Dr John Yu Fellowship

Led by Australia’s former Race Discrimination Commissioner and noted academic, Professor Tim Soutphommasane, you will work with a diverse and dynamic group of leaders to:  

• Explore cross-cultural team leadership
• Harness your lived experience to shape your personal leadership style
• Challenge traditional thinking and explore best practices in diversity and inclusion
• Unlock the opportunities of culturally diverse leadership
• Discuss and share personal experiences on how culture shapes the leadership journey
• Develop strategies for building influence and setting the agenda
• Discover techniques and tools for negotiating and responding to diversity challenges in the public arena
• Learn how to manage challenging conversations
• Harness reflective and innovative learning modes to embed learning and mindset shifts
• Build an influential network of diverse leaders from all spheres of the business world.

Organisations will benefit from investing in truly diverse and inclusive leadership, offering high-achieving multicultural leaders access to a highly transformational, contemporary and contextualised leadership development experience.

This fellowship is designed for high-achieving and high-potential leaders with:

• At least 15 years of work experience
• A culturally diverse background and/or an interest in growing cultural diversity in Australia’s leadership.

Previous participants have come from a wide range of organisations and sectors including:

• Banking, Insurance and Finance, including ANZ, CBA, Charted Accountants ANZ, iCare, Westpac
• Consulting, including Deloitte, KPMG
• Federal Government, including Attorney General’s Dept, Dept of Foreign Affairs, Dept of Planning and Environment,  Reserve Bank of Australia.
• Legal, including. Baker Mackenzie, Clayton Utz, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Herbert Smith Freehills, King and Wood Mallesons, Minter Ellison.
• Media, including ABC, Network 10.
• Mining and Construction, including BHP, Laing O’Rourke
• Not for Profit, including Multicultural Australia, Refugee Council of Australia
• NSW Government, including Dept of Education, Dept of Communities and Justice, Upper House, Police, Transport

• Professor Tim Soutphommasane
• Professor Clinton Free

“The John Yu Fellowship gave me an opportunity to be inspired by world-class speakers and learn from accomplished peers in different industries in a condensed, effective way. I came out of the experience with a better understanding of myself, the society that we fight to better, and a keener grasp of how to think and speak productively about diversity, equity and inclusion.” 

- Yeesum Lo, Head of Development at Network 10 ViacomCBS