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Dr. Toby Newstead is a respected leadership scholar and practitioner at the University of Tasmania, located in lutruwita on the lands of the palawa and pakana people. With a background in corporate change, leadership development, and professional communications, she brings practical expertise to her academic, coaching, and consulting work.

An internationally recognized researcher, Dr. Newstead specializes in virtues-based leadership development, leadership ethics, and leadership in the volunteer sector. Her research appears in top journals. In 2023, she published a book titled Leadership and Virtues: Understanding and Practicing Good Leadership.

Dr. Newstead is an established executive leadership coach and deeply engaged with industry and community. She regularly delivers impactful workshops, keynotes, and facilitation sessions. Dr Newstead’s research, teaching, coaching and facilitation has local and international impact, shaping the leaders of today and tomorrow.

Quotes From This Episode

• “We cannot develop other people; we can only facilitate their learning and assess if they learned.”
• “Leadership involves relationships, influence, shared purpose, and collective effort. That’s the stuff that has to be there.”
• “Leadership isn’t the answer to everything; there are times when management or command responses are what the situation calls for.”
• “Followership isn’t an afterthought; you don’t have leadership without both leaders leading and followers following.”

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Poem - The Blind Men and the Elephant
• Book - Learning in Adulthood

About The International Leadership Association (ILA)

• The ILA was created in 1999 to bring together professionals interested in studying, practicing, and teaching leadership. 

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