CEO Leadership

Association CEO courses

Induction · Leadership · Performance

Nexus Learning Academy

Practical learning. Confident action.

Two self-paced courses for association CEOs. Start with the induction to prepare before day one and through your first months, then go deeper on the board, compliance, finances, strategy, members and people.

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Choose your course

Start where you are.

New to the CEO role? Start with the induction. Already leading? Go straight to the deeper course, or take both in the New CEO Pathway.

Association CEO Induction

For new association CEOs. Prepare before day one, understand your authority and inherited obligations, and work well with your chair and board.

$695

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What Every Association CEO Needs to Know

For CEOs ready to go deeper: the board, compliance, finances, strategy, membership, people, operations, risk, technology and advocacy.

$1,297

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New CEO Pathway

The Association CEO Induction, then What Every Association CEO Needs to Know.

$1,695 (save $297)

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Monthly live Q&A with Annie. Every course includes a free online Q&A with Annie Gibbins every third Tuesday of the month, 6 to 7 pm Sydney time. After you enrol, you will find the registration link for your course in your welcome email and in the course. Attendance is optional.

Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST. Courses are general education, not legal, tax or financial advice. Course certificates record completion only and are not an accreditation.

For association CEOs

Built for the decisions you actually have to make.

New association CEOs preparing for day one and their first months in the role.

Senior association leaders preparing for broader CEO responsibility.

CEOs looking to strengthen the board relationship, strategic focus and sustainable leadership.

What you’ll strengthen

Practical capability you can take straight back to the work.

CEO role & first priorities

Clarify accountability, expectations and the leadership agenda.

Board relationship & governance

Work confidently with the chair, board calendar and governance-management line.

Financial & strategic leadership

Strengthen financial fluency, strategic focus and organisational sustainability.

Membership, people & operations

Connect member value, team leadership and operating discipline.

Risk, crisis & external leadership

Lead through risk, uncertainty, advocacy and high-stakes moments.

AI & sustainable leadership

Use AI thoughtfully while building a leadership approach you can sustain.

How it works

Self-paced learning. Practical application.

Learn in your own timeReturn to the material whenever the issue becomes relevant.
Built for applicationUse the learning to support real decisions, conversations and operating practice.
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