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Our Emerging Leaders Program is designed for the up-and-comers who are smart, savvy and want to take their leadership credentials to the next level.
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IMPORTANT: This qualification has been impacted by recent changes announced by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). As a result, the final date Kaplan Professional will accept assessment submissions is 18 March 2022. This means you may not receive the full maximum duration advertised for this qualification and/or may not be able to access one or more extensions that might otherwise have been available to you under Kaplan Professional’s vocational education extension policy. It is essential that all students review the information here to understand what this means for you before proceeding with your enrolment. If you enrol, it will be taken that you have read and understood this information.
Designed to mirror the key capabilities required by those in management and leadership roles, this exciting program will help you develop the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to achieve their full potential. You will enhance your leadership skills to create a culture of inspiration and motivation, which will assist you to maximise the performance of your team.
With the guidance of a personal online coach, you will develop the knowledge and practical skills to lead and manage teams across a broad range of industries, while learning how to improve productivity, effectively manage others to perform their best, and to implement a change management plan. You will also explore techniques to plan, execute and evaluate your own work, and the work of a team.
This course is comprised of three subjects:
On completion of the Emerging Leaders Program, individuals will be awarded the nationally recognised BSB51918 Diploma of Leadership and Management.
Please refer to Course Outline for more information.
Workplace Communication Essentials
This subject is an optional subject for individuals who are new to industry (less than 6 months in the workplace), and focuses on developing the essential skills you will need to communicate effectively in the workplace. It focuses on the different types of communication you will encounter as you move through your career in your organisation or business, and how to use them to achieve the best results. It will assist in preparing you to undertake your BSB51918 Diploma of Leadership and Management.
Develop your Capabilities
Success in your role and career are based on your personal abilities. This subject focuses on ensuring that you have the personal abilities you need to achieve your full potential in your current and future roles. The subject is about providing leadership across the organisation; managing personal work priorities and professional development; and developing and using emotional intelligence.
As part of this subject you will participate in an emotional intelligence self-assessment covering self-awareness and awareness of others, reasoning, resilience and realising potential. You will then utilise what you learn to give you the best chance possible to lead yourself and others to succeed.
Lead People
This subject focuses on the skills and capabilities required to maximise the performance and productivity of those you work with. This may be staff who report to you, however, it could also be members of a project team you are on, multi-departmental activities, and even customers and suppliers you have partnerships with.
Leading people requires different capabilities than managing yourself. This subject is about managing people performance, leading and managing effective workplace relations, leading and managing team effectiveness, and developing a workplace learning environment.
Facilitate Change
Once you have a culture of excellence in place, you can focus it on extracting the full potential from the resources under your care. The process for doing this is made up of three areas — facilitating continuous improvement, creating an innovative work environment and managing risk. The framework that will be used to complete these tasks is that of managing projects.
This subject is about facilitating continuous improvement, managing an operational plan, building and sustaining an innovative work environment, managing risk, and undertaking project work.
This comprehensive program will teach you how to:
The 12 units of competency are awarded for the successful completion of the qualification; 4 core and 8 electives. For information on the units of competency see the course outline in the Course Overview tab.
Often, the only time we get or give feedback is when someone has done something wrong, or scheduled performance reviews. In addition, we often only get feedback from one or two sources. This is not a true indication of how you are doing compared to expectations of performance.
As part of your development in the Emerging Leaders Program, you will undertake an informal 360-degree feedback review. This self-paced assessment will enable you to gain feedback from two key stakeholders to:
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Individuals have a total of:
Therefore, if an individual completes the learning and assessment, and the resubmission time in every subject (except Workplace Communication Essentials) is granted, the total duration of this course will be 60 weeks.
The subject breakdown for this course is below:
The amount of training for this course may be up to 15 hours per week. The amount of training is the hours an individual can expect to spend to complete their course work and assessments.
In addition to the amount of training, individuals who are new to industry or vocational training could need up to 5 hours per week known as unsupervised hours. These additional hours are for study skills or further research. For example, an individual not working in industry would need more time to review industry websites that are usually introduced in workplace compliance training.
Individuals working in industry may be able to complete the course requirements in a shorter timeframe or less hours per week.
If a student applies for extensions beyond the 48 week completion timeframe (4 subjects) or is granted special consideration the maximum period of time to complete this qualification is two years from the qualification activation date. The two year timeframe is calculated from the initial activation date of the first subject.
