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Do you want to take your management and leadership skills to the next level?

Introducing the Guardian Actuarial Senior Leadership Program

This program equips high-performing actuarial managers with a suite of modern leadership skills to become influential senior leaders who create impact in their teams, organisations and beyond.

Are you…

⛌ Feeling like you’ve reached a ceiling in your career?

⛌ Unsure of how to prepare for a senior leadership role?

⛌ Needing support to build your personal brand and profile?

⛌ Wishing you had some peers outside your organisation to share ideas with?

⛌ Looking for some tailored training that is designed just for actuaries?

What if there was a way that you could feel confident as a senior actuarial leader?

In the GA Senior Leadership Program, you will learn how to:

✔ Articulate your vision to inspire and motivate your team,

✔ Feel more confident negotiating and securing support for your ideas,

✔ Better manage risks and ethical dilemmas at work,

✔ Stay mentally and physically well while managing your commitments, and

✔ Build a strong professional network by meeting other experienced actuaries.

Introducing the GA Senior Leadership Program for experienced actuaries

The program follows a similar format to the GA Leadership Program, with small groups of up to 10 participants, across different companies over a 3-month period.

The program includes self-paced modules, activities and group reflections, a personal project and a workplace resilience session. Your group will meet weekly on Zoom to practise and reflect on the suite of modern leadership skills you’ll be building throughout the program.

 

Is this program for you?

The Guardian Actuarial Senior Leadership Program is designed specifically for actuaries wanting to build a suite of modern leadership skills to be successful senior leaders.

This program is for you if you are an actuary who wants to:

✔ Prepare for a senior leadership role

✔ Build skills to be more effective in your senior leadership role

✔ Break through obstacles preventing your next promotion

✔ Gain clarity on who you are and your purpose at work

✔ Learn with a cohort of other high–performing actuaries

Why did you enrol in the program?

“Returning from parental leave, I was keen for a reset. I now place a greater value on a more meaningful and purposeful work life. I enrolled in the GA Senior Leadership Program to clarify that purpose, set a course for the next few years, and build up the confidence to express my views in the workplace and our industry.”

Jess Hamby,
2024 Program Participant

 

Great senior leadership looks like this

The GA Senior Leadership Program follows on from the GA Leadership Program. The curriculum and learning outcomes have been carefully designed, reviewed and refined by 12 senior actuaries to help you learn the essential skills to be an effective and successful senior leader.

If you haven’t completed the GA Leadership Program, but believe you meet the learning outcomes and are ready to apply directly to the GA Senior Leadership Program, please contact us for more information.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • I can articulate my values, purpose and what I want to be known for in my career.

  • I can articulate my team’s vision and purpose.

    I know my preferred thought leadership style and format, and I have a plan about what to deliver over the next 12 months.

  • I know my preferred negotiation style and feel confident using this to secure support for my ideas.

  • I can identify, engage and communicate with wider stakeholders using a range of techniques.

  • I know how to motivate teams and prioritise the workload.

    I have a clearly defined operating rhythm for my team and I can identify and articulate the styles and needs of my team members.

  • I have strategies and tools to manage risks and ethical dilemmas at work.

  • I feel confident with my own suite of tools to prepare for, participate and chair a range of meetings.

  • I have a clear approach to help me plan and feel confident to deliver presentations to my team, my wider organisation and beyond.

  • I have enough resources to stay well while managing my work and non-work commitments.

  • I have a system in place to build the skills and professional network I need to support my career plans.

 If you would like more detail on the program curriculum, please request our program brochure here:

What you can expect from the program

The program is designed around course material that incorporates practical follow up activities designed for you to implement in the workplace.

Key elements that you can expect from the program are:

Group interaction and networking

Connect and work with a small group of up to 10 like-minded actuaries who are also building their skills as influential senior leaders.

Personal project

Complete a personal project to support your current role, which will help raise your profile at work and consolidate your learning from the course.

360 degree feedback

Your colleagues will provide 360 degree feedback about their perception of your skills against the learning outcomes, both before and after the program.

Exclusive guest interviews

Hear expert tips from 9 experienced senior actuaries on topics such as influential leadership, presenting to boards and setting a vision for your team.

Workplace resilience session

Facilitated by an accredited mental health first aider.

Individual support

Access to 1-1 support from your facilitators, Julia and Martin.

 

 Ready to level up as a senior leader?

Meet your facilitators

Julia Lessing

Julia is a qualified actuary, Associate Certified Coach and the Director of Guardian Actuarial. She is leading a mission to foster forward-thinking leaders in the actuarial industry and runs the Guardian Actuarial Leadership Program to help actuaries build their communication, management and leadership skills.

Martin Mulcare

Martin is a qualified actuary, experienced senior leader and a talented facilitator. He enjoys working with different types of people and he loves sharing ideas. Formerly the facilitator of the Professionalism Course, Martin is a member of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Ethics Centre and is the Chairman of the Board of The Growth Project.

 Meet your guest speakers

Iain Bulcraig

Jennifer Lang

Amanda Aitken

Chris Dolman

Hoa Bui 

 

Jenny Lyon

Nicolette Rubinsztein

Stephen Huppert

Tereska Zai

 

Is group coaching for you?

Group coaching is

✔ Adult learning

✔ Practical, on-the-job

✔ Active, experiential learning

✔ Collaborative

✔ Self-driven

Group coaching is not

⛌ Passive learning

⛌ Lecture style

⛌ Theoretically focused

⛌ Examinable

⛌ Externally motivated

 

Ready to level up as a senior leader?

The next Senior Leadership Program will run from February - May 2025. Complete the form below to apply for the next intake.

February 2024 GASLP cohort.

 

Still on the fence?

We understand how daunting investing in your career can be. If you’re still unsure whether this program is right for you, book a 30 minute call with Julia to answer any further questions you may have.

In the meantime, feel free to complete our baseline self-assessment to understand your core strengths and weaknesses. This tool helps to establish your baseline skill level and identify the key capabilities you need to develop to become a great actuarial team leader and manager.