Leadership Essentials Program - 19 February, 2026

Leadership Essentials Program

Delivery Dates: 19 February 2026 - 4 June 2026

Delivery Method: Live and Virtual (through Zoom) with all workshops being recorded and available to participants

Workshop Times: 8 x fortnightly Leadership Essentials workshops (1.00 - 2.30pm)

4 x monthly Q&A Sessions (1.00 - 2.00pm)

4 x monthly Leadership Review Sessions (1.00 - 2.00pm)

1 x One on One Velocity Leadership Checkpoint and Debrief

(leadership assessment on strengths and development areas)

Facilitator: Michael Peiniger

Expectation: The following training and facilitation expectations relate to all Leadership Essentials Program workshops.

• Velocity Leadership CheckPoint. Each participant in the Leadership Essentials Program begins their leadership development journey by completing the Velocity Leadership CheckPoint. This provides acomprehensive understanding of the leadership strengths and development areas prior to the formal program allowing each participants to develop their own Program Learning goals.

• Key Concepts / Proposed Content: Developing Leaders utilises relevant and current leadership concepts, either created internally or referenced from others. These will include, but not limited to:

• AIR/BLEEDS Model for Personal Responsibility
• Own Up, Clean Up, Move On
• Team Expectations (Likes / Dislikes list)
• Creating Intention and Prisms of Listening
• DRIFT model for coaching and feedback to team members
• DRIFT model for Difficult Conversations (& dealing with push back)
• Overcoming FEAR and being NICE
• The 9 Stages of Meeting Convergence
• Personal Purpose and Values
• Behaviours Types - focussed on Passive Aggressive Behaviour
• The Elevator Model for Task Management and Task Efficiency
• Johari Window and Leadership Vulnerability
• The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team

• Workshop Preparation Activity. Each Leadership Essentials Program workshop requires a small amount of preparation to fully utilise time spent. This may include reflection over the previous fortnight’s activity, identifying areas of improvement or concern to discuss in the session, reading or watching relevant leadership behaviour material. It is expected that the participant will be on time and fully prepared for the session.

• Anchoring Activity. At the completion of each Leadership Essentials Program workshop a series of agreed anchoring activities will embed the behaviours discussed in the session, and provide a dynamic opportunity to put new behaviours into practice. Realistic, relevant and practical leadership activities starting within a 48-hour period greatly impact the effective transfer the leadership behaviour learning back to job roles.

• Leadership Essentials Program Reading List. Broader reading on leadership and management behaviour is an important aspect of the Leadership Essentials Program. Reading (or audiobook) tasks encourage reflection and add to the content completed in the workshops. This learning is greatly enhanced when complimented with discussions with the participants Manager as well as within the workshop. Titles that may be included in this Leadership Essentials Program include:

• Atomic Habits - James Clear
• Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek
• Crucial Conversations
• The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni

#NOTE - The reading list will be finalised after completion of all participant Velocity Leadership Checkpoints, to ensure that the reading matches the needs of the majority of participants.

• Monthly Leadership Reading Review. All Developing Leaders Leadership Essentials Program participants have the opportunity to discuss, review, analyse and interpret their leadership reading and learning with other participants in a monthly 'book club'. Less formal than the workshops, participants get the opportunity to evaluate how the monthly leadership text applies to their leadership, their workplace, and watch practical actions they can take, in conjunction with their formal workshop activities.

• Monthly Live Q&A Session. In the live Q&A session, participants have the opportunity to bring 'live' problems or issues that they would like help and guidance with. These discussions can relate to all of the Leadership Essentials Program content, and remain confidential within the participant group.