TRIBE OF TRUSTED LEADERS -LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Increase Employee engagement.  Boost Team Results.  Retain great talent.

In today’s rapidly evolving business environment, effective leadership is essential to fostering trust, driving innovation, and achieving business outcomes. But exceptional leadership isn’t one-size-fits-all—it requires customisation to meet the unique needs of your entire organization.

That’s where our flagship leadership development program, Tribe of Trusted Leaders, excels. Not only is it a stand alone 12 month online leader development program that's available as a discrete online leadership course, but it is also offered as a tailored leadership development program designed to meet the needs of your organisational leadership capabilities. Empowering your future leaders, mid-level leaders and senior leaders to unlock their potential and lead with trust.

Why Invest in A Leadership Development Program?

Leadership development isn’t just about professional growth—it’s a strategic investment in your organization’s future. Studies reveal that businesses prioritizing leadership training see a 415% ROI, earning $4.15 for every $1 spent. These programs lead to stronger teams, higher employee engagement and improved employee retention.

With the Tribe of Trusted Leaders, you’re not just investing in a leadership development program—you’re creating a sustainable competitive edge.

For CEOs and HR leaders, the Tribe of Trusted Leaders is the perfect training program to:

  • Enhance Managerial Effectiveness: Equip your managers with the tools they need to lead effectively and foster team accountability.
  • Achieve Organizational Goals: Improve team performance, alignment, and morale for sustainable business success.
  • Develop Future Leaders: Invest in high-potential leaders to strengthen your company’s leadership pipeline.

An Evidence Based Leadership Development Program

The Tribe of Trusted Leaders program is a comprehensive leadership and development programme designed to help leaders build trust, foster accountability, and lead with authenticity.

It has been designed with the latest research on how to improve adult learning. That's why it includes a mix of practical master classes and accountability sessions. Your key facilitator, Marie-Claire Ross (author of the book, Trusted to Thrive) ensures interactive sessions that incorporate proven leadership development strategies to provide a structured, yet flexible learning approach, to tackle the real challenges leaders face today.

 

A Tailored Leadership Development Programme Approach

Whether you’re looking for a 12-month immersive leadership program experience or focused, high-impact masterclasses, this leadership development program adapts to your unique business challenges, timing and budget requirements. Components such as leadership assessments, one-on-one coaching, and the Achievement Zone framework can be included or adjusted to create the ideal program for your team.

Core Offerings That Can Be Tailored:

  • Masterclasses: Cherry pick from 12 sessions, so that you design the curriculum that has the critical skills required by your managers. This could be focusing on essential soft skills like increasing psychological safety or managing emotions. Right through to improving leadership skills such as having a difficult conversation, running better one-on-ones or improving delegation skills.
  • Work on Your Team Sessions: Add tailored group sessions for real-world application and shared learning. This is focused time to implement tools like delegation plans, meeting agendas, and one-on-one templates.
  • Leadership Assessments: Incorporate tools like Enneagram profiles to deepen self-awareness and team understanding or our leadership development assessments for both students and their manager. This assessment can be done pre, mid and at the end to measure progress.
  • Community Hub: Access to peer support, recorded sessions, and a library of resources.
  • One-on-One Coaching: Provide direct support for leaders to improve their self-awareness around their leadership qualities, leadership behaviors and leadership capabilities. Leaders are encouraged to focus on their career goals, be in charge of their career development and work through challenges.
  • Practical Frameworks: Gain access to tools like the Trust Battery to improve team building and performance. Leadership tools can be included that suit your company requirements.

This flexibility ensures the program aligns perfectly with your key business priorities while maximising the impact on your leaders and teams.

 

"The frameworks provided by this program have helped me create structure, clarity, and alignment within my team. I’m now more intentional in everything I do as a leader."
Financial manager,
Medium sized business
"Through this program, I’ve seen our leaders evolve into more confident and effective communicators. They’ve mastered the ability to balance emotional intelligence with accountability, which has profoundly impacted their teams’ success."
Operations Director,
Medium sized business

Development Program Topics

Select the right masterclasses for your leaders and the cadence you require. These can be done online or in-person.

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What should be included in a Leadership Development Program?

Effective leadership training is based not just on theory, but on helping leaders take action on the new information they have learnt. What sets the Tribe of Trusted Leader's leadership development program apart from other leadership training programs is:

  1. A Focus on Trust - Trust is the foundation of all high-performing teams. This program helps leaders develop the skills to build and sustain trust—from clear communication and active listening to managing conflicts constructively. All of the frameworks and models have been designed with trust in mind.
  2. Improves Self-Awareness - Self-awareness has been found to be the number leadership quality of exceptional leadership. Leaders have the opportunity to explore their leadership development goals, leadership style and undertake an Enneagram personality assessment. This helps leaders lead with more authentic leadership behaviors that better suit their leadership style.
  3. Practical Frameworks - Rather than abstract theories, the Tribe of Trusted Leaders provides actionable and practical frameworks. These frameworks and models are from the book, Trusted to Thrive. Gain access to tools like the Trust Battery to improve team building and performance.
  4. Real-World Application - This isn’t just a program you attend and forget. Participants are equipped with practical tools and resources to implement what they learn, from one-on-one meeting templates to the famed "How to Work with me Guide". There is regular homework, challenging projects, hands-on experience and group accountability sessions, so that leaders are putting their learning into action.
  5. Proven Results - Participants of the Tribe of Trusted Leaders program report transformative results. For instance, 85% of participants have been deemed promotion-ready by their direct manager. In addition, 44% have improved their ability to have meaningful meetings and 32% their ability to have difficult conversations with team members. Furthermore, managers of particpants have observed their students in the program increase accountability within their teams, gain confidence in making decisions and and build cohesive, high-performing teams.

