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Leadership Development

Scale the leadership team to scale the business

Sustainable growth only occurs when the broader leadership team grows with the business. Impactful Leadership programs develop the practical behaviours, communication habits and operating rhythms leaders need as complexity increases.

Common capability gaps

The leadership challenges programs are built to solve

As organisations scale, communication gets harder, alignment weakens, accountability becomes inconsistent, leaders stretch and capability gaps emerge. Programs are tailored to the organisation; these are the themes most requested.

Building trust and alignment

Psychological safety, stronger collaboration and aligned teams.

Accountability and performance

Disciplined leadership behaviours that strengthen ownership, accountability and execution.

Negotiation and influence

Persuasion, stakeholder management and commercial effectiveness.

Coaching and feedback

Developing people through practical coaching, mentoring, appraisals and constructive feedback.

Leadership communication

Presentation skills, influencing, storytelling and communicating with impact.

Embed a deliberate culture

Developing the vision, purpose and values unique to your company. Understand how to embed into the organisation. Leverage the power of recognition.

An example program

Leadership mastery for the high-potential leaders of an ASX 100 company

A real program shape. Modules are fine-tuned with the company before it starts, and one-on-one mentoring with Dane runs through it.

Preparation

Fine-tune and interview

Modules are fine-tuned with the company. Dane interviews every participant one-on-one before the first workshop.

Workshop 1 · four days, face to face

The leadership journey

Building trust; questionnaires, 360s and three-year development plans; where each leader is and where they need to be; building trust and accountability; appraising, mentoring and developing your team; influencing and negotiating; presentation skills; managing up; a deliberate culture aligned with company values; leading in crisis and building resilience; project identification.

Workshops 2 to 4 · three by three hours, virtual

Depth and application

Leadership recap; leading across international borders; strategic concepts; building a talent pipeline from recruitment to development; refined three-year plans; wrap-up and project presentations.

What participants said

Rated 9.5 out of 10 for its impact on their growth as leaders

Post-program feedback from the six high-potential leaders in the ASX 100 cohort: an average of 9.5 out of 10 for overall impact, 9.5 for facilitation and engagement, and 8.7 for the relevance and quality of the modules.

I found this experience extremely valuable and the best personal development I have undertaken to date.
Program participantHigh-potential leaderASX 100 company
Dane has experience leading by example. Because of his experiences, he is able to relate concepts to what we encounter in our regular course of business.
Program participantHigh-potential leaderASX 100 company
The injection of humour and storytelling keeps the mood light and us engaged.
Program participantHigh-potential leaderASX 100 company
What participants leave with

Behaviours, not binders

A three-year development plan

Written, reviewed with peers and refined across the program, with a project to show for it.

Practical habits

Coaching conversations, feedback, difficult conversations and presentations, practised in the room and applied on Monday.

A shared language

A leadership team that measures what good looks like against the same standard, so trust and accountability compound.

What CEOs and founders say
Dane is also a good listener and is a very experienced mentor and coach.
Charles AllenLord Allen of Kensington CBE, ChairmanISSLondon
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Dane is engaging, relatable and beyond all, has a wealth of real-world knowledge.
Amanda GaniCEOFrostblandSydney
Clear direction and initiatives for me to build increased trust with my team, while also maintaining discipline and accountability.
Danny NielsenCEOVestas Australia and NZMelbourne

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