The Asstembly’s Women's Leadership Programs expand the enduring leadership, confidence, skills and experience of female leaders, so they can navigate barriers to career progression and leadership that exist in the Security and STEM sectors; and create impact as resourceful, adaptive, authentic leaders.

Delivering measurable leadership capability shifts alongside deeper cultural transformation.
The Women in Defence Industry Leadership Initiative provides professional, tailored leadership training to women across Australia’s defence industry, as a strategic approach to build the diverse, capable and sustainable STEM workforce and leaders Australia needs to deliver its strategic defence priorities.
The initiative focuses on two workforce segments: early-career women/emerging female leaders, and early-career female leaders.
A transformational 6-month group leadership program that creates courageous, enduring, impactful female leaders. Tailored to rapidly transform the leadership of established female leaders in the Security and STEM sectors to:
A 4-month group leadership program tailored for early-career formal and informal female leaders in Security and STEM professions who are transitioning from technical expert to formal or informal leader. The Leadership Accelerator fast-tracks enduring and impactful growth in leading self and others through a focus on:
A 2-month foundational leadership program for early-career women and emerging female leaders in Security and STEM Professions. The group program builds professional networks and develops:
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