26-week online course provides a combination of self-paced lessons and 4 x 2.5hr - 3hr facilitated virtual leadership forums approximately every 6 weeks.
Professional & Associate Members $1,995 (incl. GST)
Affiliate Members $1,995 (incl. GST)
Non Members $2,055 (incl. GST)
This course is also available for in-house delivery. For more information please contact the Learning team on 02 8066 1900 or email [email protected] for a quote.
Program Overview
This course is a leadership and people management program suitable for aspiring managers, or people who act up in a supervisory role from time to time. It utilises a blended learning methodology with a combination of online lessons and face-to-face leadership forums, and it is run over a 6-month period. It is ideal for supervisors and team leaders, or new or aspiring managers who really want to develop their skills in leading a team and strengthen their own emotional intelligence. The program is very practical and designed to build personal and team leadership competencies.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate professionalism to support a culture of integrity within the team/unit.
- Show awareness of own strengths and areas for growth and develop and apply new skills.
- Recognise and adapt to individual differences and working styles.
- Keep control of own emotions and stay calm under pressure and in challenging situations.
- Demonstrate a high level of personal motivation.
- Actively listen to others and clarify own understanding.
- Be willing to seek out input from others and share own ideas to achieve best outcomes.
- Ensure that roles and responsibilities are clearly communicated.
- Provide regular constructive feedback to build on strengths and achieve results.
- Take the initiative to progress and deliver own and team/unit work.
- Initiate and develop team goals and plans and use feedback to inform future planning.
- Recognise and acknowledge high individual/team performance.
Program Facilitator
Sandra Wood
Sandra has extensive human resources and organisational development experience having held senior HR & OD management positions in both the private and public sectors. Her combination of commercial and people skills built up over the past twenty-five years is backed by her qualifications in education, business management and executive coaching.
Since 2001 Sandra has been running her own successful leadership and management consultancy and is well known as an expert facilitator, trainer, and coach with a wide range of clients from professional services, financial services, IT, local government, state government, telecommunications, fashion, NGOs and construction and property development.
Sandra is the designer and lead facilitator of many successful leadership courses that have been run across multiple State Government Departments and it is this expertise and quality of work that has seen her establish long term relationships with numerous satisfied clients. Having trained over 1000 leaders and through using diagnostics to measure success, Sandra knows what works and what doesn’t when it comes to people management, and she knows how to make it easy to learn and apply.
Sandra has degree and post graduate qualifications in Human Resource Development, Education, and Management, as well as numerous other accreditations in Coaching, 360 Degree Feedback, Personality, Strengths Deployment, Proactive Resolutions, and Emotional Intelligence.
Sandra is committed to her own ongoing professional development and is a member of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM), the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) and the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).
NSW Public Sector Framework Capabilities
This course is targeted at Foundational to Intermediate level. The following behaviours from the framework are covered:
People Management: Manage and develop people, Inspire direction and purpose, Optimise business outcomes
- Contribute to developing team capability and recognise potential in people.
- Give support and regular constructive feedback that is linked to development needs.
- Recognise performance issues that need to be addressed and work towards resolution of issues.
- Ensure that roles and responsibilities are clearly communicated.
- Assist team to understand organisational direction and explain the reasons behind decisions.
- Keep team members informed of the reasons for decisions so that this may inform their work.
- Ensure the team/unit objectives lead to the achievement of business outcomes that align with organisational policies.
Personal Attributes: Act with integrity, Manage self, Value diversity, Display resilience and courage
- Show awareness of own strengths and areas for growth and develop and apply new skills.
- Acknowledge and be responsive to diverse experiences, perspectives, values and beliefs.
- Support a culture of integrity and professionalism.
- Stay calm and focused in the face of challenging situations.
Relationships: Communicate effectively, Influence and negotiate, Work collaboratively
- Communicate routine technical information clearly.
- Build a supportive and co-operative team environment.
- Respond constructively to conflict and disagreements.
Results: Deliver results, Plan and prioritise, Demonstrate accountability
- Contribute to allocation of responsibilities and resources to ensure achievement of team/unit goals.
- Understand the team/unit objectives and align operational activities accordingly.
- Take responsibility and be accountable for own actions.
- Understand delegations and act within authority levels.
Course Materials
All course materials are provided.
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Enquiries: For more information on our learning programs, please contact the IPAA NSW Learning Team on 02 8066 1900 or email [email protected].