Every day, capable women are solving problems, making decisions, supporting teams and influencing what happens around them - they know their job, they have experience, they have sound judgement and other people rely on them... yet when the next leadership opportunity appears, many still wonder:
They notice what they don't know yet. They compare themselves with people who have more experience, more confidence or more seniority and then they wait to feel ready before putting their hand up.
But confidence isn't something you need to have before you step forward. It grows when you recognise what you're already capable of and understand what you still need to learn then start developing the skills to lead people your way.
That's what Leaders Unleashed is designed to help women do.
Perhaps you're thinking about stepping into leadership or perhaps you're already leading a team and wondering what comes next.
Wherever you are, we'll help you recognise the leadership capability you're already demonstrating, identify what you genuinely need to develop next and find the Leaders Unleashed pathway that fits where you are now.
Explore My Leadership Pathway →What if some of your best future leaders aren't putting their hands up?
Leaders Unleashed gives organisations a practical way to identify, encourage and develop capable women at different stages of their leadership journey, while strengthening the leadership pipeline you will need in the future.
Explore the Employer Pathway →Your leadership identity is already within you, all that is required is for you to recognize what you already bring, then develop what you still need to learn and use both with confidence.
That's the thinking behind Leaders Unleashed. Two programs. Two different stages of leadership. One practical pathway for women who want to keep growing.
SPRINT HURDLES is for women preparing to step into leadership or who are relatively new to leading people.
You might be a technical specialist who others already turn to for guidance. You might be leading people informally without the title. Or perhaps you've recently become a team leader, supervisor or manager and discovered that being responsible for other people's performance requires a completely different set of skills.
SPRINT HURDLES helps you understand yourself as a leader and build the practical foundations to communicate effectively, navigate the challenges of leading people and take on greater responsibility with confidence.
Explore SPRINT HURDLES →ASCENSION is for experienced women leaders who are ready for the next stage of their leadership.
At this level, leadership is no longer simply about leading your own team well. You need to broaden your perspective, increase your influence, think more strategically, develop other leaders and understand the impact your leadership creates beyond your immediate area of responsibility.
ASCENSION helps experienced leaders strengthen the capability, presence and strategic thinking required to operate effectively at more senior levels.
Explore ASCENSION →Putting yourself forward for leadership development means prioritising your growth needs and goals for once. It means recognising that this is your time to shine and saying to yourself and your employer:
If Leaders Unleashed feels like the right next step, we've created a practical guide to help you start the conversation with your employer.
Use the toolkit to reflect on the capability you want to develop, connect your development with the needs of your organisation and prepare for a meaningful conversation with your manager about supporting your participation in Leaders Unleashed.
Get the Employee Toolkit →Organisations can spend enormous energy looking for leadership talent while overlooking capability already sitting inside their business.
Some of your most capable women won't automatically identify themselves as future leaders.
So perhaps the question isn't simply:
Who wants to be a leader?
Perhaps it's
Who is already showing us they have the potential to become one?
A practical toolkit to help capable women put themselves forward for leadership development
Created for business owners, General Managers, People and Culture teams and senior leaders who want to encourage women within their organisation to consider their next stage of leadership development.
The toolkit includes resources you can use within your organisation to introduce Leaders Unleashed, invite expressions of interest, encourage self nomination and start better conversations about leadership aspirations and development.
Get the Employer Toolkit →I've worked with over 2,500 leaders over the past decade and one thing I've learned is that being good at your job and knowing how to lead people require two very different skillsets. What's worse is that most people fail to realise that leadership skill is not measured by what you can do it's measured by what you can help other people do.
That's the work I love.
Across my career I've worked in commercial, government and not for profit organisations, coached and facilitated thousands of leaders and represented Australia five times in elite sport.
Different environments. Same lesson.
Leaders Unleashed brings that thinking together into a practical development pathway designed to help women recognise what they already bring, build what they still need and create greater impact through the way they lead.
Performastery works with organisations and industry partners committed to developing the next generation of leaders across Australia's traditionally male dominated industries.
Maybe you're wondering whether you're capable of taking the next step. Maybe you're an employer looking around your organisation and wondering who you should be developing now for the leadership roles you'll need in the future.
Either way, leadership capability doesn't simply appear when someone gets the title.
It gets developed.
A practical guide to asking your employer to invest in your leadership development
Use the toolkit to reflect on the capability you want to develop, connect your development with the needs of your organisation and prepare for a meaningful conversation with your manager about supporting your participation in Leaders Unleashed.
Get the Employee Toolkit →A practical toolkit to help capable women put themselves forward for leadership development
Use the toolkit to introduce Leaders Unleashed within your organisation, invite expressions of interest, encourage self nomination and start better conversations about leadership aspirations and development.
Get the Employer Toolkit →