The Core Competency Programme forms the cornerstone of CSA’s educational offerings, equipping participants with essential skills critical to the chief of staff role.
• Duration: Ten months, with new modules open each month.
• Structure: Complete one module per month online, with interactive questions and a final capstone project.
• Eligibility: Programme is included in membership fees.
• Commitment: Approximately four hours per week with a total of forty hours of learning.
• Assessment: Assignments are submitted at the end of each module drawing on lessons learned from the content.
The subjects of the programme are tailored for the chief of staff role and led by world-class subject matter experts.
Complete a module each month whilst completing assignments that apply your learnings and directly apply to your current work.
Learn from academics at top universities and practitioners who are masters in their respective fields.
Modules are released on a monthly basis, with approximately four hours of learning per module.
Complete an assignment with each module that applies your key learnings from the content.
Miriam Reid, Chief of Staff, Beazly
Keith Ferrazzi
Founder, Ferrazzi Greenlight
Learn to lead by using tools of influence when leading cross-functional teams and implementing organisation-wide strategy.
Keith Ferrazzi is the author of the New York Times bestselling books ‘Never Eat Alone’ and ‘Who’s Got Your Back?’. Keith is a recognized global thought leader whose methodologies are adapted to a twenty-first century with a radical new workplace operating system.
Prof. Yael Grushka-Cockayne
The Darden School of Business
A masterclass that recognises the role of chiefs of staff as overseers of organisation-wide projects, applying project management techniques.
James Copsey
Lead Partner, KPMG Australia
Governments play a key role in shaping business practices, organisations need to understand how to navigate these complexities.
Prof. Connson Locke
London School of Economics
Learn how to manage difficult conversations with stakeholders and negotiate win-win outcomes for your principal and organisation.
David Bryum
Human Synergistics Australia
As the conduit between leadership and staff, learn how chiefs of staff can ‘take the organisational pulse’ to optimise culture for performance.
Prof. Patrick Dawson
University of Aberdeen
Learn how to defuse pressures and ensure the implementation of necessary change while minimising damage to organisational culture.
Amanda Coleman
Crisis Communications Expert
Acting as a liaison between key stakeholders, this session positions chiefs of staff as ‘chief convenors’ who can provide clarity during crises.
Ken Whitton
Organisational Strategy Expert
Uncovering the drivers – and barriers – to success is a vital process as a chief of staff, as well as understanding the critical relevance of ‘strategic thinking.’
Prof. Lite Nartey
INSEAD, Fontainebleau France
Manage the vital relationships that affect organisational performance and reputation, prioritising stakeholders levels of influence.
Zoë Arden
Leadership Communications Expert
Develop capabilities and skills in influencing and engaging others, including creating an inspiring leadership narrative.