Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership
Cranlana Online: Navigating Values Conflict
- Delivery: Online
- Duration: Three weeks
- Course Type: Short Course
- Total Price: $910
Learn how to lower the temperature on values-based conflict and build an inclusive workplace environment.
Course overview
This course equips participants with practical tools and a proven framework to confidently navigate values-based conflicts while fostering genuine inclusion. Students will learn how to turn challenging situations into opportunities that build trust and strengthen leadership capability, clarity and impact.
Six Habits of Inclusive Workplaces
Learn Cranlana’s research-backed framework for navigating values-based conflicts, an essential methodology for cultivating inclusive, high-trust teams.
Designed to accelerate decision-making and strengthen team cohesion, this step-by-step method empowers leaders to address conflicts with confidence.
Grounded in Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership research on ethical leadership, the Six Habits provide a foundation for trust, resilience and meaningful dialogue in diverse workplaces.
Neglecting even one of these principles can weaken a team’s ability to foster genuine inclusion and constructive engagement.
Through this course, participants will master the system and learn how to apply it effectively within their organisation.
In 2019, Cranlana partnered with Monash University to amplify their impact, reaching more leaders across Australia. With the support of The Myer Foundation and Vincent Fairfax Foundation, Cranlana have scaled their mission, bringing ethical clarity to leaders in business, government, and non-profit sectors.
Testimonials:
Cranlana’s course, Lowering the temperature of values conflict at work, led by Leslie Cannold, has definitely expanded my leadership tool kit. For some years now, I have been thinking and reading widely on this topic – it is the leadership challenge that weighs most heavily on my mind. Informal conversation on current contentious and sensitive topics tends to be absent or guarded, so it was very refreshing to attend this course. I gained new insights, new thinking strategies and broadened my understanding of some of the most difficult workplace challenges I anticipate having to face.
The course content was interesting, highly relevant to me as an educator and academic leader and the interactivity with other students was expertly orchestrated, enjoyable and enhanced the learning. The team have deep and valuable ideas to share, they are innovative educators and are way out in front tackling this topic - Julia Harrison
I would highly recommend the taking part in one of the Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership’s online courses. They are invaluable to navigating the complex role of leadership in today’s world - Alice Proud
Key facts
What you will study
- Understand people’s need for inclusion and belonging and identify it as the core driver of workplace conflicts over values, ethical beliefs and identity.
- Be able to define an ‘inclusion dilemma’ and apply it to your own work context to understand its relevance.
- Reflect on your own sense of belonging and inclusion and use these reflections to better understand the concerns others may have during values conflicts in the workplace.
- Understand the difference between task conflict and interpersonal conflict and know what forms of conflict are productive for work culture and which are harmful.
- Apply this learning to a case study involving competing needs for inclusion and belonging.
How you will learn
Cranlana Online: Navigating Values Conflict at Work comprises three modules.
Participants should expect to allocate between three and four hours per week to view videos, complete learning activities, participate in webinars and reflect on coursework.
Outside of the live introductory and closing webinars with the facilitator, the course is self-paced.
What you will learn
Understanding value conflicts in the workplace
- Explore the causes of value conflicts, exclusion and polarisation.
- Recognise social issues that increase the chances and effects of value conflicts.
- Understand and connect with people whose ethics differ from ours.
Leading with ethical clarity
- Manage conflicting values while showing ethical leadership.
- Assess your organisation’s vulnerabilities and take strategic action.
- Create strong teams that succeed and celebrate differing values.
Who should attend
Ideal for senior and emerging leaders across public, private and non-profit sectors.
Who You Will Learn From
Leslie Cannold
Associate Professor
“In this course, we will focus on strategies to address real-life workplace challenges around inclusion, which are being exacerbated by the leakage of social polarisation at work. I’m looking forward to working with you to discover the ways we can turn the temperature down in your workplace and support your confidence and creativity in designing a solution that’s fit for your inclusion challenges.”
Associate Professor Leslie Cannold is a dynamic ethicist, author, and speaker known for making complex ethical issues accessible and engaging. In this course, she brings her expertise in ethics, leadership, and decision-making to help leaders navigate real-world challenges with clarity and confidence.
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