The LDS Wheel: Building effective leadership development systems
Even the best-designed leadership programs can’t carry the weight of transformation alone. What’s really needed is a leadership development system: one that becomes part of how the organisation operates day-to-day. The LDS Wheel shows you how.
Case study: Leading teams to thrive through change
How do you lead your team through change, without pretending it’s easy? That was the focus of a practical leadership initiative I designed and delivered to equip nearly 400 leaders, including the Executive Team, with tools to navigate uncertainty with clarity, empathy and confidence.
The 5Gs of influence: A roadmap to build the skill of the moment
Whether it’s cross-functional projects, hybrid teams, or the daily dance of ‘getting stuff done’, having your ideas heard isn’t always about having the right answer. It’s about having the right approach. Enter: the 5Gs Influence Roadmap.
Case study: Communicating with impact workshop series
This virtual workshop series combined application anchors, peer-to-peer learning, and reinforcement to empower team leaders to communicate with more impact and level up their stakeholder engagement.
Why it pays to swim with the current when developing leaders
When supporting leaders in changing their behaviour for the better, at first glance, ‘swimming with the current’ sounds counterintuitive, right? Here are four reasons why it’s not.
Case study: Above store leadership program
Find out how RG Restaurants continues to invest in leadership development to support business growth and is generously sharing their secret sauce (scratch that – herbs and spices!) with others.
Case study: Inspiiring Leaders program
Learn how I partnered with Spiire, a property and infrastructure consultancy, to co-design the Inspiiring Leaders program for talented, emerging leaders, with a focus on creating a learning experience that lasts.
Case study: Setting the tone from the top
Following the development of brand-specific leadership frameworks for Dan Murphy’s, BWS, and ALH Hotels, I was invited to take things a level higher, supporting Endeavour Group to embed leadership development more broadly across the enterprise.
Case study: Bottling what great leadership looks like
Co-designed “for us, by us” with Store Managers, Area Managers, State Managers and the national exec team, learn how we created the Leadership 6-Pack: six crisp, clear leadership practices that speak directly to Dan’s culture and strategy.
What drives the gap between leaders knowing what to do and doing it?
What creates or widens the gap between leaders knowing what to do and doing it? Well, it's complex. Find out why and what to do about it.
Five tips for facilitating opportunities for leaders to learn from their leaders
I get a buzz from facilitating opportunities for leaders to learn from their leaders. Here are my top 5 tips for doing so, if you're also keen to try it in your organisation.
Leaders are not unicorns
You will never find a leader who embodies and exemplifies every perspective on what it takes to be a great leader. Such a unicorn does not exist, let alone an entire organisation full of them. Here's what to do instead.
Case study: Defining success factors that reflect and reinforce culture
What does “great” look like in your organisation? That’s the question I partnered with Six Degrees Executive to answer - turning deep insight into a practical, punchy success framework that now anchors their performance, development, and talent conversations.
Don’t miss these steps when developing your leaders
The goal of leadership development is behaviour change, and based on everything I’ve seen, tried, and learned over the past 20 years, three steps best make it possible: Define, Develop, and Do.
Does your leadership program come with AAs?
Does your leadership program come with AAs? I don’t mean batteries; instead, I use “AAs” as shorthand for “application activities,” and I believe these can charge up your leadership development program.
Case study: Leadership growth program
This six-month leadership program for Yarra Valley Water includes an enablement strategy for closing the knowing-doing gap. Read on to find out what this strategy looks like in action!
Five benefits of habit-stacking leadership development
A lack of time during busy workdays is often reported as a barrier to leadership development. One way to circumvent this is to habit-stack leadership development by weaving it into existing operating rhythms.
Case study: Reimagining capability with a leadership framework for everyone
Committed to shaping a resilient, contemporary workforce, TAC identified the need for a refreshed capability framework to support meaningful performance, development, and career conversations at all levels, based on the belief that leadership is a mindset, not just a role.
How to help your leaders reflect
As psychologist and educational reformer John Dewey said, “We don’t learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” Given the benefits, what can you do to help your leaders reflect?
