Introduction
The Water Leadership Program (WLP) is an award-winning program that helps emerging leaders to develop the ability to exert influence, drive change and advance challenging integrated water management projects – abilities associated with the most effective integrated water management leaders.
Sustainable Development Goals
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is committed to addressing global water-related challenges to ensure a sustainable future where clean water is accessible to all.
Program Overview
Designed to build your capacity to continually develop as a water industry leader over your career, this ten-month program features a balance between academic and real-world approaches to learning. This program is offered part-time over ten months and includes;
- 2 x face-to-face intensives in Brisbane
- mentoring activities with experienced water industry executives
- 1 to 1 coaching sessions with specialist leadership coaches who work in the water sector
- a mix of face-to-face and online delivery modes
- the use of individual leadership development plans
- the use of leadership-focused case studies from the water sector
The Benefits
The program helps emerging leaders to strengthen their skills in:
- initiating and driving change
- implementing more integrated and sustainable water management practices
- leading high-performing, cross-boundary, multidisciplinary teams
- exercising influence across various organisational boundaries
- strategically building and using social networks
- anticipating, planning for, and using ‘windows of opportunity’ to drive change
- using various influence strategies and models of change.
Benefits for employers
Research indicates that networks of skilled water leaders are a major factor in driving change and helping water organisations meet the complex challenges of the 21st century. According to the feedback gathered from participants in the last three rounds, we conservatively estimate that organisations fully funding staff to participate should see a positive return on investment in less than one year (on average).
Who should enrol?
Project and middle managers with at least three years of experience in the water industry and a desire to complement their technical and management skills with advanced leadership capacities.
Fast Facts
- Location: Blended delivery - Brisbane and online
- Applications Close: October 31 2024
- Fees: $10,500 (GST Exclusive)
- Commences: December 1 2024
- Duration: 10 months part-time
- Open to: Domestic students only (it is a requirement of the program that participants attend the intensives in Brisbane). To gauge your program readiness please use this self-assessment tool. The IWC is aiming to achieve equal participation of males and females in the Water Leadership Program annually. To do this we will reserve 16 of the 32 available places for female applicants and 16 for male applicants. If we fill the places for one gender first we will operate a waiting list of the other gender, only allocating places across genders (e.g. offering a female place to male or vice versa) if we are unable to fill the place with the intended gender by the closing date for applications.
Enquiries - +61 7 3735 9146 / iwc_training@griffith.edu.au
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