Australian Institute of Management WA

08/09/2026

Your people are your greatest asset. This is a day dedicated to them.

The AIMWA Wellbeing in the Workplace Conference returns on 21 October.

Building on a sold out 2025, this year is an even bigger day exploring how culture, leadership and individual wellbeing work together to build healthier, more sustainable workplaces.

Speaker announcements coming soon.

🔗 Places are limited. Secure yours: https://aimwa.com/event/wellbeing-in-the-workplace-conference/

07/09/2026

As technology advances, what will set the best leaders apart?

The human qualities behind it. As Dee Roche reflects, the ones that matter most are judgement, empathy, courage and trust.

Developing exactly those qualities is what the Advanced Management Program is built for. AIMWA's flagship Executive Education program with UWA Business School.

A rare chance to step back and focus on the work of leadership itself.

Dee is one of several presenters during the program, each sharing insight on leadership and change.

🔗 Explore the program and secure your place: https://aimwa.com/course/advanced-management-program/

04/09/2026

What does it mean to lead with genuine curiosity?

Join us on 8 October for an exclusive AIMWA Professional Members evening with TEDx speaker and author Jeremy Watkins, celebrating the launch of his new book "Lead with Curiosity".

Jeremy will explore the ideas behind his book and what it means to lead with genuine curiosity. From the questions we ask ourselves to the stories we choose to live, this is an evening worth showing up for.

Spaces are limited.

🔗 Secure your place: https://aimwa.com/event/book-launch-lead-with-curiosity-with-jeremy-watkins/

02/09/2026

That's a wrap on the 2026 Senior Executive Forum.

Two and a half days in Perth. Harvard Business School case studies and a room of senior leaders from across Australia and beyond.

Our thanks to Harvard Business School Professors Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Tiona Zuzul for leading the Forum and to every participant who joined us and contributed to the discussions.

The Senior Executive Forum returns in 2027. We're already looking forward to it!

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31/08/2026

Workplace Ready, AIMWA's early career development program, does the heavy lifting, teaching the foundations your induction does not cover alone.

A genuine head start for your early career professionals.

Workplace Ready is more than just five days of learning. Participants leave with a set of assets they can put to work straight away.

• A dedicated mentor for the week
• A different guest speaker every day
• A five-day program of expert-led masterclasses
• A Workplace Ready Pass, redeemable for one AIMWA course
• Psychometric profiling of individual strengths and working style
• A professional headshot and digital professional development record
• Key learnings across communication, feedback, AI, resilience and personal brand

🔗 Learn More: https://aimwa.com/course/workplace-ready-early-career-development-program/

26/08/2026

Applications are now open for the 2027 Beediyar program!

AIMWA's landmark executive development program for First Nations leaders returns for a third year. It is built for First Nations leaders and managers across the corporate, public, not-for-profit and charitable sectors in Western Australia.

If you are a First Nations leader ready to step toward senior executive leadership, this is your next step.

🔗 Apply Now: https://aimwa.com/courses/beediyar-program/participants/

With thanks to the sponsors of the 2027 Beediyar program to date: Office of the Chief Psychiatrist WA, The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia - CMEWA, Western Australia Police Force and Bibbulmun Fund powered by the Fremantle Foundation.

🔗 Enquiries about sponsoring the 2027 Beediyar program are welcome via https://aimwa.com/courses/beediyar-program/sponsors/

25/08/2026

Every workplace has an unwritten curriculum.

The lessons no degree covers and no induction checklist quite captures. That is where Workplace Ready comes in.

Across five days, early career starters build the skills and confidence to find their feet in their first years at work.

It runs alongside your induction, not instead of it, so together they give your early career hires a more complete start.

🔗 Learn More: https://aimwa.com/course/workplace-ready-early-career-development-program

24/08/2026

Every day, decisions across your organisation are being shaped by AI, yet the accountability for them has not moved.

Join us this October for a one-day masterclass with Dr Peta Chirgwin, CEO of Chameleon Mettle Group.

You will examine where accountability truly sits, how to assess AI risk across compliance, safety, people and financial exposure, and how to hold meaningful human oversight as AI use grows.

Created for the executives, directors and senior managers accountable, and for the teams who advise them.

Held just once this year, spaces are limited.

🔗 Learn more:

Join Dr Peta Chirgwin for a one day masterclass on governing AI-assisted decisions with clarity and confidence. Written for the executive seat rather than the technical one, it examines where accountability sits, how to assess the risks that matter and how to report with assurance to boards, regulat...

21/08/2026

Skip the drive into Perth.

A selection of our most popular courses are now running in Henderson, closer to home and easier to fit around your work.

For the first time, two of our AIMWA and UWA Executive Education programs are coming to the region too: Project Analytics and Supply Chain Management and Analytics.

🔗 Explore the upcoming dates: https://aimwa.com/courses/henderson-courses/

17/08/2026

This one is for the early career professionals. And the organisations investing in them.

The early years of a career move fast. Professionals form habits, reputations and working relationships long before they feel ready to.

On 8 September, the AIMWA Early Career Conference brings early career professionals together for a single focused day.

Hear from people further down the path. Connect with peers at the same stage. Leave with ideas worth building on.

A day of fresh perspective for people at the start of their career. And a worthwhile investment for the organisations behind them.

Speaker announcements and program details coming soon.

🔗 Secure your place: https://aimwa.com/event/the-early-career-conference-2026/