Emerging Leaders Program
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Department of Primary Industries Rural Support Program
A program to empower and develop leaders and emerging leaders in your rural community.
This Program is supported by Murray Local Land Services and Unitingcare.
“Participating in the leadership course enabled me to find a way to lead in a creative and non traditional way. It gave me a unique and clear direction that has been invaluable and I got to know some very interesting and decent people. It exceeded expectations and was a lot of fun.”
Who should take part?
Women and men of all ages who want to improve their project management skills, increase their personal development and strengthen their networks.
Where will it be held?
The first session will be held at Conargo Hall, Conargo.
How much time will it take to complete?
The program will be delivered over 3 sessions.
Tuesday & Wednesday 13-14 May 9am – 4.30pm
Tuesday Evening Networking Dinner 6-9pm
Tuesday 10th June 9- 4pm
What will the program cover?
- Values : understanding what motivates us and others
- Personality styles: understanding and working with difference
- Networking: how do you get to know, meet and influence people
- Skills audit: working to my strengths
- Public speaking
- Project planning
- Leadership: what is it?
- Managing difficult conversations
- Thinking skills: ideas for working in groups to solve problems
- Lobby and advocacy skills
- Working with groups
The Rural Support Program works with communities to identify opportunities and link them to resources and knowledge. The program aims to:
- provide rural communities with the capacity to handle change and adversity
- build community resources and resilience
- enable communities to ‘help themselves’.
The underlying ethos of the program is that from change, uncertainty and adversity, there are opportunities for growth and learning.
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 Flyer + registration | 4.16 MB |
