General Manager Program

Lead strategically. Navigate complexity. Drive performance.

AGSM’s prominent General Manager Program has been helping leaders in building the leadership capabilities, functional knowledge, and strategic insight to drive organisational performance.

You will build the skills, knowledge and confidence to respond to today’s challenges and prepare for those of tomorrow, learning how to shape the culture and your leadership to enable your organisation to achieve its goals.

You will return to work with new capabilities, techniques, executive practices and mindsets to lead your business unit with confidence, shape the play and respond to disruption, and a professional network of general managers from diverse backgrounds.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Lead with an adaptive mindset
• Apply techniques to drive performance in an increasingly complex environment
• Understand how to create and sustain a performance culture
• Build an understanding of your organisation's value proposition and how you can better serve your clients and stakeholders
• Develop executive practices that shape the culture of performance
• Assess systemic risk and make more informed, confident investment decisions
• Identify trends and anticipate challenges
• Develop the communication skills to increase your presence, impact and influence
• Learn how to use informal networking to build connections and increase your professional network
• Understand how to navigate and leverage power dynamics to increase your influence