Executive leadership training for people who already lead

Most leadership courses teach theory to mid-career managers. We run intensive, practitioner-led programs for executives who need to shift how their organisations actually operate. Based in Tasmania, delivered across Australia and online.

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Senior executive reflecting by a harbour-view window at dawn

How a program unfolds

We do not hand you a binder and send you home. Each engagement follows four phases, spaced over eight to twelve weeks so that learning actually transfers into your day-to-day decisions.

Phase one: diagnostic conversation

A 90-minute structured interview with each participant and, where possible, two of their direct reports. We map the leadership patterns that are producing current results, both productive and unproductive. No personality quizzes. We look at decisions, meetings, and how conflict travels through your team.

Phase two: intensive workshop block

Two consecutive days, off-site. Groups of four to eight executives work through real scenarios drawn from their own organisations. We use a case-method approach adapted from our backgrounds in operational leadership. Expect to be uncomfortable by lunch on day one.

Phase three: applied practice period

Six weeks back in your role, with fortnightly one-on-one coaching calls. Each participant commits to one specific leadership behaviour change and tracks it against observable outcomes. Your coach has run businesses, not just studied them.

Phase four: review and recalibration

A half-day session to assess what shifted and what resisted change. We produce a written summary of each participant's progress and a concrete plan for the next 90 days. Organisations that want ongoing support move into our quarterly retainer model.

Current programs

Three formats, each designed for a different stage of executive responsibility.

Executives in an intensive workshop discussion

The transition cohort

For leaders in their first 18 months of a C-suite or general management role. Covers authority dynamics, board communication, and the shift from functional expertise to organisational stewardship. Runs twice per year, limited to six participants.

12 weeks · cohort-based
One-on-one executive coaching session in a private office

Private intensive

Individual engagement for a CEO or managing director facing a specific challenge: restructure, succession, culture reset after a crisis. Twelve sessions over 16 weeks, plus access to our diagnostic tools.

16 weeks · individual
Executive team collaborating around a strategy map on the wall

Team alignment sprint

Your entire leadership team, two days off-site, focused on one strategic question. We facilitate, challenge assumptions, and help the group reach a decision they can actually execute. Includes a 30-day follow-up call.

2 days + follow-up · team
87%
of participants report changed behaviour at 90 days
340+
senior leaders trained since 2018
4.8
average session rating out of 5
62%
of clients return for a second engagement

Where this has worked

Regional health service, Queensland

The incoming CEO inherited a leadership team that had not met together in four months. After a two-day alignment sprint and three months of coaching, the group moved from avoidance to weekly operational reviews.

Staff engagement score up 23% in six months

Logistics company, Melbourne

Three co-founders struggled to delegate as the company grew past 200 employees. Through the private intensive, each founder clarified their role, hired a COO, and stepped out of day-to-day operations within one quarter.

Revenue per employee increased 18%

Not-for-profit, Hobart

A new executive director needed to rebuild trust with a sceptical board. We ran a diagnostic, facilitated two joint sessions, and coached the director through her first strategic planning cycle.

Board turnover dropped from 40% to 8% annually

Engineering firm, Perth

The managing director wanted her second-tier leaders to stop escalating every decision. A transition cohort of five senior managers completed the 12-week program. Within two months, the MD reported she was attending 30% fewer meetings.

Decision cycle time reduced by 35%

Common questions

Every facilitator has held a senior operational role: CEO, COO, or general manager. We do not employ full-time academics. Our lead facilitator spent 14 years running a mid-market manufacturing business before moving into executive development. The coaching team includes a former hospital CEO and a retired military logistics commander.
The private intensive and applied practice phases work well over video. For workshops and team sprints, we strongly prefer in-person delivery because the discomfort and candour that drive real change are harder to sustain through a screen. We travel anywhere in Australia and have delivered sessions in New Zealand and Singapore.
The initial 90-minute diagnostic conversation is complimentary. It gives both sides enough information to decide whether a full engagement makes sense. Full program fees depend on group size, duration, and travel requirements. We quote after the diagnostic, and there is no obligation.
An MBA teaches frameworks across many disciplines. Generic leadership courses address broad competencies. We do something narrower: we work with the specific decisions, relationships, and habits that are shaping your organisation right now. The content is drawn from your context, not a textbook. Participants do not write essays or sit exams. They change observable behaviour and measure the result.
Health, engineering, professional services, logistics, not-for-profit, and local government make up most of our client base. The common thread is organisations with 50 to 2,000 employees where the senior team's behaviour has a direct, visible effect on culture and performance. We have turned down work in sectors we do not understand well enough to add value.

Start with a conversation

The diagnostic session is free and takes 90 minutes. Tell us a little about your situation and we will get back to you within two business days.

240 Amber Crescent, Alanahaven, Tasmania 6114, Australia

+61 7 2153 3823

[email protected]