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Respect and Disrespect
‘Stop it at the Start’ is an initiative between the Australian and state governments, designed to simulate a young person’s engagement with social media. This initiative provides resources around the hidden trends of disrespect and tools for engaging with young people to encourage respect online and in the real world. Global Leadership Institute seeks to clearly identify disrespectful attitudes and behaviours and proactively talk and teach about positive relationships.

Our emotional and physical wellbeing affect how we think, feel and act. Wellbeing also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. We provide scaffolding for dealing with personal challenges, developing a healthy study-life or work-life balance, accessing mental health support services and building an inclusive campus community. The Institute promotes awareness and understanding of mental health issues in work, research and study environments, so that staff and students feel supported.

We have dedicated services for staff and students seeking support about experiences of violence, sexual harm, as well as unwanted, uncomfortable or threatening behaviour. This includes threats or hate speech, discrimination, assault, stalking, image-based abuse/doxing/catfishing or partner and family violence.

If you experience harassment, bullying, unlawful discrimination or assault (sexual or otherwise), we recommend that you:

  • seek support from a trusted source such as a family member, counsellor, one of our Student Support Team members, or an external provider;
  • seek to appropriately limit the number of people you inform so that any investigations are impartial and your own privacy is protected;
  • report the incident by making a complaint using the Sexual Misconduct Incident Form. This can be done independently, or with the help of a trusted staff member.

If you are not satisfied with the way your complaint is dealt with, you can seek further advice from an outside agency such as the Human Rights Commission or the Equal Opportunity Commission (QLD) or other relevant government agency.

Students and staff members may choose to report the incident to the police. In the case of an emergency dial 000 for the police, fire, or ambulance. If the situation is not an emergency, please call your local police station or you can make a report in person at your nearest station. You may wish to make a formal report or draw upon the informal or anonymous reporting options offered by the different state police forces. You can take a support person with you when making a report to the police. Moorooka Police Station contact details are:


Moorooka Police Station
52 Hamilton Road, Moorooka Q 4105
Hours: Mon to Fri 8am-3:00pm
(07) 3020 8322

Wellbeing Support
Global Leadership Institute provides access to trained counsellors on campus or online. Further details regarding counselling services can be found in the Student Portal.

For external support, please see:

  • Beyondblue Support Service – Support. Advice. Action Information and referral to relevant services for depression and anxiety related matters. Phone: 1300 22 46 36
  • Black Dog Institute is a world leader in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder.
  • Blue Knot Foundation Helpline (formerly Adults Surviving Child Abuse). The Blue Knot Helpline provides information and short-term counselling nationally via telephone for adult survivors of childhood trauma on 1300 657 380 and email helpline@blueknot.org.au 7 days a week 9am to 5pm AEST.
  • Carer Gateway – Are you one of the 2.5 million Australians who care for a loved one, friend or neighbour? Find out information about the support services available to you, on the Carer Gateway.
  • Gambling Helpline – Starting to think gambling might be a problem? Find out about the signs of a problem and assess gambling issues and spending. Phone: 1800 858 858
  • Headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation. We help young people who are going through a tough time.
  • Kids Help Line : Confidential and anonymous, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25. Phone: 1800 55 1800
  • Lifeline : 24-hour telephone counselling service. Phone: 13 11 14
  • Mensline Australia is a dedicated service for men with relationship and family concerns. Phone: 1300 78 99 78
  • MI Networks offers access to relevant, up-to-date information, peer support and connections to local community networks, Mi Networks members provide a personalised response to the needs of individuals living with mental illness, as well as their carers, friends and family members. Phone: 1800 985 944
  • 1800RESPECT : National sexual assault, domestic family violence counselling services 24-hour online support for workers and professionals. Phone: 1800 737 732
  • Open Arms – Veterans & Families Counselling (formerly VVCS). Open Arms provides free and confidential counselling to anyone who has served at least one day in the ADF, and their families. Phone: 1800 011 046
  • PANDA – National Perinatal Depression Helpline, funded by the Australian and Victorian Governments, provides vital support, information, referral and counselling to thousands of Australian parents and their families. Phone: 1300 726 306 from Mon – Fri, 9am –7.30pm (AEST/AEDT).
  • Parentline is a telephone service for parents and carers of children 0-18 in New South Wales. Phone: 1300 1300 52
  • ReachOut.com is Australia’s leading online youth mental health service. It is an initiative of the Inspire Foundation, an Australian non-profit with a mission to help young people lead happier lives.
  • Relationships Australia is a leading provider of relationship support services for individuals, families and communities. Phone: 1300 364 277
  • SANE Australia is a national charity helping all Australians affected by mental illness lead a better life – through campaigning, education and research. SANE conducts innovative programs and campaigns to improve the lives of people living with mental illness, their family and friends. It also operates a busy Helpline and website, which have thousands of contacts each year from around Australia. Phone: 1800 187 263
  • The Butterfly Foundation provides support for Australians who suffer from eating disorders and negative body image issues and their carers. Phone: 1800 33 4673
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Associate Professor Jason Hartley

