Justine La Roche
Registered psychologist specialising in leadership development, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Hi, I’m Justine
I’ve been fascinated by why and how people change their behaviour for as long as I can remember.
That curiosity led me to become a psychologist and pursue two master's degrees - one in Organisational Psychology, to understand human behaviour in the workplace through a systemic lens, and the other in Positive Psychology, to support growth through an applied, strengths-based approach.
Over the past two decades, I’ve worked across nearly every facet of leadership development - assessment, program design, facilitation, and coaching. I started out in psychometric testing, then moved in-house to support some of Australia’s largest organisations in shaping their culture, talent, and leadership capability. I later led strategic people projects in the management consulting industry, where I held senior leadership roles and headed up award-winning teams.
Why I founded La Roche Leadership
In 2020, I founded La Roche Leadership to focus on the problem I’m most passionate about solving: closing the knowing-doing gap in leadership.
It’s the challenge so many organisations face - not a lack of knowledge, but a lack of behaviour change. I help leaders move from insight to action with solutions grounded in psychology, tailored to context, and designed to deliver results.
I work with organisations big and small - across sectors like retail, hospitality, education, healthcare, utilities, mining and resources, and financial and professional services. Whether I’m creating a leadership strategy or framework, designing a leadership program, facilitating a workshop, or mentoring an internal L&D team, my approach remains both strategic and practical, ensuring that I’m the best ‘thinking and doing’ partner for you.
Some of my favourite feedback? That I “have a rare ability to bridge research and reality.”