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Future Leaders 2025

Future Leaders is the wine community’s national professional and personal development program cultivating world-class leadership qualities across the sector.

Program Pillars

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Identity of
Leadership

Who are you and what makes you unique? How will you use your strengths to make a difference in

the lives of others?

Discover how to shape your leadership identity

so people choose to follow.

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Science of
Leadership

Explore practical evidence

based insights in the neuroscience of leadership. New insights and

actions founded on cutting edge science will

remove the guess work

and improve how you relate to yourself and others.

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Art of
Leadership

Discover the art of leadership. How to design  thriving organisation,

how to make cutting

edge decisions, and how to have tough conversations

to build your people

to be their best.

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Future of
Leadership

Change is constant and our

leadership needs to step into the new, now.
The future of leadership

requires us to seek trends and build networks.

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Future Leaders is a biennial program.
If you would like to be notified when applications open for Future Leaders 2025 please email
research@wineaustralia.com

Watch the video to find out more about
the Future Leaders program

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Future Leaders is a professional and personal development program that creates a network of confident, committed individuals who will
be next and contribute to the future success of the
Australian wine community.

Funded by the sector and coordinated by Wine Australia, Future Leaders is a biennial program offered to applicants with open, creative, inquisitive minds who are early to mid-career and already demonstrating leadership potential.

 

The program is designed to achieve transformational and sustainable impact, not temporary inspiration. 

Since 2006 there have been 122 Future Leaders graduates.
Many have taken roles at regional wine and grape grower associations and some have also been appointed to national committees and boards.

Take a look at what our 2023 successful applicants had to say. 

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Belinda van Eyssen
Winemaker | Co-owner The Cutting

Future Leaders is an exceptional program well suited to anyone who is aspiring to delve into and improve on their leadership style and ability to make positive change within the wine sector. It provides a unique opportunity to connect with a talented cohort from across the sector, all driven to make a positive contribution.

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Andrew Shedden
Head of Fine Wines | Endeavour Group

Future Leaders is one of the best courses I've ever participated in, an incredibly powerful and impactful experience! The materials that Pragmatic Thinking have put together are accessible and applicable to a wide range of industry situations which meant that it was appropriate for the broad church of participants on the course. The bonds that are created during an experience like this are enduring and will not only benefit the participants but hopefully be felt in our wider networks and across the industry in the years to come.

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Amy Blackburn
Lead Winemaker | Australian Vintage

Future Leaders is the most incredible journey; both career and life changing. If you want to develop yourself as a leader and experience personal growth, then this is the program for you!

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Lucy Etheridge
Farmer | Yarrawalla

Having the opportunity to be among such an inspired group of people, who I wholeheartedly now consider friends, has been a privilege. The program has helped me realise, and be comfortable with, my value as a leader within the Australian wine sector and beyond.

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