A quantum shift in leadership team dynamics
Goodbye business as usual. Leaders today face fast-moving challenges where pressure and complexity collide.
Successful teams know how to transform conflict into collective intelligence. This unified momentum sparks fresh thinking and sustained results.
Meet the Catalyst.
Our mission is to activate cohesive team dynamics, where adaptive leaders amplify positive action.
Sharon Longridge + Nicole Hercus, Catalyst Co-directors
A quantum shift in leadership team dynamics
Goodbye business as usual. Leaders today face fast-moving challenges where pressure and complexity collide.
Successful teams know how to transform conflict into collective intelligence. This unified momentum sparks fresh thinking and sustained results.
Meet the Catalyst.
Our mission is to activate cohesive team dynamics, where adaptive leaders amplify positive action.
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.
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 |
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 the Catalyst to meet the contingent demands of today’s complex enterprises.
Evidence-based + pressure-tested
Backed by 20+ years of applied executive development with 20,000+ leaders globally, we've designed the Catalyst to meet the contingent demands of today’s complex enterprises.
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 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.
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
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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
Combining holistic executive presence with astute facilitation and conflict transformation, we deliver lasting gains in decisive leadership cohesion.
Sharon Longridge
Executive presence expert
Formerly an award-winning broadcaster with the ABC, Sharon is an internationally recognised expert in holistic executive presence.
She has coached thousands of leaders to communicate powerfully, boost their vitality and elevate their impact.
More about Sharon
Nicole Hercus
Team cohesion specialist
Nicole has 20+ years of experience in conflict transformation and hardwiring relational intelligence which underpins high performing teams.
She equips senior leaders to develop the skills, tenacity and vision to tackle complex issues.
More about NicoleSharon & Nicole
Combining holistic executive presence with astute facilitation and conflict transformation, we deliver lasting gains in decisive leadership cohesion.
Sharon Longridge
Executive presence expert
Formerly an award-winning broadcaster with the ABC, Sharon is an internationally recognised expert in holistic executive presence.
She has coached thousands of leaders to communicate powerfully, boost their vitality and elevate their impact.
More about Sharon
Nicole Hercus
Team cohesion specialist
Nicole has 20+ years of experience in conflict transformation and hardwiring relational intelligence which underpins high performing teams.
She equips senior leaders to develop the skills, tenacity and vision to tackle complex issues.
More about Nicole
Leadership team challenges
If these challenges are relevant to your enterprise, we can help.
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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 engagement and shared success.
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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.
Leadership team challenges
If these challenges are relevant to your enterprise, we can help.
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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.
-
Dysfunctional dynamics
Rivalry or avoidance, collusion and functional bias undermine trust and execution.
-
Fragmented governance (too many 1:1s)
Executive decisions happen in private channels, creating miscommunication, rivalry and rework.
-
Human-machine partnership ambiguity
Balancing tech speed with wellbeing; unspoken reluctance, safety/compliance concerns and skills gaps slow adoption.
-
Strategic tension
Competing narratives, siloed thinking and multifaceted risks make prioritisation complex and contentious.
-
Rebuilding trust in leadership
Leaders must offer meaningful vision, multi-generational engagement and shared success.
-
Speed-to-skill pressure
Skills half-life is shrinking; teams must learn while delivering and manage cognitive load.
-
Struggles with exponential change
Unspoken change resistance across various levels of the organisation creating lag and friction.
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Shift leadership teams under pressure from fragmented inertia to unified momentum.
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Shift leadership teams under pressure from fragmented inertia to unified momentum.
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