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Leadership for Managers in Mining

Intake commences 19 May 2025

  • 20 PD hours 20 PD hours
  • 100% online 100% online
ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATE

Leadership for Managers in Mining

Intake commences 19 May 2025

  • 20 PD hours 20 PD hours
  • 100% online 100% online

Course Overview

  • Critical skills and obligations as a manager.
  • People management tools to unlock high performance.
  • Tools and frameworks to support your path to success.

Who is this for?

  • Managers looking to upskill as people leaders
  • Established leaders looking for a refresher for getting the most from their teams
  • Senior specialists preparing to step into future leadership opportunities
Duration Delivery Course Type 2025 Intakes PD Hours Language
20 hours
5 weeks
100% online
Associate Certificate
19 May 2025

3 November 2025
Up to 20
English

Course Modules

  1. Identify the different leadership behaviours required as you move from technical to leadership roles and progress in your career
  2. Discover and articulate your own personal leadership values and what’s important to you as a leader
  3. Explain the impact a leader has on business performance by the behaviour and language they use
  4. Recognise examples of the different leadership styles required for different contexts
  5. Analyse a case study on the ethical obligations of managers, and explain the risks associated with unethical behaviour
  6. Assess your current leadership behaviours against your personal leadership values and goals
  7. Commence building an action plan to enhance your personal growth as a leader
  1. Explain key elements of effective leadership behaviour and how they affect team performance 
  2. Consider your own practices and adjust habits to be personally productive 
  3. Practice actively listening and demonstrate this skill in the workplace
  4. Assess your ability to effectively delegate, manage your energy and time 
  5. Utilise tools to regulate yourself when stakes are high 
  6. Introduce additional ways of making decisions in addition to logical analysis
  7. Adapt your communication styles to strengthen and improve communication effectiveness
  8. Explain the impact a leader who is visible in the workplace has on team culture, morale and engagement
  1. Implement tools to build trust and rapport by being curious about other people
  2. Identify techniques to strengthen and maintain relationships across distance
  3. Recognise situations and contexts to adapt influencing styles
  4. Apply appropriate behaviour adjustments for different audiences and cultures
  5. Assess your sphere of influence and identify desired changes
  6. Explain what culture is, and how to change or improve the culture of an organisation through leadership
  7. Recognise ways to communicate key messages from senior leaders effectively to your team
  1. Recognise how positive emotion can motivate change
  2. Deduce levels of learning/comfort zones of your team members and identify how this affects engagement and safety outcomes 
  3. Identify elements on how to set clear agreements with people
  4. Provide meaningful, positive, and corrective feedback using a structured framework 
  5. Guide effective coaching conversations to build the confidence and capability of your team members using the GROW model
  6. Apply the ASBIA framework in conversations to hold people accountable for performance
  7. Explain the importance of seeking feedback and identify ways of asking for feedback from your team to improve your own leadership ability

Course Pricing

Member Price
A$1,491
Price is inclusive of 10% GST
  • Exclusive discounts
  • Access to digital library
  • Networking opportunities
  • Professional development
  • Industry insights
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A$1,747
Price is inclusive of 10% GST
  • Exclusive discounts
  • Access to digital library
  • Networking opportunities
  • Professional development
  • Industry insights
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A$1,940
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  • Access to digital library
  • Networking opportunities
  • Professional development
  • Industry insights
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Leadership for Managers in Mining

Learning Objectives

  • Examine and design a personal leadership identity based on values and understand how that impacts your language and behaviour
  • Explain the ethical obligations of managers and the risks associated with unethical behaviour
  • Identify how you communicate key messages that cascade down from chain of command and how that affects people’s morale, engagement levels and business performance
  • Discuss tools available and implement techniques to be a more productive manager who can delegate, coach for performance and have difficult performance conversations
  • Compare differences and practice flexible communication styles in various contexts, considering different cultures and over distance, e.g., site and head office.
  • Recognise how to enhance the quality of your relationships and your ability to influence others to create business results and create cohesive supportive cultures where people feel appreciated
  • Explain what culture is, and the link between strategy and structure
  • Outline the requirements for superior team performance, to ensure that everyone has a personal sense of purpose, and value.

Course Structure

The five-week course is a collaborative, hands-on online learning experience, taking learners approximately 20 hours to complete. Please note the live sessions are not mandatory, the virtual classroom will be recorded and available on the same day for participants who are unable to attend the live events.

