Get more from leadership development.

Make better decisions about where to invest to improve leadership capability and performance

Leadership development is one of the biggest investments organisations make in their people. Yet many struggle to see the behaviour change and organisational impact they hoped for.

Whether you're designing a leadership strategy, reviewing existing programs, building capability frameworks or strengthening leadership at scale, the challenge is often the same:

Where should we focus our efforts to create the greatest impact?

That’s where I help.

A broader way to think about leadership development

Most organisations don't struggle to create learning experiences for their leaders. They struggle to create lasting behaviour change.

Leaders attend programs, gain new insights, and leave motivated to do things differently. But once the reality of everyday work sets in, competing priorities take over, old habits resurface, and much of the initial momentum fades.

It's a challenge faced by organisations of all sizes and sectors. Not because leadership development isn't important. Not because leaders don't want to change. And often not because the program itself was ineffective.

Leadership development is simply influenced by far more than what happens inside a workshop, program or coaching conversation.

That's why I take a broader view.

One that considers not only how leaders learn, but also the conditions that help leadership behaviours take hold and endure.

Leadership development happens in programs. It also happens everywhere else.

Leadership development creates greater impact when it extends beyond programs and is supported by the systems, practices and experiences that shape leadership every day: the expectations leaders are held to, the support they receive, the opportunities they have to practice, the feedback they get, the behaviours that are rewarded or tolerated.

When these elements work together, you get more from leadership development by both developing leaders and strengthening the organisation’s capacity to develop leaders.

Together, these create the conditions for more meaningful and sustainable leadership development.

That’s why the focus of my work is twofold: partnering with organisations to strengthen their leadership development systems and designing leadership programs that create lasting behaviour change.

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The two ways I help you get more from leadership development

Leadership development systems

Strengthen your organisation’s capacity to develop leaders.

Most organisations already have a leadership development system. It exists in the frameworks, processes, practices and experiences that shape leadership every day. The question is whether those elements are working together effectively or pulling in different directions.

Using the LDS Wheel™, I help organisations assess and strengthen the conditions that influence leadership development across the business.

This work is particularly valuable when you are:

Setting your leadership strategy
Developing a new leadership framework
Reviewing existing leadership investment
Seeking greater impact from current programs
Evolving your approach from programs to a leadership development ecosystem.

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Leadership programs

Develop leaders by closing the knowing-doing gap.

Leadership programs are an important part of leadership development. The challenge is ensuring learning translates into action.

Using the Knowing-to-Doing Pathway™, I design leadership programs that help leaders move from awareness and insight through to application, reinforcement and sustained behaviour change.

This work is particularly valuable when you are:

Designing a new leadership program
Refreshing an existing program
Supporting strategic or organisational change
Looking for a stronger transfer of learning
Seeking to embed development into existing business rhythms and routines.

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Why clients engage me

My work brings together three perspectives that are rarely combined. The result is practical, evidence-informed leadership development that works with the organisation, not around it.

Grounded in behavioural science and an understanding of how people learn, change and perform.
More than 25 years designing, delivering and leading leadership development initiatives both internally and as a consultant.
Focused on strengthening not only individual leaders, but also the organisational conditions that help leadership development succeed.

Thank you, Justine, for the incredible partnership over the past few years. I truly believe part of our success can be attributed to the important work you've done with the team. I'm excited about our continued collaboration and shared vision of developing strong, resilient, and caring leaders for the future!

General Manager, RG Restaurants, KFC
"Thank you for designing and facilitating the session for our extended leadership team. What an amazing day. Smashed our goals!"

Head of Marketing & Loyalty, Dan Murphy’s
"Many thanks Justine. You were so engaged and energetic throughout the leadership development program. The sessions were great to attend."

Head of Risk, Medibank

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