Non-Accredited

Five day contextualised leadership program - Micro-credentials available

This course is a leadership program that is delivered in partnership with our clients across NSW. The program is designed to be contextualised to your organisational needs, non accredited , flexible, engaging training that drives performance and outcomes.

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Area of Learning — Contextualised – Forsythes Leadership Program

About this course

Empower Your Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

This immersive 5-day Leadership Development Program is designed for emerging and established leaders who want to build the confidence, capability, and mindset to lead high‑performing teams in a fast‑changing workplace. Through highly interactive workshops, practical simulations, peer learning, and personalised DISC Leadership Profiling with one‑on‑one coaching, participants gain powerful insight into how they lead—and how to elevate their impact.

This is not theory‑only training. It is a leadership transformation experience designed to drive immediate performance outcomes.

 

Why Invest in this Program?

  • Practical, hands‑on application – real-life case studies, role plays, and business simulations
  • DISC Leadership Profile included – deep behavioural insight into leadership and communication style
  • One‑on‑One Executive-Style Coaching – personalised development linked directly to real workplace challenges
  • Expert facilitation – delivered by experienced leadership practitioners and HR specialists
  • Personal Leadership Action Plan – every participant leaves with a practical roadmap for growth
  • Immediate business impact – improved communication, accountability, confidence, and decision‑making

Who should attend?

  • Aspiring and emerging leaders
  • Team leaders, supervisors, and managers
  • High‑potential employees preparing for leadership roles
  • Professionals seeking to increase their leadership influence and effectiveness

 

DISC Leadership Profiling & One‑On‑One Coaching

Every participant completes a DISC Leadership Behavioural Profile and receives a private one‑on‑one coaching session to unpack their results and apply them directly to their leadership role.

DISC provides powerful insight into:

  • Natural leadership style
  • Communication preferences
  • Decision‑making approach
  • Motivators and stress responses
  • Conflict behaviour

Learner Benefits of DISC + 1:1 Coaching

Participants will:

  • Increase self‑awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Understand their leadership strengths and blind spots
  • Learn how to adapt communication to different personality styles
  • Improve influence, confidence, and credibility
  • Strengthen performance conversations and conflict management
  • Build stronger trust, engagement, and accountability in teams
  • Lead more effectively under pressure, change, and uncertainty
  • Receive a personalised leadership action plan aligned to their real challenges

The one‑on‑one coaching session ensures learning is deeply personalised, practical, and immediately applicable.

Course Structure

Day 1 - Leading Self

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Communication Mastery
  • Values‑Based Leadership
  • Empathy, Trust & Psychological Safety
  • Negotiation Essentials
  • Vulnerability & Authentic Leadership

Day 2 – Leadership Style & Self‑Awareness

  • Leadership Journey
  • DISC Leadership Profile & Interpretation
  • Personal Development Planning
  • Leadership Styles
  • Delegation Strategies
  • Building High‑Performing Teams

Day 3 - Individual coaching session on DISC

The DiSC® personality profile assessment helps identify, understand and discuss people’s behavioral differences using a common language. DiSC® personality profiles help you and your team:

  • increase your self-knowledge: how you respond to conflict, what motivates you, what causes you stress, and how you solve problems
  • improve working relationships by recognising the communication needs of team members
  • facilitate better teamwork and teach productive conflict
  • develop stronger sales skills by identifying and responding to customer styles
  • manage more effectively by understanding the dispositions and priorities of employees and team members

Day 4– Performance & People Management

  • Performance Management Frameworks
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Difficult Conversations
  • Negotiation in High‑Pressure Situations
  • HR Processes & Practical Application

Day 5 – Leading Through Change & Risk

  • Change Management
  • Crisis Leadership
  • Risk Management & Decision Making
  • Sharing Leadership Goals
  • Personal Leadership Commitments

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the program, participants will have:

1. Developed Emotional Intelligence
  • Recognised and managed their own emotions and those of others
  • Built stronger trust, empathy, and professional relationships
2. Mastered Advanced Communication Skills
  • Applied techniques for feedback, negotiation, influence, and difficult conversations
  • Communicated with clarity across all levels of the organisation
3. Strengthened Values‑Based Leadership
  • Aligned personal leadership style with organisational values and culture
  • Led with authenticity, integrity, and accountability
4. Built High‑Performing Teams
  • Applied delegation, motivation, and situational leadership strategies
  • Lifted engagement, ownership, and team performance
5. Applied Performance & Behavioural Management
  • Managed under‑performance, conflict, and conduct issues with confidence
  • Used structured frameworks for performance discussions
6. Lead Change & Managed Risk
  • Applied change management models and crisis leadership techniques
  • Strengthened risk awareness and decision‑making capability
7. Created a Personal Leadership Development Plan
  • Identified strengths, gaps, and priority growth areas
  • Built a practical 90‑day leadership action plan

 

Return on Investment

This program delivers measurable business value through:

  • Increased leadership confidence and accountability
  • Stronger communication and reduced conflict
  • Improved performance management capability
  • Higher employee engagement and retention
  • Greater change readiness and resilience

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