Jason Hartley is lecturer in criminology at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He is a former police officer with 23 years of experience, and has trained personnel for deployment in Timor Leste, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan. Jason specializes in, and has published on engagement with Muslim communities, Indigenous Polynesian approaches to rehabilitation and reducing recidivism, and Asian Organised Crime. Jason also completed a community internship in Hebron on the West Bank.

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Professor Grant Pitman

Professor Grant Pitman is the president of the Global Leadership Institute. He has held senior leadership roles in government such as Chief Superintendent of Police and Director of Strategic Planning ICT in the Queensland Police Service;

  • Varied list of contributions to law enforcement, including disaster management, auditing and finance, organizational reform, education and human resources, and policy development
  • National, state, and regional levels of professional service, including the Ipswich Economic Forum, the Brisbane Airport Emergency Planning Committee, the National Emergency Communications Working Group, the National Police Drug and Alcohol Task Force, and the Police Education Advisory Council.

He has a Ph.D. and Master of Administration from Griffith University. He is a well-versed researcher and has published numerous articles and journals.

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Professor Kevin Tickle

Professor Kevin Tickle has extensive experience in Executive Management roles in the tertiary education sector, both public and private, over the last two decades and has been a consultant to Higher Education providers in Australia and overseas. His primary areas of interest are Leadership, Management, Information Technology, Mathematics and Statistics with expertise in the areas of probability modelling; decision support, and data analytics. He is currently a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, the Australian Computer Society and an Emeritus Professor at CQUniversity.

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Mr Des Lacy OAM

Des serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Asia Pacific Chapter of FBI National Academy Associates, after completing 40 years in the Queensland Police Service. During his distinguished career, Des was District Officer (A/Chief Superintendent) in Charge of the Gold Coast Police District, Police Commander for the Gold Coast Indy, Super V8s, Gold Coast Marathon, and Schoolies, as well as National Rugby League and Australian Foot League events in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Des oversaw development and implementation of the Integrated Justice Information Systems, Integrated Traffic Policing Program, and Integrated Tasking and Analysis System. He served as Director of the Strategic Services Branch and Information and Communications Technology Command, as well as Chair of the District Disaster Management Group and Security Operations Coordinator for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. 

Des has been a member of Rotary International for 30 years, representing Rotary International in the United States and the Middle East. For his work in the Gold Coast Community Des was awarded Citizen of the Year at the 2013 Gold Coast Australia Day celebrations. Des also was one of the founding Directors for the Oxenford and Coomera Community Youth Centre that provides much needed social services to the Northern Gold Coast Community. For the past 15 years, he has also been the Chair of this not-for-profit establishment. It. For his work promoting International Law Enforcement Des was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2017.

Qualifications

Graduate Diploma of Management

Graduate Certificate Business Management 

Bachelor of Business

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Dr Shantanu Banerjee

Dr Shantanu Banerjee is senior lecturer at Leaders Institute. With extensive experience in management, leadership, and administration across a range of contexts in India and Australia, Dr Banerjee is also currently an Industry Fellow at the University of Queensland Business School. His research focuses on socio-cultural-political contexts, particularly in the field of agribusiness and international business. His research has highlighted variations in the theme of international competitiveness by emphasising non-economic and non-market variables and on how multinational enterprises subsidiaries can pursue legitimacy pursuing non-market strategies. 

Dr Banerjee has presented his research work at esteemed international conferences such as ANZIBA and EIA and has published in scholarly journals including International Business Review and Management International Review. He graduated from the Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi (India) and the University of Queensland Business School. He has been an academic staff member at the University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology, lecturing in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Dr Banerjee has over 15 years of extensive and varied experience as an International Business Manager dealing and negotiating with overseas clients based in the United States of America, China, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, and Germany. He is currently employed with a Federal agency of the Australian Treasury. 

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland, 2012

Master of Research, Queensland University of Technology, 2005

Master of Business, Queensland University of Technology, 2003

Postgraduate Diploma in International Trade, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, 1986

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, 1985

 

Communities of Practice

  • Editorial Board, Academy of International Business
  • Editorial Board, European Academy of Management
  • Editorial Board, Leadership & Management Studies in Sub-Sahara Africa Conference
  • Editorial Board, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
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Associate Professor Ben Arachi

BIOGRAPHY

Associate Professor Ben Arachi has four decades (1977-2023) of experience in higher education leadership and teaching. During his 15 years as Unit Coordinator at Central Queensland University, he received two Excellence in Teaching Awards and was nominated for the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Learning and Teaching and the Australian Awards for University Teaching. His online learning study was published in Economics for Today (Cengage 2022).

