Closing the gap between leadership intent and leadership behaviour when the heat is on

Training & Workshops

The issue beneath the symptoms

At the heart of many leadership challenges sits a quieter issue.

When the pressure is on, too many leaders don’t yet know how to stay grounded, open, and responsible.
They default below the line.
They protect certainty, position, or self-image.
They avoid tension — or step into it without the capability to hold it well.

What’s missing is rarely intent.
It’s a shared language and inner capability to navigate challenge without closing down or creating damage.

This is the real gap organisations are living with:
the space between leadership intent and leadership behaviour when the heat is on.

How this shows up day to day

You’ll see this gap play out in familiar ways:

  • Teams protecting turf rather than outcomes

  • Feedback delayed, diluted, or delivered badly

  • Conflict either avoided or escalated

  • Responsibility pushed upwards instead of held locally

  • Values sounding good on posters and weak in meetings

  • Change stalling through quiet resistance

  • “Nice” cultures that struggle with performance conversations

  • Strong individual performers who don’t yet lead well

Underneath it all are leaders who are busy, capable, and well-intentioned — yet not consistently self-aware, resourceful, or relationally courageous when it matters most.

Training & Workshops

Grow Confident Capable Leaders

Matt’s training is designed to help your organisation make this shift. His knowledge and material are both insightful and practical. The training experience provides your people with deeper psychological insight, increased capacity for communication, and a clearer way to navigate people, pressure, and change.

Development

  • Tailored to your needs and challenges

  • Drawing on the Choice Point framework

  • Workshops, half days, full days, team builds, away days

  • In person, online

Isaac Aitken

Head of TW Property, TW Property

Matt has challenged deeper thinking through exploring how others view the world. This context has allowed me to adapt to conversations and get the best results when dealing with various stakeholders.

Samara Kelly

Mental Health Services Lead, Health Hawke's Bay

I have completed both coaching and a leadership program with Matt. Both have allowed me to develop and build key leadership skills and feel confident in myself and leadership roles I hold.

Ally Whike

Sport Development Director, Swim England

Support from Matt in exploring different areas of improvement in leadership, communication and decision making has helped immeasurably in working better within teams.

Popular Options

Tailored Programs

Built to match your needs and ambition

Let’s talk about what you’re aiming for - and build a program that fits your needs and challenges.

The Leadership Room

A group coaching space for new & emerging leaders

Good leaders aren't just experts - they're good with people. The Leadership Room builds that strength.

Leader as Coach

A practical program to embed coaching into everyday leadership

Coaching isn’t a side skill - it’s a leadership superpower. Leader as Coach helps you unlock it.

Peer Group Coaching

Real conversations. Practical support. Ongoing leadership growth.

Small groups of leaders meet regularly for focused conversations that drive growth and solve real challenges.

Build Better Leadership

Develop leaders who make better choices under pressure—improving how the whole organisation operates.
An investment in organisational success.

Helping Organisations Build Better Leadership