Leadership
Development
Program

A leadership program tailored for senior managers and small business owners to develop practical skills for leading and growing privately-owned businesses.

Why This Program Matters for Private Business

Leading in a private business is different. It’s hands-on, strategic and personal. The Leadership Development Program is designed for senior managers and small business owners who want the skills, confidence and practical tools to help their business grow. Unlike corporate leadership courses built for big-company bureaucrats, this program is focused on real-world challenges in privately owned businesses – improving results, managing people effectively, and contributing to strategic direction. If you’re ready to lead with impact and help drive the business forward, this program is built for you.

The LDP program isn’t a therory based instruction. It gives attendees practical and actionable insights into being a better leader. Make no mistake, this is not a management course. It’s a leadership program.

Steve Ellis | Prescience Technology (LDP’09)

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How the Program Works (and Why It Delivers)

The Leadership Development Program is a 7-day intensive, delivered in two 3-day residential blocks and a final one-day workshop over three months. It’s designed to help you learn, reflect and apply practical leadership principles in your role immediately. You’ll work with experienced facilitators, business mentors and a network of other private business leaders, tackling challenges that matter—from staff management to strategic thinking. Participants also complete a work-based project, delivering real value to their business while building the capability to take on greater responsibility.

Who It’s For

This program is for senior managers in private businesses and small business owners ready to step up as real business leaders. It recognises that owners need a capable leadership team – and that managers need to understand the realities of running a private business. By the end of the program, you’ll refine your leadership style, improve your ability to manage people and results, and return to work with new tools and clarity to drive the business’s growth and success.

What you will gain from the program

Improved leadership, communication and management skills.
Tools and techniques to be a more effective manager including, delegation and performance management.
Better understanding of systems, strategic marketing and operations.
How to think strategically, action, and implement ideas into the business.

*The Leadership Project

Throughout LDP, participants will complete a company-based project. This is to ensure the best possible outcomes in terms of strengthening
the integration of strategic thinking and action between the business owner and the senior management team. The project will be carefully selected to build on aspects of business development that are central to the company’s strategy.

This project delivers real value to the business and allows participants to apply what they are learning immediately, with visible results.

Program modules

The Leadership Development Program is conducted in three day blocks, over a three month period. During each block, participants are immersed in facilitated sessions that include exposure to subject experts, guest speakers and business mentors. A one day workshop is conducted six weeks after the last block as a recap and follow up.

Block 1 (3 days)
Driving Business Success

Business planning and execution
Lean thinking – driving productivity and efficiency
Understanding the business models – key performance indicators, balanced scorecard, leverage opportunities
Principles of marketing – understanding your customer
Knowing the numbers – key principles of accounting and finance
Building successful teams

Block 2 (3 days)
Managing & Measuring Performance

Reflection and evaluation of personal performance and effectiveness
Employment relations and employment law
Management skills, interpersonal skills
Sound people practices
Managing change and transition
Developing workplace culture
Technology
Leadership feedback
Communication skills and development

Block 3 (1 day)
Resilience & Application

Wellbeing & Resilience
Projects
Motivation & Celebration

Facilitators

Each Leadership Development Program is assigned a Lead Facilitator to guide participants and ensure they understand and can apply the content as the program progresses. The Facilitators are supported by 8 additional subject experts who present over the course of the program.

Jo Clayton
LDP Facilitator

Jo Clayton is an experienced Director, Facilitator and Advisor. She understands the issues business owners & senior leaders contend with – balancing the business day-to-day whilst thinking strategically about the future. Jo enables them to take a more proactive approach to managing and leading their businesses, working closely with them to help build the disciplines that they need to sustain growth.

Jo Clayton
LDP Facilitator

Shirley Smith has over 20 years executive HR experience, Shirley has achieved great success for her clients by fusing the alignment between business goals and employee focus. This strategy creates escalating momentum towards business goals and a happier workplace. Shirley is a Facilitator for both LDP and the Owner Manager Program.

You’re just one call away from being the leader your business needs…

If not now, when?
The Leadership Development Program has helped senior managers and small business owners across Australia step up with confidence, clarity and real-world leadership skills. Many tell us, “I only wish I’d done this sooner.”
The best way to see if the Leadership Development Program is right for you—or someone on your team—is to have a quick, informal chat.
If you’re ready to grow your capability, make a greater impact and help drive your business forward, schedule a call today. Don’t keep putting it off.

Rob Douglas | Executive Director

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