Overview

Developing strategic leadership skills in public sector managers requires a different educational framework to what is appropriate for private sector managers. Where business schools teach how to 'create shareholder value', ANZSOG’s mission is to teach public sector managers how to 'create public value'.

Our programs 

Executive Fellows Program (EFP)
A three-week residential program tailored for senior executives, building on the core relationship and management skills needed in the public sector of the 21st Century. Learn more >

Towards Strategic Leadership (TSL)
Delivered over two separate residential sessions, TSL is a program specifically designed for people moving from tactical into strategic leadership roles in government, i.e. people facing senior executive responsibilities for the first time. Learn more >

Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)
A two-year degree program designed for future leaders, developing management and policy skills needed in today’s public sector. Learn more >

Excellence in Local Government Leadership Program (ELGP)
A three-week intensive program tailored to build the capacity of local government leadership to manage and influence a rapidly changing environment. Learn more >

The Pacific Executive Program (PACE)
A twelve-month, part-time program developed in association with AusAID to build capacity and strengthen reform in the Pacific region. It is designed for public sector officials in the executive ranks who are the future leaders of their services. Learn more >

Executive Workshops
ANZSOG’s suite of executive workshops offer a stimulating and intellectually rigorous learning experience across a diverse range of themes. Course leaders are drawn from the world’s elite institutions such as the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.  Learn more >

Partnership Programs
ANZSOG is working alongside the governments of each jurisdiction in Australia and the New Zealand government to develop a series of seminars, workshop, commissioned research and occasional papers addressing the many and varied challenges facing senior public servants. Learn more >

Why participate in an ANZSOG program? 

“On a professional level [the program] enabled me to operate
at a more strategic level, and on a personal level enabled me
to build my skills, and move to a more senior position.”
EMPA graduate

ANZSOG offers high-level, interactive educational programs that are designed to broaden the participants’ vision and give them the knowledge and skills to make a more effective contribution to the public sector.

Participants learn how to make more informed decisions that contribute to improved public services, better management of public funds and the enforcement of laws and regulations for the benefit of the communities they serve.

Our program participants also benefit from sharing ideas and perspectives with people from other agencies, departments and jurisdictions. The intensive nature of ANZSOG’s programs means that participants invariably establish strong, lasting networks across the broader public sector.

Our graduates find that the knowledge they gain and the networks they establish at ANZSOG help to open up new job opportunities and advance their careers.