Future Executives Masterclass

Transitioning from Sustainability Leader to Strategic Executive.

Description

Step into the next stage of your leadership journey with this high-impact masterclass designed for sustainability professionals preparing for executive-level influence. Build commercial credibility, shape strategy, and lead from the top.

The Future Executives Masterclass is a practical, future-focused program for senior sustainability professionals ready to influence at the highest levels of business. Through trend briefings, group challenges, simulation labs, and leadership reflection, participants will gain the confidence and tools to:

• Think like executives
• Communicate commercial value
• Influence decisions at the C-suite and board level

Led by expert facilitators and supported by guest executives, this masterclass blends insight, experience, and application — preparing you to lead sustainability with credibility and strategic edge.

Who is it for?

This masterclass is ideal for:

• Senior advisors, sustainability leads, or technical specialists seeking to influence at executive level
• Leaders transitioning from operational roles into strategic leadership
• Professionals preparing to engage more directly with CFOs, COOs, boards, or government leaders
• Those ready to elevate from delivering sustainability to shaping it

Facilitator

Rebecca Pickering, Non-Executive Director | Executive Coach | Corporate Leader

Executive Panel

To be announced 

Materials Provided:

• Executive framing tools
• Scenario planning templates
• Stakeholder influence maps
• Personal leadership roadmap

Learning objectives

By completing this masterclass, participants will be able to:

• Interpret megatrends (e.g., ESG, AI, social licence) and lead strategic responses
• Reframe sustainability as value creation, risk mitigation, and growth opportunity
• Communicate in commercial, financial, and strategic terms
• Navigate executive decision-making under uncertainty
• Define a personal leadership roadmap to elevate their executive impact

Course structure

Module 1: Setting the Executive Intention

• Welcome, peer connection, and leadership intention-setting. 

Module 2: Navigating Sustainability Megatrends

• Executive briefings on ESG, AI, and social licence. Scenario planning and group strategy responses.

Module 3: Executive Mindset, Drivers & Value Creation

• How executives frame decisions. Repositioning sustainability as business value. Group driver mapping.

Module 4: Executive Experience

• Real-world simulation with empathy mapping and high-pressure decisions. Teams present to a panel.

Module 5: Panel & Personal Roadmap

• Live panel with executives, Q&A, and personal reflection to commit to 3 leadership shifts.

 

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Available discounts:

• RISE participants and alumni, use promo code RISE 2025 to access special masterclass price $350 AUD (+GST)
• ISC members, select ISCMember to access member price $400 AUD (+GST)