Public Leadership Masterclass series
An exclusive online series for public leaders in today’s volatile and uncertain times.
Price
$357.50 AUD (incl. GST)
Location
Online
Duration
Two hour masterclasses, choose up to 11
Dates
June 2023 - December 2023
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Overview
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 you as an emerging public leader to have the knowledge, creativity and confidence required to provide informed and timely advice, and lead others through change.
To do this, you need to understand the broader context of the environment you are working in, strengthen your capacity to tackle complex problems and be prepared to think strategically about the future.
ANZSOG’s Public Leadership Masterclass series (PLM), will re-energise and educate hard-working and passionate emerging and current leaders and expose them to fresh ideas. The thirteen masterclasses cover a range of themes and provide an invaluable opportunity for self-reflection and professional growth for you and your team. PLM is a ‘choose-your-own adventure’ style series which puts you in control of your online learning experience. Choose from various packages which feature masterclasses led by leading domestic and international thinkers on leadership and public management from the public, non-profit and private sectors.
(source: Evaluation feedback of participants of 2022-23 PLM series. Rating scale: 1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3= average 4 = good, 5 = excellent)
To get a taste of what PLM can offer you and your organisation, we are offering a free masterclass on 8 May presented by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Dr Dana Born on How to effectively develop leaders. Dr Born has wide international experience in leadership development and will be part of the upcoming PLM series. In this session she will discuss the research-backed strategies that you can use to design leadership programs or develop the leadership capacity of your team members. She will explore which approaches to leadership development can enhance the wellbeing, retention and engagement of employees. Further details can be found here.
While this masterclass is free, places are limited so if you are interested, we encourage you to register now.
We are also offering a limited number of Earlybird passes to individual masterclasses until the COB June 7, or until early bird passes sell out. Purchase a pass to any of the first instance of each masterclass for $250 AUD + GST (full price is $357.50 + GST). This offer is available for both individual passes and group bookings.
Why should I choose the series?
The Public leadership masterclass series will inspire you to reimagine your role in the public and for purpose sectors and become the leader you want to be – talented, creative, innovative – for the challenges of today with the ability to think strategically about the problems of tomorrow.
PLM will give you inspiration and practical tools needed to succeed in volatile and uncertain times, exploring topics such as: negotiations, enhancing wellbeing, First Nations leadership and leading cultural change.
The series offers:
Flexibility
Select a package, then choose the masterclasses which will help you strengthen the areas of most relevance to you. See the package and masterclass details below.
Work/life balance
The masterclasses are online and limited to two hours to positively impact your work/life balance.
Access to leading global thinkers
Engage with leading thinkers from the public and private sectors across Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and top international universities including the Harvard Kennedy School, Oxford University and Columbia University
Relevant and engaging content
Masterclass numbers are strictly limited to foster an intimate and highly interactive environment, which focuses on the kinds of challenges you face in your work.
Connect to peers
PLM, like all ANZSOG programs, will put you in the (virtual) room with other colleagues from across agencies and jurisdictions, strengthening your network and broadening your horizons.
See individual masterclasses below for more detail and specific learning outcomes.
Who is the series for?
The series has been designed for emerging and current public leaders working in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The ideal participant will be new to management or identified as a future leader within their organisation – an emerging public leader, with strong leadership aspirations and long-term career plans.
You will be interested in big picture leadership, strategy and systems thinking, managing change, innovating, working with stakeholders, developing people and improving your emotional intelligence and resilience.
For example, in the public sector, Tier 3-4 leaders in Aotearoa-New Zealand, SES 1, EL 1-2 in the APS and VPS 5-6 and SES-1 will find the masterclass series particularly beneficial.
The series will also suit established leaders seeking to refresh their approach and engage in thought-provoking discussion on topics of immediate relevance as they work through the challenges of the constantly and rapidly changing environment. Established leaders looking to take their leadership to the next level, should also consider ANZSOG’s esteemed intensive leadership development programs: the Executive Fellows Program, Towards Strategic Leadership, and the Deputies Leadership Program.
