FUTURE LEADERS OF THE WEST - FLOW Program
Business Leadership Program in Wyndham
Developing Leaders in Wyndham
The Future Leaders of the West (FLOW) program is an initiative of the Committee for Wyndham to develop leadership skills, prepare participants for leadership roles in Wyndham and to bring the community together for a brighter future.
FLOW is facilitated by PROfound Leadership, a local award-winning leadership training company, on behalf of the Committee for Wyndham.
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to succeed in today’s busy and ever-changing envirnment.
What are the program details?
The Future Leaders of the West (FLOW) is a unique leadership program in Melbourne’s west to develop business leadership skills and prepare participants for community leadership roles. The program has been designed to provide extensive networking opportunities both within Wyndham and beyond, and to gain a depth of knowledge on this growing region not provided elsewhere. This means that participants will have an insight into Wyndham and the West that others will not.
During the FLOW program, participants will meet with leaders from business, government and the community and will work in teams to develop and implement a community project.
Working on real community-enriching projects, FLOW participants will grow their local network and learn to manage work priorities, communicate with impact, build effective relationships, manage team effectiveness and performance, step up, make decisions and be accountable for their actions, success and contribution.
Success in this program is measured by participants’ ability to:
- Develop, both personally and professionally
- Become well-rounded thinkers and leaders
- Perform tasks within a diverse team outside of class time
- Deliver targeted project outcomes of enduring personal & professional development
- Leverage from new connections to improve Wyndham
- Achieve tangible contributions by implementing new leadership strategies in the workplace and community
- …and more
Program Duration
10 months | Workshop on one day per month (9am - 4pm)
We continuously accept applications and will advise you of the next starting date once minimum enrolments are received.
Who should apply?
The FLOW Program is suited for individuals with strong technical knowledge who seek to enhance their human-centred leadership skills and become successful and impactful leaders in a dynamic and ever-changing business world.
For example:
- Staff members who have been identified as potential leaders
- Staff members in leadership roles who require further leadership training
- People in community leadership roles who require further leadership training to excel
- Etc.
Typical experience and attributes of a FLOW candidate include:
- 10 to 15 years’ work experience, combined with some management experience
- Willing to travel and enthusiastic about meeting key leaders in Wyndham and beyond
- Profound interest to positively influence their work teams and organisation
- A passion for leadership development and life-long learning
- Strong commitment to contribute to the community and eager to take up a leadership role in Wyndham
- Ability to fully commit to the program and its requirements:
- Attending induction session, scheduled full-day workshops, community project meetings outside class time, and program graduation event
- Keen to create a learning environment where participants support each other beyond the class time and program
Key areas of development
- Personal effectiveness
- Project management
- Emotional intelligence
- Effective communication
- Conflict resolution
- Interpersonal skills
- Presentation skills
- Change management
- Leading and managing others
Participant commitment and opportunities
- Attending pre-course welcome and induction session, as well as program graduation
- Participating in monthly thought-provoking, engaging workshops, consisting of facilitated group discussions, guest speakers, and structured developmental activities that are providing solutions to real-life challenges of today’s busy and dynamic environment
- Working in a team to deliver a community project outside group class time that can have a positive impact on Wyndham’s economy, liveability and community
- Willingness to undertake a leadership role in the Wyndham community
- Being prepared to travel to and experience a variety of workplaces and organisations normally not open to others
- Accessing key leaders and subject matter experts that can provide fresh perspectives on current issues and topics relating to Wyndham
Employer commitment
- Investment of the course fee
- Releasing participants from work to successfully complete the program and its requirements
- Supporting participants to undertake project work with other participants
- Supporting participants to implement their new learnings
Investment
$3,950 plus GST per program participant
How to support future leaders in Wyndham
If you would like to sponsor a young leader into the program, sponsor a group community project or provide a venue & catering for a session, please contact Barbara McLure.
What are the key areas and benefits of the FLOW Program?
Following are the 9 key areas of the FLOW program.
You can access session summaries and reflections from last year’s FLOW sessions.
