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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the centre”
Kurt Vonnegut
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF
THE
EDGE
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The Edge is a great way to enhance your performance as a leader. Each Edge group meets
monthly
for confidential and structured 3-hour sessions run by highly experienced and skilled chairmen, in which your business and leadership experiences are shared and your personal and professional challenges are analysed and worked through.
IS THE EDGE PROGRAM FOR YOU?
Have you considered the professional advantages of having a business mentor, yet struggle to pick any one person with who you would select to have such a relationship?
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Did you grow professionally and personally during your GLF program year just by being exposed to alternative ways of thinking and problem solving?
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Are you faced with issues and/or challenges that require out of the box thinking (a boarder perspective)?
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Would you like big ideas and expert input to your professional priorities and direction?
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Have you always wanted a mentor? Would you like 7-9 mentors at your disposal?
If you answered YES to any of these questions then the Edge program may be exactly what you are looking for!
GLF Edge provides a 100% confidential environment that supports and encourages professional and personal transformation. It also offers the rare opportunity to directly influence other leaders and their industries. It is a place where I receive genuine and unbiased advice that comes from a deeper, more connected group consciousness, which is devoid of pre-set individual agenda. For me, GLF Edge is simply priceless.
Monika Sikora FGLF10, Forensic Accountant SA Police
What is Edge?
Edge is a great way to enhance your performance as a leader.
Each carefully selected Edge group meets ten times over the year for confidential and structured 3-hour sessions. These sessions are run by highly experienced and skilled chairmen. Your business and leadership experiences are shared and your personal and professional challenges are analysed and worked through to achieve superior implementable outcomes.
The richness of the Edge experience is multiplied as each of your peers brings personal experiences into the conversation. Your accomplished chairman will ask questions to keep the dialogue thought provoking and meaningful, share their own personal experiences, provide feedback and along with your group, serve as a sounding board in each session.
Who is it for?
Edge has included senior managers to CEO’s from a diverse range of business, government and community organisations. If you ever encounter personal and professional challenges then Edge is relevant to you.
Why is it for me?
The Edge program is a way to receive and share knowledge and expertise. Because Edge involves a group of experienced and talented professionals, it promotes diversity of thinking, practice and understanding. The diversity of perspectives that emerge from Edge interactions are powerful enablers for your own personal development and successes. And you are not isolated and alone as many leadership positions are. You have the opportunity to tap into some of the best minds in Adelaide to refine your strategies and set your plans for action.
‘The Edge Program is like having 8 personal mentors at once who have advanced business and community insights to complex challenges you may be facing personally or professionally. Without doubt Edge delivers to its name – that is, it provides pragmatic, contemporary and outcome changing expertise in a highly trustworthy and responsive setting – giving you the edge. Furthermore, in the spirit of GLF, Edge takes you outside your comfort zone and provides clarity, diversity of thought and refined direction for member issues and strategies that are discussed. You and your organisation will benefit directly from the innovative and insightful solutions offered by your Edge colleagues.’
Dr Amanda Rischbieth FGLF04, CEO Heart Foundation (Edge member 2009/10/11)
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
The Edge Advantage for Individuals -
- Promotes diversity of thinking, practice and understanding through access to broader perspectives and high-level opinions on key issues.
- Transference of knowledge and expertise from the real experiences of other leaders
- Support from other leaders in a confidential and independent setting.
- Forge diverse relationships that will be a reference point for future work issues
The Edge Advantage for Employers –
- Edge members discuss real solutions to real issues – members are exposed to a collective source of professional wisdom from diverse backgrounds that money just can’t buy.
- Provides continued growth and support for leaders, at a level where many avenues of study and peer support cease.
- In these challenging times leaders require support and fresh ideas – Edge provides a highly relevant and invigorated approach to dealing with issues in a changing world.
WHO IS THE EDGE FOR? Edge has included senior managers to CEO’s from a diverse range of business, government and community organisations. If you ever encounter personal and professional challenges then Edge is relevant to you. “The GLF Edge program enables me to take a significant and challenging issue from my organization to an external group of professionals from a range of industries and services. With their variety of backgrounds, expertise and non-ownership of the issue, the Edge group consistently provide advice and ideas that challenge my thinking and provide alternative insights into how to tackle the issue. More than once I have had my perspective influenced by the group in a positive manner which has led to successful resolution to the issue and a constructive personal learning experience. The intrinsic trust and confidentiality of the group provides a non-threatening environment to test my thoughts and ideas outside of my organization. If you are looking for a network that provides a tangible benefit to your working life, this is it.” Keith Driscoll FGLF05, Executive Officer, Metropolitan Patient Services, SA AmbulanceService
What is the investment? The investment for financial GLF Graduate Members and Honorary and Foundation Members is $2,100 plus GST and for others is $2,900 plus GST (for 10 months from February 2012). MORE INFORMATION?
Registrations are now open for 2012. Places are limited to 10 per group so get your registration in now to take part in this unique and affordable way to develop your edge as a leader. Interested? Learn more or register by contacting the Leaders Institute of SA’s Program Coordinator Wendy Matthews via email at wendy.matthews@lisa.com.au or phone 7070 0960. *Edge groups are chaired by prominent and experienced South Australian leaders who are also Foundation or Honorary Members of the Leaders Institute. Currently Bruce Linn , Kay Hannaford Seamark and Rod Keane are chairing our Edge groups. | 
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