We encourage registrations from First Nations, people with disability and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Sample mini-masterclasses
Inspire and Lead in Complexity
As a leader you play a crucial role in supporting your organisation navigate a rapidly changing and increasingly complex operating environment. This presents significant challenges and opportunities as you are called on to think and act in unfamiliar ways, take a systems approach to problem solving and inspire those around you to get the work done.
In this Masterclass Jennifer Garvey Berger will explore why complexity is so challenging for us and what we can do about it.
Jennifer is a co-founder and CEO of Cultivating leadership. She has a masters and a doctorate from Harvard University, and was formerly an associate professor at George Mason University. Jennifer designs and teaches leadership programs and coaches senior leaders and their teams. In her four highly acclaimed books, Unleash Your Complexity Genius (co-authored with Carolyn Coughlin), Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps, Simple Habits for Complex Times (co-authored with Keith Johnston), and Changing on the Job, Jennifer builds on deep theoretical knowledge to offer practical ways to make leaders’ organizations more successful, their work more meaningful, and their lives more gratifying.
In this Masterclass we will explore:
- why complexity is so challenging for us
- how complexity can change how you feel
- practical strategies for leading in complexity
This open access masterclass was delivered on 13 November 2023, in partnership with Cultivating Leadership, whose purpose is to cultivate leadership that shapes a just, diverse, flourishing, and sustainable planet.
Public leaders operate in a complex environment, which is complicated by the mental load that they and their teams face. The mental load is a significant barrier to work cultures and employee well-being. The mental load is often assumed to be exclusively related to caregiving demands in the home, but it also spans into the emotional thinking work tied to work.
In a post-pandemic environment where employees increasingly want work-life alignment – with their work and lives equally valued by their employer – public leaders need to understand how they, their teams and their organisations are affected by mental load, and what steps can be taken to alleviate its impact. Doing so can improve employee wellbeing and effectiveness, and ultimately help attract and retain talent in their organisations.
Leah Ruppanner is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Melbourne and the 2022 Top Gender Scholar on the Field and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow for a project on the mental load. Her research is regularly featured in the New York Times, Washington Post and The Age.
Professor Adam Fennessy PSM is ANZSOG’s Dean and Chief Executive Officer. Adam has over 25 years of public sector experience at state and federal levels, most recently as the Victorian Public Sector Commissioner. He has served as the Secretary of the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning, and the Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries. Adam has worked in the private sector as a partner with global advisory firm Ernst & Young, and has served on several boards including the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) (Victoria), Infrastructure Victoria, Monash Sustainable Development Institute and Women & Leadership Australia. Adam is an IPAA National Fellow and a member of the Champions of Change Coalition. In 2018, he received a Public Service Medal (PSM) for leadership in the Victorian public sector.
During this masterclass, participants will:
- explore the most up-to-date research on the mental load, its components and its impact on health and well-being;
- the consequences of the mental load at work
- identify solutions for how individuals, organisations and systems can support mental load
This masterclass ran on Wed 14 June 2023.
The capabilities and mindsets of current and future leaders are essential to the success of organisations. Consequently, organisations invest precious resources and time on leadership programs for their people. However, returns on these investments are often unclear, and in many cases organisations fail to realise the true potential of leadership development. In fact, one estimate found that just 10% of spending on corporate leadership training delivers concrete results.
Harvard University Professor Dr Dana Born will discuss the research-backed strategies that you can use to design leadership programs or develop the leadership capacity of your team members. She will explore which approaches to leadership development can enhance the wellbeing, retention and engagement of employees.
Dr Born is the Faculty Chair, Senior Executive Fellows (SEF) Program, at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) of Government where she leads the design and coordination of one of the world’s top professional leadership development programs for US and international senior executives. Dana has previously served as the Co-Director for the HKS’s Center for Public Leadership and is a retired Brigadier General with thirty years of service in the United States Air Force.
On completion of this session, participants will be able to:
- identify the most effective strategies to use when designing leadership development
- unlock the leadership potential of your team members or employees
- understand how to convert short-term leadership growth into long-term impact.
