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New South Wales

2012 Copland Leadership Program in NSW

The Copland leadership Program is CEDA's professional development program for future leaders offering collaboration across business, government academic and community sectors.
The 7- part program provides unparallelled access to Australia's top business leaders who share their insights and experience in highly interactive and informative group sessions. In 2012, the Copland Leadership Program will focus on Collaboration for Greater Productivity as the major theme.

Designed to transform leadership skills

The Copland Leadership Program challenges conventional leadership thinking and teaches participants to act decisively in complex situations.

Learn from:

• current critical leadership challenges
• cross-sectoral case studies delivered by Australia's top business leaders
• theoretical frameworks for dealing with problems
• interactive learning and solution development via syndicate group activities
• comprehensive reading materials supporting key learning points
• strong network development.

Access to top-tier industry leaders

Program session leaders in 2012:

Ann Sherry AO, Chief Executive Officer, Carnival Australia; CEDA Board Director
Grant Gilfillan, Chief Executive Officer, Sydney Ports Corporation
Maile Carnegie, Managing Director, Procter & Gamble
Lincoln Crawley, Managing Director, Manpower Group Australia & New Zealand
Dr Tania Whyte, President Commercial, Linfox Australia
Gregg Johnston, Chief Financial Officer, Wealth Management, Commonwealth Bank of Australia  
Dr Simon Longstaff, Executive Director, St James Ethics Centre

Who should participate?

The Copland Leadership Program is designed specifically for those planning to accelerate their careers into executive general management.

Copland candidates will have attained certain success in their chosen professions, with demonstrated intellectual rigour, but now want to elevate their performance along the path to leadership.

Participants come from corporate, business, public sector and government, peak bodies, academia and the not-for-profit sector.

Australian Graduate School of Management (ASGM) designed learning modules

Over seven interactive seminars, ASGM facilitators present cutting edge theoretical frameworks and lead discussion with participants on leadership skills and experiences. Case study presentations from top tier industry, corporate and public sector leaders will enhance the leadership development of participants.

The program offers monthly 2.5 hour mid-day seminars between April and October 2012, ensuring that a balance between work and learning can be achieved.

AGSM Executive Program facilitators

Dr Melinda Muth is a former finalist in the Telstra Businesswoman of the Year Award. Melinda specialises in leadership development, team effectiveness and change management.  She designs and delivers corporate programs, including the Tuck Executive Program at Dartmouth, the Melbourne / Beihang University eMBA  and Duke Corporate Education programs.

Simon Kelland has worked as a senior executive in the financial services sector and has experience in developing executive teams and individuals to compete in growing business environments. Simon's management experience includes strategic planning and business development, sales, product development, structured finance, risk managment and relationship management.

Our partner

CEDA partners with Australia's best executive education business schools to run the Copland Program. We thank AGSM Executive Programs in Sydney for their contribution.