Industry: Finance / Technology

Service area: Leadership

PEXA’s world-first digital settlements platform has revolutionised the way Australians exchange property. After a period of strong growth cornering the Australian market, PEXA has expanded property exchange and insights services internationally, and developed innovative new data-based services. As the business continued to grow and expand into new markets, leadership development was recognised as a key lever to ensure the success of PEXA’s strategic transformation.

Having worked with the PEXA team on a previous strategy development project we were thrilled to be able to to partner again to help develop and deliver a leadership development program that would support the strategy and business growth.

WHAT WE DID

Our previous work with PEXA on their People Experience strategy supported our understanding of the business, context and key leadership capability opportunities. Through our Accelerated Solution Design (ASD) approach, we conducted interviews and focus groups across the business to identify the right approach, key messages and ‘look and feel’ for PEXA Academy’s first leadership development offering.

Through a series of co-design workshops and activities a bespoke program offering ('Discovering the Leader Within') was created. Leveraging research, science and best practice centred on three layers of leadership: Leading Self, Leading Others and Leading Organisations, these layers formed the basis of three interconnected modules supported by a 180 Leadership Assessment, pre-workshop Learning Primer, full day Immersive Workshops, supporting Learning Tools and post-workshop integrations including Peer Group Coaching and a series of Learning Transfer Activities.

OUTCOMES

A pilot delivery of the program in 2022 marked the first successful offering from the newly established PEXA Academy, with 22 leaders graduating. The second Cohort of leaders commenced in April 2023 with plans for the program to be delivered bi-annually from mid 2023.

Along with the development and delivery of the larger program, particular aspects were identified as being critically important for all PEXA people leaders to be across. This led to the team also developing and successfully facilitating a series of 2 hour 'Leader Learning Sessions' to meet the immediate needs of the business, and create a shared language across the business for all of PEXA’s People Leaders.