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  •  ONLINE SHORT COURSE
  •  5 WEEKS (4-5HRS/WK)
  •  $9,850
  •   OCT 2024 | APR, AUG 2025
  •  START: 
New Leader Development Program
Course Description

Develop the skills to become an influential leader while building a strong sense of self-motivation and confidence with a network of like-minded peers.

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  •  ONLINE SHORT COURSE
  •  5 WEEKS (4-5HRS/WK)
  •  $9,850
  •   OCT 2024 | APR, AUG 2025
  •  START: 
New Leader Development Program
Course Description

Develop the skills to become an influential leader while building a strong sense of self-motivation and confidence with a network of like-minded peers.

Discover your own leadership style

New Leader Development Program is designed specifically for those who are either new to a leadership role or aiming to move into a leadership role.

This course unpacks and guides new leaders to develop and discover their own leadership style, while sharing key leadership frameworks to allow participants to develop and grow as they move forward with confidence.

Delivered entirely online, the program is high touch and immersive, with a mix of live sessions, self-paced learning and all designed to fit into busy working lives.

Introduction to the course

Engage with a diverse group of peers to broaden your perspectives on leadership experiences across industries and gain a network of industry peers facing similar challenges that you can connect with after the program.

Keegan Luiters
Program Director, New Leader Development Program short course, and Author of Team Up and Teamership

Who should enrol

Current and aspiring leaders

Our New Leader Development Program short course is designed specifically for those who are either new to a leadership role or aiming to move into a leadership role.

Why study the New Leader Development Program short course?

Gain confidence as a future leader

  • Recognise your leadership qualities
  • Increase your understanding of the function of leadership in organisational contexts
  • Identify your strengths and weaknesses to develop a holistic approach to effective leadership
  • Establish your leadership presence

Find the right leadership framework for your environment

  • Apply practical-based learning to identify current and future leadership roles and their needs
  • Through practical-based learning, unlock empathetic leadership qualities needed in today's landscape

Model positive stakeholder management

  • Develop positive stakeholder relations at all levels of an organisation
  • Recognise the diversity within peer groups, and empower those you engage with
  • Identify and embrace emerging trends that impact future leadership needs

What you will study

New Leader Development Program Key Takeaways

Use strategies, pragmatic tools and frameworks to build your confidence and capabilities.

  • Develop awareness and understanding of your impact on others.
  • Use personal insights to effectively engage and influence others.
  • Analyse and align to strategic priorities to add value to your organisation.
  • Effectively measure and build the performance of your team.

Create an action plan moving into the future of your personal leadership journey as a new leader.

You’ll engage with a diverse group of peers to broaden your perspectives on leadership experiences across industries.

Keegan Luiters
Program Director

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Keegan

Frequently asked questions

Live sessions are an important and valuable part of the Melbourne Business School Online learning experience. Whatever the form of the live session, whether a lecture, a panel discussion with experts, working through relevant case studies, or receiving a practical demonstration of a tool, each live session is purpose built, interactive and highly beneficial to attend live.

We want everyone to be able to participate in our learning community, even if you can't make it to the live sessions. That's why we record all our sessions and make them available to watch later.

 

Please be aware:

1. dates and times may be subject to change

2. times given are local Melbourne time. 

 

The 2025 live session (90 minutes per week) schedule will appear here when finalised.

No, there will be no pre-course work requirements. There will be an orientation module in the first week of the course, which we strongly recommend you work through to set yourself up for success in the program.

Every short course will start with an orientation module that opens at 3pm (local Melbourne time) on the Thursday prior to Monday’s official course start date.

Melbourne Business School Online will release the first module of the course at 9am (local Melbourne time) on Monday of the course start.

Melbourne Business School Online will accept enrolments up until 12pm mid-day (local Melbourne time) on the Monday (start date).

Melbourne Business School is jointly owned by the business community and the University of Melbourne. Melbourne Business School is the approved provider of a range of University of Melbourne degree programs. This short course is not delivered on behalf of, or by, the University of Melbourne, and does not provide credit towards a University of Melbourne degree program.

Yes, there will be an assessment component which will enable you to further build on your skills throughout the program. The assessment can be submitted within 6 weeks of the final module.

Upon successful completion you will receive a Melbourne Business School Certificate of Completion.

Your certificate takes the form of a shareable digital badge. This provides you the opportunity to showcase to the world your newly acquired skills and serves as a digital record of your achievement.

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