Keith is the Leadership Program Director with responsibility for coordinating delivery of the Master of Leadership and its nested Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate, within the School of Professional Practice. The leadership program equips and enables leaders across the University’s partners in churches, religious congregations, faith-based agencies, other not-for-profits, government and non-government agencies, and, increasingly other organisations, in developing a strong values-based approach in their leadership formation. Keith has over 20 years leadership exposure in religious based institutions and tertiary education environments, and has taught in the area of leadership for over 14 years. He was a Chartered Accountant with KPMG Peat Marwick prior to his time in these roles. His Phd studies were an inter-disciplinary based qualitative study involving occupational psychology, pastoral theology & praxis, and organisational leadership. His research surrounded sustainability of leaders, and recognised the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership formation and ongoing effectiveness in leadership expression.
Publications:
Mitchell, Keith. “The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in Pastoral Leadership Training: Developing Sustainability and Effectiveness for Ministry Today.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 50, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 17.
Mitchell, Keith. “The Importance of Engaging Emotion in Theological Reflection.” Pages in Ministry in Context: A Guide to Theological Field Education and Ministry Internships in Australia and New Zealand. Edited by Richard Trist. Australian College of Theology Monograph series. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2023.
Mitchell, Keith. “Sustainability and Preventing Dropout in the Human Services Industry: A Study of Pastors in the Australian Context,” in Transforming vocation : connecting theology, church, and the workplace for a flourishing world. Edited by David Benson, Kara Martin, and Andrew Sloane. Australian College of Theology Monograph series. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2021.
Mitchell, Keith. “Sustainability in Ministry and the Prevention of Dropout for Australian Baptist Pastors Serving in Local Church- Based Ministries.” Doctor of Philosophy PhD, University of Technology Sydney, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10453/140793.
Mitchell, Keith. “Truth, Traditional Teaching, and Constructivism.” In Foundations of Education : A Christian Vision, edited by Matthew Bruce Etherington, Eugene, Or.: Wipf & Stock, 2014.
University Appointments
- Leadership Program Director
School of Professional Practice