Simply click on the images below.
Who will facilitate the program?
Martin Probst
CEO - Chief Education Officer
Martin is the CEO - Chief Education Officer at PROfound Leadership. In the last few years, Martin and PROfound Leadership received many accolates for their humann-centred Leadership development services, including:
- 2020 Top 10 Leadership Development Training/Coaching Companies APAC
- Awarded by HR Tech Outlook
- 2020 #1 International Bestselling Autor on Amazon with the book ‘I did it!’
- 2020 Asia Pacific Learning Impact Awards
- Finalist for the Learning Solution Award (External) for delivering the FLOW 2020 program in Wyndham
- 2019 Australian Learning Impact Awards
- Learning Professional of the Year
- Highly Commended Learning Provider of the Year
- 2019 Wyndham Business Awards
- Professional Services Small Finalist
Find out more about Martin
Martin is an award-winning Learning Professional who helps managers and team leaders to empower themselves with skills of the future, so they can LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE and positively impact the people around them through their actions and authentic leadership style.
Martin’s endeavour to make a lasting impact in the Learning & Development space has seen him spending well over 20 years travelling the world, studying the field of self-development and human potential. He understands what it means to work in pressured environments and the importance of becoming the best at what you do. His background and experience working with a wide variety of cultures and range of industries include:
Education | Hospitality | Procurement | Retail | Finance | Compliance | IT | Marketing
This deep knowledge and understanding enables rapid rapport and trust to develop. He is Master Certified in numerous personal transformation modalities and is an all-round nice guy with an infectious laugh.
His mission to maximise human potential and achieve peak performance in a supportive environment have led to:
- Working in different industries on 6 continents for over 30 years
- Certified Learning Facilitator (Institute for Learning & Performance) and other modalities
- Designing and delivering almost 200 workshops and speaking engagements
- Teaching over 10 years in formal education
- Facilitating over 1,000 hours of one-on-one coaching sessions
- Authoring 6 Australian and international books, audio books and leadership journal
- Serving as an adviser and member on various committees & boards
Today, Martin is directly impacting the lives of many people and organisations in Australia and around the globe through his simple-yet-effective and solution-based leadership strategies, so they can successfully deal with the human aspects of the business.
His clients can’t believe how simple and easy these strategies are to learn and apply, and what immediate and profound impact they have on their professional and personal lives.
Please connect with Martin on LinkedIn and if you have any questions, please feel free to send him an email.
Listen in to the podcasts “Talking Wyndham”, where Martin Probst provides further insights into leadership and the FLOW program:
2021 Episode
2020 Episode
I AM IN! - HOW CAN I JOIN THE PROGRAM?
To join us as a FLOW participant, please:
1. Download the program brochure with application form below.
2. Complete the application form at the end of the document.
3. Email your completed application to: [email protected].
FLOW Testimonials
The FLOW program provided a fantastic curriculum to challenge and develop your leadership and management
skills and capabilities. The course content along with the varied skills of course participants and presenters made
for a stimulating learning environment and one that has honed and refined my management and leadership
style since graduation.
[2019 Hobsons Bay Business of the Year, 2019 Wyndham Professional Services Medium, FLOW 2013]
The FLOW program strengthened my leadership skills by having the opportunity to work with and learn from
likeminded people in Wyndham from all kinds of businesses. The guest speakers were great and the locations
we had the opportunity to visit were invaluable.
[FLOW 2019]
Can’t recommend this course enough.
I came into the course with little direction. Throughout the course I now have gotten more clarity, direction and found more motivation. Have clear goals and already achieved many of them (career and personal) through setting boundaries, being more proactive with my actions and having focus on what is truly important.
I also created a lot of self-awareness and how to unlock the power of emotional intelligence to be more at ease and connect more with others and being more present in conversations.”
[FLOW 2020]
The most valuable thing I have taken from this class is the support of my classmates in being able to discuss any
leadership issues or hurdles you may be experiencing and having the opportunity to brainstorm the issues to
forge a smoother path forward.
[FLOW 2017/18]
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I choose PROfound Leadership?