The masterclass ran on 8 May 2023.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s journey towards partnership with Māori has necessitated a shift in the way government engages with community. In this masterclass, Lil Anderson, ANZSOG Teaching and Leadership Fellow and CEO of Te Arawhiti – Office for Māori-Crown relations will discuss what this engagement should look like, what changes are required within organisations and at public service system levels and the features of true partnership that are starting to emerge as we work differently with our communities.
In this masterclass you will:
- Explore the importance of knowing your public and having the skills to really engage with them
- Discuss how great policy and better outcomes are intrinsically tied to partnership, and
- Examine the competencies required to engage and partner with communities
This open-access mini-masterclass is based on Lil Anderson’s highly rated two-hour masterclass from the past two Public Leadership Masterclass series.
The masterclass ran on 29 September 2022. You can watch the recording from the session in the slider below.
What are the series details?
The Public leadership masterclass series begins in late June and November 2023 features 13 two-hour masterclasses, many of these will feature Q&A and interactive activities. You can pick any masterclass to complete a package. All masterclasses will be repeated during the year, and you can register for upcoming masterclasses even after the series begins in June.
Masterclass details
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Dates:
29 June 2023
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00am AWST (Perth)
13 October 2023
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 9:30am – 11:30am ACDT (Adelaide)
- 9:00am – 11:00am AEST (Brisbane)
- 8:30am – 10:30pm ACST (Darwin)
- 7:00am – 9:00am AWST (Perth)
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Leadership development can lead to transformational personal growth, reduced stress and improved effectiveness in life and work. There are many theories and approaches on how to develop the capacity to lead change and people. Yet, it is often unclear what approaches people should take to best develop themselves and others as leaders. How should current and aspiring leaders invest their most precious resource – their time – to develop their leadership capability?
In this masterclass, Dr Dana Born, from the Harvard Kennedy School will lead a discussion on how you can develop the leadership of yourself and your team members to match your values, aspirations and context. Dana will also the most effective strategies, environments and times to enable personal and leadership growth.
Dana H. Born is the Faculty Chair, Senior Executive Fellows (SEF) Program at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) of Government, having previously served as the Co-Director for the HKS’s Center for Public Leadership. She is a retired Brigadier General with thirty years of service in the United States Air Force having served as a military commander in times of peace, conflict and crises. Prior to Harvard she served eleven years at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) as the Dean of the Faculty and Department Chair for the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Department.
On completion of the masterclass, you will be able to:
- identify practices and strategies develop yourself and others as leaders
- explore how drawing on your personal values can improve development as a leader
- understand which strategies work in different contexts and stages of a career
Dates:
Monday 10 July 2023
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane Hobart)
- 11:30am – 1:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AWST (Perth)
Monday 11 December 2023
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 11:30am – 1:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 11:00pm – 1:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Darwin)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AWST (Perth)
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We live in a world where decisions are increasingly being decided by data. This ranges from how we describe workplace success to who we select for jobs. As we increasingly rely on data, automation and AI to make decisions, how do we ensure we are not excluding certain groups in the workplace? This masterclass will help understand how to locate these types and sources of bias in data, using gender as a case study.
In this Masterclass, Professor Leah Ruppanner will introduce participants to the ways data drives big and small decision-making and how bias, specifically gender bias, can influence the data in overt and covert ways.
Leah is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Melbourne and the 2022 Top Gender Scholar on the Field and a Future Fellow for a project on the mental load. Her research is regularly featured in the New York Times, Washington Post and The Age.
This masterclass will help you understand:
- Contextualising gender bias in the Australian context
- Different types of data and how bias can present in each
- How this impacts the public sector – particularly at the leadership level
- How to mitigate gender bias in data processes
Dates:
Monday 17 July 2023
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart)
- 9:30am – 11:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00pm AWST (Perth)
Tuesday 10 October 2023
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 11:00am – 1:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 9:30am – 11:30pm ACST (Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00pm AWST (Perth)
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From persistent poverty, gender inequality, to climate change, many organisations today confront extremely difficult or impossible to solve problems because of their interconnected and increasingly complex nature. Public leaders are pressed to think creatively to tackle wicked problems yet imagining radically new solutions and stretching the boundaries of what could be often feels out of reach. This masterclass provides various techniques to think outside the box and see problems and their solutions from new angles and find innovative solutions. It unlocks your creativity through embracing contradictions, enhancing visual thinking skills, upcycling ideas, and activating lateral/disruptive thinking.
