We caught up with one of this year's Emerging Leaders Program participants, Simon Bartosak, Team Leader Civil Maintenance at City of Salisbury to find out how he is enjoying the program so far. 

What made you sign up for the Emerging Leaders Program?

I have been working at City of Salisbury for the last 5 years as Team Leader Civil Maintenance and I have been looking to broaden my local government networks, undertake further professional development in leadership and work towards obtaining formal Business qualifications. After reviewing the content delivered in the Emerging Leaders Program, delivered in partnership by
LG Professionals SA and The University of South Australia this seemed like a good fit for me and great way to commence the journey towards becoming a more effective leader. 

The most recent UniSA module focused on Culture - what was your biggest take away from this session?

In the module on Culture and Team Dynamics I developed a greater awareness of organisational culture and how I can better influence team culture and team dynamics. I’m looking forward to taking this knowledge back to City of Salisbury and trialling some of these new concepts within the team I currently lead.