Transform and Lead with Bron

04/09/2026

Please enjoy this humble brag about the time I won Most Improved Trampolinist.

In 1994. When I was 14.

Let me be honest with you about this trophy: I'm fairly sure it was a pity win. I was not a good trampolinist. Everyone else training at the PCYC was visibly more talented. But I was enthusiastic and I was committed. Twice-weekly training, every competition, absolute best effort. And somehow that got me a plaque with my name on it.

The trophy survived because my gorgeous mum held onto it for about two decades. I eventually took it home as a joke, purely to prove to my husband that trampolining is a sport and I did in fact do it.

My parents were so proud. Still are, honestly. Dad will happily tell you I was a great trampolinist. Solely on the grounds that I was the only one in the family who could do a backflip on the home tramp. I think there was even a photo in the Townsville paper of me doing a backflip at some point.

These days this trophy lives in my kitchen so we can all laugh about the time I was Most Improved Tramp.

But just quietly — I am genuinely proud of it. I showed up and I won something. It's ridiculous, and it's also part of backing yourself. Owning the whole story, including the daft bits you were supposed to leave behind decades ago. They're still yours.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be reminiscing about my glory days and imagining I could still do a backflip without my spine snapping in half.

Your turn: what's the most glorious trophy, certificate or ribbon you're still quietly proud of? I need to know I'm not alone in the kitchen with this thing.

01/09/2026

I got called an Adi last night (pronounced Ahndi). That's a woman chief, in Fiji.

I'd like it noted that I have not stopped thinking about it since.

Ben and I are in Suva this week — him at the hospital, me at the hotel — and we were welcomed with a kava ceremony, which is how the title came up. I have decided to take it entirely at face value and will be updating my email signature shortly.

Now, the original plan was for both of us to volunteer while we're here. Then I looked at my actual workload and had a small, quiet moment of reckoning. Program design half-finished. Strategy work I'd scheduled for July and then moved. Twice. Possibly three times, but I've stopped counting. Commitments I haven't met stack up.

So I've taken a client-free week instead.

Ben calls it a Pupil Free Day. But I have no pupils and mine goes for seven days.

Here's the thing though — this week is for my clients, even with none of them in the diary. It's the thinking time that makes the coaching sharper, the programs better designed and me less likely to turn up to a session having done all the prep in a rush. Every good bit of work I do has some unglamorous time like this one sitting behind it.

The tropical island part has been lovely. What nobody told me is that Suva is cold and wet, which turns out to be excellent conditions for getting things done and an unexpected chance to wear a jumper. No complaints.

Anyone else got a pile of important-but-not-urgent work quietly judging you from the back burner? Tell me I'm not alone.

01/09/2026

I've sat through that workshop. Slideshow, video, table discussion, an awkward role play, uncomfortable seats, cold room, boring and not applicable content and examples.

I learnt almost nothing.

The leadership development that shaped me was the development I went chasing. I read around it afterwards. I researched. I practised what I'd learnt on real teams with real stakes, got it wrong plenty of times, and kept going. I have never been a one-and-done learner, and sitting still absorbing someone else's slides is my idea of a bad time.

I know I'm not alone in that.

So I built my work with organisations to run the other way. I'm not sure I've ever laid it out properly, so here it is.

𝟭. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 Consistent, applied development for leadership teams at varying levels. Team coaching principles, frameworks the team uses on live problems, and a cohort that lifts together. What you get is shared language, shared accountability and consistency in how leadership is practised across the organisation.

𝟮. 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝟯𝟲𝟬 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 Individual profiles delivered and debriefed, then a workshop that puts the collective strengths and gaps on the table. Blind spots get named out loud. Action planning follows. The power sits in the shared accountability that's been built to continue with it afterwards.

𝟯. 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 for NFP CEOs and Boards Sessions designed to honour the voluntary nature of a board while lifting governance and accountability, and to send the CEO and executive back to the business with deep clarity to execute.

𝟰. 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 Hands-on work on the self-leadership every leader relies on and most development programs skip entirely. Deeper themes surface for individuals, and the cohort implements together. Sometimes a one-off. More often a series run over a period of time.

Why share it? Promotion, of course. I'd like to work with more organisations who want to do this properly.

It's also an invitation. If the leadership development plan for your people this year is a book, a conference and a half-day session, there is another way to build it.

