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Spirit Led Institute · Organisational learning

Professional Development

Practical professional learning for safer, healthier organisations and communities.

Professional learning in safeguarding, psychosocial safety, organisational culture, governance, authority and reporting. Practical lessons drawn from real organisational experience are translated into preventative professional learning, with attention to clear responsibilities, fair processes and effective organisational controls.

Professional Development examines workplace and organisational practice, including the effects difficult professional experiences can have upon dignity, confidence and judgement. Personal healing and spiritual formation are also available through their dedicated Institute streams.

  • Self-paced professional learning
  • Practical resources and learning outcomes
  • Checks and completion certificates where applicable

Sharon Mackenzie SpiritRSPrac · Founder & Educator

  • Diploma of Counselling
  • Accredited Chaplain
  • Narrative Practice Practitioner · Health & Harmony Colleges
  • Advanced Aromatherapy Practitioner · Health & Harmony Colleges
  • Trauma-Informed Care

Sharon Mackenzie is the founder and educator behind Spirit Led Institute. Her work draws on a Diploma of Counselling, narrative practice, accredited chaplaincy, trauma-informed care training. She develops practical education at the intersection of safeguarding, organisational culture, dignity, authority, psychosocial safety and individual healing.

Professional courses

Self-paced online study

Professional Development

Psychosocial Risk, Authority and Organisational Accountability

Professional Development aligned with the NSW WHS psychosocial risk framework and SafeWork NSW guidance

90-minute cross-sector professional development for organisational leaders, managers, HR, WHS, governance, safeguarding and faith-based organisations: recognise organisational accommodation, test reporting and review pathways, and strengthen psychosocial risk management.

Who it’s for: Cross-sector professional development for organisational leaders, managers, HR and people and culture teams, WHS and compliance personnel, governance and board members, safeguarding personnel, administration teams, and faith-based organisations and church leadership.

Learning time
1.5 hours
Price
AUD $89.00 per person

Institute reader ebooks + 12 months complimentary Arcanum access from your first enrolment — for every student, including free and code enrolments. No renewal or charge.

Certificate of Completion where requirements are met · Independent, non-accredited education

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Self-paced online study

Professional Development

Sexual Harassment Beyond Physical Contact

Recognising unwanted sexualised conversation, imagery and conduct in the workplace

Professional learning on recognising and preventing non-physical forms of workplace sexual harassment, including unwanted sexualised conversation, imagery and digital conduct.

Who it’s for: Organisational leaders, managers and supervisors, HR / people and culture, WHS and compliance personnel, governance and board members, safeguarding personnel, and leaders in faith-based and values-driven organisations.

NSW WHS · SafeWork NSW · positive-duty informed

Learning time
1.5 hours
Price
AUD $89.00 per person

Institute reader ebooks + 12 months complimentary Arcanum access from your first enrolment — for every student, including free and code enrolments. No renewal or charge.

Certificate of Completion where requirements are met · Independent, non-accredited education

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Self-paced online study

Professional Development

The Responsible Use of Organisational Authority

Corrective Leadership Development: Accountability, Communication, Conflict Resolution and Psychosocial Safety

Substantial corrective leadership development (approx. 2–2.5 hours) that HR can assign when concerns arise about how a manager exercises authority — with a behaviour plan, 90-day reset, manager workbook and HR observation sheet.

Who it’s for: Managers, team leaders, senior leaders and executives; HR and people-and-culture professionals assigning corrective development; WHS, governance and board members; leaders in faith-based organisations, schools, charities and church settings.

Corrective leadership · NSW WHS psychosocial framework informed · Certificate

Learning time
2 hours (approximately 2–2.5 hours of learning)
Price
AUD $89.00 per person

Institute reader ebooks + 12 months complimentary Arcanum access from your first enrolment — for every student, including free and code enrolments. No renewal or charge.

Certificate of Completion where requirements are met · Independent, non-accredited education

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Self-paced online study

Professional Development

After Difficult Work

Restoring Professional Dignity, Agency and Informed Choice

A self-paced professional restoration course for people whose work has unsettled their confidence, belonging, professional identity or trust in their own judgement — returning the next decision to you.

Who it’s for: Counsellors, chaplains, educators and school staff, safeguarding and community-service practitioners, HR and People & Culture professionals, ministry workers, managers, professionals affected by conflict, exclusion or organisational change, people rebuilding after redundancy, burnout or workplace harm, and anyone whose work disrupted their dignity, belonging or trust in their own judgement.

Free · Self-paced · No assessment or certificate

Learning time
1.5 hours
Price
Free

Institute reader ebooks + 12 months complimentary Arcanum access from your first enrolment — for every student, including free and code enrolments. No renewal or charge.

No certificate · Independent, non-accredited education

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Independent, non-accredited Spirit Led Institute education. A Certificate of Completion records completed learning only; it is not a qualification, professional registration or government accreditation. References to official guidance do not imply endorsement or certification by the issuing authority.

For workplaces and organisations

Workplace Wellbeing offers four free, voluntary reflective resources for difficult days, employment endings, workplace hazards and workplace change. Staff open them directly with no sign-in; employers never see names, reflections or completion.

Workplace Wellbeing · Free · About 10 minutes

A Moment to Debrief — After a Difficult Day

A quiet ten minutes to set down what the day handed you, sort what is yours to carry, and decide what care you need next.

Voluntary, private reflective resource · No sign-in

Open resource — free

Workplace Wellbeing · Free · About 10 minutes

Debriefing When Employment Ends

For the strange in-between after a role finishes — whether you chose it or not. Grief, dignity, what was in your control, and practical next steps.

Voluntary, private reflective resource · No sign-in

Open resource — free

Workplace Wellbeing · Free · About 10 minutes

After a Workplace Hazard

Settling yourself after a near miss, injury or unsafe moment at work — safety first, factual reporting, grounding and follow-up.

Voluntary, private reflective resource · No sign-in

Open resource — free

Workplace Wellbeing · Free · About 10 minutes

When Work Changes

For people who remain while the workplace shifts around them — restructure, colleagues leaving, new duties, a new team or a new manager.

Voluntary, private reflective resource · No sign-in

Open resource — free

Safeguarding and practitioner development

Explore the existing introductory and full Reflective Safeguarding courses, including the Practitioner™ Training with 40 listed learning hours. The Express and full coercive-control courses remain distinct choices. CPD eligibility depends on your association; course completion does not itself confer professional registration.

Included with enrolment

Your learning continues in The Arcanum

Every enrolled student receives 12 months complimentary access to The Arcanum — whether enrolment is paid, free, through a discount or access code, or through a workplace code. Institute ebooks hosted in our own reader are also free through your student account.

The 12 months start with your first eligible Institute enrolment; later enrolments do not restart the clock. No automatic renewal or charge. The Arcanum is optional, and public resources remain freely available. Only titles with a loaded reader edition are available; outside-retailer ebooks and paperbacks are not included.

  1. Sign in at the existing sign-in page with the email or Google account you enrolled with.
  2. Open The Arcanum from your student account; check your access dates on your membership page.
  3. Read the Institute reader editions in My Library.

For Organisations — capability and enquiries

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