05/11/2026
Building a High-Performing Culture Beyond the Pitch! 🏏
How do you transform a proud sporting institution into a more connected, collaborative and high-performing organisation?
At Human Synergistics' 2026 Culture & Leadership Conference, Charlie Hodgson, CEO, and Lisa Coderre, General Manager, People & Culture at the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA), shared their inspiring journey of cultural transformation.
Despite a proud 155-year history, SACA faced challenges with employee engagement, leadership alignment and organisational performance. Recognising that sustainable success starts with people, SACA partnered with Human Synergistics in January 2025 to create meaningful, lasting change. Through the use of LSI, OCI and OEI diagnostics, alongside leadership coaching and development, SACA established a shared language for change, strengthened trust and collaboration, and embedded more Constructive ways of working.
The results speak for themselves:
🏏 Employee engagement increased from 64 to 80 in approximately 18 months.
🏏 Stronger leadership alignment, collaboration and openness to feedback.
🏏 Greater connection, accountability and a collective commitment to high performance.
🏆 Recognition with the 2026 Human Synergistics Constructive Culture Award.
Central to SACA's transformation are three simple but powerful values:
Be Kind. Be Brave. Do Great Things Together.
SACA's story demonstrates that high performance isn't just about results on the scoreboard. It's about creating a culture where people, leadership and strategy work together to achieve sustainable success, both on and off the pitch.
🎥 Watch Charlie and Lisa share their culture transformation journey, the challenges they've overcome and the lessons they've learned along the way. -> https://www.human-synergistics.com.au/resources/videos/conference-presentations-2026/