How to Think Outside the Box is led by Dr. Yumiko Shimabukuro, the Director of the Urban & Social Policy Program for the Executive MPA at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she teaches an award-winning course on global social welfare policies. Through the Picker Center for Executive Education, she co-chairs the Leading with Impact & Inclusivity initiative and teaches in various in-person and online non-degree programs for senior officials from corporate, non-profit, public and international organizations worldwide. She is also the Co-Founder of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business’ Japanese Management Leadership Program at the Columbia Business School and co-leads a project on tackling gender inequality in the workplace.
Upon completion of this class, participants will
- Understand the barriers to creativity.
- Discover how creativity increases problem-solving.
- Deploy various techniques to generate creative solutions.
- Gain insights on how to nurture rather than dampen creativity in the workplace.
Dates:
Wednesday 19 July 2023
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 11:00am – 1:30pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 9:00am – 12:00am AWST (Perth)
Wednesday 18 October 2023
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 11:30am – 1:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 11:00pm – 1:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Darwin)
- 9:00am – 12:00pm AWST (Perth)
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Governments in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere are increasingly placing the focus of policy development on the goal of raising citizen wellbeing. To contribute meaningfully to this goal, public leaders need to understand what is meant by wellbeing in policy contexts, what frameworks might be useful in linking policy and program development to wellbeing outcomes, and how to use evidence to prioritise policies to enhance wellbeing.
This masterclass will explore examples of wellbeing frameworks currently in use within national and international organisations, and will consider their strengths and weaknesses as guides for policy development. Participants will develop their own preferred framework to translate policy and programme development in their work context to the goal of enhancing wellbeing of relevant population groups.
Arthur Grimes is Professor of Wellbeing and Public Policy in the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka) where he teaches a graduate course on Public Policy and the Economics of Wellbeing. He is also Senior Fellow at Motu Research, and was formerly Chief Economist and subsequently Chair of the Board at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. His PhD in economics is from the London School of Economics.
This masterclass will help you understand:
- The meaning of wellbeing within a policy context;
- The range of national and international frameworks available for linking policies and programmes to wellbeing;
- How evidence can be used to prioritise policy development to enhance wellbeing;
- How to apply an appropriate wellbeing framework in your own policy and programme development.
Dates:
Tuesday 1 August 2023
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00am AWST (Perth)
Wednesday 4 October 2023
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 11:00am – 1:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 9:30am – 11:30am ACST (Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00am AWST (Perth)
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Despite the very best of intentions and the use of world renowned leadership and management practices, we still wonder why our efforts continue to fall short of seeing First Nations peoples sharing equally in success and having the quality of life many others enjoy.
In this masterclass, Katrina Johnson, a proud Gooreng Gooreng traditional custodian and Monash Business School Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Australia’s first Master of Indigenous Business Leadership, will explore the role and significance of relationship building with First Nations’ peoples and how it’s integral to co-creating prosperity that benefits everyone. We will address how designing best practices with, and grounding them in the values of, First Nations people, is essential to overcoming the persistent barriers that limit our efforts toward shared success.
The lessons and skills practice will be applicable for public leaders wanting to partner with First Nations people, communities, organisations and business.
Goals for session include:
- Understanding relationships and prosperity from a First Nations perspective and why they are important.
- Learning about and practising how to build relationships with First Nations people.
- Understanding how to build collective power for the greater good.
Dates:
Friday 4 August 2023
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane Hobart)
- 11:30am – 1:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AWST (Perth)
Thursday 19 October 2023
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 11:30am – 1:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 11:00pm – 1:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Darwin)
- 9:00am – 12:00pm AWST (Perth)
Details:
Skilful negotiation is essential for those seeking to lead and create value across the public and private sectors. Building support for important policy choices often required overcoming political, organisational and operational barriers via practiced negotiation.
