Leadership Workshops

Whether you're planning an offsite for your leadership team or looking to strengthen your leaders’ skills, I offer a variety of leadership workshops, both online and in-person, to suit your needs.

Grow leadership. Build trust. Create lasting change.

Leadership Development Workshops

 
When you bring your leaders together, it’s more than just a training session—it’s a strategic opportunity to strengthen your collective leadership impact.
 
My leadership workshops are designed to engage thinking leaders with fresh insights, practical tools, and meaningful conversations. We go beyond theory to shift mindsets, elevate capability, and reinforce the behaviours that build trust and drive high performance.
 
Each session is tailored to your team’s needs—whether you’re leading through change, aligning around a new strategy, or simply levelling up leadership capability.
 
Explore the leadership workshops that will empower your leaders to grow—individually and together.

Leadership Workshop 1

3 Powerful Strategies to Lead with Inspired Optimism

Because your team needs your clarity, calm and conviction—now more than ever.

In uncertain times, people look to their leaders for stability, hope and direction. When anxiety and change fatigue are high, leaders must rise—not just to manage operations, but to inspire confidence in the future.

Your role now is to discern what matters most, focus your energy, and lead with the kind of optimism that grounds and motivates others.

This energising and practical session helps you shift from reactive to intentional leadership—so you can be a steady, forward-focused force for your people.

In this thought-provoking session, Marie-Claire will:

  • Unpack the four positive and negative leadership styles—and why your team feels the difference.

  • Help you reignite your sense of purpose and possibility, even in the face of disruption.

  • Provide practical strategies to help you see possibilities and potential rather than impossibility.

Leadership Workshop 2

3 Steps to Build Trust and Engagement for Success

 

Create the culture everyone wants to be part of—and no one wants to leave.

In today’s fast-moving environment, trust isn’t a “nice-to-have”—it’s the foundation for engagement, accountability, and high performance. Yet too often, leaders are left guessing how to build and sustain it.

This dynamic, interactive workshop gives leaders a proven framework to lead with trust—so they can strengthen relationships, lift morale, and drive results.

One of Marie-Claire’s most popular sessions, this workshop includes:

✅ A powerful Trusted Leader Self-Assessment to uncover strengths and growth areas

✅ A deep dive into the Trust Battery concept—and how to recharge it across your team

✅ Insight into how the brain responds to trust and threat at work

✅ The three essential pillars that underpin trusted leadership

✅ Practical tools and real-world strategies you can apply immediately


Expect meaningful reflection, robust discussion, and actionable insights that will elevate your leadership and your team.

Leadership Workshop 3

How to Lead Yourself, and Your Team, into the Achievement Zone

Because thriving teams need both psychological safety and accountability, especially now.

The Achievement Zone is where high-performing teams thrive—where people feel safe to speak up, take smart risks, and are motivated to deliver their best work. But getting there requires leaders who can read the room, adapt to changing conditions, and bring out the best in their people.

This highly engaging, discussion-rich workshop is tailored to your organisation’s current challenges and context—so your leaders walk away with relevant, actionable strategies they can apply immediately.

In this session, leaders will:

✅ Explore how psychological safety and accountability work together to drive performance.
✅ Understand the four performance zones and how they play out in your team culture.
✅ Identify which zone their team is currently operating in—and why.
✅ Learn practical, context-specific strategies to shift their team into the Achievement Zone.

Whether you're navigating change, addressing disengagement, or lifting team dynamics, this workshop meets your leaders where they are—and equips them to lead with confidence and clarity.

Leadership Workshop 4

Become a Trusted Leader Who Inspires – Step Beyond Management

Leadership isn’t about doing more—it’s about becoming more.

In today’s workplaces, employees want more than task direction—they want to be led by someone they trust, respect, and feel inspired by. Yet too often, managers stay stuck in day-to-day operations, missing the opportunity to lead with true influence.

A 2023 Gallup survey revealed that only 21% of employees strongly trust their organisation’s leadership—a wake-up call for leaders to evolve beyond management.

Becoming a Trusted Leader is the shift that drives engagement, strengthens culture, and improves team performance. It starts with how you lead yourself.

In this immersive and empowering workshop, you will:

  • Discover why self-trust is the foundation of becoming a trusted leader

  • Identify what’s within your control—and how to lead with calm and clarity

  • Unpack how your mindset and psychology impact your leadership effectiveness

  • Learn four practical steps to grow into the trusted, confident leader your team wants to follow

If you're ready to lead with greater intention, connection, and credibility—this workshop will show you how to make the shift.

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"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 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
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"Marie-Claire delivered the Trusted Leadership workshop over half a day for our TEC senior executives. She has deep subject matter expertise and involved members with plenty of breakouts and engagement. It was a valuable session with strong member engagement. Members also appreciated the handouts and mental models used during the workshop "
Steve Gallagher
Vistage Chair
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“Marie-Claire Ross delivered an insightful session on building trusted, thriving teams, which was practical, engaging and grounded in neuroscience. I appreciated the clear framework around the three leadership pillars and how trust can be intentionally cultivated in day-to-day interactions. I thought I knew a lot about trust, but I have learned new perspectives in this workshop. Marie-Claire can offer valuable reflections for anyone looking to strengthen engagement within their team.”
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Local Government
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"Marie-Claire delivered a master class to a diverse representation of the membership of Women in Banking and Finance. This is a pertinent issue for our membership, who hold leadership roles across the full spectrum of the financial services sector. Marie-Claire’s approach was very pragmatic and engaging. Our members asked numerous questions and have given strong feedback describing the session as interesting, valuable and insightful. I would highly recommend Marie-Claire’s workshops and content."
Jen Dalitz
CEO, Women in Business and Finance
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"We have received some amazing feedback from one of our members about the impact of your Inspired Optimism session. He said it had made a huge difference in his attitude to his role. He also shared insights with his executive peers who have also adopted the mindset. It has changed the team dynamic in a really good way."
Vistage Chair
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"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. 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."
Jason Davenport
General Manager, Ecodynamics
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