CEDA invites you to nominate young executives with great leadership potential and management experience to take part in the Copland Program. Participants come from the full spectrum of CEDA’s membership – business, the public sector, academic and community organisations.

• Nominate your emerging leaders to take part in the Copland Program
• Access cutting-edge knowledge and information
• Learn from leaders from a range of industries
• Gain fresh perspectives on business challenges
• Participate in debate on major business and community issues
• Become part of a growing network of future leaders.

A new approach to leadership development

CEDA’s extensive network enables us to give emerging leaders direct access to the best minds in business. The Copland Program aims to prepare tomorrow’s leaders to face the challenges of running a 21st century business. It gives them knowledge to draw on in the future and guides them to make more strategic decisions.

Format

The Copland Program is a series of interactive seminars on specific themes. At each seminar, the facilitator discusses cutting-edge theoretical frameworks and, following an informal networking lunch, a leading industry practitioner shares their first-hand knowledge and experience in a case study presentation.

The cohort is small, with no more than 30 participants in the program each year. Discussion is off the record and participants are invited to share their insights and discuss challenges they face on the themes addressed.

Sample program

• Innovation: Is business innovator-friendly?
• The media: Proactive or defensive media strategies?
• Organisational and personal ethics in business
• Working with government: Effective government–business relations
• Corporate reputation: Does reputation matter?
• The environment: Sustainable development – the impossible dream?
• Futures thinking
• Leadership models
• Emotional intelligence and its place in business
• Doing business in the Asia Pacific region.

Our partners

CEDA partners with Australia’s best executive education business schools to run the Copland Program: Mt Eliza Executive Education, Melbourne Business School, in Melbourne, and AGSM Executive Programs in Sydney.