This two hour course is designed to help public sector leaders in Australia and New Zealand to sharpen their analytic and interpersonal negotiation skills. The course is designed to take differing skill levels into account to help participants influence internal and external stakeholders.
Alex is an experienced strategic negotiator who has led high-stakes, multimillion dollar deals with governments and private parties while working in Silicon Valley and New York City. He currently works with governments and influencers across the Asia Pacific region on Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy team. Alex has experience teaching negotiations courses at Harvard University, the United States Congress, and Google.
Upon completion of this class, participants will be able to further understand how to:
- prepare effectively for negotiations
- anticipate and identify barriers to an agreement
- analyse the incentives and underlying interests that motivate parties in a negotiation
- develop methods to identify and trade value in negotiations
- find the tools that suit their negotiation style
Dates:
8 August 2023
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 11:00am -1:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 9:00am – 11:00am AWST (Perth)
1 December 2023
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart)
- 9:30am – 11:30am ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 7:00am – 9:00am AWST (Perth)
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The concept of community-centred design champions the need to listen to our communities, to shift from a process of designing ‘for people’ to a state of designing ‘with people’. Governments, technology companies, businesses and designers – those in roles of power and agency – need to ask: ‘Why are we developing and designing this service, system or product? Who are we creating it for? What do I know and what don’t I know? And who else should be part of this conversation?’ When we involve a broader range of people in developing programs and policies, this can expand the field of thought, offer new or alternative possibilities, test presumptions and validate hypotheses, and at the very least provide access and inclusion.
This masterclass will explore various methods and approaches to engaging communities and unpack why these approaches are important. Providing examples of participatory design, this masterclass will aim to show that voices of a broad public help achieve richer, more equitable outcomes than an approach that only engages subject-matter experts.
Anna Brown is a design researcher, educator and practitioner whose expertise is in participatory design. She is the founder and director of Toi Āria: Design for Public Good, a research unit at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University. She believes that design has a role to play in delivering public good and is interested in how conversations and community engagement can drive social change. Anna is Professor at Massey where she supervises postgraduate design students and is chair of Massey University Press.
This masterclass will help you understand:
- How to facilitate conversations with affected communities about future uncertainties for better outcomes
- How to decide on what approaches to engagement are relevant and useful for specific topic areas
- How to design and deliver engagement for community audiences and not for experts
- The value of scenario-based methods and approaches.
Dates:
Monday 14 August 2023
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane Hobart)
- 11:30am – 1:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AWST (Perth)
Details:
Despite much progress in the past 50 years, workplace gender inequality remains a persistent problem. There are countless initiatives designed to address workplace gender equality While the impetus behind these initiatives is generally positive, many of these interventions are not based on evidence, in terms of their design, their implementation, or in the evaluation of their efficacy.
In this Masterclass we will examine four common missteps that are made when designing and implementing workplace gender equality initiatives: (1) when we don’t go beyond describing the numbers; (2) when we try to ‘fix’ women rather than fix systems; (3) when we are overly optimistic about the progress we have made; and (4) when we fail to recognise the intersectionality of the experiences that women face. We will briefly consider each of these missteps in term, familiarising ourselves with research that suggests alternative ways of approaching gender equality initiatives.
Professor Michelle Ryan is a world-renowned gender equality expert, Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology, and the inaugural Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at The Australian National University. Her work centres on understanding the psychological processes underlying workplace gender inequality, and designing and implementing innovative and evidence-based interventions to increase gender equality.
This masterclass will help you understand:
- The systemic and cultural bases of workplace gender equality
- How to lead to achieve gender equality
- How to apply the evidence base to achieve effective change.
Dates:
Thursday 17 August 2023
- 6:00pm – 8:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 4:00pm – 6:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane Hobart)
- 3:30pm – 5:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 2:00pm – 4:00pm AWST (Perth)
Tuesday 14 November 2023
- 10:00am – 12:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 8:00am – 10:00am AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 7:30am – 9:30am ACDT (Adelaide)
- 7:00am – 9:00am AEST (Brisbane)
- 6:30am – 8:30am ACST (Darwin)
- 5:00am – 7:00am AWST (Perth)
Note: Due to the time differences with the United Kingdom and daylight savings time changes, we have extended the early bird offer to both of Tim Soutphommasane’s masterclasses to allow people to select the better option for their timezone.
