Graduate Certificate of Leadership and Coaching (GCLC)

Back to top Program aims The Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Coaching is designed for middle to senior corporate managers and to equip graduates with superior knowledge, skills and abilities that will help them to emerge as world-class leaders.

It will provide a range of strong foundational courses for leaders wishing to further their studies within the leadership domain.

Based on reflective thinking and problem solving, the program will be a niche offering in leadership that will enable graduates to examine and apply a broad range of leadership ideas and concepts.

Importantly, the program will help leaders to learn about their own and others’ leadership styles, how to connect with people through practices of mindfulness and emotion and how to select from a range of leadership solutions that can be applied and adapted to real-world situations.

Importantly, it will enable graduates to learn the know-how and know-why skills for leading change, and for coaching, that builds leadership capacity for dealing with a range of leader-led activities within a world of constant disruption.

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Completion of an Australian university Bachelor degree in any area, or equivalent. orA minimum of five years’ professional work experience equivalent to a qualification at AQF Level 7.
• English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements.

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a University-approved English language program. On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

Program objectives

Upon successful completion of the program, students should be able to:

• Apply general leadership knowledge by exploring a range of concept theories and practices related to leadership and mentoring development;
• Measure and evaluate self and other leadership attributes and critically reflect on the implications of these for professional practice
• Ethically apply leadership theory to practical, real-world projects in places of work and distinguish between various leadership solutions
• Communicate and present relevant knowledge & ideas clearly & concisely to a range of audiences.