Our Mission

An innovative, independent, not-for-profit organisation developing people who exercise positive and enduring leadership in and for the real world.

What We Do

• Focus on the future: We identify emerging issues and opportunities of importance
• Lead our leaders: We develop and mobilise leading individuals and organisations to proactively respond
• Drive change: We effect change now and into the future.

We do this via our Program and with the support of our partners.

Our Value

We have identified three uniquely important facets of our organisation. [Click the below image to enlarge.]

Our value is threefold:

• The Leader in Leadership: We specialise in developing outstanding leadership abilities in outstanding individuals
• Our Network of Leaders: Program participants join our network of leaders who span the private, not-for-profit and public sectors
• The Ongoing Practice of Exceptional Leadership: We continue working with our leaders to address issues that demand exceptional leadership.

Our History

• 1989: The directors of the Hugh Williamson Foundation resolve to invest in the next generation of leaders for Victoria, Australia. They establish and fund the organisation Williamson Community Leadership Program (WCLP)
• 1990: Under Founding Executive Director Richard Bluck, WCLP runs its first leadership program. This program – also known as Williamson Community Leadership Program – will become one of Australia’s most sought-after leadership development programs
• 2000: WCLP changes its name to Leadership Victoria. The organisation continues to expand its programming, staffing, funding base and level of public recognition
• 2009: Twenty years after its inception, a new era of change begins at Leadership Victoria with the appointment of a new Executive Director – Jerril Rechter, herself a graduate of the WCLP and part of the next generation of leaders that the founders of LV sought to foster.

We continue to honour our history while proactively driving our future.