Bringing award-winning learning impact to you.
PROfound Leadership is a dynamic Melbourne based business that operates throughout Australia and internationally. Our Learning & Development programs have been successful in promoting greater confidence and heightened leadership skills in individuals and teams, enabling them to make smarter choices and achieve significantly and measurably better outcomes.
Our award-winning learning impact empowers organisations, teams and individuals through effective and proven leadership strategies, to unleash maximum potential and succeed in an ever-changing environment. We know that one approach won’t suit everyone, so it’s part of our philosophy to tailor all our services to our clients’ needs. Hence, we offer a range of services to create flexibility and cater for different learning styles in the form of on-site workshops, leadership programs, one-on-one coaching & mentoring sessions, as well as user-friendly online courses.
OUR VISION
PROfound Leadership’s vision is to strengthen organisations through human-centred leadership and positively transform their future and generations to come.
OUR MISSION
Our mission at PROfound Leadership is to empower organisations, teams and individuals with effective and proven leadership strategies and unleash their full potential to succeed in an ever-changing environment.
We do this by:
- Challenging the Status Quo and providing new perspectives
- Educating and empowering individuals to find their authentic leadership style
- Building greater confidence, so individuals, teams and organisations can make smarter choices and achieve better outcomes
OUR VALUES
Client performance and success
Without you, we wouldn’t exist. Our first priority is to ensure that with every interaction you progress further ahead in transforming your organisation. This isn’t just because it makes us happy and proud, but more importantly so you can have a positive impact on generations to come through enhanced leadership skills.
Excellence and accountability
Your needs come first in everything we do, which is why we commit to life-long learning, continuous improvement and a best practice approach to guarantee our programs’ quality. We deliver excellence, efficiency and award-winning learning impact, so that each experience with us is positive and effective. This includes every event or coaching session you organise or attend, online training course you enrol in, video you watch, blog post you read, and every email you receive.
Business relations and integrity
Our focus is on long-term commitments to build and foster strong business relationships that are built on a foundation of integrity and open communication to achieve sustainable win-win outcomes.
Who will deliver the program?
Our professional development content is developed and facilitated mostly by our director and Chief Education Officer Martin Probst, who delivers results.
Through our company, Martin helps managers and team leaders to empower themselves with skills of the future, so they can LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE and positively impact the people around them through their actions and authentic leadership style.
Martin’s endeavour to make a lasting impact in the Learning & Development space has seen him spending well over 20 years travelling the world, studying the field of self-development and human potential. He understands what it means to work in pressured environments and the importance of becoming the best at what you do. His background and experience working with a wide variety of cultures and range of industries include:
Education | Hospitality | Procurement | Retail | Finance | Compliance | IT | Marketing
This deep knowledge and understanding enables rapid rapport and trust to develop. He is Master Certified in numerous personal transformation modalities and is an all-round nice guy with an infectious laugh.
His mission to maximise human potential and achieve peak performance in a supportive environment have led to:
- Working in different industries on 6 continents for over 30 years
- Certified Learning Facilitator (Institute for Learning & Performance) and other modalities
- Designing and delivering almost 200 workshops and speaking engagements
- Teaching over 10 years in formal education
- Facilitating over 1,000 hours of one-on-one coaching sessions
- Authoring 6 Australian and international books, audio books and leadership journal
- Serving as an adviser and member on various committees & boards
Awards
- 2020 Top 10 Leadership Development Training/Coaching Companies APAC
- Awarded by HR Tech Outlook
- 2019 Australian Learning Impact Awards
- Learning Professional of the Year
- Highly Commended Learning Provider
of the Year
- 2019 Wyndham Business Awards
- Professional Services Small Finalist
Today, Martin is directly impacting the lives of many people and organisations in Australia and around the globe through his simple-yet-effective and solution-based leadership strategies, so they can successfully deal with the human aspects of the business. His clients can’t believe how simple and easy these strategies are to learn and apply, and what immediate and profound impact they have on their professional and personal lives.
Is this a formal qualification?
