Community & Employer Benefits
Community Benefits
Leadership Gippsland Fellows (our graduates) are more involved in their communities, with a focus on supporting community: our community groups, not-for-profit organisations, schools and service clubs:
- Active participation by graduates through their chosen community projects
- 29.4% of graduates surveyed recently had attracted funding to their region through community projects
- 51% of Graduates had increased community participation after graduating from GCLP
- All report a much greater awareness of their impact as leaders in providing support to their community.
Employer Benefits
- A recent survey of graduates showed:
- 80% of graduates surveyed felt their employer/community had benefited through a broadening of their perspectives, mindsets, attitudes and behaviours.
84.3% of respondents felt they had increased capacity and access to resources and skills. - 35% had been promoted or assumed new roles after graduating
35% had moved from middle management to executive roles - 20% had moved from Executive Management to CEO roles **
** 2013 Survey of Graduates of Victorian Regional Community Leadership Programs
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