Invest in Your Team’s Growth with Scholarship-Supported Placements

Empowering more women to lead is essential to improving gender equity in Australia. To support this mission, Women & Leadership Australia is offering generous partial scholarships for our high-impact leadership and workplace skills programs.

Eligible organisations can access up to 10 scholarship-supported places to invest in their current and future leaders. Four courses are available, suited to women at any level of their career.

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Develop Your Leadership Pipeline – Secure Scholarships Today

Through our Organisational Scholarship Program, we’re helping organisations build a stronger, more diverse leadership pipeline. Selected industries can access up to 10 partially funded places in our flagship programs – designed to develop confident, capable women leaders across all levels.

Want to see if your industry qualifies? Enquire now, and our team will contact you to discuss your eligibility and next steps. 

Leadership Programs For Women at Any Level

Impact Program

A 10-week program for women at any level seeking to communication and interpersonal skills for greater impact.

Scholarship

$1,000 partial scholarship

Duration

10 weeks

Commitment

1-2 hours per week (average)

Format

Online

Modules
  • Self-understanding
  • Impactful Communications
  • Productive Conflict
  • Conscious Decision Making
  • Maximising Effort and Energy

Aspiring & Early Career Leaders

2023 CAFBA Scholarship Program
Leading Edge Program

Delivered part-time over four months, Leading Edge is designed to enable the transition of aspiring and early career female managers into confident, capable and motivated leaders.

Scholarship

$1,200 partial scholarship

Duration

4 months

Commitment

2 hours per week (average)

Format

Online

Modules
  • Supporting Leadership Performance
  • Effective Interpersonal Communication and Feedback
  • Emotional Intelligence and Conflict
  • Career and Professional Growth
  • Elements of a Successful Team
  • Presence and Presentation Skills
  • Leading in Times of Change

Existing & Mid-Level Leaders

Executive Ready Program

Delivered part-time over seven months, Executive Ready is designed to stretch mid-level leaders and propel them towards executive level performance, behaviours and mindsets.

Scholarship

$3,200 partial scholarship

Duration

7 months

Commitment

2 hours per week (average)

Format

Online

Modules
  • Leadership and Authenticity
  • Communication, Presence and Influence
  • Team Dynamics
  • Driving Performance
  • Leading Innovation and Change
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Purpose, Priorities and Professional Development

Executives & Senior Leaders

Advanced Leadership Program

Delivered part-time over nine months, the Advanced Leadership Program is a high-impact and challenging developmental course for senior and executive leaders.

Scholarship

$5,000 partial scholarship

Duration

9 months

Commitment

1.5 hours per week (average)

Format

Online

Modules
  • Leadership and Authenticity
  • Empowering Teams
  • Reinforcing Resilience and Wellbeing
  • Redefining Your Role
  • Progressing Diversity and Inclusion
  • Engaging with Challenge and Conflict
  • Rewiring Your Networks
  • Evolving Strategic Change
  • Communicating with Presence and Influence
  • Developing a Leadership Mindset
  • Creating Future Focus

MBA Pathways​

Through our partnership with Deakin University, WLA graduates may be eligible for credit towards either the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration or the Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

What our graduates say

Throughout the course I learned a lot about myself, and I also learned about my colleagues and the people I interact with.

Theresa Jacques
Director, Department of Intensive Care, St George Hospital

Our impact

Here’s a snapshot of what our program graduates have told us:

Confidence

9 in 10 gained the confidence to advance to more senior level of leadership

9/10

Change

More then 9 in 10 improved their ability to lead change in their workplace

9/10

Workplace Skills

Nearly 8 in 10 were better able to provide effective feedback and three quarters were able to manage conflict

9/10

Progress

Nearly 8 in 10 said career progression improved

9/10

Contact Us

Apply Now to secure scholarship-supported places for your team. Once approved, participants can be enrolled in any cohort at any time during 2025.

To learn more or apply complete the form and one of our Program Advisors will be in touch.

Alternatively, if you’d like to speak to someone, please give us a call on the number below.

Call 1300 938 571