CFA volunteer Nicole McGrath has been announced as the successful candidate for the Leadership Ballarat and Western Region (LBWR) 2020 leadership program.
Nicole has been a member of Ballarat City Fire Brigade for more than 20 years. She has also been on the brigade management team since 2000. She has held several roles in the brigade including chair, lieutenant, secretary and treasurer, and has just been appointed secretary of the Eureka Group.
Chris Bigham, Acting Operations Manager in District 15, spoke highly of Nicole.
“My congratulations go out to Nicole. She is a great candidate who has many roles within CFA and is highly respected.”
The Leadership Ballarat and Western Region 2020 Program is a community leadership program consisting of 22 facilitated learning sessions:
- Opening and closing retreats that include all meals and accommodation
- Exclusive Parliament House experience in Canberra with access to ministers and senior party members
- Exposure to complex community issues with various guest speakers
- Opportunities for positive personal change through the Lifestyles Inventory (LSI) Circumplex
- Development of leadership efficacy through workplace feedback from LSI 2
- An experiential learning methodology for leadership education and practice developed at Harvard University
- All program resources and pre-readings
- Graduation dinner
The Program’s official launch was 5 February 2020 and it finishes in November.
Nicole hopes to take the knowledge gained from the program back to her brigade.
“I hope that my participation in this program will mean that the brigade gains someone who has the skills necessary to help effectively lead the brigade through change, to build resilience and to help it to adapt and modernise while still keeping members engaged,” Nicole said.
