Program Overview

Executive Leadership in Major Projects Program

The Executive Leadership in Major Projects (ELMP) program is designed in collaboration with industry leaders and academic experts to provide a unique learning experience tailored for senior project leaders. This program integrates world-class research with real-world experience, focusing on project excellence and the challenges of leading complex projects and project portfolios.

Overview

The ELMP program blends three immersive one-week residentials held in Sydney with online learning, providing participants with the opportunity to expand their network, build strategic capability, and elevate their impact. The program aims to equip senior leaders with cutting-edge insights that underpin major project success, refining their strategic mindsets and relational leadership capabilities.

What You'll Learn

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Learn the strategic mindsets that underpin major project strategy and delivery
• Master the architecture of collaboration and learn how to mobilize collective action across teams, units, organisations, and ecosystems
• Expand lived-experience of major project success by drawing on candid stories of success, failure, and career-defining challenges
• Broaden their network with senior project practitioners across industry and government
• Unlock productivity and progress in the projects they lead
• Reposition themselves within their own organisation for their next leadership role

Program Aims

The program aims to equip senior leaders with the cutting-edge insights that underpin major project success. Participants will learn and refine the strategic mindsets and relational leadership capabilities that bring clarity to complexity in ways that inspire motivation and action.

Content

The program includes:

• Prework: Vertical development assessment and debrief, plus reading and video content
• Residential Immersion 1: Anchor (five-day residential program in June 2026)
• Online learning (July to September 2026): Pod meetings and cohort check-in with experiential practice
• Residential Immersion 2: Align (five-day residential program in October 2026)
• Online learning (October 2026 - February 2027): Pod meetings and cohort check-in with experiential practice
• Residential Immersion 3: Amplify (five-day residential program in March/April 2027)
• Post-program debrief: Evaluation and iteration

Who is this Course For?

This course is designed for senior major project leaders with at least 10 years' relevant experience, supported by an organisation sponsor. Participants should be curious to expand their ability to lead and navigate the systems that they operate, through a deeper understanding of the complex technical, cultural, power, and political dynamics.

Program Fee Information

The program fee is $49,500 (inclusive of GST), which includes accommodation and meals for three five-day residential programs in Sydney. Travel to and from Sydney is not included.

Prerequisites

Applicants must be senior complex project professionals currently working in or leading major projects. There are no formal prerequisites to join the Executive Leadership in Major Projects program; however, participation is subject to a competitive application process that includes a statement of learning and an interview.

Diagnostic Assessment

Successful applicants will undertake a pre-program leadership diagnostic assessment to establish a baseline for their development, which will serve as a reference point throughout the program. Participants will deliver a close-out presentation reflecting on their learning and impact, followed by a final leadership diagnostic re-assessment that provides each individual with a personalised report on their growth, leadership evolution, and future development priorities.

Duration and Commitment

The program duration is 10.5 months, with a total commitment of 240 hours.

Program Delivery Style

This immersive program is designed to maximise impact through three intensive, one-week residentials held in Sydney, where participants engage in facilitator-led sessions that are practical, hands-on, and deeply collaborative. In-between these residentials will be online check-ins, group work, coaching, mentoring, and experiential activities - designed to help apply insights directly to real-world challenges. Participants should plan for one 2-hour online session per week, plus reading and group work.