Water Leadership Program – 2022

Project Description

The Water Leadership Program (WLP) is an award-winning program that helps emerging leaders to develop the ability to exert influence, drive change and advance challenging integrated water management projects – abilities associated with the most effective integrated water management leaders.
The WLP is a feedback-intensive, 10-month professional development program, underpinned by a contemporary definition of leadership, commonly known as the DAC Framework. The DAC Framework views leadership as a process of influence that accomplishes three outcomes:
– direction: a shared understanding of common goals and strategy (e.g. a shared vision for a new water management project or team)
– alignment: the joint coordination of resources and activities (e.g. aligning people, projects, funding and research in a team to deliver a shared vision)
– commitment: a commitment to collective success (e.g. motivating and inspiring others to achieve mutual interests).

Project Personnel and Beneficiaries

Emerging water leaders across all aspects of the water industry in Australia

Outcomes to Date

31 Water Leaders Participated in the 2022 Cohort of the Water Leadership Program.

Examples of typical annual evaluation results include:
– Strongly positive participant feedback.
– Strong evidence of behavioural change during the program.
– Strong evidence that a positive RoI can be expected in less than a year following the program assuming participants fully to commit to the program.
Participants consistently state that they have significantly improved their abilities to lead others in developing sustainable and inclusive outcomes for the water industry