Leadership Through Different Lenses

Leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all. In this new masterclass series, Leadership Through Different Lenses, you’re invited to explore leadership through cultural, ethical, systemic and personal lenses. By provoking reflection and challenging assumptions, you’ll shift to a more intentional mindset – enhancing your decision-making practices.

This five-part series continues our commitment to thought leadership and innovation in public sector learning. Each session will offer a distinct perspective on leadership – ranging from navigating uncertainty and grounding leadership in place, to building high performing teams and shaping inclusive public futures.

By joining this series, you will:

• Explore core leadership values critical for today’s public sector environment.
• Engage with expert faculty members and gain practical insights tailored to public leadership.
• Build a toolkit to strengthen your leadership impact and navigate complex public challenges with clarity.
• Connect with peers across Australia and Aotearoa NZ to share experiences, challenges, and solutions.

• Mid-level and senior managers
• Policy professionals and program leads
• Change agents and reform leaders
• Integrity, inclusion, and engagement officers
• Leaders seeking to deepen their practice and perspective.

Each masterclass will explore a different lens on leadership, including:

• Leading in crisis and uncertainty
• Leadership as a relational and place-based practice
• Building high-performing teams
• Policy leadership in practice.

Sessions will feature thought leaders, practitioners, and scholars offering insights that challenge dominant narratives and expand leadership capacity.

This masterclass series will support public sector leaders to:

• Engage with diverse leadership paradigms
• Reflect critically on their own leadership mindset and practice
• Explore complexity and ambiguity in leadership contexts
• Build relational and cultural awareness
• Reframe leadership as a context-sensitive, ethical practice
• Evaluate long-term public value.

Each 2-hour session in this masterclass series combines inspiring content with interactive discussions and reflection opportunities. They offer thought-provoking concepts, illustrative case studies, and stimulating peer conversations that spark interest in innovative approaches. Learners will be introduced to key ideas and frameworks while connecting with peers in a supportive environment designed to ignite curiosity and motivation for continued learning and application.

Program schedule

• Session 1: 18 March, 12pm-2pm (AEDT), Online via Zoom
• Session 2: 25 March, 12pm-2pm (AEDT), Online via Zoom
• Session 3: 1 April, 12pm-2pm (AEDT), Online via Zoom
• Session 4: 8 April, 12pm-2pm (AEDT), Online via Zoom
• Session 5: 15 April, 12pm-2pm (AEDT), Online via Zoom

Coming soon.

Early Bird: $1,550 inc GST (closing 18 February 2026).

Full price: $1,850 inc GST.

Group discount for 5 or more: $1,550 per person inc GST.

Public leaders have always needed to think creatively to solve complex problems and deliver public value to their communities. Now, in a global environment of increasing economic and political uncertainty, it is even more important for public sector leaders to have the knowledge, creativity and confidence required to provide informed and timely advice, and lead others through change.

ANZSOG’s Public Leadership Masterclass series (PLM) are designed to re-energise and educate hard-working and passionate emerging and current leaders and expose them to fresh ideas.

The format of the PLM series has changed for 2026 to better facilitate peer-to-peer learning and cross-jurisdictional connection. Each masterclass series features 5 masterclasses that speak to an overarching theme and are structured to allow for ample reflection and discussion with your counterparts from across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Unable to make every session in the schedule? 

Each masterclass will be recorded and made available to participants for three months after the masterclass is scheduled.

Created by and for the governments of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, ANZSOG creates and delivers education programs tailored to meet the needs of public sector leaders who are currently facing distinct challenges. Our programs are designed with significant government input, for government, and led by renowned academics and respected practitioners. For more information contact engage@anzsog.edu.au.