homes victoria

aboriginal housing and homElessness leadership team
leadership mastercalss

OrganisationAL Profile

Homes Victoria supports all Victorians to have access to safe, secure and affordable housing. They know what it means to have a place to call home. It is the foundation for each person and family’s health, wellbeing and safety. A home enables people to participate in community and the workforce, and to live their best possible life.

Homes Victoria works closely with industry, the not-for-profit sector and the community to chart a course for the future. Together, they’re building a sustainable housing system that can deliver for generations to come. And, above all, they’re ensuring more Victorians have a place to call home.

Homes Victoria - Housing Policy Leadership Team

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Homes Victoria engaged the Australian Leadership Academy (ALA) to design and deliver a bespoke leadership program for its senior leaders in Housing Policy. The goal was to strengthen leadership capability, build strategic alignment, and support leaders in navigating complex, adaptive challenges.

What set ALA’s approach apart was its use of a dynamic agenda-setting process at the outset of the program. Rather than starting with a fixed curriculum, ALA worked closely with participants to surface their most significant leadership challenges and areas of focus. This process gave the leaders a central role in shaping the direction of their learning, ensuring the experience was both relevant and immediately applicable.

By focusing on real-time issues and adaptive challenges, the program empowered leaders to work collaboratively, think critically, and develop new approaches aligned with the broader goals of Homes Victoria. The result was a high-impact, co-created learning experience that deepened leadership insight and built a stronger foundation for leading change across the organisation.

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Program Feedback

ALA’s leadership program was motivational and challenging?

90% strongly Agree

ALA’s approach supported the
needs of the AH&H Leaders?

93% strongly Agree

The AH&H Leaders actively
participated in the program?

97% strongly Agree

ALA’s leadership facilitator was
credible and effective?

97% strongly Agree

 “fantastic, inclusive, inteligent, a great facilitatoR”

Mark Tan
Principal Aboriginal

 “great work
thank you”

Nadia Reid
 Director, First Peoples Programs and Partnership

To what extent would you recommend the Australian Leadership Academy?

95% highly recommend

Program outcomes:

  • Leading with Accountability
    Making intentional choices, taking responsibility for actions, and driving agreed-upon outcomes.

  • Effective Team Engagement
    Actively engage their teams in feedback and dialogue on key priorities, fostering collaboration and collective problem-solving.

  • Application of Above-the-Line Practices
    Consistently identify and apply “above-the-line” behaviors, promoting accountability, positive communication, and constructive work practices.

  • Alignment with Branch Priorities
    Leadership actions are aligned with core branch matters, collective priorities, and organisational goals, ensuring consistent focus on what matters most.

  • Promotion of a Safe and Growth-Oriented Workplace
    Cultivate a psychologically safe environment, encouraging bravery, growth mindset, and open learning within the leadership group.

  • Translation of Learning into Action
    All identified actions from program activities and discussions are implemented into work practice, driving meaningful change and improvement across teams.

“GREat joB Driving the actions identified by the group,
but also providing a safe work environment for the leaders to undertake the learning required”

Matthew Duggan

Executive Director, Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Branch

“thank you!”
10/10

Dani  Harsanyi
Principal Policy Advisor

“VERY gooD,
exceptional session”



Damon Egan
Manager, Department of Housing

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