Program
A six-month blended learning program supporting your development as a leader in digital health ensuring you have the confidence to know you can, competency to know how to and connections to know you are able.
Learning sessions
- Three 1-1.5 day in person workshops
- Networking events
- Webinars
Self-directed learning
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Readings
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Assignments
Group
PROJECT
- Small group impactful project
- Senior leaders mentoring your group
Executive coaching
Up to six 1:1 1-hour coaching sessions with one of our program coaches
Network opportunities
Access to the wider AIDH networks and community
DIGITAL HEALTH BENEFITS
Strong diverse leadership pool to influence the future
Depth of emerging workforce
Innovation and different perspectives
Increase in productivity and collaboration
PARTICIPANTS BENEFITS
Realisation of potential to lead the future of digital health
Developed a sense of influence and become role models
Empowered to bring their differing ideas to the table
See their abilities as leaders to support a growing industry
Our Coaches
Natalie Collard
CEO Quartz Group
Natalie is the founder of Quartz Group, where she applies human-centred philosophy and executive coaching strategy to help leaders optimise their potential. In August 2021, Natalie was featured by Industry Era magazine as one of the 10 most successful CEOs of 2021 for her work with Quartz Group and the dynamic range of executive experiences that led her to its inception.
An experienced and current senior executive and non-executive director, Natalie has over 15 years mentoring experience, including as a Business Mentor for APEC Women’s programs. Her career highlights include being awarded International Woman in Renewables of the Year (2018) for her work as Chair of Women in Renewables and EGM Industry Development at the Clean Energy Council. In 2013, she was Telstra Business Woman of the Year – Victoria (Community and Government) as a result of the business and industry transformation she led as CEO of Australian Dairy Farmers Ltd. Her commercial experience includes leading Corporate Affairs for two Australian States for an ASX20-listed company during a time of significant strategic realignment. Natalie has significant experience working in government and defence strategy. In 2011, she managed an emergency post-September ‘11 arms control meeting of 32 countries in Paris and spoke on biological weapons at the United Nations in Geneva. Natalie has managed $1.2bn in corporate contracts and, as the Defence Department’s lead negotiator on security treaties, negotiated seven bilateral agreements including Australia’s first treaty with an organisation, NATO. Natalie is passionate about supporting women to embrace and navigate leadership throughout their career journey.
More coaches coming soon
Our Mentors

Janine Cox
Health System Integration and Innovation Lead, Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN)

Berne Gibbons
Head of Business Innovation and Partnerships Infomedix

Tricia Liebke
FAIDH CHIA
GM Customer & Clinical Engagement, Telstra Health

Wendy Chapman
Director, Centre for Digital Transformation of Health University of Melbourne

Monica Trujillo
CMIO and CCIO Cerner Corporation and AIDH Board Member

Ruth de Souza
Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow RMIT University

Magdalena Simonis
President The Australian Federation of Medical Women (AFMW)
The Curriculum
To be a leader you need three things: A desire to lead, a drive to move forwards and a yearning to learn. Whether you aspire to move up the career ladder; aspire to increase your influence in your current position; or aspire to understand and recognise your leadership potential this program will prepare you to embrace and succeed in the challenges that may face you.
We use a developmental framework tailored for women in the digital health ecosystem. You will explore, develop and distinguish the technical competencies and ethical values that comprise your leadership brand.
Our curriculum follows three complementary pillars of leadership:
- Leading Self, understanding development – you will focus on and develop your understanding of your own leadership style, your personal strengths, your development gaps and reflect on your leadership perspective, potential and empowering yourself. Outcome – Clear vision for your personal leadership brand
- Leading Culture, understanding context and culture –
you will build confidence in taking the lead, navigating the ecosystem and dealing with the conversations which arise for leaders both difficult and influential. Outcome – Clear vision for how to cultivate culture, navigate complexity and build sustainable networks - Leading People – you will learn skills to develop create teams and cultivate culture champions and focus on strategic leadership, decision making and delegation . Outcome – Clear vision of how to develop the next generation of digital health leaders