Leadership and Management in Intelligence

Explore how to manage complex and diverse teams that empower and enable critical decision making.

Next Dates: 20 Mar; View more dates
Duration: 1 day
Delivery mode: In-person
Location: UNSW Canberra City

Price (AUD inc. GST): $1,130
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Course summary

Intelligence: Not just for the movies

This course explores the complexities and challenges of intelligence, guiding you through the full intelligence cycle and the processes for producing high-quality intelligence documents. You will learn to empower intelligence staff, make ethical and legally informed decisions, develop the qualities of an effective intelligence leader and apply structured approaches to intelligence decision-making.

Who will benefit

Intelligence professionals across all sectors
Military personnel
Law enforcement officers
Security and risk management professionals
Government officials and policy makers
Corporate security and business intelligence professionals

Course is suitable for

The course is designed for beginners and assumes no prior knowledge.

Delivered by experts

Arran Hassall

Facilitator

Arran is a transformational and collaborative intelligence leader and senior executive with a proven track record in organisational leadership, intelligence, training and strategy.
Arran is a Director of Protegas Australia and a former Australian Army senior officer (Brigadier). He brings more than 20 years of experience in the intelligence community and is recognised as a highly capable and knowledgeable intelligence professional and leader.
He maintains strong networks across Federal and State Governments, the Defence Intelligence Group, the National Intelligence Community, the Five Eyes enterprise and partner-nation intelligence organisations.

Bon Dimer

Facilitator

Bon is a highly capable leader and manager with a proven history of achieving mission outcomes across Defence and Intelligence domains.
National Security professional with experience in intelligence operations and complex case management. He has experience in operations planning, risk management, engineering change management, tender evaluation, contract management and consulting.
Bon is an MBA and engineering graduate adept at identifying organisational challenges, then developing and implementing robust solutions. Bon has an innate sense of curiosity and desire to solve complex problems.

About the course

Commanding the intelligence cycle

Intelligence professionals represent a diverse capability with intrinsic complexities. As a leader in this industry, it’s important to tailor your management approach to suit this unique context so you can provide clarity in the chaos.

This course will teach you key leadership theories relevant to intelligence and provide real examples of how they can be applied in a variety of situations. You’ll explore various management processes that support leadership in intelligence and develop effective techniques to operate as an intelligence leader and manager.

Why enrol in this course

Strengthen intelligence leadership capability

Develop leadership and management skills specifically tailored to intelligence environments.

Lead effectively in complex organisations

Build confidence in managing people, priorities and performance within intelligence organisations.

Learn from experienced intelligence practitioners

Gain insights from expert facilitators with deep experience across intelligence, Defence and national security contexts.

Applicable leadership skills

Acquire practical tools and frameworks you can use straight away to improve team effectiveness, communication and decision-making in intelligence settings.

Key features

Intelligence-focused leadership context

Explore leadership and management challenges unique to intelligence organisations

Practical management frameworks

Develop skills in leading teams, managing performance, navigating organisational culture and making informed decisions in complex environments.

Experienced facilitators

Be taught by senior practitioners with real-world intelligence and leadership experience, bringing theory to life through applied examples and discussion.

Learning outcomes

From insight to action

On completion of this course, you will understand the unique challenges and complexities faced by intelligence leaders and be able to lead the intelligence cycle effectively. You will gain skills in conducting quality control of intelligence documents, providing constructive feedback, and applying ethical and legal considerations in intelligence decision-making.

Additionally, you will develop key leadership traits and learn to use practical decision-making tools in an intelligence context.

What you'll learn

In this course, you’ll develop the skills to navigate the complexities of intelligence leadership, lead the intelligence cycle and ensure the quality of intelligence documents. You will learn to provide effective feedback, apply ethical and legal considerations in decision-making, cultivate key leadership traits and use practical decision-making tools to guide intelligence operations with confidence and precision.

Topics covered

On completion of this course, you'll be able to:

Describe the unique challenges and complexity for intelligence leaders
Apply and lead the intelligence cycle
Conduct quality control of intelligence documents and provide effective feedback
Apply ethical and legal consideration in intelligence decision making
Describe and apply leadership traits
Apply decision making tools in an intelligence context