Leadership training that survives contact with Monday

You’re already leading a big business, function, or portfolio. You spent decades developing deep technical expertise. But the title arrived before you were able to do the same with leadership.

You’ve tried to be proactive: read the recommended books, and taken a few courses. Most have been inspiring at best, or frustrating at worst. Either because the advice hasn’t suited your wiring. Or you already “know” this stuff, but keep finding yourself doing what you’ve always done.

This isn't your fault. It's the logical consequence of adding knowledge before insight.

Shanel Winning is a registered psychologist who helps organisations get results that last, by focusing on the factors that actually produce them: their people, their leaders, their culture, and their strategy. She took the long way here: operations, information systems, marketing, a stint in mergers and acquisitions, then registration as a psychologist in 2006. Twenty years on, she's known for logical advice that's backed by evidence and proven in practice, with leaders who are already leading big businesses, functions and portfolios, but can't help wondering: could I be doing this better?

A technical person herself, she understands first-hand the challenge of leading leaders when you’re used to leading the work and being respected for your own expertise. Her own experience of finding a way to lead that works without conforming to the charismatic, performative archetype that dominates so much of the leadership narrative informs everything she teaches – because effective leadership can look many different ways. The key is knowing who you are, using your strengths, and developing the awareness and skills to lead diverse people and teams in a way that brings out the best in everyone, including yourself.