hobsons bay city council
REACH leadership prograM
TEAM LEADERS & Supervisors
ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE
Hobsons Bay City Council is a progressive local government organisation in Melbourne’s inner west, serving diverse communities across suburbs including Williamstown, Altona, Newport, and Laverton. The Council provides a broad range of services and infrastructure to support community wellbeing, sustainable growth, and economic development.
With a strong focus on inclusion, innovation, and environmental leadership, Hobsons Bay is committed to delivering on its strategic vision through collaborative governance and community engagement. The organisation strives to build a connected, resilient, and forward-thinking city that reflects the values and aspirations of its people.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Hobsons Bay City Council engaged the Australian Leadership Academy (ALA) to co-create and deliver a tailored, longitudinal leadership program for Team Leader and Supervisor level leaders across the organisation.
Known as the Team Leader & Supervisor REACH Leadership Program, the initiative was designed to strengthen leadership capability, foster collaboration across the broader leadership cohort, and support leaders to navigate complex, adaptive challenges within a local government context.
To date, ALA has delivered five REACH programs to 90 Team Leaders and Supervisors. The program combined individual coaching with an ICF-accredited ALA coach and multiple face-to-face workshops, covering core leadership domains including Leading Self, Leading High-Performing Teams, High-Performance Conversations, and Managing within the Organisation.
Through applied learning, coaching, and peer engagement, Team Leaders and Supervisors strengthened their leadership confidence and effectiveness, deepened trust and connection across the leadership group, and developed practical strategies to lead with clarity, accountability, and consistency.
The program supported leaders to align their approach with organisational values, navigate performance and change conversations with confidence, and exercise influence across teams and service areas, contributing to a more capable, resilient, and collaborative leadership culture.
REACH Leadership Program
Team Leaders & Supervisors
team leader & supervisor REACH LEADERSHIP Program
PROGRAM Feedback
To date, ALA has delivered five Team Leader & Supervisor REACH Leadership Programs.
Quantitative data has been provided by a total of 90 Team Leaders & Supervisors and is presented below.
ALA’s leadership program was
motivational and challenging?
96% strongly Agree
ALA’s approach supported the needs of HBCC Team Leaders & Supervisors?
95% strongly Agree
The HBCC Team Leaders & Supervisors actively participated in the program?
93% strongly Agree
ALA’s leadership facilitator was
credible and effective?
98% strongly Agree
“Thank you for consistently modelling best teaching practice”
Linda Dhong
Team Leader, Schools Engagement
“Excellent,
A great educator. Really practical and engaging exercises, Very enjoyable.”
Eilidh Dragouiz
Team Leader, Family Engagement and Learning
“Thank you for ‘grounding information’
and COMMON-SENSE learnings
with tools and future support”
Kaye Lane
Rates Supervisor
Program outcomes:
To what extent would you recommend the Australian Leadership Academy?
96% STRONGLY AGREE
Strengthened Leadership Capability
Team Leaders and Supervisors developed greater confidence and effectiveness in their leadership roles, building self-awareness, decision-making skills, and the ability to lead teams within a complex local government environment.
High-Performance Leadership Conversations
The program embedded high-performance conversations as a consistent leadership practice, enabling leaders to address performance, expectations, and accountability with clarity, confidence, and consistency.Empowering Leadership Practice
Team Leaders and Supervisors adopted a focused coaching approach, balancing accessibility with accountability and encouraging team members to take ownership, initiative, and responsibility for outcomes.Effective Team and Organisational Management
Team Leaders and Supervisors strengthened their ability to manage within the organisation, applying practical strategies for operational alignment, resource management, and collaboration across teams and service areas.Enhanced Collaboration and Organisational Alignment
Through peer learning and structured engagement, Team Leaders and Supervisors built stronger cross-team relationships, improved collaboration, and aligned their leadership practice with organisational values and priorities.
“awesome facilitator,
engaging and makes the content interesting
through stories, rEAL play activities,
videos, and other examples…“
Cat Primus
Team Leader, People and Culture
“the best facilitator
I have had
at a
leadership course”
Darren Szymanski
Team Leader, Town Planning
“I love attending the REACH sessions, I am more confident as
a leader now”
Therese Murray
Team Leader, Immunisation
