From Stuck to Strong:
The Elephant in the Boardroom
Unlocking what is really going on in your team
Sometimes, things just aren’t working—but no one can quite put a finger on why. Morale is low. Communication is strained. Progress feels hard. People may point to culture, to leadership, to behaviour, or to systems—but often, the real issue remains unspoken. It becomes the thing everyone feels, but no one names.
The elephant in the boardroom.
This tension might stem from a broken process. Or a lack of clarity. It could be a dominant personality casting a long shadow, or leadership that has not kept pace with what the team needs.
Sometimes it’s a systemic issue—how decisions are made, how work flows (or does not), or how trust has quietly eroded over time. Whatever the root cause, what matters most is to find the root of the issue, surface it — and deal with it.
This program gives teams that opportunity. Through discovery, confidential interviews, and facilitated team sessions, participants begin to surface what is holding them back through a guided process of collective insight—spotting patterns, naming the real issues, and aligning around shared goals.
Teams create accountability and make progress when they move this insight into action.
When people are invited into honest, structured conversations—without fear or judgment—teams can move from stuck to strong. The elephant doesn’t have to stay in the room.
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As a result of attending this program, participants will:
Gain clarity on the real issues affecting team performance
Take shared responsibility & direction
Reduce blame & increase team cohesion
Align with the strategic direction of the team/organisation
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Encourage adaptive problem solving
Strengthen systems thinking & accountability
Increased comfort to surface concerns
Improved & constructive communication
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Team Discovery Phase: Interviews, surveys, or diagnostic tool specific to the context
Identify blind spots, patterns and what is working well
Facilitated Team Workshop(s): Surface unspoken tensions, identify systems, create goals, communication and direction
Integration: Follow up with individual coaching sessions/group coaching sessions to integrate new ways of working back into the workplace
Who should attend?
Executives and SES
Hidden Treasure: Diagnostics & Dynamics
Making progress with psychometrics
Many teams are sitting on a goldmine—hidden talents, untapped potential, and overlooked opportunities that remain buried beneath day-to-day operations.
Often, teams operate based on assumptions about each other’s workstyles and motivations, leading to friction, miscommunication, or underperformance—not because people do not care, but because they simply do not know how each player in the team works.
When a team takes the time to pause and examine its underlying dynamics, real treasure can be found.
By uncovering individual and collective strengths, understanding where misinterpretations occur, and shining light on what is usually left unsaid, teams begin to rewrite the story of how they work together. What was once an unseen blocker becomes an opportunity to grow. What was once siloed becomes shared.
This workshop equips teams with the insight and language to interpret behavioural data with care, curiosity, and compassion.
Through exploring values, preferences, and decision- making styles, leaders and teams learn to adapt, appreciate difference, and build accountability and psychological safety—together.
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As a result of attending this program, participants will:
Create a strengths based team map
Unpack hidden team dynamics
Surface innovative ideas
Discover leadership & followership styles & dynamics within the team
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Increased self-awareness of values, strengths & blind spots
Reduced judgement & misinterpretations of team members’ behaviours
Shared psychological safety throughout the team
Practical strategies to flex & adapt styles as needed
Greater accountability & team cohesion
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1-day face-to-face or virtual workshop
Complete a research based diagnostic tool
Facilitated small and large group discussion
Practical application: Co-designed team development plan
Who should attend?
All members of a section/team.
“Max went above and beyond in caring about each of us and always being open and approachable.
I’m so grateful for your willingness to witness me and to be a support as I came face to face with my shadow and worked out how to be the best leader I can be.
It was way more than I expected and you’re amazing.
Thank you for being you.”
-Assistant Director, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Bespoke Strategy & Planning Days
Facilitating Crucial Conversations
Time together matters – but only if it leads to something meaningful. Whether it's a leadership team, branch, or cross-agency groups – groups need time to align, plan, or reset: the group needs to come together to make progress.
We don’t run generic planning days. We design and deliver bespoke workshops grounded in the real issues your team is facing and your strategic objectives— whether that’s following a machinery of government change, forming a new team, recovering from disruption, or launching something ambitious.
We begin with a discovery process—interviews, small groups, diagnostics, or reference groups—to understand what’s needed.
Then we design a 1, 2 or 3-day session that meets your goals, surfaces what matters, and gives your team clarity, momentum, and direction.
But most importantly—there’s no vague ‘we’ll get back to you’ energy. Every session leads to clear deliverables your executive or delegate can use to make informed decisions and drive change.
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As a result of attending this program, participants will create and deliver:
Post-Workshop Report
Presentation for Decision Makers
Metrics & Measurement: Pre- and post-session surveys or pulse checks, and Workshop evaluation
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Confidential interviews or pre-work with key stakeholders
Diagnostic tools (Hogan, HBDI, DISC, or tailored frameworks)
Bespoke workshop design and expert facilitation
Strategic documentation of outcomes and next steps
Follow up: Executive coaching, check-ins, or pulse surveys
Who should attend?
Facilitation and strategy sessions are designed for teams, sections, branches, Leadership teams, and SES.
You and your Team Leaders are one step away from breaking new ground in Team Performance, Culture and Authenticity.
Join us for a Leadership Essentials workshop.
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