Previously, Associate Professor Arachi  served as Vice Principal, Head of the Department of Extension and Research, and Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal at Arul Anandar College, India (1992-1997). He was then Research Coordinator and Course Coordinator (1999-2008), as well as Chair of the Division of Economics (2000-2005) at HELP University, Malaysia. This included senior involvement in the application to become a University College and then a full University.

Associate Professor Arachi also has over 20 years of experience as a higher degree research supervisor, moderator, and examiner for doctoral degrees. In his five years as a Coordinator of All India Christian Higher Education, he organised numerous state-level seminars and workshops for academics in higher education in India. He has published four monographs, many research papers and articles while editing the Research AAC Journal of Economics. He has reviewed many higher education textbooks.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Madursi Kamaraj University, India, 1989

  • Master of Arts, University of Madras, 1975 (Gold Medalist)

  • Bachelor of Arts, Madursi Kamaraj University, India, 1973 (University Rank and Merit Scholarship)

  • Diploma in Applied Economics, Madursi Kamaraj University, India, 1980

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

  • Member, Academic Board, 2023-current

  • Chair, Examiners Committe, 2023-current

  • Member, Course Advisory Committee, 2022-current

AWARDS

  • Central Queensland University Student Voice Commendation. The 2021 program includes unit evaluation data from term 3, 2020 and terms 1 and 2, 2021.

  • Central Queensland University  Student Voice Commendation. The 2020 program includes unit evaluation data from term 3, 2019 and terms 1 and 2, 2020.

  • Central Queensland University Central Queensland University Platinum certificate Top rated Unit in Term 2, 2019

  • Central Queensland University Gold certificate Highly rated Unit in Term 2,2019 (ACCT20070)

  • Gold certificate Highly rated Unit in Term 2,2019 from CQU(ECON11026)

  • Charles Sturt University Excellence in Teaching Award (ECO511)

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Dr Bandula Nambukara-Gamage

Dr Bandula Nambukara-Gamage is a Senior Lecturer of Accounting and Finance at James Cook University, Brisbane campus. He currently teaches Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Accounting, Master of Professional Accounting, and Master of Business Administration students based on the Brisbane campus. Dr Nambukara-Gamage has previously lectured at Central Queensland University, Federation University, and Charles Darwin University.

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy, University of New England, 2013

Master of Commerce

Licentiate Certificate (recognised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia)

Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)

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Professor Rod St Hill

Professor Rodney St Hill is the former President of Leaders Institute (2018-2020) and serves as Senior Pastor (2016-current) at IgniteLife Church Gold Coast, where he heads IgniteLife Business, an outreach to Christians in business. He is a leader in the global Business As Mission movement. He also consults on governance and executive management in higher education and business, with a particular special interest in Christian education institutions and businesses.

Previously, Professor St Hill was a long-term senior leader and Vice President Academic of Christian Heritage College, Brisbane. With the input of his colleagues and many others in his network, he developed business curriculum that embeds the ‘5 P missional business’ model – a model of production, people, planet, and profit. He was also Dean of Students, among other roles, at University of Southern Queensland (1993-2009).

QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cantebury, 1989

Bachelor of Commerce (Hons 1), University of Newcastle, 1979

EXTERNAL EXPERT REVIEWER

External Member, various course assessment panels in business, management and leadership at Alphacrucis College, Australian College of Divinity, and Avondale University College, 2014 to 2020

Member: Australian Institute of Company Directors

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Member: Economic Society of Australia

External Expert, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), 2019-current

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Ps Duane Van Vuuren

Ps Duane Van Vuuren has served as Brisbane Campus Director, Postgraduate Leadership Studies Director, Unit Coordinator, and Lecturer at Alphacrucis University College. He also served as Executive Pastor at several churches across Australia.

Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy in Leaders – candidate
Master of Arts
Master of Leadership
Graduate Certificate of Leadership

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Geoff Sheldon

Associate Professor Geoff Sheldon

Associate Professor Geoff Sheldon is a part-time Doctoral and Masters theses examiner for University of Southern Queensland and has been a visiting professor and guest lecturer at Bond University. He is the holder of a Doctorate of Policing and Security and a Master of Leadership, together with five other post and under-graduate qualifications. His distinguished Queensland policing career saw him serve across the entire state for just over 42 years (1982-2023), most recently in the Gold Coast and Cairns Districts at the level of Superintendent. He serves on multiple boards and charity committees.

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