First Peoples Leading — IMPACT
Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with leadership confidence and capability
Course Overview
Developing the confidence, capabilities and connections to successfully transition and thrive in leadership roles is critical to achieving tangible, long-term improvements in the social and economic outcomes experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their families and communities. FPL IMPACT is targeted at First Nations people who are team and people leaders looking to strengthen their impact on team effectiveness. The program uses a strengths-based approach to leading and guiding teams.
Often motivated more by aspiration than ambition, many First People possess the hallmarks of good leadership – purpose, resilience and humility. Yet First People are likely to face a number of unique challenges that must be anticipated, managed and ultimately leveraged in order to realise the purpose that drives their leadership aspiration.
The program is delivered online via live video stream and is a uniquely engaging experience. Delivered over 10 weeks, the program is centred around 5 x 2.5 hour workshops, comprehensive e-learning resources and 1:1 coaching.
This is an interactive and participatory program and an opportunity to develop long-lasting connections and powerful professional networks.
Program features
Highly experienced and respected First Nations facilitators and presenters
Evidence-based best practices from current research and lived experience in leadership
Topic and industry experts
First Peoples Leading Team
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Nicole Major
Thirriwirri | Bundjalung
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Jason Ardler
Thirriwirri | Yuin
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David Major
Thirriwirri | Yuin-Maneroo
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Glenn Ball
Executive Central
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Sally-Anne Ross
Executive Central
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Rachel Ardler
Thirriwirri | Yuin
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Paul Garcia
Executive Central
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Melissa Ellis
Thirriwirri | Yuin/Dunghutti
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Melissa Clarke
Thirriwirri | Ngarrindjeri
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Trent Brickle
Thirriwirri | | Palawa
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Melissa Hamilton
Thirriwirri | Wiradjuri
What You Can Expect
5 x Expert-led Workshops
Delivered over 10 weeks
3 x 1 to 1 Coaching Sessions
With a senior executive coach
Access to Online Learning Materials
Video, texts and interactive content
First Peoples Leading — IMPACT is a program tailored for First Nations people who are experienced team and people leaders.
Learning Outcomes
Define and align purpose, values, aspiration and ambition
Understand your own unique operating style and that of your team and how this contributes to team performance
Understand how to maintain your resilience and lead with dignity and authenticity
Understand how to communicate for influence and impact
Establish and maintain professional networks
Workshop One
Purpose
Effective leadership
Purpose, Aspiration & Ambition
Emotional Intelligence
I-We-You Leadership Framework
Workshop Two
Standing Where You Are
Self-awareness
Imposter Syndrome
Resilience
Dignity – Building trust
Authentic Leadership
Workshop Three
Influence and Impact
Operating Styles
Self and team awareness
Strengths
Workshop Four
Leading and Managing Change
Communication
Transformational Change
Workplace case study
Workshop Five
Looking Ahead
Team Effectiveness
Career Mapping
Who This Program Is For
First Peoples Leading — Impact is a program tailored for First Nations people who are experienced team and people leaders.
People who are looking to have a more significant impact and enhance their leadership skills and tools
Team/people leaders looking to improve their leadership capacity to manage more effective team performance
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people/team leaders wanting a culturally unique and rich workshop environment for leadership challenges and growth
What Our Participants Say
"I was incredibly lucky to be selected by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to take part in the Thirriwirri First Peoples Leading program. Over the past three months I had the privilege to share and learn from other First Nations leaders from both private and government sectors. We laughed, we cried, and we learnt an almighty lot about how to lead with purpose, resilience and authenticity. It was an experience that I will take with me through the rest of my career.”
Sienna Coleman
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“For Aboriginal leaders, the social and moral obligation that comes with community leadership is life-long. Those who lead, who have authority, must care for and look after those who come behind.”
— Senator Patrick Dodson
Our Vision
“Our aspiration is not just to create great First Nations leaders, but to create great leaders, full stop! Purposeful leaders, equipped with the agility and confidence to respond adaptively and with dignity to the unprecedented complexity and pace of change currently experienced by our communities and organisations.”
David Major, Jason Ardler, & Glenn Ball — Co-Founders of First peoples Leading
Upcoming Program Dates
We offer group and community rates, please contact us to find out more or to request an invoice
First Peoples Leading is a partnership of
Executive Central and Thirriwirri
Thirriwirri is a 100% Aboriginal owned and operated organisation formed for the purpose of supporting First People communities and others to build the confidence, capabilities and connections to work together differently to achieve improved outcomes. The Directors of Thirriwirri have a combined 40 years senior executive experience, leading multi-disciplinary teams, strategy and reform across a range of complex policy areas.
Executive Central is at the forefront of leadership development, executive coaching and business consulting in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. We partner with leaders in the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors to work through their biggest challenges and realise their greatest opportunities. Executive Central was formed in 2004 to deliver pragmatic leadership, coaching and consulting solutions designed and delivered by experienced consultants from C-suite backgrounds.
Some of the organisations we work with
Acknowledgement of Country
We pay our respects to Elders and community leaders, and those leaders that came before us, who for millennia have maintained the world’s oldest surviving cultures and who have made it possible for us to do what we do. We acknowledge the strength and innovation of our young people, the leaders and Elders of the future.
We acknowledge our families, who have always supported us to dream big and who continue to support us as Thirriwirri evolves.
We also pay respect to the non-First Nation people we work with who share our vision for an empowered, prosperous and culturally assured First Nations Australia.