Is there anybody who can help participants if they get stuck?
Participants have access to the PROfound Leadership team who is there to support them all the way and provide solutions when they face a challenge.
I have been able to adopt some very effective strategies through working with Martin to improve on the communication I use day to day.
It blows my mind that Martin Probst can deliver that kind of mindset change in such a short period of time.
GREATER CONFIDENCE
SMARTER DECISIONS
BETTER OUTCOMES
The Committee for Wyndham
Established in 1998, the Committee for Wyndham brings together influential businesses, community organisations, government and individuals to work together to promote and enhance the social, environmental, economic and cultural wellbeing of the broader Wyndham community.
The Committee for Wyndham work hard for the community through advocacy, influence, collaboration, and facilitation with a focus on:
- Local Wyndham
- Leadership Wyndham
- Connecting Wyndham
For further information please feel free to contact:
Barbara McLure, Chief Executive Officer - Committee for Wyndham | 0412 082 163 | [email protected] or
Martin Probst, CHief Education Officer - PROfound Leadership | 0421 936 313 | [email protected]
I AM IN! - HOW CAN I JOIN THE PROGRAM?
To join us as a FLOW participant, please:
1. Download your program brochure with application form below.
2. Complete the application form at the end of the document.
3. Email your completed application to: [email protected].
We are trusted by many successful organisations
Sofia Semhan11/04/2024Amazing experience. Great leadership presentation and exposition delivered by Martin. All the assistants were incredibly open to talk and connect. I invite everyone to participate!CACAO10/04/2024Martin is a great educator and delivered an excellent program to the senior management team. Martin challenged us to see things differently, lead with confidence. Enhance relationships and to work as one. Martin’s program and guidance has ultimately helped us to improve communication and team work and empower individuals to grow and lead teams.Melissa Wheeler28/03/2024Martin Probst delivered an engaging and in-depth presentation on the DISC model of leadership for the RMIT Executive MBA. His interactive session encouraged students to share their stories and experiences, which added a practical and more authentic discussion that students continued to discuss days later. I would describe Martin as professional AND approachable. His materials (handouts, info sheets) were beautifully designed and very helpful for future reflection and development that extends outside of the session. I look forward to collaborating with Martin again. Dr Melissa Wheeler Executive MBA Facilitator, RMIT UniversityBen Hietbrink25/03/2024Thank you so much, Martin. I really resonated with your presentation at RMIT Executive MBA, and it has helped me see the world around me in a new and more productive way.Jodie Verran28/02/2024Martin is a true Yoda in the world of business coaching! His profound leadership wisdom and transformative strategies have been a game-changer for me. The personalised attention and tailored guidance make him stand out. If you want success with a touch of wisdom, Martin is the go-to. Highly recommended! Thank you, Martin, for being the guiding force behind my journey. May the business force continue to be strong with you!Piyali Biswas12/02/2024Thank you for hosting the "Leadership Sessions." It was truly impactful and engaging. I'm eagerly looking forward to more sessions in the future.Rajnish Kumar08/02/2024Martin has Indepth understanding of behavioral aspect of performance. His talks on leadership and various management topics immensely helped shaping my own growth journey.Abbey Exell27/11/2023Our organisation has been so impressed with the professionalism, content and overall interaction with Martin and Gerda at PROfound. They are amazing people and, without doubt, know their space. We hope to continue working with them for many years to come. We highly recommend PROfound to any orgranisation/workplace for staff professional development.Ailsa Page23/11/2023I attended a presentation by Martin on collaboration and it was great. Succinct, relatable and entertaining. Perfect ingredients for a presentation. Thank you and well done Martin.Stacey Webb11/10/2023I had the pleasure of attending one of Martin's keynote speeches at the ABLE Author and Book Expo. His wisdom and confidence were truly remarkable. Martin's ability to engage the audience and deliver his message with passion was truly inspiring. Martin's expertise in the field is evident, and I would highly recommend him as a keynote speaker for any event. His presence and delivery are nothing short of exceptional, making him a valuable asset to any occasion.
