The Deliberate Leader™

Most leaders don't struggle because they lack knowledge. They drift into habits, assumptions and routines that once worked and quietly stopped working. Across two live sessions you will find where you are leading on autopilot, using the nine Autopilot Gaps, and replace those habits with deliberate choices your team will notice straight away.

• Experienced managers and senior leaders who want to sharpen how they lead day to day
• First-time managers who want to build deliberate habits from the start
• Leaders of in-person, hybrid or remote teams in any industry
• Anyone who suspects their team's alignment, trust or ownership is weaker than it looks

• The nine Autopilot Gaps, and how to spot them in your own leadership
• Questions that bring hidden assumptions to the surface
• How to confirm buy-in instead of assuming it
• How to communicate so your message lands the way you meant it
• How to build trust and ownership on purpose, not by accident
• How to revisit decisions and measures of success that have quietly gone out of date

1. 01Check understanding instead of assuming it
2. 02Ask for commitment, not just agreement
3. 03Say less, more clearly
4. 04Test alignment before acting on it
5. 05Earn trust deliberately instead of presuming it
6. 06Hand over real ownership, and don't take it back
7. 07Make room for new ideas in everyday work
8. 08Revisit old decisions on purpose
9. 09Define results that fit today's reality

1. Before the courseTake the free Autopilot Check and predict where your team would score you.
2. Session 1 (18 November)See the gap. The Edited Team™, the nine AUTOPILOT gaps, and finding the one that's costing you most.
3. Session 2 (19 November)Close the gap. Choosing your practices, rehearsing them live, and building your own ninety-day plan: one gap, one practice, ninety days.

• Your own view of where you lead on autopilot
• One or two deliberate practices, already rehearsed
• A ninety-day plan you start the next working day
• Your own copy of The Autopilot Gap

1. 01DiscoverBefore the first session, take the free Autopilot Check (opens in a new tab) to see where your own Autopilot Gaps are most likely to show up.
2. 02ReflectExamine the assumptions behind your habits with leaders from other organisations.
3. 03PractiseRehearse deliberate conversations and decisions in live, facilitated exercises.
4. 04ApplyCommit to one deliberate change and try it at work between the two sessions.
5. 05EvolveLeave with a personal plan and the questions to keep leading deliberately.