ECC 2-017

Mastering Relational Leadership – Fostering Collaboration and Trust

An interactive course designed to help you develop key relational leadership skills and apply practical tools to real-world scenarios.

Price: $290 for ECC Members, $600 for non-members

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What will you learn?

Mastering Relational Leadership is an advanced online course designed to equip leaders with the essential skills to foster strong, empathetic, and inclusive relationships within teams. Drawing from David Giles' relational leadership framework, this course provides practical tools to enhance your leadership capabilities. Develop key relational skills, and master communication strategies to lead with respect, trust, and collaboration.

This course will equip professional leaders with relational leadership skills that will enable them to support their teams through their Professional Growth Cycles.

Professional leaders’ own Professional Growth Cycles will be informed, supported and enhanced by extending their professional knowledge.

Learning Outcomes:

Apply relational leadership strategies to enhance your Professional Growth Cycle (PGC), focusing on fostering ethical collaborative and inclusive relationships.

▪ Enhance leadership capabilities to manage self and others effectively.

▪ Learn to use power and influence responsibly and ethically.

▪ Master effective communication strategies to foster open and honest dialogue amongst team members.


Certificate of completion provided
for your professional learning records

An Interactive Four Part Leadership Course
enabling you to:

  • Progressively build essential relational leadership skills over four engaging sessions.
  • Apply practical tools and strategies in real-world scenarios.
  • See measurable progress in your leadership capabilities as you move from theory to practice.
  • Gather valuable evidence for your Profession Growth Cycle

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Session information: 

This course runs over four live Zoom sessions (hosted on ECE Learning Unlimited) from 3:30pm – 5:30pm fortnightly. 

  1. Thursday 20 February 
  2. Thursday 6 March 
  3. Thursday 20 March 
  4. Thursday 3 April 
All sessions will be recorded for registrants and available to view for 1 month following the course (resources will be permanently available). At any time you will be able to connect with your cohort and with the facilitator to ask questions and share ideas. 

Spaces in the course are limited and registrations close at 3:00pm on Thursday 20 February. 

If you have any questions about the course, please contact events@ecc.org.nz. 
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About the presenter

Melody Stuckey

Melody’s Educational Leadership comes from a diverse perspective due to the privilege of working in Governance, Management and at Tertiary level. The diversity of her background supports her to provide leadership and clear direction within the Early Years Profession. Melody is currently an Education Consultant for InterLEAD.
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Frequently asked questions

What is the ECC Learning Centre?

Your ECC Learning Centre is where you can find a huge range of professsional learning content delivered by the ECC. This is hosted by ECE Learning Unlimited. You can use one login to access all of your professional learning in one place. 

Can I share my login? 

Your ECELU login is designed for you as a professional learning portfolio. As you progress through your learning you will earn certificates along the way and your learning hours will be recorded. If you need access for others in your centre or organization please contact us to make sure they have all the access they need. 

How do I get the link to a live session? 

No need to wait for any zoom links, as soon as you register you can access your learning within the site. Login a few minutes before, find your session in ECC Live Events and click "Join the live session". Any recorded sessions can be accessed 24/7 from any device. Make sure you are logged in using the email address registered. We will always send a reminder email before the live session to all those registered, with a link to the event in the ECC Learning Centre

Do I need to pay for webinars and workshops? 

There are some free options available, if there is a charge it will be clear on the overview page what the cost is. ECC Members get discount on both ECC and ECELU content. Make sure you are signed in and look for the ECC Member price on the overview page. 

How do I register for someone else?

If you would like to register for someone else, you will need to send through an order form. Each attendee will need a separate registration using a different email address. We are happy to register multiple attendees for you and invoice you all together. 

Is ECELU Members Club included in my ECC Membership?

ECELU Members Club is available to ECC members at a discounted price. ECELU Members Club is a subscription that includes all webinars, courses and resources from ECELU. This is separate to your ECC Membership. Check it out here