Join us for the AGSM 2024 Professional Forum: Sustainable Leadership in an Accelerating World in Sydney on Tuesday, 18 June.
Participants will build their capacity to lead confidently and purposefully in today’s accelerating world to ‘do well’ and ‘do good’ and increase their understanding of the dynamic forces impacting leadership today to make strategic, sustainable business decisions. Those who complete the Masterclass will be awarded with an AGSM micro-credential in the form of a digital badge.
The Forum will open with a keynote ‘Creating a fairer economy for a more sustainable future’ delivered by Betsey Stevenson, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan and former Chief Economist at the US Department of Labor in the Obama administration. Professor Stevenson will address sustainable economics and establish how organisations and leaders can ‘think like economists' to influence sustainable, inclusive business practices and decision-making and understand the relationship between economics, leadership, and change.
Following the keynote, a panel of industry experts will discuss how leaders balance short-term business performance imperatives with long-term sustainability goals to ensure their organisations can not only survive - but thrive - in the long-term.
We will conclude with an interactive Masterclass led by UNSW Associate Professor Michele Roberts: “Embedding Sustainable Leadership in your Organsation”. Participants will be led through an experiment/simulation to evaluate and diagnose a sustainability challenge and identify the trade-offs necessary to achieve a balanced approach to decision making to achieve both immediate business goals and long-term sustainability.
Agenda
08.30: Registration Opens
09.00: Welcome and Introductions
09.10: Global Keynote: Professor Betsey Stevenson, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
10.00: Keynote Q&A
10.15: Panel Discussion: Balancing short-term results with long term objectives for a more sustainable future
Panel Facilitator: Professor Richard Holden, UNSW Business School
Leadership panel:
11.00: Break
11.30: Masterclass: Embedding sustainable leadership in your organisation
13.00: Wrap up
13.15: Networking lunch
14.00: Event concludes
More about the Professional Forum
The AGSM Professional Forum is a one-day program designed for AGSM and UNSW Business School alumni, industry partners, academics, researchers, and guests. It is designed to enhance our collective capacity to lead confidently and purposefully in today’s accelerating world - to ‘do well’ and ‘do good’. Participants will increase their understanding of the dynamic forces impacting leadership today to make strategic business decisions. An emphasis is placed on how sustainable leadership behaviour impacts industries, markets, and workforces and the implications of inaction. The Forum, running annually since 2018, is one of AGSM’s most successful initiatives that ensure our community can #AlwaysBeLearning.
AGSM micro-credential
An AGSM micro-credential in the form of digital badge will be awarded to all who attend the Forum and participate in and complete the Masterclass.
Registration is essential and non-transferrable.
