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Our leadership programs move the needle because we use science.


  • Unclear workplace culture?
  • Declining employee well-being and engagement?
  • Stale thinking and problem-solving? 
  • Top talent taking off for greener pastures?
You’ve got a leadership problem.

The truth is, your company needs more effective leaders, but you are not sure how to get there.

This is why we created The Leading Lab – a leadership consulting company that formulates research-based strategies to develop great leaders and capture valuable insights to help your company thrive at all levels.
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How We Work

We get it – leaders and executive teams are busy.

While leadership development is seen as an important company investment, the unfortunate reality is that development programs are often hastily planned, executed, and wrapped up within the mad rush of business-as-usual activities.

The Leading Lab is here to help you every step of the way and ensure your investment reaps both short and long-term rewards with WISSE* - our proven end-to-end process for optimising organisational leadership development.
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CLIENTS & PARTNERS

Organisations Darja has helped.

Our Projects

A sample of our favourite projects and clients. Your project could be featured here too. 
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We partnered with West Gate Tunnel Project (Vic) to design and deliver an integrated leadership development program for executive, senior and middle-level leaders.

This 10-month program incorporates five content modules, leadership 360 assessments, program evaluation, and 1:1 and team coaching.

We partnered with a public sector agency to develop a comprehensive evaluation framework for a high-potential executive leadership development program. 

We co-designed program outcomes (the Why) and developed a customized evaluation plan, which included both quantitative (surveys) and qualitative (interviews) data.

We worked with a large government agency to develop a realistic, scenario-based assessment to identify leadership’s developmental needs and learning gaps. 

This high-fidelity assessment enables everyone in the organisation to know what is expected when it comes to leadership.

Our Services

Need a leadership development consultant to design a program or conduct an independent program evaluation?

Our unique methodology is informed by developmental and cognitive psychology and behavioural science.

Leadership Programs

We design and facilitate a range of integrated leadership programs.

We are exceptionally skilled in creating learning experiences that target the development of leadership mindsets, competencies and behaviours leading to improvement in crucial organisational outcomes (such as engagement, loyalty, accountability, and work meaningfulness).

Program Evaluation

To capture key insights and learnings from your program, we can help you: 

  • Design a comprehensive evaluation approach based on established evaluation models and best practice.
  • Collect and analyse data to produce an independent report on program outcomes and future recommendations.

Assessment Design

Sick of the surveys and mind-numbing multiple-choice questionnaires? Or tools that have to be retrofitted into your organisation?
  
We specialise in designing tailored and easy-to-administer leadership assessment tools that focus on outcomes that matter to your organisation, so you can gather the insights you need to identify your developmental needs and learning gaps and measure progress.

Systems Consulting

Did you know that nearly a third of managers leave their organisations after participating in leadership development? Because they realise that the ideal version of leadership they have been taught is as far from their reality at work.

We help you design policies, structures and supports that will sustain leadership development outcomes.

Our Results

Having delivered dozens of evidence-based leadership training and development programs in the private and public sectors, the results are in. 

  • 200% growth in employee engagement and empowerment
  • 20-50% improvement in leadership competencies and behaviours
  • 200% increase in leadership effectiveness
  • 40% higher chances of promotion (for program participants)
  • 90%+ participant satisfaction with workshops and programs
 
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Still think leadership program ROI cannot be measured?

Nurturing the mind is the seed for leadership growth and transformation

Ready to design an end-to-end strategy tailored to your unique leadership challenges?

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