Leadership and mentoring are key skills required for effective business consultancy. Leadership is defined as the ability to influence others in a goal directed path, with transformational leadership specifically focussing on collaborative endeavours to work through change. Mentoring involves a long-term, supportive relationship between mentor and mentee, in which mentees take control of the process of personal and professional development with encouraging support from their mentor. In this unit, you will develop an understanding of the differences between mentoring and leadership. You will address specific aspects of different mentoring and leadership styles, including their appropriateness and impact given people and cultural context. You will critically examine the individual attributes such as values, personality, motivation and the use of power and how they affect individual and team performance. You will also gain an appreciation of the key role played by organisational leaders and mentors (both within the organisation and external, such as business consultants) in the implementation and alignment of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals and how organisations and businesses can become institutions of positive social change as well as meeting the needs of shareholders and/or stakeholders.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Informal discussions with student

The unit was reported by the students as very engaging, productive and added to their understanding of transformational leadership in business consulting

The focus of the unit and the materials. The assessments aligned with the graduate attributes expected by the profession.

Feedback from Informal discussions with student

The unit did not include industry guest speakers. Thus limiting students ability to understand how transformational leadership relates to leadership within consulting firms

Future iterations of the unit could include guest speakers from the business consulting profession.

Feedback from Informal discussions with student

The timing of the workshops were scheduled well to address the needs of students in the workplace

Consideration should be given to continuing to schedule classes late afternoon and early evening

Feedback from Informal discussions with student

The assessments met the unit requirements and were scaffolded

Future iterations could address the needs of students in the workforce by adopting a two assessment model, rather than three.