Participant Testimonials
My TLP experience is one that will last a lifetime. It has been a unique, rewarding and thoroughly enriching journey and an absolutely life changing experience. The program exposes you to people, places, ideas and environments that you may never otherwise have come into contact with. Everyone involved is absolutely committed to the program and the engagement levels are tremendous. This creates the most positive, supporting and nurturing space away from all the constraints and expectations of your ‘normal life’ in which to grow, develop, challenge and learn.
Sandie Silva (TLP ’07)Change and Communication Manager, Aurora Energy |
TLP has been a rewarding, stimulating, challenging and invigorating journey. It introduces you to a world of networks and experts that would most likely be inaccessible under normal circumstances. You learn things about yourself and others that you might otherwise never know. It provides tools that are equally useful in both personal and professional life and it bonds the participants unlike any other learning experience.
John Ranicar (TLP ’08)Managing Director, Ranicar Pacific Pty Ltd |
The TLP experience has illuminated my understanding of myself, others, Tasmania, Australia and the world. The opportunity to learn from the experiences and insights of so many extraordinary and high quality facilitators, speakers and workshop presenters has been a privilege and the opportunity to develop significant networks, professionally and personally within and beyond TLP 2009 cannot be underestimated. The Tasmanian Leaders Program rates as the most powerful and worthwhile professional learning I have undertaken to date.
Jan Batchelor (TLP ’09)Principal Policy Analyst, Strategic Policy & Performance, Department of Education |
TLP has opened my eyes to the challenges Tasmania is facing within a local and global context, I will walk away thirsty for more knowledge across a number of areas which previously were not on my radar. However, more tellingly I will walk away a better person due to the people who were a part of this experience. I have a better awareness of my strengths and weaknesses and this will ultimately benefit by family, friends and workmates into the future. I am more empathetic and have a better sense of community – all amazingly positive things.
Meg Archer (TLP ’10)Senior Project Officer, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania |
| This experience has been truly rewarding from a personal perspective. I have undertaken several postgraduate and leadership studies in the past but TLP is truly unique. It is the only program that combines theory and practical experience with community viewpoints.
The calibre of presenters throughout the program was first class and something that made the TLP experience for me memorable. Stuart Wiggins (TLP ’09)General Manager – Facilities Maintenance, Hazell Bros Group |
| The program has been intellectually challenging, personally re-assuring, one that definitely uses adult learning processes and, nurturing of relationships.
The regular learning through the Linking Sessions has broadened my understanding of the wider policy, social and communal issues that I was previously happily ignorant of. Additionally the team based learning in a ‘Learning Set’ has enabled me to gain objective feedback as to how I can improve my contribution and leadership in teams. Andy van Emmerik (TLP ’10)Principal Engineer Program Development, DIER |