Who We Are

Founded in 2000, Leadership Victoria is a community-based, voluntary organization committed to developing, supporting, recognizing and honouring outstanding community leaders.

Our mission is

To develop well-informed leaders who are passionately engaged
in building a vibrant community.

We are a diverse group from the business, government, education, military the non-profit sectors who share a profound belief that the health of our community depends intimately on the quality of its leadership. We also believe — based on many decades of scientific investigation — that the ability to lead is not necessarily innate. Leadership can be taught and leadership can be learned. This means that communities can and must take responsibility today for fostering the leadership they will need tomorrow.

As board members, coaches, mentors, and program partners we put our collective skills and experience to work for the development of Victoria’s emerging generation of leaders.

What We Do

Working collaboratively with eminent leaders from all sectors, Leadership Victoria constructs and delivers a challenging, life-enriching, nine-month action/study program that hones the skills of emerging leaders by immersing them in real-world community issues. Through the rich sharing of ideas, experiences, resources, and networks, current leaders pass the torch of leadership to participants who, in turn, become informed, active citizens and well-rounded contributors to the community.

Since launching in 2000, Leadership Victoria has graduated 179 alumni whose work in the program has created a living legacy of more than over 33 Community Action Projects and who have gone on to assume leadership roles in business, government and the voluntary sector.

Leadership Victoria also plays a central role in actively promoting the idea of community leadership through initiatives like the Leadership Symposium and Victoria’s Community Leadership Awards.