Key Components of the Tribe of Trusted Leaders Program

The Tribe of Trusted Leaders leadership development program is uniquely structured to foster trust and empower leaders to create healthy, high-performing team cultures that improve company performance. Below are the foundational components that make this program so impactful:

1. Building Trust as the Cornerstone of Leadership

Trust is the lifeblood of any thriving team culture. The program emphasises actionable strategies for leaders to build and sustain trust, including fostering open communication, managing conflicts constructively, and modeling integrity.

Student Example in Action: “By implementing what I’ve learned, I’ve seen my team develop deeper trust and cohesion. This shift has not only improved morale but also boosted our productivity.”

2. Building Psychological Safety

Psychological safety is a hallmark of high-trust cultures. Research consistently shows that teams with high psychological safety are more innovative and productive. In this program, leaders learn how to create an environment where team members feel safe to voice ideas, admit mistakes, and take risks without fear of judgment, thereby boosting employee engagement, employee retention and driving better business outcomes.

Example in Action: “By focusing on psychological safety, I’ve seen my team become more open and innovative. They’re not afraid to bring their ideas to the table, which has led to some amazing breakthroughs.”

3. Demanding Accountability

Accountable leadership is trust-building leadership. Participants learn to model accountability by owning their decisions and creating a culture of responsibility within their teams. The result? Higher team performance and strengthened trust.

Example in Action: A leader reflected, “Since completing the program, my team now owns their actions and is much more proactive. Accountability is no longer just a buzzword—it’s how we operate.”

4. Mastering Delegation

Effective delegation empowers team members to grow while allowing leaders to focus on strategic priorities.

Example in Action: “I’ve learned how to delegate tasks strategically. Not only has it freed up my time, but it’s also given my team members opportunities to grow and develop their skills,” shared one participant.

4. Improving Communication

Communication is key to trust and alignment. Leaders learn how to communicate expectations, provide feedback constructively, and foster an open dialogue.

This is done through leaders learning how to run effective meetings, one-on-one's as well as how to talk about the future more meaningfully.

Example in Action: “Our team meetings are more productive and aligned, thanks to the program’s communication frameworks.”

5. Achieving High-Performance Cultures with the Achievement Zone

High-performing teams thrive on a balance of high standards and psychological safety.

The program is anchored in the Achievement Zone framework that encourages teams to reach their potential without fear of failure. This approach creates cultures of accountability, resilience, and innovation.

Example in Action: A participant noted, “By adopting the Achievement Zone principles, my team has become both more focused and more collaborative. We’re consistently hitting goals we never thought possible.”

The Achievement Zone framework helps leaders increase their emotional intelligence and foster sustainable success.

 

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Proven Results: Why This Leadership Development Program Works

Participants and their managers consistently report transformative results from the Tribe of Trusted Leaders program. Here’s what they’re saying:

  • More Confident Leaders: Leaders gain tools and self-awareness to improve their leadership impact.
  • Stronger Teams: Trust, collaboration, and accountability improve across teams.
  • Sustainable Impact: Practical frameworks ensure results that last well beyond the program.

One participant noted, “This program taught me to lead with authenticity, build trust, and navigate challenges with confidence. The results have been extraordinary.”

Why Customization Matters

Your organization is unique, and your leadership program should be too. Whether you need to address specific challenges, train leaders quickly, focus on particular leadership skills, or adapt the format to fit your team’s needs, the Tribe of Trusted Leaders ensures flexibility without compromising results.


Let’s Build the Leader Development Program Your Team Needs

Ready to create a high-trust, high-performing team? Whether it’s a six-masterclass series or a comprehensive leadership and development programme, the Tribe of Trusted Leaders is designed to meet your needs.

 Schedule a 30-minute consultation today to explore how we can tailor the Tribe of Trusted Leaders program for your organization.

"Marie-Claire is a knowledgeable and engaging presenter who provided a great understanding of our business and broader organisational context.  Marie-Claire ran a series of three “Achievement Zone” workshops with nearly 700 of our Executive Level leaders in the ATO.  The workshops empowered our leaders to look at how they build trust with their teams & stakeholders, and gave them the tools to make effective and lasting change.  By modelling trust and building connection, our leaders will be able to increase engagement and improve overall leadership capabilities."

Jennifer Moltisanti
Assistant Commissioner | Not for Profit Centre and Government | Australian Tax Office

"Before the Trusted Teams training program, our supervisors were not modelling appropriate leadership behaviours and were inconsistent in their approach. There was often a negative communication style that adversely impacted engagement and retention. Your sessions were delivered in a way that really landed - the discussions, direction by you and the tools you presented. The program's impact extended beyond the sessions, with leaders applying newfound tools and concepts to improve communication styles and team dynamics. We have even been able to successfully introduce daily mentor feedback which has vastly improved the performance of teams. As a result, our team has witnessed a positive transformation, experiencing heightened collaboration, consistent leadership behaviours, and overall improved confidence and effectiveness in their roles. It has made a big difference to new employees who now see and feel a more consistent and positive culture. Your program has provided broader growth for the guys and the business that has set us up well for the change ahead."

Jason Davenport
General Manager, Ecodynamics

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