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This is a nice place to work, with a strong sense of purpose. But we avoid the hard conversations, talk about people rather than to them and sometimes miss our goals.
Does any of this sound familiar?
If you’re responsible for people, performance or culture in an organisation, you might see problems like these.
Sometimes it’s hard to know the best leadership development strategy needed, because the root causes of the surface level problems aren’t always clear.
We can help you identify the real issues and provide solutions that create visible, sustainable change for your people and teams.
Our Programs and Services
Link to: Leadership Development Programs
Leadership development
Promoting people to lead without training is stressful for everyone, but we can learn to lead. Grow inspiring executive leaders with practical skills and tools.
Link to: High Performance Teams
High performance teams
When people don’t challenge each other, nothing much changes. If you want a high performance culture, it helps to stop being nice and start being clear.
Link to: Executive Coaching
Executive coaching
Everyone gets stuck or over-stretched sometimes, especially when facing a new challenge. Bring out the best in people with some individual attention.
Link to: Leadership Assessment and Profiling
Leadership assessment and profiling
There’s a perfect place for everyone, where their unique strengths can shine. When a team understands itself, we all contribute to outstanding success.
Link to: Dare to Lead
Dare to Lead™
In times of crisis and rapid change, our world needs more leaders with heart. Learn how to act as a wholehearted leader, regardless of your current role.
Link to: Online Leadership Development
Online leadership training
Attending training sessions in person isn’t always an option, but you can develop new capabilities without leaving home through affordable self-paced courses.
Some of our Clients
The Leadership Sphere delivers up to date and relevant leadership development programs that will enable you to build high performing teams.
Over 14+ years we have delivered leadership workshop, courses and programs for individuals and executive leadership teams in 200+ organisations. Many of our clients choose to work with us for years.
Our Approach
In our world, integrated leadership development is built on clarity, capability and contribution.
Whether via executive coaching, high performance team development or leadership development programs, we map your business strategy and objectives to specific skills and measurable behavioural change. You always know what return you’re getting from your investment.
Every program we design includes these steps:
- Create psychological safety
- Increase trust
- Identify specific behaviours that support business outcomes
- Set agreed behaviours within teams
- Track behavioural change
- Evaluate & repeat
Client Testimonials
“An excellent course. Coaching was tailored to my individual needs. Teaching material in group sessions was highly specific to the challenges facing our organisation and our group of leaders. We learned general principles which I have already found invaluable in leadership outside my organisation. Roderick and Phil were respectful, entertaining facilitators and coaches. After just four group sessions we have developed further as a team and as individuals than I thought possible. I highly recommend this course to others facing leadership roles, organisational change, and who know we can all grow further and learn more about leadership.”
Dr Kirsten Herbert
MBBS BMedSci FRACP PhD
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
“The Dare to Lead™ program provides such in-depth consideration of Brené Brown’s work. It gave perspective to the content but also drives you to continue to consider other ways and concepts that you may not have considered before. The group size means you have the opportunity to share and learn from others whilst also working independently on the areas you want to. Highly recommend it!”
Carrie Rose
Approved Provider
Rosies Early Learning
“I have worked with Philip Ralph of TLS as an Executive Coach for the last 1.5 years, as part of an Executive Team development program that he co-facilitated. With his coaching and guidance I have evolved as both a manager and a leader. This experience has allowed me to deepen my self-reflective practice, refine my system level diagnostic skills, strengthen my influencing tactics and evolve my understanding of the work of leadership to new levels. This work has allowed me focus on my purpose: enabling and empowering others, creating the conditions that allow them flourish whilst I continue stepping up to be a high impact authentic leader.”
Rebecca Lovitt
General Manager, Marketing
Leadership Victoria
Client Testimonials
“An excellent course. Coaching was tailored to my individual needs. Teaching material in group sessions was highly specific to the challenges facing our organisation and our group of leaders. We learned general principles which I have already found invaluable in leadership outside my organisation. Roderick and Phil were respectful, entertaining facilitators and coaches. After just four group sessions we have developed further as a team and as individuals than I thought possible. I highly recommend this course to others facing leadership roles, organisational change, and who know we can all grow further and learn more about leadership.”
Dr Kirsten Herbert
MBBS BMedSci FRACP PhD
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
“The Dare to Lead™ program provides such in-depth consideration of Brené Brown’s work. It gave perspective to the content but also drives you to continue to consider other ways and concepts that you may not have considered before. The group size means you have the opportunity to share and learn from others whilst also working independently on the areas you want to. Highly recommend it!”
Carrie Rose
Approved Provider
Rosies Early Learning
“I have worked with Philip Ralph of TLS as an Executive Coach for the last 1.5 years, as part of an Executive Team development program that he co-facilitated. With his coaching and guidance I have evolved as both a manager and a leader. This experience has allowed me to deepen my self-reflective practice, refine my system level diagnostic skills, strengthen my influencing tactics and evolve my understanding of the work of leadership to new levels. This work has allowed me focus on my purpose: enabling and empowering others, creating the conditions that allow them flourish whilst I continue stepping up to be a high impact authentic leader.”
Rebecca Lovitt
General Manager, Marketing
Leadership Victoria
3 Simple Steps to High Performance
Our promise to you
- The best solution for delivering your desired learning outcomes.
- Highly experienced and accredited consultants, facilitators and coaches.
- Proprietary methodologies based on the latest research and experience from world-leading consultants.
- Evidence-driven program design. You always know what results you’re getting.
- Dedicated support team. We love to help you succeed.
- Open and honest communication. Our mantra is “clear is kind”.
- You define what ‘value’ means. We deliver.
Phillip Ralph
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