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Social Leadership Australia has a decade-long record of developing, customising and delivering cutting-edge programs that are building better leaders … and a better society. Combining a Harvard approach with ‘real time’ learning in the real world, we are at the forefront of a movement to transform Australian leadership thinking and practice. MORE >

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Leading Learning program: apply now

SLA's powerful new 6 day masterclass for leadership development and change practitioners, Leading Learning: The Purpose, Role & Practice of Leadership Development runs in Sydney on 25-30 June 2012. Registrations close 28 May. MORE >

Queensland Leadership 2012-13 Now Open

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills with a group of 30 like-minded people from across the private, public and community sectors. Our flagship year-long program will challenge, surprise and change you. Find out more and read some testimonials in our information booklet. Program starts 19 September. Applications close 9 July. MORE >

New Indigenous Leaders program now open

Our new six day program for Indigenous Leaders is now accepting applications from Indigenous leaders and emerging leaders from right across Australia. Running 18-20 July and 12-14 September and offered at nominal charge to selected participants, the program closes on 4 June. MORE >

Adaptive Leadership Intensive Now Open

SLA’s 4-day intensive will give you a grounding in our unique approach to leadership development, using the Adaptive Leadership model developed at Harvard with a focus on experiential learning in the ‘real world’. Program runs 7-10 August 2012 in NSW. Applications close 10 July 2012. MORE >

New Initiatives in 2012

Social Leadership Australia is delighted to announce plans to expand its reach and impact in 2012, with a new focus on our role as thought-leaders and change-agents as well as practitioners and teachers. MORE >

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New applied consulting service launched

Social Leadership Australia has recently launched an applied consulting service. MORE >

SLA in the Media

Learning the art of leadership

"True leadership is not management, entrepreneurialism or dictatorship," says Geoff Aigner in this piece for Fundraising & Philanthropy Australia. "It is the responsible use of power to make progress."

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SLA alumnus in Top 40 Business Leaders list

Sydney Leadership graduate, Matthew Knight, who is one of six general managers making up the leadership team at Stocklands commercial property division, has been selected for In The Black's inaugural Top 40 Young Business Leaders list.

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Leadership Beyond Good Intentions - Book Review

'What characteristics make you and others good leaders? Competence, passion, authenticity, good judgement? If you read Geoff Aigner's book on leadership you might need to rethink some of those,' says Kathryn Cole, CAHRI, HR Director, Australian Federal Government, in her review of Leadership Beyond Good Intentions in HR Monthly.

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The PM is an authority figure, not a Big Brother contestant

It's time to turn the great optimism we have in Australia towards the task and role of leadership, says SLA senior manager, Geoff Aigner

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Events

Queensland Leadership 2012-13 Info Sessions

5 June 2012 - 7:30am - 9 July 2012 - 7:30am
Brisbane CBD

Join us for presentation and Q&A sessions on this year-long program that is changing the leadership landscape in Queensland. Choose from 5 breakfast or lunch-time information sessions in June or July. MORE >

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SLA Programs 2012

1 January 2012 - 12:00am - 31 December 2012 - 12:00am
Sydney, Brisbane

In addition to our consulting and customised programs, Social Leadership Australia will be offering six open programs in New South Wales and Queensland in 2012. MORE >

Alumni Profiles

Anna Rose, Sydney Leadership 2010

“I truly believe if everyone in Australia had the chance to get to the same level of maturity and self-reflection Sydney Leadership prompts, we’d be having a much saner discussion about climate change.” MORE >

Nathan Johnston, Queensland Leadership 2010-2011

Nathan Johnston, Queensland Leadership 2010-2011 alumnus, has brokered a partnership between an astonishing 26 organisations—from mining companies to agricultural groups, many competing over limited land—in an initiative to safeguard the quality of water flowing into the Great Barrier Reef. MORE >