Leading people has never been more complex. Today’s managers are expected to build high-performing teams, navigate organisational change, support employee wellbeing, manage psychosocial risks and deliver results in increasingly uncertain environments.
This practical masterclass provides leaders with contemporary, evidence-based approaches to managing people while balancing organisational performance with employee engagement and wellbeing.
Through interactive discussions, practical activities, self-assessments and real-world case studies, participants will develop the confidence and skills to lead people more effectively through complexity and change.
Participants will learn how to:
- understand different leadership approaches using the Competing Values Framework
- identify their own leadership strengths and development opportunities
- improve self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- recognise how personality influences communication, collaboration and workplace conflict
- lead teams through organisational change with confidence
- build trust, engagement and psychological safety
- create high-performing teams that balance people and performance
- recognise and respond to psychosocial hazards in the workplace
- develop practical strategies for motivating and supporting employees
- communicate effectively during periods of uncertainty and change
About the facilitators
Dr Eileen Aitken-Fox
Dr Eileen Aitken-Fox is an expert and highly experienced industrial relations, people and culture, and organisational development professional. Eileen undertook a PhD in small business compliance and industrial relations with the Curtin Graduate School of Business, and is an experienced qualitative researcher.
As an industry professional, Eileen has worked in leadership roles in listed companies, higher education, and the not for profit sector. She has worked extensively in the Asia Pacific region, holding Managing Director accountability for an ASX listed organisation working across multiple countries and locations.
Eileen has extensive experience leading diverse and virtual teams as a business professional, and this experience underpins her theoretical skills and knowledge as a teaching academic.