Leadership

Courses for the leaders of tomorrow

Our offer

Within Sydney University, there are a number of different providers of leadership short courses, each with their own distinct approach to learning. Choose a course that suits your needs and power your career to new levels.

Business and project leadership

Sydney Executive Plus

Sydney Executive Plus is an initiative of the University of Sydney Business School, focused on executive and leadership development.

It aims to deliver lifelong learning in cutting edge and emerging areas of business, technology, and society. The initiative brings together our academic expertise with leading industry partners to deliver two-week microcredential ‘sprints’, on areas ranging across artificial intelligence, brand leadership, EDI, and much more.

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John Grill Institute for Project Leadership

Shaping future projects and their outcomes

We advance breakthrough research into project leadership, deliver world-leading executive education and work with industry, government and communities to shape future projects and their outcomes.

The John Grill Institute for Project Leadership is a global leader in research and executive education on how we conceive, set-up, deliver and benefit from projects.

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Business management and leadership development

Centre for Continuing Education (CCE)

Are you interested in becoming a business leader? We offer transformative leadership courses to enhance management skills. Our courses focus on inspiring confidence among team members and cultivating trust within the company culture, leading to optimal success. Whether you're an aspiring leader or an existing team member, these courses will enhance your confidence and trust-building skills to become a more impactful leader.

Courses include:

  • Managing and Leading teams
  • Problem solving and Decision making
  • Strategy development
  • Women in Leadership
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Education leadership

Reflective Supervision in Education

Professional learning for facilitators.

Reflective Supervision provides one-on-one professional and confidential conversations (peer and group reflective supervision also exist) over several sessions to support leaders in education, including school principals and executive members, as they navigate their professional roles.

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Sydney Institute for Community Languages Education

Professional learning for community languages teachers

SICLE offers a range of programs for teachers working in community languages schools, in partnership with NSW Department of Education Leadership and Management program.

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Architecture, Design and Planning

Leading Design Teams

Leading Design Teams is a new Design Microcredential offered by the Sydney Design School. Empower yourself and your senior managers with the essential skills and strategic insights needed to leverage design and empower design teams to better understand and organise design efforts across their organisation

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Cultural competence for leaders

National Centre for Cultural Competence

Culturally Competent Leadership program (CCLP)

We offer an annual transformational retreat for University of Sydney Leaders to develop their capability, capacity and resilience for culturally competent leadership.

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