homes victoria
aboriginal housing and homElessness leadership team
leadership masterCLASS
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.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Homes Victoria engaged with the Australian Leadership Academy (ALA) to co-design and deliver a tailored leadership masterclass for the Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Leadership Team. The program was purpose-built to enhance leadership effectiveness, strengthen collective ways of working, improve strategic alignment, and equip leaders to respond confidently to complex and evolving challenges within the branch.
A defining feature of the program was ALA’s collaborative agenda-shaping approach. Rather than relying on a pre-determined curriculum, the program commenced with a structured discovery process that enabled participants to identify the leadership issues, systemic pressures, and priority focus areas most relevant to their context. This ensured the learning journey was grounded in real work, with participants actively influencing the content and direction of the masterclass.
Through a focus on live challenges and adaptive leadership practice, the program created space for critical reflection, shared problem-solving, and collective leadership development. Participants strengthened their capacity to lead with clarity, exercise sound judgement in uncertainty, and align their actions with the strategic intent of the Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness branch. The outcome was a practical, high-impact learning experience that reinforced leadership capability and supported sustained, organisation-wide change.
Homes Victoria
Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Leadership Team
Leadership Masterclass
aboriginal housing and homElessness
leadership masterclass
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, intelLigent, a great facilitatoR”
Mark Tan
Principal Project Manager, Delivery Strategy
“great work
thank you”
Nadia Reid
Director, First Peoples Programs and Partnership
Program outcomes:
To what extent would you recommend the Australian Leadership Academy?
95% highly recommend
Leadership Capability
Increased confidence and effectiveness in leading complex, adaptive challenges across the Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness portfolio.
Leadership Team Cohesion
Stronger cohesion, trust, and shared accountability within the Leadership Team, supporting more consistent and aligned leadership practice.Strategic Alignment
Clearer alignment between leadership decisions, branch priorities, and Homes Victoria’s broader strategic objectives.Adaptive Leadership Practice
Enhanced capability to diagnose systemic issues and apply adaptive, people-centred approaches rather than relying on technical solutions alone.Sustainable Impact
Practical application of learning to real-time work, strengthening the foundation for sustained change and improved outcomes across the branch.Leadership Clarity and Authority
Greater clarity in leadership roles, decision-making, and influence, supporting confident, and accountable actions.Collective Problem-Solving
Improved capacity to address shared challenges, strengthening functional collaboration and integrated responses within the branch.
“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