Course content includes:

  • Live virtual classroom (with replay available)
  • Additional resources and readings (case studies, videos, articles)
  • Workplace activities and peer discussions
  • Group discussion forums
  • Learning activities in the form of short test questions

Course Schedule

Course dates Virtual classrooms

Course commences: 19 May 2025

Course closes: 22 June 2025

Module 2: Thursday 29 May, 12.00–13.00 AEST

Module 4: Thursday 12 June, 12.00–13.00 AEST

Note: The virtual classrooms listed above are the only scheduled activities for this course but they are not the only activities. All other course work (eg videos, readings, knowledge checks, etc) can be completed at your own pace on the learning platform within the course duration. All activities must be completed before the course close date. The virtual classrooms will be recorded and made available within 24 hours for those participants unable to attend the scheduled sessions.

 

Course Facilitator

All programs have been developed in consultation with leading organisations in the mining industry, subject matter experts and community leaders to ensure you gain the latest knowledge and develop relevant skills to accelerate your career.

Melanie McCarthy

Former General Manager, Mandalay Resources Costerfield Operations, Australia
Principal - Melanie McCarthy Mentor
Melanie has over 20 years of experience in the industry, having held positions of General Manager, Mine Manager, engineer, and operator. She is currently a professional mentor to industry leaders. Mel was the first woman General Manager of a mine in Victoria and the first woman to hold an underground manager’s certification in South Australia and won the Exceptional Woman in Australian Resources award in 2018.

Throughout her career, Mel has worked in over ten different mine sites, both site and FIFO, producing six different commodities. Her expertise is primarily focused on underground mining and includes negotiating offtake contracts internationally. Mel has also served as a non-executive director for more than ten years.

Mel cares deeply about supporting individuals to become exceptional leaders and is a certified executive coach.

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Intake commences 19 May 2025

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Business case to attend

Getting approval to undertake a course can sometimes be a challenge. To assist you in putting together a compelling business case to your manager, we have prepared an email template. It’s easy to use – just copy, fill in the blanks and email to your manager.

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Intake commences 19 May 2025

See what past participants are saying about AusIMM's Online Courses

 

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Great course! I really liked the way the course has been structured and delivered i.e relatively complex theories and approached were delivered in simple and easy to understand/remember/apply manner. Thanks a lot!

Andrey Shabunin, 2024 course participant

The course has really helped me explore my values and how I can live them and apply them in my leadership. I have discovered what type of leadership style I have. I loved the frameworks and tools to help me provide structured feedback and have the difficult conversations. I will use all the information provided and refer back to it often to become a better leader.

Sally Lamb, 2024 course participant

The course surprised me at the amount of information and the accurate level it was provided at. Having additional readings with direction to better understand both ourselves and ourselves as leaders was extremely helpful. I plan to implement a lot that I have taken out of the course, and I also look forward to utilising some of the resources in the future.

Amanda West, 2024 course participant

The course was very rewarding. I appreciated the focus on navigating leadership challenges. The provided case studies are relatable to day-to-day challenges. I have enjoyed the course and found it immensely valuable, and I would recommend it to my colleagues and team.

Vinicius Rocha, 2024 course participant

I've done a reasonable amount of leadership training over my career and generally you might get one, maybe two takeaways but this one was different - I think it was pitched at exactly the right level for me. The biggest a-ha moment for me was the change needed to transition from a technical role to a purely leadership role. Until this course I had never considered the impact of still taking on technical work was having on my team.

Andrew Payne, 2024 course participant

The most notable and enjoyable aspect for me was how this course related directly to a mining operation. The examples used and how things were explained made it that ever more related and influential.

Viv Naidu, 2024 course participant

For me the surprise was more around what I took away from the content. Weeks 1 -2 were more a refresh of what I'd done in the past, while week 3 -4 began to expand or shine light on things that had been successful or not successful in the past and why. I enjoyed the reflection throughout the course, and will take the work done around trust and feedback back to help build my skills, but also share and coach so that my team can benefit from these also. 

2024 course participant

The Manager as Leader and Influencer Short Course was comprehensive and insightful, covering a range of relevant topics... Real World examples helped to enhance the learning in a practical sense. I have done a little bit of training in leadership however I found this course to recap on areas that I have been familiar with, and highlighted where I needed to focus more on with my leadership skills.

Leanne Brock 

Past participant of the Manager as Leader and Influencer Short Course

Frequently asked questions

The course will be run entirely online via a cloud-based Learning Management System (LMS) which can be accessed via computer, tablet or phone. Participants will simply need to have a working Internet connection and a computer, tablet or phone with sound to access the course. Please note that some course videos and the virtual classroom recordings are hosted on Vimeo. Participants in regions where Vimeo is blocked may need to use a VPN to access these materials.

The full course is estimated to take about 20 hours of learning. Participants will have access to the course platform for five weeks to complete all modules. 

We aim to run two intakes each year. 

No, all virtual classrooms are recorded and made available on the learning platform for participants who are unable to attend the live session.

At the moment, no, but we will be looking at delivering the course in other languages in the near future. 

Participants can earn professional development (PD) hours for undertaking the course. One contact hour of technical content is equivalent to one PD hour. 

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