Panel Discussion: Leadership as a Productivity Lever

Is your leadership approach helping or hindering your team's productivity?

Productivity gains rarely come from pushing people harder. They come from leaders who know how to build genuine engagement, create psychological safety and get people working effectively together.

Join our expert panel as they share real-world insights on how leadership behaviour directly impacts team productivity - for better or worse - and the practical steps leaders can take to drive meaningful improvement.

In this webinar, you will discover:

• What it really takes to get people working effectively (and productively!) together

• The connection between employee engagement and productivity - and how to strengthen both

• Why psychological safety is essential for team performance

• Practical steps you can take to drive better productivity through your own behaviour

Who should attend: Senior leaders, HR directors, L&D professionals and people managers who want to enhance productivity through better people leadership.

Panel Discussion: Leadership as a Productivity Lever

• 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 25 February 2026
• ⏰ Time: SYD & MEL: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM AEDT
• ⏰ Time: BRIS: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM AEST
• 💻 Location: Online

Speaker Bios:

Patrick Albina

Founder & Director, Quintessential Consulting

Patrick Albina is the Founder and Director of Quintessential Consulting and an Executive Coach at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Graduate Business School. With over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience spanning Defence, Government, aerospace engineering, international development and community organisations, Patrick specialises in strengthening leadership capability, enhancing strategic decision-making and building organisational resilience in complex environments. His facilitation and coaching approach integrates systems thinking, human-centred design and behavioural science to help leaders expand their mental models, build cognitive agility and make better decisions.

Patrick's executive coaching portfolio includes work with senior executives, emerging leaders, teams and boards across Federal and State Government agencies, Defence, corporates and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.

An experienced company director and long-standing board chair, he brings a governance lens to leadership development, helping leaders understand stewardship, accountability and strategic alignment. His unique background, from aerospace engineering in the Royal Australian Air Force to global roles with Airbus, Eurocopter and Boeing, combined with his expertise in navigating organisational complexity, enables Patrick to offer practical insights on how leadership can be leveraged to drive productivity and performance.

Anne Barclay

Consulting Principal & Managing Director, HR Advantage | Chair & Non-Executive Director, GAICD

Anne Barclay is a trusted advisor with over 25 years of experience driving productivity through leadership and people-centric business improvement. Founder of award-winning HR Advantage Consulting in 2000, Anne's career also spans governance, business management, consulting and executive advisory work across commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors.

Today, Anne is increasingly applying her professional skills to Chair and Non-Executive Director roles, motivated by helping organisations navigate complexity, drive performance and achieve sustainable outcomes.

Moderator:

Toby Hone

TMS APAC Master Trainer and Senior L&D consultant

With over 25 years of experience spanning leadership development, training, sales, communication and learning design, Toby, is known for turning complex theory into practical, energising business applications.