Program Overview

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Centre for Continuing Education

The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sydney offers a diverse range of professional development short courses. These courses are designed to enhance career prospects and provide opportunities for personal growth.

Course Subjects

The Centre offers courses in various subjects, including:

• Business and management
  • Business communication
  • Business strategy
  • Business writing
  • Cultural competence and diversity
  • Finance
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Organisational psychology
  • Sales and customer service
• English
• HSC preparation (years 10-12)
  • HSC biology
  • HSC business studies
  • HSC chemistry
  • HSC economics
  • HSC English
  • HSC mathematics
  • HSC physics
  • Year 11 (Revision)
  • Years 10-12 study and essay skills
• Humanities and culture
  • Creative writing
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
• Information technology
  • Adobe
  • AI and machine learning courses
  • Data analysis and analytics
  • Google
  • Microsoft
• Language
  • Arabic
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
• Marketing
  • Digital marketing
  • Marketing communications
  • Product development
• Project management
  • Agile methodology courses
  • Change management for projects
  • Stakeholder and people management
  • Technical project management skills

Leadership Course

The Leadership Course is a dynamic two-day course designed to help professionals develop their leadership skills. The course aims to build understanding of leadership roles and equip participants to guide their organisations to higher performance.

Aims

The course aims to:

• Build understanding of leadership roles
• Equip participants to guide their organisations to higher performance
• Increase authentic leadership presence

Outcomes

By the end of the course, participants should be able to:

• Identify their leadership strengths
• Reflect on their performance as leaders and create a plan for enhancing their leadership effectiveness
• Practice skills to influence and manage challenges as leaders
• Assess the stage and needs of their teams to support peak performance
• Actively support the development of a flourishing organisational culture

Content

The course covers the following topics:

• Defining leadership roles
• Leading self
• Leading others
• Leading teams
• Leading culture
• Integrating leadership skills

Intended Audience

The course is designed for aspiring leaders and managers, or those new to leadership and management roles.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for the course.

Delivery Mode

The course is offered in face-to-face and online formats.

Delivery Style

The course is interactive and based on experiential learning. Participants will be involved in group conversations, discussing and applying their learning, and completing written exercises.

Related Courses

The Centre offers several related courses, including:

• Advanced Leadership and Practical Management Course
• Communication Strategies Course for Becoming an Inspiring Leader
• Leadership Course: Leading Self, Others and Teams
• Leadership Strategy for Organisational Transformation Course
• Mentoring Skills for Leaders Course
• People Management Course: Essentials
• Performance Management Course: Enhancing Team Success
• Problem Solving and Decision-Making Course
• Team Managers and Leaders Course: The Master Class

Meet the Facilitators

The Centre's facilitators are experienced professionals with expertise in their respective fields. They include:

• Lindley Edwards
• Jeremy Khoh
• Eleanor Shakiba

Testimonials

Participants have praised the courses, citing the valuable insights and practical skills they gained. Some testimonials include:

• "A valuable investment that provided me with new leadership tools relevant to my work."
• "I really enjoyed the content of the Leadership course, which has inspired me to develop better my skills at my current role."
• "I enjoyed the real life application of the theory, empowering and enhancing leaders."