Additional study-related fees apply to formal extensions and re-enrolments. Please refer to the Vocational Education Fees schedule found here.
Please also refer to our Vocational Education and Training (VET) Enrolment Terms and Conditions here or our Student Handbook here for important information on:
The assessments for each subject are listed below. Units of competency are co-assessed by topic within subjects, as listed in ‘Units of competency’.
Individuals submit their assignment at any time if they believe they are adequately prepared. Individuals will receive personal reminder emails as they approach their assessment deadlines.
Individuals must be deemed competent in all assessment items in order to be awarded their qualification or course. This does not include the optional introductory subject, Workplace communication essentials.
To learn more about what to expect when completing an oral assignment using phone or Skype please click here.
Individuals who complete the course or qualification will receive a qualification certificate.
As part of the Emerging Leaders Program, you will have access to a personal online coach.
The online coach is an experienced professional who will assist and guide your learning. At key milestones throughout each subject, you will have the opportunity to submit your written assignment and receive feedback from your coach:
In addition, i will have access to the Leadership and Management Community where you are able to meet your peers, share ideas and resources, and post any questions you may have to the community. Your coach will also be available through the Community to answer your queries.
Darren Lott, Personal Online Coach
Darren Lott has over 25 years experience in human resources, management and leadership, project management, coaching and training. He has held management roles in government, public and private organisations and currently manages his own consultancy, Logicool Solutions.
He has project managed a wide range of training and solutions for leading Australian and international organisations incorporating best practice learning methodologies, e-learning technology and innovative program design. The programs have involved everything from emerging leadership training, change management, project management, customer service, and training and assessment.
Outside of training he has been involved in a wide range of projects that typically involve change, management strategy, corporate values, and culture and people management.
There are no entry requirements.
However, it is recommended individuals who have not previously held a role in a workplace and are new to industry (that is, individuals with less than 6 months’ experience in their working career, or in an organisational environment) should complete the introductory subject Workplace communication essentials.
In addition, individuals not currently working in a team leader or manager position will be responsible for obtaining information from managers within their workplace, where required as part of the course. Kaplan Professional recommends that individuals who are not in a leadership role should make full use of their coach throughout the course, and find their own mentor in the workplace.
Individuals are required to be aged 18 years or older to enrol in this course.
Individuals who are in Australia on a student visa are unable to enrol in this course. If you’re in Australia on a visa and wish to enrol, you need to ensure you’re enrolling in accordance with the study conditions of your visa.
This program requires you to read comprehensive learner workbooks, complete a range of written assessments, undertake independent research activities and at times engage in online forums and discussions. Furthermore, the delivery mode relies on the extensive use of written communication.
If you have any doubts about whether you have the language, literacy and numeracy skills to undertake a Kaplan Professional program, we recommend you speak with our Student Services team on 1300 662 203 or email mail@kaplan.edu.au.
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Emerging leaders looking to take their leadership credentials to the next level and who are currently working in (or wish to secure) roles such as:
Note: Kaplan Professional recommends individuals who have not previously held a role in a workplace and are new to industry (that is, individuals with less than 6 months’ experience in their working career, or in an organisational environment) should complete the introductory subject Workplace communication essentials.
In addition, individuals not currently working in a team leader or manager position will be responsible for obtaining information from managers within their workplace, where required as part of the course. Kaplan Professional recommends that those individuals who are not in a leadership role should make full use of their coach throughout the course, and find their own mentor in the workplace.
You may enrol into this program at any time and begin studying immediately on enrolment.
The program is delivered online. Kaplan’s online learning portal, KapLearn, enables us to provide you with innovative, interactive learning resources and support. You can access KapLearn from anywhere at any time using a computer or mobile device that has internet access. KapLearn is where you access the learning material, activities and assessments, as well as access ongoing support.
As part of this course, you will also have access to an online coach, who will assist and guide your learning. At key milestones throughout each subject, you will have the opportunity to submit your work and ask for help, share thoughts and decisions, and receive feedback.
The program textbook Management: Theory and practice by Kris Cole (7th edition) is provided on enrolment.
Individuals may be able to obtain Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for a Kaplan Professional award subject based on their previous study and/or work experience. To do this, individuals must submit evidence that demonstrates they have already met the requirements of the subject through these other means.
Evidence can take many forms, such as information about approved study, information about work experience, certificates, transcripts or other credentials.
To find out if you are eligible for RPL, refer to our Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) page.
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