Leadership
Attendees were able to complete the RMIT Micro-Cred ‘Developing Global Leadership’ as part of the forum.
The micro-credential involved completing a reflecting on their own personal leadership style, and how they can apply it to further their chosen cause or passion.
Anna Keeling, Managing Director at Boeing Defence UK, said that to understand your leadership style, you need to understand yourself first.
“Get to know yourself, learn the subject of you. You need to be able to lead yourself before you lead others,” Keeling said.
“Leadership is a journey; it’s not about my title or position.
“Leadership is about action, it’s the choices I make, it’s how I show up. And often it’s about doing something when everyone around you does nothing."
Keeling also pointed out the importance of being an ‘inclusive leader’ by staying curious and seeking to understand
“Be inquisitive, ask questions, it’s the only way to leverage the diversity around you,” She said.
RMIT and education
Like many industries, the education sector is undergoing rapid change to prepare students for the changing world of work.
Gillard, Minister for Education from 2007-10, said education institutions like RMIT are powerful change agents for people of all ages.
“RMIT is at the forefront of offering those opportunities to students who don't come from a background of privilege, and that is such a powerful change agent,” Gillard said.
“Education made me what I am today.
“It opened up a world of opportunity, not just academic, but a world of opportunity where through those years of education, I came to understand a lot of myself and what I wanted to do."
Full program of presenters:
Martin Bean CBE, Vice-Chancellor and President, RMIT University
Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia. Current Chair of Beyond Blue, Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at Kings College, London, and Chair of the Global Partnership for Education
Deepak Ananthakrishnan, Business Unit Director, Johnson & Johnson (India)
Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM, Oncologist and award winning author (Australia)
Philipp Ivanov, CEO, Asia Society Australia (Australia)
Senator-Elect Lidia Thorpe, first Aboriginal woman in Victorian parliament and first federal Aboriginal MP for the Greens (Australia)
Tanzy Owen, Sustainability Manager, Endemol Shine Australia (who produce Masterchef, Survivor and more) (Australia)
Georgina Stickels, Environmental Sustainability Manager, UN Food Programme (Italy)
Paul Huynh, Head of People, Performance & Culture, KPMG Asia Pacific (Vietnam)
Alysha Richards, Global Head of Retail, Frank Body (Australia)
Brenda Appleton OAM, Chair of Transgender Victoria, Member of Victoria Mental Health Ministerial Advisory and Director of The Pinnacle Foundation (Australia)
Vandana Saxena Poria OBE, Chief Alarmist of The Human Alarm Clock, award-winning founder of Get Through Guides, Chair of the British Business Group in Pune (India)
Daniel Klug, Brand Strategist, TikTok (Australia)
Liza Noonan, ASEAN Director at CSIRO, Vice President of Aust Cham Singapore (Singapore)
Dominick Ng, Senior Software Engineer and Manager at Google (Australia)
Andrew Maher, Chief Digital Officer, Aurecon (Australia)
Stefanie DiGianvincenzo, Creative Strategist, Facebook (Australia)
Ben Westcott, Digital News Producer, CNN (Hong Kong)
Pham Viet Tuan Jimmy, Founder, KOTO (Vietnam)
Ambassador Robyn Mudie, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam
Andrew Strano, Musical Theatre Writer, Australian currently in NY
Dr Megan Clark AC, Head, Australian Space Agency
Captain Sophie Hollingsworth, Associate Director, KPMG Australia, former Environment and Sustainability Consultant, Global Citizen, American currently in Australia
Shawn Andrews, Director of Indigicate and Supply Aus
Anna Keeling, Managing Director, Boeing Defence UK
Vincent Fantauzzo, award winning artist
Story: Caleb Scanlon
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