Leadership Course: Leading for Impact

Do you work in local government and are looking to advance your leadership skills?

This leadership course is designed to help local government professionals develop an authentic and effective leadership approach that helps to generate meaningful impact for their council and communities. Working in local government is all about delivering outcomes. Leading for impact in local government requires an understanding of how your individual leadership capability is best applied to generate these outcomes according to the needs and contexts of your council environment. Local government professionals who lead for impact have the courage to implement new ways of working and thinking. They are able to draw from a toolbox of leadership approaches that can navigate and address challenges and opportunities with the ultimate aim of creating impact for their councils and communities.

The relevance of understanding leadership theory is explored in this leadership course and you will have the opportunity to put your leadership thinking into practice by using tools that draw from systems thinking, ethical leadership, adaptive leadership and working collaboratively as applied to your own working environment.

The course teachings are based on evidence and rigour, drawing on cutting edge theory and practice relating to leadership development. The program encourages self-reflection in relation to your leadership development with the workshop closing with a self-reflection ‘check-out’ exercise.

Course information

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Course content

This leadership course will cover the following topics:

Part 1

• The context for Leading with Impact in local government
• Exploring the 3 C’s of leadership frameworks: Capacity – Capability – Competency

Part 2

• ‘Impact’: Leadership and Management perspectives
• ‘Impact’: Leadership influences and your authentic style
• Leadership tools for impact: Ethical, Adaptive, Collaborative Approaches

Part 3

• Leading for Impact: your next steps

Learning outcomes

As a result of this leadership course, you will: 

• learn from specialist leadership practitioners and thinkers who understand the realities of leading in local government
• develop awareness of individual leadership capability within the context of sector recognised capability frameworks
• understand leadership approaches that help develop impact for council and communities
• build confidence in applying tools and approaches back into the workplace
• increase your professional capability to lead for impact
• broaden understanding of different leadership styles and environments for impact

Delivery style

The leadership course uses a blend of presentation, discussion, case in point teaching, consultation in pairs, group exercises, individual take-away tasks to put into practice learnings in the workplace. This training approach allows you to work through concepts introduced by the presenter in an application-focused teaching environment. You will challenge your understanding of the concepts and consider their application once back in your individual workplace.

Course prerequisites

This leadership course has no prerequisites and is open to all members of the public. The course is one of five leadership courses in our Leading in Local Government series.

About the presenter

Sophi Bruce specialises in approaches to leadership, transition and social impact projects using a portfolio of techniques for reflective learning, collaborative working and thinking differently. From the design and delivery of bespoke learning programs to ongoing project delivery, Sophi's focus on positive tangible outcomes is supported by professional aptitude and a passion for facilitating personal, organisational and social progress.

Sophi is an authorised assessor of the Leadership Development Framework and has an executive certificate in Positive Psychology coaching. She has curated for the International Association for Public Participation and contributes to Adaptive Leadership Australia's leadership programs and The School of Life classes.