LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

Custom designed

Leadership Programs

We co-design leadership development programs with organisations and teams wanting to deepen their leadership impact, and lead in complex environments with clarity of purpose.

Our co-design process includes:

Discovery

An initial discovery call to understand your pain points, and the kinds of challenges you want to make progress on.

Consultation with Stakeholders

Consultations with other key stakeholders to better understand the context and interests that are at play for the leadership goals you have. This helps to ensure we are consciously working with the context you operate in.

Consultation with You

Consultations to gain clarity on what success looks like for you, what your specific goals are for working together and why these matter to you, and how we are placed to support you in meeting those goals.

Codesign

Co-design a learning format that makes most sense for your needs. Learning formats may include pre-work sense-making and inquiry, surveys, plenary conversations, facilitated tasks or projects, group problem solving, offsite immersive experiences, group and co-coaching, and individual coaching.

Our custom designed leadership programs will help your leaders make progress on your organisation’s biggest strategic priorities, with clarity of purpose and humanity.

LET'S DESIGN YOUR PROGRAM

Sydney Metro

The work

We co-developed with Sydney Metro a bespoke leadership development program that focused on upskilling and supporting the 11 Directors responsible for implementing the $11 billion rail connection to the Western Sydney Airport.

The result

As a result of this program, the Directors identified and progressed 5 key leadership priorities, developed a team Charter that reflected their shared purpose and values, and identified “tension points” they resolved themselves to build alignment. In the context of the COVID pandemic and cost hikes, the project was delivered on time and on budget.

The sessions were really great. It was good to get the group together and have some honest conversations about what our priorities are, and what issues we need to focus on to grow our leadership impact.

James was great structuring and facilitating the conversation, and getting us to the key challenges we face and issues we need to focus on to move forward.

Project Leader, Sydney Metro

PWC Indigenous Consulting

We co-designed and co-facilitated an interactive workshop on cultural resilience and leadership for 35 employees of PWC’s Indigenous Consulting business. The session was a co-designed conversation with Indigenous leaders, unpacking the challenges and needs for building cultural safety and leadership capacity within the organisation. As a result of our work together, the team landed on a small number of strategic priorities designed to building cultural safety, that are being implemented.

Thank you SO much again for yesterday, over the rest of the day, we kept hearing so much positive feedback on your session.

It was so valuable.

Senior Finance and Operations Manager, PWC’s Indigenous Consulting

Deloitte

Co-facilitated the delivery of the Building Brilliant Leader’s Program for Deloitte, using an adaptive leadership approach. We co-facilitated multiple cohorts across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The program combined plenary activities, group coaching, and one-on-one coaching. The program received consistently excellent participant feedback, culminating in the program winning the #AITD 2023 Excellence Awards for Best Leadership Program.

This was a superb program that really challenged us to think differently about what leadership is and how to be effective.

I really enjoyed the time to reflect on my own leadership challenges, and also to share with colleagues.

The focus on adaptive leadership was great, and helped me to better see where I tend to fall down, and what I need to focus on to make progress on my biggest challenges and grow my impact.

Senior Manager, Deloitte

Commonwealth Treasury

The work

We facilitated a one-day session on leading with self-awareness and mindfulness in complex environments. The program focus was better understanding the challenges of leading well in complexity, and the habits of leadership required to do this well.

The result

Participants walked away with a clear sense of where their shared “pain points” are, and some of the habits they need to embed in their culture to be able to address their biggest strategic challenges.

This was a great session. James really effectively delivered a session that was reflective but also challenged us to get out of our comfort zone.

We learned a lot about how we work as a team, and what parts of our culture serve us well.

We also got some insight into our blind spots and what parts of our culture we need to shift in order to become more inclusive and realise our potential.

Senior Manager, Revenue Group, Commonwealth Treasury

Naval Shipping Management Group

The work

Delivered a series of leadership sessions with NSMs Executive Leadership Team on behalf of Integral Development. We facilitated some tough but productive conversations on ways of working within the executive team and landed on some principles for working together.

The result

As a result of our sessions together, the NSM team developed a 12-month plan for addressing their most pressing strategic priorities, and began making progress on these, as well as developing a shared charter for how they wanted to work together moving forward.

Thanks for your work with us. Although some of what we did wasn’t easy, you helped us to make significant progress on the things we needed to focus on, and have the conversations we needed to have.

Your facilitation was great, and created an environment where we could have those conversations in a respectful but direct and honest way.

Senior Executive, NSM Group