John Carlos – Challenge of Leadership

At first, I was curious about what LMA’s Challenge of Leadership course would offer but soon realised this is an excellent opportunity to test myself and develop my leadership and management skills.

The ability to attend fortnightly interactive workshops and by pre-reading/listening to the modular content make for an enjoyable learning experience. The plan of action activities then provides a framework to utilise the learning and achieve both personal and professional success. This has provided me with new learnings, new concepts, and models as well as building strong relationships with leaders from different organisations and industries.

I now have a clear understanding of how to create a high-performance team/culture and understand that a leader’s greatest assets are their people. The secret to being an effective leader is knowing how to keep people, which is why the reason we always need to maintain effective communication, active listening and provide regular feedback. It’s critical to always focus on understanding and motivating team members to develop and align with organisational objectives.

Upon graduating I can now say that I am ready to be an effective leader. I am more self-aware of who I am and how to utilize my strengths to maximize team success.

Overall, this was an exceptional course with great content that explains leadership principles but provides the means to actually implement them to achieve personal and professional success.