Skills for a changing and increasingly complex world

Leaders are working in conditions that feel faster, messier, and harder to predict. Workforce constraints, digital disruption, climate risk, and rising expectations all add pressure. Complexity is now the everyday context for leadership.

Leading through Complexity is a five-session online program that builds practical capability for leading when there is no neat plan, no single right answer, and no clear authority line. Across five focused sessions you will strengthen how you lead self, relationships, and systems, and you will leave with a clear action plan you can apply immediately.

The program draws on Tasmanian Leaders’ enquiry into complexity in Tasmania, including the Leading in Complexity research led by Dr Aiden M. A. Thornton which proposes fourteen essential skills.

Dates

ONLINE: Wednesdays 18 March to 15 April 2026, 10.00 am to 12.00 noon

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Facilitator

Facilitators will be drawn from our world-class pool to best match the program focus.

They will be announced shortly.

What you'll learn:

  • How to recognise different types of complexity and choose leadership approaches that fit the context
  • Practical tools to stay grounded and effective under pressure
  • Relationship practices that build trust and increase influence across boundaries
  • Sensemaking and systems tools that help you make progress when the problem is not simple
  • A realistic action plan that supports sustained practice after the program

Who should join?

  • Leaders and emerging leaders across business, community and government
  • People leading teams, projects, change initiatives or community efforts (with or without a formal title)
  • Leaders who want practical ways to navigate uncertainty and dynamic systems

Outcomes

By attending this program, you can:

  • Improve decision quality under uncertainty
  • Strengthen self-regulation and resilience so you can lead without burning out
  • Build trust and influence through consistent relationship practices
  • Make progress on complex problems using practical systems tools
  • Leave with repeatable practices you can keep using

Investment: Price to be announced soon.

Concession rates are offered to Tasmanian Leaders Financial Members and group bookings of 3+ delegates.

For enquiries or assistance with your booking please contact info@tasmanianleaders.org.au