Abby Walter

Business-organisation and role? The Weekly Advertiser, journalist. 

Which Leadership Wimmera program are you participating in? Change Makers. 

Why are you participating in a Leadership Wimmera program? I am participating in the program to be able to better serve my workplace and community in the roles I fulfil. I want to develop skills to improve my leadership and also be able to give back to the community.

What do you hope to achieve and-or learn by participating in Leadership Wimmera? I hope to learn more about what challenges I might face as a leader, both personally and within teams, and develop the skills to work through those challenges. I also want to see where my strengths are and how to best utilise my knowledge and experience to become a better leader at work and in the community.

What has been the highlight of the program? The highlight of the program for me so far has been creating connections with other group members. We have such a wide variety of people from the community and it has been fantastic to get to know them and learn from them. I am excited to see where the second half of the program takes us as a team.

The Weekly Advertiser, in partnership with Leadership Wimmera, continues to present weekly profiles of this year’s leadership program participants.

Leadership Wimmera has provided opportunities for the development of emerging and existing community leaders across the Wimmera and southern Mallee in Victoria since its inception in 2002.

Graduates from the program, which is overseen by Wimmera Development
Association, use life and leadership skills they learn in the program in their roles as business owners, managers, employees, volunteers, parents, friends and community members.

It has two flagship programs and runs several other development opportunities annually. 

The Change Makers program is for existing leaders – those who own or run a business and-or who lead a team at work or in their community life and who have demonstrated potential to commit to greater leadership involvement in their workplace or community.

An Emerging Leaders program is for people wanting to build leadership skills to increase their influence within the workplace or community groups.

People can find out more by calling project officer Vernetta Taylor on 0419 114 274 or emailing vtaylor@wda.org.au.

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