Leadership Articles & Resources

Explore research-backed insights and practical guidance on leadership development, team performance, and organizational growth.

High Performing Teams

High Performing Teams: What They Are, Why They Matter, and How to Build Them
A high performing team consistently exceeds expectations through shared purpose, psychological safety, and mutual accountability. They deliver 23% higher profitability, 51% lower turnover, and 78% less absenteeism.
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What Is a High Performing Team?
A high performing team is a group of people with complementary skills who share a common purpose and consistently exceed expectations through psychological safety, trust, and shared accountability.
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High Performing Teams Frameworks: 6 Models Reviewed
The most effective high performing teams frameworks are Hackman's 6 Conditions, Google's Project Aristotle, and Edmondson's Psychological Safety research.
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High Performing Team Training
Most team training focuses on the team. We focus on the leaders who shape it.
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How to Build a High Performing Team (Evidence-Based Guide)
Building a high performing team takes six things: psychological safety, clear direction, the right structure, supervisor support, spaced development over months, and leaders who model the behaviours they want to see.
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7 Characteristics of High Performing Teams
Research on high performing teams is everywhere. This article covers the seven characteristics that research and 8,000+ leader reflections consistently identify.
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Emerging Leaders

Emerging Leaders: The Complete Guide to Developing Your Next Generation of Leaders
The transition from individual contributor to people leader is one of the most critical moments in a career. This guide covers what emerging leaders are, why most fail, and how organisations can develop them effectively.
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The 12 Challenges Every Emerging Leader Faces (And How to Overcome Them)
You got promoted. Now what? This article covers the 12 challenges that research and 8,000+ leader reflections consistently reveal.
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The Skills Emerging Leaders Need to Develop
The essential skills for emerging leaders, organised into four categories: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
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What Is an Emerging Leader?
A clear definition of emerging leaders and why this transition is one of the most consequential moments in a person's career.
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How to Develop Emerging Leaders: A Guide for HR and L&D
Most organisations promote people into leadership, then leave them to figure it out. This guide covers what the research says about developing emerging leaders.
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Emerging Leader Characteristics: How to Identify Your Future Leaders
How to identify emerging leaders by looking beyond performance.
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Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
Why emotional intelligence predicts leadership success—and how to develop it.
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How to Improve Emotional Intelligence
The question isn’t whether emotional intelligence can be developed. It’s about what really changes behaviour.
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Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
The business case for EI development and how leading organisations are investing in it.
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12 Signs of Low Emotional Intelligence
How to spot low emotional intelligence in yourself or your organisation.
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Emotional Intelligence Training: 18,000 Leaders' Reflections
After 450 programs and 18,000 reflections, we've seen exactly where it breaks down.
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Resilience

Resilience Training: What 2,430 Leaders Told Us
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Psychological Safety

Psychological Safety
What psychological safety is, why it matters, and how to build it.
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Psychological Safety Training: A Guide for Australian Organisations
Learn what effective training includes and how to evaluate your options.
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How to Build Psychological Safety: 7 Steps for Leaders
A practical guide to building psychological safety through 7 proven steps.
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Psychological Safety Examples: Signs, Patterns & Warning Signals
Understand psychological safety through practical examples.
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Amy Edmondson's Research on Psychological Safety
Learn about her frameworks and how Google validated her findings.
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What Is Psychological Safety?
A shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk-taking.
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Difficult Conversations

Difficult Conversations Training: What 41,000 Leader Reflections Taught Us
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Team Building

Team Building Training: Why Most Fail & What Actually Works in 2026
Most team building fails within a week.
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Leadership Training

Leadership Training Australia
Leda delivers leadership training across Australia.
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Leadership Training Brisbane
Local team on the ground.
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Leadership Training Melbourne
Evidence-based programs with 88-93% completion rates.
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Leadership Training Perth
Designed for distributed teams.
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Leadership Training Sydney
Evidence-based programs with 88-93% completion rates.
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Leadership Training for Managers: What Actually Works
What separates training that sticks from training that's forgotten by Monday.
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