Communication is key for leaders
Adam Knapp, a Policy Advisor on Environment and Natural Resource Management with the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF), expected to leave his comfort zone when he signed up for the TRAIL program for emerging...
Leading for Change
As someone who has made a life-long study of leadership and governance, it is no surprise that Michelle Deshong’s involvement with the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation has many facets. Since graduating from Course...
25 years of leadership: a dramatic impact from the start
Profile of Mike Beckingham, founding ARLF Executive Director Written by Marg Carroll - Course 4 graduate, National Library of Australia oral historian, writer/photographer, farmer Twenty five years on - what a milestone for ARLF!...
Leadership: Giving back
Waverley Stanley is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program and grateful for all the opportunities he has received over the years. He is giving back as co-founder of Yalari, which provides...
Developing agribusiness leaders
Shane Bodiam reflects on the Australian Agribusiness Leadership Program (AALP) he undertook last year and how it was about the journey, not the outcome. Like most participants, finding time in his diary to undertake...
Embracing diversity
Lisa is a graduate of Course 19 of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) It isn’t difficult to lure Lisa Dwyer onto the topic of the ARLP. It is an experience she is...
25 years of investing in people
Mike Logan reflects on the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) and how it was key to his proudest achievement. Mike is graduate of the first ARLP intake in 1993. He is a seasoned...
Leading with courage and support
Krysteen McElroy believes iconic rural leadership program has given her a supportive network, more courage and a greater understanding of values. Krysteen is a recent graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP),...
