First Peoples Leading — NEXT GEN
An empowering program that builds confidence, resilience and skills for aspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people leaders.
Course Overview
Emerging leaders or people starting out in their career often have the talent and drive for success, what they may lack is the confidence, resilience and networks they need to step into their potential.
Being in the workforce as a capable First Nations person brings with it an array of pressures and expectations from employers, family and self. You may be the only First Nations person in your team or organisation. Perhaps you are the first in your family to go to university or hold a job. Not only are you expected to be good at what you do, but also represent and be a voice for First Nations perspectives, and a role model for people in your family and community.
The program is delivered online via live video stream and is a uniquely engaging experience. Delivered over 4 weeks, the program is centred around 4 x 2 hour workshops, comprehensive self-directed e-learning resources and mentoring.
This is an interactive and participatory program and an opportunity to develop long-lasting connections and powerful professional networks. It is guaranteed to have a positive impact on participants.
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
4 x Expert-led Workshops
Delivered over 4 weeks
3 x Mentoring
Sessions
Access to Online Learning Materials
Develop key skills:
resilience, team effectiveness
& communicating for impact
First Peoples Leading — NEXT GEN is a program tailored for First Nations people who are aspiring people leaders.
Learning Outcomes
Define and align purpose, values, aspiration and ambition
Understand how to develop your resilience and lead with dignity and authenticity
Understand how to communicate for influence and impact
Establish and maintain professional networks
Understand your own unique operating style and how this contributes to team performance
Workshop One
What is Leadership
What is leadership
Purpose & values
Ambition & aspiration
Workshop Two
Standing Where You Are
Dignity
Authentic leadership & trust
Imposter syndrome
Resilience
Workshop Three
Taking the Next Step
Operating styles
Cloud stress/flexing
Effective team member
Workshop Four
Looking Ahead
Priority management
Conflict resolution
Career Mapping
Who This Program Is For
NEXT GEN Aspiring People Leaders
The NEXT GEN program is tailored for First Nations people who are aspiring people leaders.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people looking for culturally relevant workshops to give their career a boost
Team members who want to develop leadership skills to take the next step into team leader roles
Team members wanting to understand and enhance effective team performance
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people wanting to develop confidence, tools and networks to support their career success
What Our Participants Say
“As an early career professional, I feel like I'm ahead of the pack having done FPL. This course gave me the skills and confidence that will be foundational to my success as an Indigenous leader. And not only that, I have now created a strong network of mob from around the country who are all amazing leaders in their own right. I couldn't recommend FPL higher.”
Taylah Griffin | Aerospace Engineer - Boeing Defence
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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 and Glenn Ball — Co-Founders of First peoples Leading
Upcoming Program Dates
Please contact us to request an invoice or to inquire about our group and community rates.
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.