For executives on a leadership journey

The Transitional Leadership™ program is a unique leadership development forum for executives on a leadership journey.  Providing a mix of facilitated and experiential learning, members are able to enhance their existing skills.

Under the guidance of a chairman-facilitator, members meet in a confidential environment each month in a peer group of approximately 16 members from non-competing organisations and a variety of work disciplines and backgrounds.

The Transitional Leadership™ program is a structured professional development program which addresses key leadership capabilities. The program is founded on:

• Interaction with the wider membership network and senior business leaders
• Best busienss practices presented by expert resource speakers
• Case study scenarios facilitated by leading academics
• Undertaking a self-initiated project

Key Features

• A stimulating and thought provoking leadership program which heightens self-awareness and leadership competency
• A learning forum designed to enrich existing leadership and management skills
• Monthly meetings to candidly discuss issues and share ideas on leadership themes
• Outcomes-based learning from case study scenarios presented by leading business academics
• Guidance from an experienced, independent chairman-facilitator who ensures the curriculum delivers outcomes agreed by the member and their organisation with annual feedback and review
• A conduit to a pool of expert speakers, including current CEOs, to stimulate discussion on the issues and challenges of leadership
• Completion by each member of one self-initiated project relevant to their business activities each year
• Invitation to a range of events enabling interaction with the wider membership of The CEO Institute
• Right to use post nominals denoting Associate status

Program Topics and Themes

• Leadership styles, attributes and qualities
• Assessing business performance
• Communicating with staff and customers
• Building and managing a brand
• Fostering ideas, creativity and innovation
• Nurturing emotional intelligence and thought leadership
• Creating future directions and thinking strategically
• Effective decision-making and delegating
• Managing change and acheiving cultural harmony
• Optimising employee performance

Our Chairmen

The CEO Institute chairmen are the essence of our organisation. Our chairmen are carefully selected for their capacity to provide wisdom, leadership and inspiration.  Find out more about Our Chairmen.

Case Study Presentations: 2010

The CEO Institute has partnered with Mt Eliza Executive Education to deliver the two case study scenarios in 2010.  Members will greatly benefit from the outcomes-based learning delivered by these leading business academics from Mt Eliza Executive Education. 

• Creating the Vision and Strategic Plan presented by Dr Robert Burke
• Decision Making presented by Richard Searle

Mt Eliza is the executive education arm of Melbourne Business School, which is part of the University of Melbourne. Mt Eliza has a prestigious 50-year history of working successfully with organisations. Mt Eliza's renowned mix of learning methods is one of the differentiators that makes its customised, tailored, open and coaching programs high impact, practical and sustainable for individuals, teams and organisations. In 2008 and 2009, Mt Eliza was ranked by the Financial Times as the No. 1 provider of executive education in Australia and the Asia Pacific region, and globally a top 40 provider.

Our Speakers

Speakers are carefully selected by The CEO Institute both for their specialist expertise and for their capacity to add value to the Transitional Leadership™ program.  Find out more about Our Speakers.

Events

In addition to the Transitional Leadership™ program, members are invited to a range of events which are designed to extend existing networks, foster communication and build rapport and trust with other members.

Transitional Leadership™ Online Resources

A full suite of online resources support the program, including the CEO Online web site's business resources (articles, case studies, learning modules etc) and an exclusive members' area on The CEO Institute web site.  The latter contains a contact directory of The CEO Institute membership community.

Exclusive Membership

Membership is by invitation only to senior executives, emerging leaders and aspiring CEOs from organisations with multi-million dollar annual turnovers ranging from $2M to many $billions. Referral of potential members who meet the Transitional Leadership™ membership criteria is welcomed.

Members are carefully selected and matched to groups.

Membership is restricted to senior executives or emerging leaders of:

• Business entities (public or private companies)
• Professional firms
• Government instrumentalities
• Not-for-profit organisations

Allocation to a Transitional Leadership™ group of approximately 16 members is determined by fit, inclusive of business size, industry, work discipline / background, depth of experience and potential contribution to the discussion.

Are you interested in finding out more about the Transitional Leadership™ program? Please complete and submit the obligation-free How Do I Join? form.