Leading Teams

Name: Leading Teams
Address: 11 Wilson Street, South Yarra, VIC, 3141, AU
Telephone: +611300644578

Leading Teams is a national culture and leadership organisation. What sets us apart? We live our model, embracing accountability for your teams and ourselves
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With 25 expert facilitators across Australia, we empower leaders and teams in business, education, government, and sport to achieve extraordinary results at work and in life. At Leading Teams, we believe everyone deserves a work environment where they can be high performing. Our passion is to help create an extraordinary culture at workplaces across Australia—from offices to classrooms to clubs. W

e're not your typical culture and leadership consultants; we're relatable, long-term partners in your organisation’s performance and results. We show up differently, dismantling barriers to trust, engagement, and accountability.

1. We venture where others won’t, asking the necessary questions to establish trust
2. We facilitate difficult conversations with courage and empathy, increasing the speed of decisions
3. We build and facilitate meaningful relationships through shared experiences and vulnerability

Leading Teams offers:

• 25 expert facilitators nationwide
• An effective and widely emulated high-performance model
• Face-to-face culture and leadership programs that drive lasting change
• 24 years of client results across business, education, government, and sport

From record staff engagement and financial performance, to inspiring on-field victories, we've empowered 1000+ teams to create extraordinary results at work and in life. Ready to discover what extraordinary looks like for your organisation? Connect with us today.

26/08/2026

This is what courageous leadership looks like in practice.

Kathryn Sobey, Principal of Melton Secondary College, has quietly formalised a fortnightly work-from-home arrangement for her staff, giving 81 of her 190 teachers the space to plan, mark, and think deeply without the constant interruptions of a school day.

In a profession where teachers work an average of 12.4 unpaid hours every week, Sobey did not wait for policy to catch up. She looked at what was already available to her and found a way to lead differently within it.

"I've learnt you can use what we've already got to introduce innovation," she said.

That is not a policy statement. That is a leader who understands that culture is built through deliberate decisions - small ones, made consistently, that signal to a team: you matter here.

We are proud to partner with Kathryn and the Melton SC team through our work with Leading Teams facilitator Ellie Pietsch. This is exactly the kind of leadership we see when people are serious about building a culture where performance and wellbeing can coexist.

Full article in the comments.

19/08/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Jessica Martin to the team.

Adelaide-based and bringing more than a decade of cross-sector experience, spanning government, private industry, not-for-profit, construction, and elite sport, Jess has spent her career doing the one thing that connects all of those worlds - leading people with integrity and striving for high performance.

Oh, and she has represented Australia in water polo and played nearly 300 National League games, so she knows a thing or two about what high-performing teams actually look like from the inside.

Read Jess’s full bio at leadingteams.net.au

14/08/2026

What does accountability actually look like when it sits with the team rather than the manager?

It’s a question Justin Peckett explored on stage at Mumbrella360 last month – and one that comes up in almost every organisation we work with.

The short answer, it requires two things working together:
💪🏼 Strong professional relationships where genuine conversations can happen, and
🤝🏼 Shared behavioural framework that the whole team owns, regardless of seniority.

Mumbrella covered Justin’s session on “How to Create Accountability Without Micromanaging” this week.

Link in comments.

10/08/2026

With his 143rd win over the weekend, Chris Fagan became the most winning coach in Brisbane Lions history – surpassing the great Leigh Matthews.

Our very own Simon Fletcher has worked with the Brisbane Lions since Fagan took the reins in 2017. He was in the room when he gave his first address to the player group, where he spoke for barely 10 minutes and then handed them the floor.

What followed over the next nine years is one of the great stories in Australian sport.

Not because of the talent – the talent was there at other clubs too – because of what Fagan built beneath the results. A culture where players felt safe to speak up, where mistakes were learning, not liability, where accountability was peer-led, not imposed from above, where the standard was agreed upon, and held by everyone.

As Simon wrote in an article earlier this year, the Lions’ success is the product of deliberate behaviours repeated over years – leading without ego, setting direction and stepping back, giving trust early and treating mistakes as learnings.

Dynamics drive mechanics – what happens in the room every day determines what goes on the board on Saturday – and Fagan has never lost sight of that!

05/08/2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳?

That question is at the centre of the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺, coming to 1 Hotel Melbourne on 7–8 September 2026.

Across two days, internationally recognised voices in education leadership, Leading Teams facilitators, and a working forum format that puts the genuine conversations at the centre, not on the sidelines.

This is not professional development you survive - it is the kind that changes how you lead when you walk back through your school gate.

Seats are limited. September is closer than it feels!

https://events.theconferenceplanners.com.au/event/1ZQ4OZ/home.html

28/07/2026

Our LTA Days are always one of the highlights of our six-weekly rhythm, but our EOFY is always carries something a little extra.

A year worth celebrating, a new financial year full of possibility, our new CEO Trevor Crook!

What stood out most was not just what Trevor said, it was how he showed up – a leader making it clear from day 16 (to be precise) what kind of culture he intends to be part of building.

We reflected, we celebrated, we challenged each other, and we left with a clarity about who we are and where we are headed that only comes from doing this kind of work together.

…and then there were the partners, and the kids – fun, chaos, laughter, and a reminder of why the work we do matters beyond the room we do it in.

We pride ourselves on how we balance dynamics and mechanics, and also balance work and play – because high performance is not just about the work – it’s about the whole person.

09/07/2026

The start of a new financial year is the perfect time to invest in the thinking that shapes how you lead...

Leading Teams Australia co-founder Ray McLean has written two books that have found their way onto the shelves of leaders around the world.

📘 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 for leaders who want to understand what genuinely high-performing culture looks like and how to build it.
📗 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 for leaders who want practical tools to develop trust, accountability and shared standards within their team.

At the heart of both is a simple but difficult question... 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁?

Link in comments to grab your copy.

30/06/2026

We've all had one.

The coworker who tells you how they're *really* feeling before you've even worked out their last name. Who assumes a closeness that (to you) isn't quite there yet.

It's awkward, and there's a reason why.

At Leading Teams we use the Relationship Pyramid to map this. At the safest level, it's the grunt and the nod - maybe an acknowledgement, barely a conversation. Keep moving down the pyramid and the risk increases: at the very bottom - the most exposed layer of all - are feelings.

Most relationship friction at work isn't really about personality. It's a mismatch - one person operating from feelings, the other still safely at grunt and nod.

The best teams aren't the ones who skip straight to the bottom. They're the ones who know exactly where they are on the pyramid, and move down it deliberately, together, over time.

Where do the relationships on your team actually sit right now?

28/06/2026

This Friday 3 July from 9-10am AEST, we are hosting an information session for our Nepal expedition – an 18-day mountain bike journey through the remote Mustang Valley with Experience Not Felt Possible 🚵

If you missed our original post, this is not a holiday. It is an expedition designed for leaders who want to be tested – physically, mentally, and relationally – alongside leaders from different organisations and backgrounds.

One call. One hour. Everything you need to decide.

Register via link in our bio.

22/06/2026

A good week starts before the first meeting...

Culture isn't built in the big moments - the away day, the strategy session or the all-hands meeting - it's built in the one's nobody writes about.

The way a leader responds when someone brings bad news. Whether they ask a question or jump straight to an answer. Whether they hold the standard on a Tuesday afternoon when everyone's busy and it would be easier not to.

Those moments happen dozens of times a week, and most pass without anyone noticing.

But the team notices, and over time, those moments - repeated or avoided - become the culture.

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11 Wilson Street
South Yarra, VIC
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Telephone

+611300644578

Website

http://www.leadingteams.net.au/

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