Leaders need help to develop the skills that will take them to the next level. Being a subject matter expert, high-performing team member, or doing what you’ve always done is not enough.

 

It’s simply not good business to promote a leader and then fail to develop them. There’s more to being the leader than just being successful in your old role. Leading a team needs more and different capabilities, tools, processes, and approaches.

 

I continue to observe many organisations which are not taking enough responsibility for setting leaders up for success. They need to provide the support and development that equips managers and leaders with the additional skills they need to navigate their leadership role effectively.

 

Yet many organisations are not offering the support their leaders need.

 

It’s time to bridge the gap.

I’m on a mission to develop as many leaders as I can. The reality? Most organisations know leadership development is critical, but don’t have the time, budget, or dedicated resources to make it happen at scale. The leadership capability gap is real—and growing. You need a solution that delivers practical, relevant leadership development without pulling your senior leaders away from their priorities.

 

That’s why I created ASCEND100.

 

This 12-month, high-end program is designed to rapidly build foundational leadership capability across your organisation. And the best part? It’s fast, effective, and structured for impact. With the opportunity for live monthly coaching sessions with me, leaders will gain the competence, confidence, and credibility needed to succeed, all within a time-efficient, high-support environment.

 

The program has been developed to provide:

 

  • Practical, real-world leadership training tailored to today’s challenges.

 

  • Live, monthly group coaching sessions with me for direct guidance and insight on real-time issues.

 

  • Development for cohorts of 100 leaders to scale leadership growth efficiently across your teams.

 

 

  • A structured, high-impact 12-month learning journey at a manageable investment, with an exceptional ROI.

 

Your leaders need the right support to set them, and you, up for success. ASCEND100 is how you deliver it—without compromising time, budget, quality or impact.

 

Set your leaders up for success. The future of leadership starts now.

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

DO YOUR LEADERS…

 

  • Say email controls their day?

 

  • Have so many meetings they can’t get work done?

 

  • Have conflicting priorities and don’t know where to start?

 

  • Wish their team would show some initiative and be more accountable?

 

  • Have To-Do lists that keep growing, preventing them from getting to their strategic projects?

 

  • Struggle with leading online?

 

  • Lack visibility and presence across their varied F2F and online workspaces?

 

  • Have a lot of stakeholders & customers to deal with, all with different needs?

OR PERHAPS THEY NEED…

 

✔ An easy way to prioritise their work.

 

✔ A methodology for doing the right things, in the right way, at the right time.

 

✔ A process for balancing their work and team.

 

✔ To create some thinking time.

 

✔ A simple framework for having the more challenging conversations.

 

✔ A strategy for making meetings more useful…. And shorter.

 

✔ A comfortable way to create a network and build influence.

 

✔ Some more tools in their leadership toolkit.

CREATE THE TIME, SPACE & OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD

FOR NEW AND MIDDLE LEADERS, AND LEADERS OF LEADERS

 

PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK AWAY FROM THIS PROGRAM WITH:

 

➤ An easy way to prioritise their work.

 

➤ A methodology for doing the right things, in the right way, at the right time.

 

➤ A process for balancing their work and their team.

 

➤ Strategies to create essential thinking time.

 

➤ A simple framework for having more challenging conversations.

 

➤ Strategies for making meetings more useful, both F2F and online.

 

➤ A comfortable way to create a network and build influence.

 

➤ An understanding of how to bring out their own best by playing to their strengths.

 

➤ Some more tools in their leadership toolkit.

 

➤ A clear way forward to manage their leadership career.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

CLIENTS SAY

THOM THORNTON

Director Audit, Risk & Compliance

NSW Department of Communities & Justice

 

Stacey and I discussed ideas for a foundational building block program across the three teams, to help the managers lead their team and assist in leading the combined branch. Stacey put together a package of individual coaching, plus a high-power-team building block series of workshops. These were a resounding success for the managers, the teams and to assist me in setting the tone.

I cannot speak more highly enough of Stacey’s collaborative approach, her ability to listen and hear what is required. Then her ability to design and deliver a fit-4-team program.

SAMANTHA SUTTON

Senior Change Manager

QBE Insurance

 

The New Leader is pragmatic and insightful. Stacey’s authenticity and experience shines through in the real life stories she shares. The tools she provides are practical, easy to use and invaluable to all leaders (new or experienced). As a result of your coaching Stacey, I wish to thank you for enabling me to step up into a strategic change leadership role. Your program was key in preparing me for this.

Your pragmatic approach made it easy for me to take action, focus on what I do best, and take responsibility for how I show up each day. I am a better leader today because of the program and continued coaching I receive.

KAREN PEZZUTTO

Senior Manager, Operational Excellence

Westpac

 

There’s always a temptation to think that having been performing leadership roles for a reasonable period that a programme for the ‘New Leader’ is perhaps not a natural choice. Alas, it most certainly is and I would challenge that even a CEO with a career’s worth of leadership under their belt wouldn’t gain a few great reminders, tips and actions from this straight-forward, succinct and easy-to-implement programme. It was genuinely excellent and a great source of fresh inspiration on a number of fronts.

DR STACEY ASHLEY CSP

 

People describe Stacey as the leader’s leader. The person who can help to make the complex simple. Able to offer the simple, practical, next step, in a strategic context. The person leaders lean on when they are facing situations and circumstances that are at the same time challenging, exciting, offering opportunity, and often moving through uncharted territory. A pathfinder if you like.

 

In 2023 Stacey received the Thought Leader Of The Year Gold Award at the International Stevie Awards for Women In Business in New York. One of her 14 Stevie awards. She has been twice named in the global LinkedIn Top Voices, and Thinkers360 Top Voices globally and for APAC.

 

A prolific content creator, Stacey is the author of seven Amazon #1 best-selling books about leadership. She has a talent for translating complex concepts into simple and practical ideas for immediate application.

 

Stacey is focused on futureproofing CEOs. Their leadership, their people, and their organisations. She has helped 1000’s to develop their leadership competence, confidence, and credibility.

 

Stacey typically speaks at conferences, develops leadership strategy, and programs, consults, and coaches.

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