University of Queensland
Learning the Practice of Leadership
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Beginner
- Duration: 3 days
- Course Type: Short Course
- Total Price: $2,400
Gain foundational leadership tools to confidently guide others and achieve positive outcomes.
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Course overview
One of the greatest obstacles for those aspiring to leadership positions is gaining experience that will enable them to lead successfully and demonstrate their readiness for promotion.
In this course, you will learn by doing a series of realistic and practical leadership challenges that will help you hone key skills, self-awareness and confidence to motivate others. Working alongside fellow professionals, you will engage in activities to expand your capacity to lead solutions and overcome organisational problems.
An expert course facilitator will support you with the tools, insights and activities to refine and reflect on your leadership practice.
Delivered over three days in person at UQ Brisbane City.
Key facts
What you will learn
- Gain insight into your leadership practices and create an action plan to develop your leadership skills further.
- Understand how individual and collective motivation, competence and communication are used in effective leadership.
- Discover ways to delegate tasks, coach colleagues and manage performance to achieve organisational objectives.
Who should attend
- Early to mid-career professionals with little prior knowledge or experience in leading others.
- Individual contributors and functional specialists seek experience before transitioning to a leadership position.
Who You Will Learn From
Dr Richard O'Quinn
Lecturer in Management & Leadership
Richard teaches courses on leadership, strategic decision-making, and strategic human resource management in the graduate, MBA, Executive Education, and online education programs at The Business School, University of Queensland. Richard's research interests include leadership, strategic decision-making, and organization studies using practice and process perspectives. His interest in these fields stems from his previous 23-year career as a commissioned officer in the US Army Special Operations Forces. Richard routinely advises leaders and organizations in leadership, strategy, and organization improvement.
Dr Ree Jordan
Lecturer in Management, Business School
Ree's research focus explores the broad theme of organisational outliers, constructively challenging dominant belief structures and impact on leadership practice. Specific topics include mavericks and maverickism (beneficial non-conformity), game-changers, innovation, entrepreneurship, decision-making, and leadership (including Indigenous womens leadership) in enacting effective, responsive, and adaptive change in a rapidly changing world.
Ree has extensive professional experience in leading organisational change and leadership development initiatives across whole-of-organisations, as well as teams. She has worked with government departments, universities, not-for-profit organisations, and industry.