Leadership Course: Leading in Uncertainty

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

This Leading in Uncertainty course focuses on the context of change; how to lead in times of crisis; leadership challenges, mindsets and personal and professional values. Rapid change, the shifting technological landscape and accelerated demand for skills and talent are all impacting on the workforce in local government. As the operating environment for local government changes so are the capabilities required of its leaders. Building leadership qualities for the future will ensure that local councils can continue to deliver for their communities. This leadership course will ensure that leaders can support their staff to be engaged, empowered, and ready for the future.

The course teachings are based on evidence and rigour, drawing on cutting edge theory and practice. 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:

• The context for change
• Megatrends
• Leadership mindsets
• Finding your ‘why’
• Change and transition processes and understanding people
• Challenge, resilience, mindsets and values
• Self-reflection close out.

Learning outcomes

As a result of this leadership course, you will: 

• grow in confidence to lead in uncertainty and through change
• understand and grow your leadership impact
• actively contribute to the development of collective and collaborative leadership within the council.

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.

About the presenter

Tish Creenaune is an Associate Director at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance. Tish is a highly regarded and experienced public sector executive with over 30 years working in the education and training, innovation, communities and social policy fields as a policy planner and strategic project manager leading change projects and reform. She has worked closely with senior officers in government agencies and Government Ministers in leading the implementation of policy and delivered on social, innovation, community and educational outcomes through influencing a diverse range of stakeholders.

Tish was the founding Director of the Catalyst Lab Innovation Program, the first NSW education innovation lab leading the exploration, design and scaling of innovative education ideas and incubator for innovation in education, providing a structured process to trial and prototype new ideas. She is a skilled facilitator in leadership growth and development, design thinking and innovation: developing and customising innovation processes and methodologies to solve for complex problems.