Investment plan continues
Leadership Wimmera’s 2020 program has started with almost 30 participants registered for personal-development courses.
The program is divided into Business Leaders Group and Regional Leadership Skills categories and when participants graduate in October they will join more than 500 Leadership Wimmera alumni.
The Business Leaders Group program started with a retreat at Roses Gap in the Grampians.
Participants grow senior management and leadership skills and will develop an enterprise-improvement plan for their workplace throughout a series of monthly workshops.
Workshops are tailored to participants’ aims and will address self-management and communication skills, leading change, strategic thinking and corporate governance.
ACE Radio Horsham sales manager Mark Sulic said he highly valued opportunities for professional and self-development.
“I’m dealing with a performing team, but I want to support them to be a high-performing team,” he said.
“A lot of the content we discussed at the weekend retreat aligns with what my team is already doing.
“But it also gives me greater ideas for what we can put in place, and setting frameworks around communication, how different individuals operate and how to get the best out of my team and myself.”
The Regional Leadership Skills program builds life skills to enhance participation in the workplace, community and in participants’ individual lives.
Participants will identify and develop a community or workplace project.
Participant Mariah Cody is secretary of the Beaufort Fire Brigade.
“I applied for the program to gain new skills and ideas for engaging with my local community. I also want to become a more confident leader,” she said.
Leadership Wimmera co-ordinator Jessica Grimble said Wimmera businesses and organisations were backing their teams and supporting continued learning and development. “Leadership Wimmera offers individuals the chance to develop themselves and their leadership style and skills for the betterment of their business and the region as a whole – and without the burden of travelling to a larger centre,” she said.
“The two programs bring together a range of people from different backgrounds, who ultimately drive what and how they learn over a number of months.”
A Regional Leadership Skills group of 12 will attend a retreat at Roses Gap on Friday.
Wimmera Development Association oversees the Leadership Wimmera program, which started in 2002.
Renowned personal-development organisation Leading Teams is facilitating the programs.
A presentation and graduation day is scheduled for October.