If you're curious what that could look like for your team, send me a message and let's talk it through.

25/07/2026

Let's talk growth! 🚀✨ What's the most valuable lesson you've learned on your leadership journey, and how did it impact your professional growth? Tell us your story below!

For me, I think it was recognising the power of having clear vision, values and purpose guiding my decision making.

It made everything much easier to manage.

Suddenly decision making became easy:
🚀 Does this align with my values?
✨ Is this taking me towards my vision of the future?
🦄 Am I acting in a way that fulfils my purpose?

If you haven't nailed yours yet, download my values workbook to get started:
👉 https://www.rfr.bz/fe737030f

And if you want the full workbook to nail your vision and purpose as well, just reach out!

15/07/2026

Ever wondered about the small habits that make a big difference in leadership? 🌱 Share one daily habit you believe contributes to your leadership success!

14/07/2026

However you’re getting your leadership feedback, it’s what you do with it that counts and understanding your leadership strengths and blind spots is only the beginning.

HR and L&D leaders know this all too well:

You can run an entire suite of assessments…and still see zero behavioural change.

Because not all tools are built for growth. Many assessments label leaders. Very few actually help them evolve.

In the new blog, I break down the strengths and gaps of the big five tools — MBTI, DiSC, StrengthsFinder, Hogan — and why the Leadership Circle Profile™ stands out as the most transformative 360° for shifting leadership capability and organisational performance.

For HR and L&D teams, here’s why LCP is a game changer:

✨ It measures both behaviour and mindset
✨ It reveals blind spots that impact culture and performance
✨ It gives leaders a clear, actionable roadmap
✨ It creates shared language for leadership development
✨ It drives measurable improvement — not just self-awareness

If you're choosing tools for your leadership framework or capability strategy, this article will give you clarity on what actually drives change.

📘 Read it here 👉 https://lttr.ai/AtH1a

And if you want to explore using LCP as part of your leadership programs, I can help design and debrief it across your senior teams.

It's so easy to think others can read our intent and the reality is there's often a disconnect. The fastest way to understand and close the gap is a 360 degree survey based in adult

19/04/2026

Reflect and connect! 🌐✨ Tag a fellow leader who inspires you and share what you admire most about their leadership style. Let's spread positivity and appreciation!

08/04/2026

Cheers to the leaders who lead with grace and strength! 🌟💪 How do you balance assertiveness and empathy in your leadership style? Drop your insights in the comments!

30/03/2026

I'm a recovering avoider.

When things get uncomfortable, my first instinct wasn't to lean in. It was to find a very convincing reason why the situation is the problem, not me.

For years I didn't see it as a pattern. I saw it as discernment. Reading the room. Knowing when to pick my battles.

Until I noticed I was "picking my battles" in the same way, with the same people, in the same kinds of situations. Over and over.

That's the thing about patterns — they don't announce themselves. They just quietly run the show while you think you're making considered choices.

The inner critic is the same. It doesn't always attack you directly. Sometimes it just builds a very reasonable-sounding case for why your circumstances are stacked against you — and you never question it because it sounds so much like wisdom.

Recognising the pattern doesn't mean beating yourself up for it.

It means you finally get to choose something different.

I wrote about the moment I started catching mine — and what shifted when I did.

Link in the comments.
Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/AmK7Y

27/03/2026

There's a kind of leadership that looks like strength from a distance.

Decisive. Certain. Commands the room.

But get closer and you start to feel it — the need to be the most important person in every conversation. The way titles get used like leverage. The way other people's discomfort gets filed under "not my problem."

Power Over.

I've worked alongside it. I've had it used on me. And I'll be honest — I've felt the pull of it in myself, in moments when I was scared and wanted control.

Because that's the thing no one says out loud:

The desire to have power over others isn't always malicious. Sometimes it's just someone who never learned a different way. Someone whose inner critic convinced them that dominating the room was the same as leading it.

It's not.

Real power — the kind that actually moves things — is built with people, not over them.

And it starts with the confronting work of recognising the patterns we run on autopilot. The ones we inherited. The ones we mistake for confidence.

That's the work I'm in. And it's the work I wrote about this week.

Read the full article: What’s Sabotaging You
▸ https://lttr.ai/ApanY