For People Leaders

Leadership development built around behaviour change. Not just inspiration.

  • Practical, evidence-based tools your leaders actually use
  • Resolve the inner patterns that block lasting behaviour change
  • Programs, workshops, keynotes, and leadership coaching
  • Award-winning clinical psychologist, executive coach, leadership expert
  • Trusted by Fortune 500 leaders globally for 20+ years
Leadership development built around behaviour change. Not just inspiration.

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Why most leadership development doesn't produce lasting behaviour change

Why most leadership development doesn't produce lasting behaviour change

Four patterns block real behaviour change in most programs:

Programs are too academic. Leaders learn the frameworks but don't know what to do differently on Monday morning.

There's no support to embed new behaviours. Without practical application, peer accountability, and ongoing reinforcement, the change doesn't last.

The real reasons leaders don't change get ignored. Internal patterns pull leaders back into old habits, no matter what new tools they've been given.

Measurement is wrong. Most programs measure satisfaction. They should be measured by how leaders behave six months later.

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It includes the underlying research, practical steps to address each pattern, and a diagnostic tool to assess your current programs.

Based on 20+ years supporting organisations around the world, including Fortune 500s.

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How my work is different

  • Practical, evidence-based, built for real work. Frameworks your leaders apply to actual situations, not hypothetical case studies. Concepts taught offline so live time is spent on application, peer learning, and direct coaching.
  • Designed to embed, not just deliver. Action tasks based on behavioural psychology, peer accountability pods, and LeadOS, my bespoke companion app supporting daily application. The learning sticks because the system is built around making it stick.
  • Backed by clinical psychology, measured by behaviour change. Two decades as a clinical psychologist informs how I work on the inner patterns that block change. Pre and post psychometrics, manager 180s, and board-ready reports show measurable behaviour change you can defend internally.
Leadership development outcomes

Testimonials

Richard's programs have equipped our senior leaders with a suite of essential practices and tools that help to build and sustain high performance. It has now become a key component of our leadership development offer at Bunnings.

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Ryan Powell

Head of Learning & Development, Bunnings

The workshop was by far the best I've ever attended. Every single team member walked away with practical tools they immediately implemented in their day-to-day work.

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Marianne Marchesi

Managing Principal, Legalite

You absolutely nailed the brief. I really appreciated how much you tailored the session to the objectives we discussed when we initially spoke.

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Heidi Mangan

Senior Organisational Development Specialist, Data#3

How I work with organisations

Programs

Programs

A 12-session leadership development program for cohorts of senior leaders or high-potentials. Practical tools applied to real work, an embedding system that makes the learning stick, the inner work that makes it hold under pressure, and measurement that produces what your board needs to see.

Workshops

Workshops

Half, full, or multi-day workshops designed for executive teams, leadership cohorts, or specific groups working on shared challenges. Targeted, practical, and often the starting point for a deeper program.

Keynotes & Webinars

Keynotes & Webinars

Keynotes and webinars for conferences, leadership off-sites, and internal events. Practical, evidence-based, and often the way organisations first encounter my work before going deeper.

Executive coaching

Executive coaching

1:1 coaching for senior leaders at the next level: high performers at a plateau, leaders in transition, and recently promoted leaders thriving in new roles. A preferred coaching provider to Officeworks, Blackwoods, and Keyrus.

Companies I've helped

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Diagnose what's blocking lasting behaviour change

In 30 minutes, we'll diagnose what's blocking behaviour change in your current leadership development programs and discuss what would work better for your leaders.

Diagnose what's blocking lasting behaviour change