Leadership and Management Essentials
The Leadership and Management Essentials Program is designed to cultivate crucial leadership knowledge, tools, and skills, preparing participants to effectively lead and manage within a dynamic business environment.
The program will enable participants to be more effective managers and leaders, better able to engage, align and empower staff, set and achieve operational goals and raise capability from an operational focus to an executive and strategic perspective.
Participants will graduate better equipped to deal with growing complexity, conflicting priorities, and the need to achieve more within a resource constrained environment.
The program is rigorous and up-to-date, linking theory to practical application, delivering immediate benefit and impact for both individuals and organisations.
Program benefits
This program is a rigorous and up-to-date education program with theory linked to application, which will benefit both individuals and organisations in a variety of ways.
Individual benefits
- Develop your capabilities to successfully lead and navigate current and future organisational challenges.
- Improve your ability to make a positive input into your staff and organisation’s performance.
- Learn how to convert strategy into action.
- Learn from one of Australia’s leading universities with course facilitators of the highest standard.
- Receive a Certificate of Completion and credit for two courses within Adelaide University’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) (subject to entry requirements).
Organisational benefits
- Future-proof your organisation by developing empowering your staff with strong leadership skills.
- Support your key staff to develop essential management skills needed to be an effective and agile leader.
- Professional development for emerging and experienced managers, preparing them to lead and manage more effectively.
- Engage, align, and empower staff to set and achieve operational goals.
- Raise your leadership’s capability from an operational focus to a strategic perspective.
Key Information
| Dates | Delivery Location | Cost (ex. GST) | Who this is suited to |
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6 x 2 full day modules Modules: |
Adelaide University L7, 10 Pulteney Street, Adelaide |
$8,450 Early Bird: $TBC Alumni rates and Group discounts available, please enquire for more details. |
Emerging, mid-level and senior business leaders and executives from the private, public, and not-for profit sectors. |
What you can expect
The Leadership and Management Essentials Program consists of six, two-day course modules that are typically completed over a six-month period.
The program will provide the tools and insights to enhance experienced managers' capabilities and develop the capabilities of new and developing managers.
The six courses are interactive, with content and facilitation to a level expected by professionals and offers the opportunity to share and learn from your peers in the program. Assessments provide the opportunity to apply the learning to your workplace or industry.
Successful completion of the Leadership and Management Essentials program is achieved upon the completion of the six course modules and associated assessments, plus a capstone assignment.
This program provides a credit pathway to the Adelaide University MBA Program subject to the MBA Program's entry criteria (credit is available for up to 5 years).
Course Outline
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Course/Topic |
Upcoming 2026 Delivery Dates |
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7 - 8 April 2026 |
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11 - 12 May 2026 |
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Thinking and Acting Strategically
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15 - 16 June 2026 |
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Leadership for Decision Making
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27 - 28 July 2026 |
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24- 25 August 2026 |
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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21- 22 September 2026 |
Assessment
The program includes optional assessment pieces designed to contribute to embedding learning in your workplace. Completion of all assessments is required for an MBA credit pathway:
- Each module has a 1500-word assignment (or equivalent) that is applicable to participants’ workplace or role.
- The program has a capstone 3000-word assignment that brings together learning across all modules and is applied to a workplace project.
Learning Materials and Catering
- All participants will receive a hard copy workbook upon arrival.
- This course is fully catered including morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea.
Learn from the experts
Dr Ruchi Sinha
Senior Lecturer and Research Education Portfolio Leader
“Learning in a classroom is a two-way street, where participation and interaction is key and all courses include a strong experiential component. I am passionate about helping students develop key leadership competencies such as negotiation skills. In my teaching, I provide a balance of theoretical knowledge, experiential skill development and motivation to implement.”
Dr Saras Sastrowardoyo
Program Director and Senior Lecturer
“At UniSA I am responsible for the design, management and delivery of a number of postgraduate courses in the Business School. My area of research interest is in strategic knowledge management to support organisational sustainability in times of change and disruption.”
Dr Basil Tucker
Senior Lecturer, MBA and Executive Education
Dr Tucker has over twelve years consulting experience and has undertaken assignments with more than 120 organisations in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Basil’s career experience also includes working in the not-for-profit, healthcare, media and manufacturing industries. He is also a board member for several South Australian organisations and is a graduate of the CPA and the AICD Company Directors Course.
Dr Marguerite Kolar
Course Facilitator
Dr Kolar is a highly regarded educator and practitioner in change management, with extensive industry experience, having worked in senior consulting and management roles for a range of organisations including CSC and Motorola. She delivers unique insights of the elements required to deal with the challenges of transformation in today's complex and dynamic organisations.
Cancellation Policy
The University of South Australia reserves the right to cancel events and issue refunds. In the event that an attendee cannot attend, a substitute is welcome to attend in their place. No refunds will be given unless 21 days notice is given in writing prior to the date of the planned event. If less than 21 days the fee can be used for the same course at a later stage, or another course of the same value.
