A trailblazing program empowering Indigenous leaders
An award-winning leadership program delivered by Monash Business School is strengthening Australia’s Indigenous workforce in the public, private and community sectors.
“This program is an example of what is possible when a relationship is forged between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians based on justice, equity, and the proper recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights,” says Gooreng Gooreng woman and Senior Lecturer Katrina Johnson.
She has been instrumental to the launch of the Master of Indigenous Business Leadership which is a cross-disciplinary program with leading units delivered by Monash Business School, complemented by a tailored offering in design thinking, together with a mastery unit from Law.
Ms Johnson speaks of her continued pride in teaching the program to indigenous leaders from all over Australia.
“It is a trailblazing program empowering our business leaders across the nation to Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! in the boardroom, across community, in the marketplace and on global stages,” she says.
Ms Johnson understands the value of education. Her grandparents’ perseverance in ensuring their eight children were all educated, after only receiving limited schooling themselves, shaped her family for generations.
“I always return to the sacrifices made by my grandparents when I think about why I value education. Countless days toiling in the fields to earn money to send their eight children to school, knowing their sweat and labour would pave a way for their children’s children to have a better life,” she says.