Details:
Many organisations and leaders talk about diversity – and why it’s great. But not many get it right, or even know how to get it right. Work on diversity, equity and inclusion can be uneven. And the best of intentions don’t always lead to tangible results.
In this Masterclass, drawing upon his experience in Australia and the UK, and upon the latest organisational research and thinking, Tim can help you and your organisation position itself to lead with success.
Tim Soutphommasane is Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Oxford, where he is also a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations. A political theorist and human rights expert, he was Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner and is the author of five books on multiculturalism, citizenship and race.
This masterclass will help you understand:
- the state of cultural representation in organisational life
- frameworks for approaching diversity in leadership
- what institutional maturity looks like on diversity, equity and inclusion
- the importance of data, systems and leadership in shifting organisational culture
- some common pitfalls in responses to diversity
Dates:
Tuesday 31 October, 2023
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 11:00am – 1:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 9:30am – 11:30pm ACST (Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00pm AWST (Perth)
Monday 27 November, 2023
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 11:00am – 1:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 9:30am – 11:30pm ACST (Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00pm AWST (Perth)
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Negotiators (and managers) must often deal who seem hostile, distrustful, or irrational. This session helps negotiators diagnose what’s driving such behaviour and respond more effectively. Participants will better understand the psychology of conflict, gain insight into the “shadow negotiation”, and build skills for managing the interaction itself.
Jen Overbeck is an associate professor of Management at Melbourne Business School. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and held academic positions at the University of Utah and the University of Southern California. She is an internationally-recognised expert on power, status, hierarchy, and negotiations, and has developed novel frameworks for understanding influence and change in organisations. She facilitates open and custom programs for corporate, non-profit, and governmental organisations, focused in the broad area of influence, persuasion, negotiation, change, and culture. She has also consulted for state government agencies and served on a local council board in the US. Throughout her work, she strives to help both leaders and front-line workers understand power and influence, make conscious decisions about their goals, and pursue them more effectively.
Dates:
Thursday 24 August 2023
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00am AWST (Perth)
Wednesday 6 December 2023
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZST (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 11:00am – 1:00pm AEDT (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 10:30am – 12:30pm ACDT (Adelaide)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Brisbane)
- 9:30am – 11:30am ACST (Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00am AWST (Perth)
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Public Interest organisations are facing pressure to change from all directions. New policies and strategies are being adopted. Customers and consumers having rising expectations. New technologies are offering amazing new opportunities, but also have real complexities in implementation. For many organisations, the challenge is often less about what needs to be done, but how to actually get it done.
While based on the science of change, this masterclass is a practically discussion of what it takes to drive organizational change. Topics include:
- How an organisation’s starting point, and the nature of the intended change, requires different approaches
- What organisational levers are open to leaders
- What are common transformation pitfalls
- What is required of leaders and their teams in driving change
Grant Freeland is an adjunct Professor at Dartmouth Tuck and adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School where he teaches driving transformational change in public interest organisations. Previously, he was a Global Leader and Senior Partner at the Boston Consulting Group for 31 years, where he supported large private and public sector organisations drive transformative change.
**This masterclass is near capacity**
Dates:
Thursday 28 September
- 1:00pm – 3:00pm NZDT (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch)
- 10:00am – 12:00pm AEST (Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart)
- 9:30am – 11:30pm ACST (Adelaide, Darwin)
- 8:00am – 10:00pm AWST (Perth)
Details:
In a world in which most organisations, communities, and societies face enormous adaptive pressures, the practice of leadership is critical – the practice of mobilizing systems of people to thrive in changing and challenging times. To bring about change in this environment, public servants need to build the toolkit required to exercise leadership from any position within an organisation and survive while doing it.
