TALKING POINT:

NEXT LEVEL LEADERSHIP

“BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE THERE IS A SPACE.


IN THAT SPACE IS OUR POWER TO CHOOSE OUR RESPONSE.


IN OUR RESPONSE LIES OUR GROWTH AND FREEDOM.”


– Viktor Frankl

As business models and organisations change, the nature of work itself is being reshaped. Leading and leadership face an acutely new and continuously evolving context. The implication: Leaders can no longer rely on past experience, unique knowledge or technical capabilities. Both the focus and methods required to develop future-ready leaders need to change.


In a reshaped world, the primary currency for leaders will increasingly depend on their capacity to create value through high-quality thinking, decision-making, and relational skills.

These attributes are dependent on the mastery of invisible but critical skills: perception, thinking, emotional and physiological regulation and decision-making. These skills will determine the impact leaders are capable of, yet existing talent and leadership development work rarely addresses them in a way that is accessible or practical, or in a way that promotes performance and wellbeing equally.


The performance and health of your organisation, and your leaders demands a new approach that equips leaders with these skills, so they can be at their best when it matters.

WE NEED LEADERS

Leadership quality matters to how people experience work, and as work continues to change with AI, leaders are being asked to do more than ever before. Knowledge is more commoditised, and technical skills and tenure, and years in the job are no longer enough.

Only

21%

of Australian employees

are engaged at work. 1

With

70%+

of the variance in team engagement

attributable to managers. 1


AI has changed what great leaders need to focus on.

86%

of employers expect AI and information processing to transform their business by 2030. 2


WE BELIEVE THERE ARE FOUR BIG IDEAS BEHIND THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP

1.

The future of leadership is going to look different. There are some leadership fundamentals/differentiators that will shape the success of leaders who thrive.


2.

Future leaders, and leadership development work will focus more intently on making invisible mental skills and processes both visible and accessible.



3.

There are common patterns that derail and constrict leadership performance in moments that matter, and they are addressable.


4.

Leadership development that prioritises mental performance will require some distinct features in order for it to be effective.


SESSION VIDEO

TALKING POINT BREAKFAST:

NEXT LEVEL LEADERSHIP

October 27th, 2026

At this Talking Point Breakfast event, we positioned a new approach for leadership development that moves beyond competencies to master the cognitive disciplines that determine how leaders think, judge, and act when it matters most.