Leadership Through Different Lenses
Overview
Broadening perspective to strengthen leadership practice.
Leadership Through Different Lenses is an online series that helps leaders examine complex challenges through five contemporary lenses: AI, place, systems, team dynamics and empathy.
This series creates space to step back from day-to-day pressures and explore leadership through cultural, ethical and systemic perspectives. Through expert-led sessions, discussion and reflection, you will consider how different perspectives can inform the way you lead in your own public sector context.
You will:
Explore different leadership lenses and how they shape public sector decisions and challenges.
Question established assumptions and consider perspectives beyond your own.
Connect ideas to practice by relating different perspectives to real public sector challenges.
Learn through dialogue with presenters and peers bringing different experiences and viewpoints.
Can’t make a session? All sessions are recorded, so you can catch up at a time that suits you, with access available for up to 12 months afterwards.
Who It's For
Build confidence and capability as a leader.
Designed for public sector professionals who want to deepen their leadership thinking rather than learn a prescribed model.
The series is particularly relevant for:
mid-senior leaders
emerging and strategic leaders at APS6, EL1, EL2 or equivalent levels
selected executive leaders at SES Band 1 or equivalent
professionals working across policy, service delivery, reform, regulation, integrity and leadership roles
leaders across Australian Commonwealth, state and territory governments, and the Aotearoa New Zealand public sector
learning and development leaders seeking a flexible shared experience for cohorts or leadership groups
Learning Outcomes
Skills for leading with clarity and impact.
By the end of the series, participants will be better able to:
apply AI, place, systems, team and empathy lenses to leadership challenges
recognise how context, power, relationships and assumptions shape decisions
reframe complex or ambiguous challenges before moving to action
reflect critically on their leadership mindset, habits and practice
engage more intentionally with teams, stakeholders and communities
understand leadership as relational, ethical and responsive to context
Learning Experience
Learning designed for balance, focus and connection.
Five live online masterclasses
Join a focused two-hour session each week, with a break in the series schedule between sessions two and three.
Five complimentary lenses
Build a fuller view of leadership by moving across AI, place, systems, team practice and empathy.
Expert-led exploration
Learn from practitioners and thinkers who connect contemporary ideas with public sector realities.
Interactive dialogue
Contribute through live discussion, Q&A, chat and peer exchange. Get immediate feedback.
Reflection connected to practice
Use each lens to reconsider a current challenge and identify implications for your decisions, relationships or operating context.
Our Learning Promise
Connecting participants, enabling trust, and prioritising practice.
ANZSOG learning is designed for the realities of public service. Every program brings together evidence, expertise and experience to help participants think differently, connect with others and put learning to practice.
Our Learning Promise is built around four interconnected elements: Trust, Connection, Practice and Impact. Together, they shape a learning journey that begins with open dialogue, grows through shared insight and leads to action in each participant's context.
Learning Approach
Grounded in expertise, built for performance.
Key People
Faculty & Presenters.
Success Stories
What participants say.
The masterclass has helped me identify gaps in my organisation, and given me additional scaffolding and information to help me improve how I work.2025 Public Leadership MasterclassParticipant
For Organisations
Support emerging leaders across your jurisdiction.
Leading in the Age of AI: Power, Trust and Human Strengths with Alex Hagan
Overview:
AI is changing how power, judgement and value are created across government. Explore the leadership implications beyond the technology itself, including trust, accountability, citizen expectations and the choices required to use AI responsibly. You will consider a practical model for amplifying human strengths while managing new risks.
20 October 2026 | 12:00pm - 2:00pm AEDT | Online
How to Register
Ready to see your leadership challenges from a different angle?
Register for the five-part series and join public sector peers in a focused exploration of leadership for complex times.