A practical, applied, year-long leadership programme for business owners and senior leaders who are ready to lead differently — delivered by leaders who have built, led, struggled, adapted and grown.
Two versions of the same pattern. For the business owner, the wall arrives at around a dozen people — spans of control break, and the founder must come off the tools. For the career leader, it arrives at the first big role — technical mastery stops being the job, and people become the work. At the fork, the difference between the paths isn't IQ — it's EQ.
the wall hits at around twelve people — spans of control break, the founder comes off the tools
Greiner (1972) · Churchill & Lewis (1983) · Gerber, The E-Myth · Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won't Get You There
the wall hits past the technical role — promotion by promotion, until people become the work
Peter & Hull (1969) · Goleman (1998) · Charan, Drotter & Noel, The Leadership Pipeline · McCall & Lombardo, CCL
A carefully selected cohort of about twelve.
One-to-one conversations to clarify goals and readiness.
A process to uncover "who am I as a leader?"
Immersive two-day sessions with structured application between each.
Immediate use of learning in your own environment.
Reinforcing real behavioural change.
Long-term peer relationships and leadership development.
Four immersive two-day experiences across the year — each running Thursday into Friday, each building on the last.
The foundation of all leadership.
The wall demandsletting go of the tools — leading yourself before others.
You leave withclarity on who you are as a leader — and how you show up.
From operational to strategic thinking.
The wall demandsstrategy and systems that replace founder instinct.
You leave withconfidence to think strategically and lead organisational performance.
Building teams that perform.
The wall demandsa management layer built on trust, not proximity.
You leave withthe capability to build, lead and grow high-performing teams.
Applying the flywheel — the capstone.
The wall demandsgrowing without breaking cash, quality or people.
You leave witha clear growth strategy — and the fluency and capability to execute it.
A single case study runs the length of the programme. You learn each idea twice, apply it twice, and finish with something real.
Fifty-eight, broad-shouldered, loud when he laughs — and the owner of the only golf-ball factory outside the United States and Europe, in a shed in Washdyke. Golf Products Limited is profitable, debt-free, and quietly used by touring professionals. It is also completely dependent on Bill being there.
You'll follow Bill and GPL across four years of growth — a new chapter before each experience. His blind spots are easier to see than your own. That's the point.
In the case study, and in the landmark books.
In coach-led conversations, and from leaders who've lived it over dinner.
Safe to be honest, and easy to see clearly.
Where it counts — the move from "what should Bill do?" to "what do I recognise in myself?"
By graduation you've built your own business plan — pressure-tested by your peers the way Bill's is tested by his banker — and you present it to the cohort on Graduation Day, 21 October 2027.
Each experience runs Thursday into Friday — and the Thursday evening is deliberately different. Over dinner you hear the unvarnished version of a real leadership journey, then put your own questions to the people who have been there.
Dinner with an experienced CEO or director who tells it straight — the struggles and the setbacks, not just the highlight reel — alongside the peers you'll grow with all year.
Experienced CEOs and directors in conversation: what broke, what they got wrong, and the question they most wish someone had asked them five years earlier. Then it's open to the room.
Four private coaching sessions across the year, turning insight into changed behaviour.
Three landmark books plus a curated growth reading pack — chosen to change how you think, not just what you know.
A personality profile and 360-degree read on how you lead today.
Experienced leaders in conversation — the real version, not the highlight reel.
The trusted peer relationships you build here are the most valuable outcome of the year.
Work on your own business or career plan throughout, with your coach and peer group.
Each experience is delivered by experienced business coaches who have run organisations and made decisions under pressure. Hover or tap a photo to read more.
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Nine days of development — about $1,655 a day. Regional Partnership Funding may be available.
With yourself and with others.
Read, prepare, show up and engage.
Make use of your coach and peer group.
Be intentional — put the learning to work.
Find a way to contribute to your community.
Cohort One begins in March 2027. Places are limited to twelve.