Leading here and now is about leadership in the Tasmanian context — grounded in place, shaped by relationships, and responsive to the realities of this moment.

Tasmania has faced pressure and change before. Across generations, people in this state have responded with resilience, innovation and a practical commitment to finding a way through. That history matters, and it gives useful perspective for the present.

Held on Thursday 10 September 2026 at Albert Hall in Launceston, the Tasmanian Leaders Symposium will bring together people from across the state to reflect on what leadership looks like in practice here and now. The draft program points to a day shaped by local and relevant voices.

More than anything, this year is a chance to mark twenty years of Tasmanian Leaders and the many people who have helped shape leadership in this state over that time. It is an opportunity to acknowledge that contribution, reconnect across the network, and reflect on what leadership in Tasmania asks of us now.

This symposium is for people leading in Tasmania across business, government and community.

It will be particularly relevant if you are:

  • leading a team, organisation or initiative
  • working in the community or not-for-profit sector
  • in a people, culture or organisational role
  • early in your leadership journey or building your experience
  • interested in leadership and the future of Tasmania

Whether your role is formal or informal, the day is designed to be useful, grounded and connected to the Tasmanian context. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Past events:

The 2026 Leading at the Edge Symposium explored how we lead in an era of constraints – when our limits are pushed, we are juggling competing demands, and asked to make do with less. What if these moments were not barriers but invitations to rethink, experiment and lead differently?

Together, our community of 90-strong leaders took the opportunity to step back from the edge, to pause and consider, forging genuine connection and gaining deep insight.

Revisit highlights from our 2025 Symposium

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Leading at the Edge 2025

leading in an era of constraints

In 2025, we explored leadership in an era of constraints - where doing more with less was the norm. We looked at these conditions as invitations to rethink, experiment and lead differently.

Leading at the Edge Symposium

Leadership + Humanity 2024

A one day event to help you lead with humanity

In 2024, we explored how increasingly fast-paced work environments, technology-driven lives and shifts in geopolitics were reshaping leadership and raising questions about how we humanise our workplaces. We examined the value of leading with humanity and the approaches that can help create more human-centred workplaces.

Leadership + Humanity

Leadership + Hope 2023

Connect people. Inspire action. Drive outcomes

In 2023, we explored the power of hope as a driver for collaboration and action. We examined how businesses and leaders developing psychological capital — including hope — could strengthen motivation, performance and wellbeing for better long-term outcomes.

Leadership + Legacy 2022

Find your purpose. Live your passion. Leave your legacy

In 2022, we explored the idea that leaving a positive legacy is one of the most influential things a leader can do. Held in Hobart the event examined how leaders can shape a legacy that matters.

Leadership + Risk 2021

In leadership as in life, perhaps the greatest risk is doing nothing

In 2021, we explored what leaders can achieve when they dare to take positive risks and what is at stake if they do not. The symposium examined how understanding risk can inspire bold ideas, support experimentation, and build psychological safety in teams and organisations.

Leadership + Trust 2020

Inspiration. Connection. Hope.

In 2020, during the covid era, we explored why there had never been a more crucial time for leaders to build and repair trust quickly. We examined how trust strengthens organisations, lifts performance and helps leaders create workplaces where people feel engaged, supported and willing to follow.

Leadership + Complexity 2019

Finding clarity amongst the chaos

In 2019, we explored how leadership was being shaped by unpredictable and unprecedented rates of change, requiring leaders to be adaptive and dynamic collaborators. The Symposium examined complexity and built participants’ capacity to exercise leadership and collaborate across changing systems.

Leadership + Grit + Growth 2018

The relationship between grit and growth

In 2018, we held our first public-including Symposium, creating an opportunity to explore the importance of perseverance and passion in long-term, sustainable success — for individuals and for Tasmania. The event featured powerfully honest and gritty stories from local leaders.

Leading through Disruption 2017

Exercising leadership through disruption

In 2017, we held our final alumni-only Symposium, exploring how leaders across the globe were responding to rapid and unexpected change. The event focused on agility, learning, engagement, performance, diversity and inclusion, and the role of technology in leading through constant transformation.