Modules
Build world-class expertise
Tap into expert knowledge across 9 modules during our Executive Leadership Program. The program focuses on building capabilities by experimenting with new concepts and tools to enhance your personal and professional impact on your teams and the broader ecosystem. You'll develop world-class expertise that empowers you to make a lasting significance within your organisation and, more broadly, the state.
Module structure
Learn locally with 2 face-to-face days each month over 4 months in 2026 (modules 1–4) at UQ Brisbane City, our premium inner-city location for professional development. Then, take part in an intensive week-long residential experience at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School (modules 5–9) during February of 2027. Enjoy a welcome dinner on the night of your arrival.
Launch event
September
- Afternoon – Formal launch: impact learning groups and program induction
- Evening – Leadership: the power of doubt
Module 1: Purpose, value and innovation
September
- Day 1 – Framing the opportunity: understanding the challenge
- Evening – From value-destruction to value-creation
September
- Day 2 – Innovation for value creation
Module 2: Leading for high performance in complex environments
October
- Day 1 – Building and nurturing high performance in organisations
- Evening – Leading in complexity
October
- Day 2 – The roles and responsibilities of a responsible leader
- Afternoon – Creating change through smarter communication
Module 3: Stewarding trust in complex environments
November
- Day 1 – Creating change through smarter communications (cont.)
- Afternoon – Ancient wisdom for stewarding trust
- Evening – Creative tension
November
- Day 2 – Stewarding trust in complex stakeholder environments
Module 4: Building organisations that thrive in uncertainty
December
- Day 1 – Building high reliability into your organisation
- Evening – Creating a resilient culture
December
- Day 2 – Strategy that connects
Framing Oxford
February 2026
- This session explores how leaders can use storytelling to inspire and connect – setting the stage for the Oxford week.
Welcome to Oxford
February
- Welcome dinner – Leadership and play
Module 5: Rethinking the future
February
- Morning – Plausible futures
- Afternoon – Scenarios
Module 6: Rethinking system
February
- Morning – Rethinking system performance
- Afternoon – Rethinking system design
- Evening – College choir performance and Balliol College dinner
Module 7: Redefining self as a leader
February
- Morning – Speaking truth to power
- Afternoon – Your leadership narrative
- Evening – Impact Learning Group dinner
Module 8: Getting big things done
February
- Morning – How big things get done
- Afternoon – How big things get done
- Evening – Ashmolean Museum tour and dinner
Module 9: Putting people at the centre
February
- Morning – Humans at the centre
- Afternoon – You as the Agent for Change and Transformation
Finale: Presentations and graduation
March
- Afternoon – Participant presentations
- Evening – Program celebration with participants and invited guests
About the program
Learn world-class capabilities with our UQ and Oxford Executive Leadership Program.
Facilitators
Learn from leading experts at UQ and Oxford University's Säid Business School.