Shift leadership team dynamics
Senior leadership teams managing complex, enterprise-wide change are under immense pressure.
Successful teams turn pressurised friction into aligned momentum.
Our mission is to activate cohesive team dynamics – transform friction and drive decisive action.
Sharon Longridge + Nicole Hercus, Catalyst Co-directors
In organisations, a quantum shift is the moment teams break old patterns and reorganise around a higher-order operating model.
Clarity accelerates, decisions crystallise, ownership is shared and aligned collaboration delivers high-impact results.
Introducing our 12-month executive partnership program that sparks a quantum shift in how leaders think, decide and deliver together.
Catalyst
| team cohesion – decisive impact |
Evidence-based + pressure-tested
Backed by 20+ years of applied executive development with 20,000+ leaders globally, we've designed Catalyst to meet the contingent demands of today’s complex enterprises.
Sharon Longridge + Nicole Hercus, Catalyst Co-directors
Catalyst dynamics
| team cohesion – decisive impact |
01. Learn in the flow of work
Full-immersion, real stakes, real time – growth embedded in delivery.
02. Conflict transformation
Both psychological safety to speak truth and productive tension to execute.
03. System over silo
Applying systems thinking to decision-making and influencing.
04. The multiplier effect
Amplify the intelligence and capability of others for stronger team performance.
05. Growth over ego
Modelling confident humility, a willingness to experiment and learn from mistakes
06. Rituals of communication
Predictable cadence, shared messaging and daily acts of trust.
Catalyst strengthens leadership capacity
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Poise and resilience
Energy management and mental hardiness; regulate under intensity and use emotional signals skilfully.
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Adaptivity
Situational intelligence and systemic wisdom; sense-make and flex under pressure.
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Collective intelligence
Better questions, better data, better decisions. Uncover latent strengths; design for contribution and flow.
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Dynamic teaming
Collaborate, experiment, reflect and perform at pace across teams and time zones.
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Enterprise alignment
Shared context to lift collaboration, deepen thinking and prompt perspective shifts.
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Conflict transformation
Convert disagreement into energy, innovation and growth; model constructive contention.
Learn at speed, under real-time pressure
Catalyst embeds skill-building into live business challenges, so leadership teams grow together while solving what matters. Leaders apply new capabilities immediately and deliberately, making development stick and driving impact where it counts.
Sharon Longridge, Catalyst Co-director
Catalyst experience design
| collective cohesion – decisive impact |
Phase 01. Ignite
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Impact alignment
Agree on desired shifts, evaluation metrics and experience design
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Perception mapping
Scope the team’s capability, decision latency and potential
Phase 02. Activate
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Alignment sessions
Anchored by business priorities, these live meetups strengthen conflict intelligence and team synergy
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360° diagnostic
Assess leader’s style, effectiveness and impact (Human Synergistic’s LSi & Leadership Impact tools)
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Skill accelerators
Full‑immersion learning sessions enriched by AI-enabled proprietary content to ensure contextual relevance
Phase 03. Embed
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Performance sprints
Dynamic teaming with clear objectives, cadence and governance
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Individual uplift
Personalised coaching to elevate each leader’s insight, adaptability and impact
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On-demand toolkit
Access to Leadium’s resource-rich LeadWell digital toolkit for 24 months
Phase 04. Scale
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Prove value
Evaluate before/after metrics, refine methods to elevate impact
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Codify work rituals
Communications cadence, surfacing issues, testing assumptions, and closing loops
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Plan the scale‑up
Coach internal Catalyst teams
Uplift presence and performance
When leaders avoid conflict or feel disconnected it often stems from unspoken relational rules, loyalties and belonging patterns. We surface hidden dynamics so teams resolve tension, rebuild trust and work better together.
Nicole Hercus, Catalyst Co-director
Catalyst results
Make a collective leap to a stronger team state
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Group cohesion
Both trust and tension, speed and safety, innovation and stability, autonomy and alignment.
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Creative dynamics
Multiplier mindset, diverse thinking, robust debate and metabolised change.
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Decisive action
Shared ownership and accelerated impact.
Sharon & Nicole
Catalyst Co-directors
Combining holistic executive presence with astute facilitation and conflict transformation, we deliver lasting gains in decisive leadership cohesion.
Leading Forward Challenges
How relevant are these challenges to your enterprise?
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Tech transformation outruns operating rhythms
Managers and teams need support to rapidly absorb AI/ML and new platforms into daily workflows.
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Dysfunctional dynamics
Rivalry or avoidance, collusion and functional bias undermine trust and execution.
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Fragmented governance (too many 1:1s)
Executive decisions happen in private channels, creating miscommunication, rivalry and rework.
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Human-machine partnership ambiguity
Balancing tech speed with wellbeing; unspoken reluctance, safety/compliance concerns and skills gaps slow adoption.
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Strategic tension
Competing narratives, siloed thinking and multifaceted risks make prioritisation complex and contentious.
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Rebuilding trust in leadership
Leaders must offer meaningful vision, multi-generational belonging and redefine success for Gen Z.
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Speed-to-skill pressure
Skills half-life is shrinking; teams must learn while delivering and manage cognitive load.
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Struggles with exponential change
Unspoken change resistance across various levels of the organisation creating lag and friction.
Scoring guide
Score each 1–4 (1 = irrelevant, 4 = very relevant). Add your total
8–12
Emerging pressure
13–19
Material pressure
20+
Significant pressure – we can offer meaningful support.
Let's collaborate
Shift leadership teams under pressure from fragmented inertia to cohesive momentum.
Sharon Longridge + Nicole Hercus, Catalyst Co-directors
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