About
Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership
Across our nation, it is our leaders – in business, community and government – who set the tone for how society operates and the values we live by.
Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership is dedicated to building better leaders. By sharpening critical reasoning and ethical thinking, we help high-level decision-makers better see the bigger picture on any issue they face.
Since 1993, thousands of Australian leaders have experienced Cranlana’s unique approach to leadership development across our many programs, including the Executive Colloquium and the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship.
We’re here to build better communities – by strengthening wisdom and ethical courage in our leadership. Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership is Monash University, The Myer Foundation and Vincent Fairfax Ethics in Leadership Foundation working in partnership.
Not for profit
Informed Discussion
Leadership and Ethical Practice
200+ Colloquia
40+ Symposia
4000+ Business and Community
About us
Our history
First established in 1993 by the Myer Foundation, the Cranlana Programme was created to promote informed discussion about responsible, ethical leadership. Inspired by the Aspen Institute in the United States, and recognising that there was too great a focus on management and not enough on leading, Ken Myer and Michael Liffman collaborated to create a course that would inspire a new generation of Australian luminaries to take a new approach to leadership. Today’s Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership is the result of a collaboration between the original Cranlana Programme and another highly prominent Australian ethical leadership course – the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship, founded by the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation and members.
The Cranlana Method
We don’t teach leadership skills. Instead, we help leaders apply the skills they already have more wisely – by building clarity of purpose and ethical courage.
Cranlana Centre’s programs are a deep dive into the practice of ethical decision-making. Drawing on a rich history of philosophical wisdom, they encourage fresh and considered approaches to challenges – offering insights that, for many participants, will fundamentally transform their concept of leadership.
Our courses are dialogue-based and immersive, bringing small groups of high-level leaders together for discussions that are wide-ranging and expertly guided. By relating philosophical concepts directly to experiences and challenges you’ve encountered, participants examine and strengthen their personal ethical frameworks, giving themselves a solid footing for steering future decision-making.
Our experienced moderators draw on a deep understanding of philosophical theory, and their own distinguished careers across the private and public sectors, to facilitate discussions that are revelatory and challenging. The programs are rigorous, in-depth and practical, providing high-level learning experiences and understanding to strengthen your capabilities as an effective and ethical leader.
Who are we
Our team
Matt Finnis
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Leslie Cannold
Associate Professor, Ethics and Impact
Resident Ethicist
Dr Matt Beard
Program Director
Vincent Fairfax Fellowship
Catherine Woo
Director
Partnerships and Engagement
Jane Hadijon
Head of Program Design and Delivery
Emma Rankin
Client Engagement Manager
Charlotte Du Rieu
Marketing and Communications Manager
Deborah Kourakis
Program Manager
Rachel Woodford
Business Manager
Simba Sibanda
Executive Officer
Sonja Boon
Support Officer
Cranlana Moderators
Our Moderators guide participants through our programs, creating a space where the discussion and debate taking place promotes interaction, reflection, and moral courage. Presiding over each program without bias or influence, our Moderators draw on their vast wealth of experience across many different industries, roles and walks of life to promote ethical dialogue.