This masterclass will explore the model of the adaptive leadership model and toolkit, and how individuals can exercise leadership in their roles. The session will examine the difference between technical and adaptive problems, outline diagnostic tools to analyse the complexity of change in social systems and propose practical strategies for leading change.
Farayi Chipungu is an Adjunct Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School where she teaches the famed course Exercising Leadership: the Politics of Change, and serves on faulty of several executive education programs at Harvard. In addition to this work, Farayi’s experience includes working as a strategy consultant and five years of practice as a corporate lawyer in Australia and England.
This masterclass will help you understand:
- The practice of adaptive leadership
- How you can increase your capacity to lead from wherever you are located within a system
- The complexity of adapting and evolving in turbulent times at both the personal and organisational level;
- How to lead and hold people through change;
- How individuals, teams and organisations can achieve goals that have proven impervious to the best laid plans and intentions, by identifying and challenging operating assumptions, core values and motivations.
How much does the series cost?
The Public Leadership Masterclass series has been designed so that the masterclasses work together to build the skills that every 21st-century public leader needs, but we understand how busy you are and that it might not be possible to commit to too much time away from your work and other commitments. That’s why we have designed the series as a ‘choose-your-own adventure’ style series which puts you in control of your online learning experience.
Choose from various packages which feature highly engaging masterclasses classes from the previous series in and new masterclasses led by domestic and international thinkers on different skills and thinking required in public leadership.
To provide you with the choice you need, we’ve designed five packages:
Gold leadership package
Cost: $2,750 AUD incl. GST ($2,500 excl.)
What you get: 10 x masterclasses
Silver leadership package
Cost: $1,650 AUD incl. GST ($1,500 excl.)
What you get: 5 x masterclasses
Individual masterclass
Cost: $357.50 AUD incl. GST ($325 excl.)
What you get: 1 x masterclass
Group bookings
For a Department or Non-Profit that purchases 5 or more individual passes:
Cost: $330 AUD incl. GST ($300 excl.)
Early bird offer
We are also offering a limited number of Early bird passes to individual masterclasses until the COB June 7. Purchase a pass to any of the first instance of each masterclass for $250 AUD + GST. Offer available for both individual passes and group bookings.
In addition, we are offering a bonus masterclass with early-bird purchases of Gold leadership packages (individuals will get 11 masterclasses).
Contact us if you are seeking more details or help with a group booking at e.education@anzsog.edu.au.
How do I register?
Registration is simple. Just follow the five steps below.
1. Click the register button above
2. Enter your details
3. Select your series package
4. Choose the masterclasses you wish to attend
5. Finalise payment and you’re done.
Registrants will receive a confirmation email upon finalising their registration.
Registrants will receive a Zoom link one week prior to the masterclass.
Find out more about our Cancellation policy here.
Platform and delivery
The Public Leadership Masterclass series will be delivered via Zoom providing a platform for inspiring delivery, engaging breakout rooms and live polling. If Zoom is unable to be accessed via work servers, participants are strongly encouraged to request access for Zoom desktop ahead of time or to utilise a personal device.
Timing of masterclasses
Where possible, we look to schedule masterclasses at times that are accessible for participants from ANZSOG’s ten jurisdictions. We are particularly thankful to our international masterclass presenters who often deliver in their late evenings to allow for this. However, international time differences mean we may need to hold masterclasses outside of regular work hours for some jurisdictions or across the lunch period in others. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes and thank you for your understanding.
Information for managers
Now more than ever communities are turning to government for advice and leadership, and ongoing investment in public sector leadership is vital. Public sector leaders have been thrust into the spotlight, working tirelessly to deal with pandemic and its aftereffects. ANZSOG is owned by, and works for, the Commonwealth, state and territory governments of Australia and the central government of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Public Leadership Masterclass series has been specifically designed to strengthen your current and future leaders’ abilities to understand leadership mindsets, styles and skills and provide them with the practical tools they need to succeed. The series has purposefully been limited to short and sharp delivery options to ensure the impact on day-to-day operations is minimised.
Find out more
Owned by and working 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 e.education@anzsog.edu.au or visit the Public Leadership Masterclass Frequently Asked Questions page.