Leader Formation

A Leadership Development
Program for mature leadership

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Leadership Formation

A Developmental
Program for Mature Leadership

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Small cohort · Place-based · Developmentally informed · Tasmania

Who It’s For

  • Middle to senior leaders
  • Established teams
  • Organisations investing in long-term leadership capability

Ideal for organisations who:

  • Recognise leadership gaps in complexity and culture
  • Want more than one-off workshops
  • Value self-awareness as a leadership foundation
  • Are ready to invest in depth, not just exposure

 

 
“It’s been the most rewarding and challenging training I’ve done...
I wish I had done this course 10 years ago." 

— Kent 
Team Leader, VOS Group

Program Snapshot

  • 6 months
  • In-person delivery (onsite or offsite)
  • Group-based learning
  • 3 full-day workshops
  • 5 individual coaching sessions
  • Structured to fit within work schedule

Why This Program

Built for depth. Designed to fit alongside work.

Most leadership programs focus on external inputs, ideas, frameworks, inspiration.

Leader Formation is different.

Inside-Out Leadership Development

We focus on how leaders think, react, and show up, because that’s what drives real impact.

  • Self-awareness before strategy
  • Presence before performance
  • Responsibility before authority

Designed for Real Impact

  • 6 months
  • Delivered in a way that works alongside real jobs
  • Group-based learning creates accountability and shared language
  • Immediate application to real workplace challenges

High Return on Investment

  • Develop multiple leaders at once
  • Strengthen team cohesion and culture
  • Create ripple effects across the organisation
  • Build capability that lasts beyond the program

 

Program Overview

3 Workshops 

  1. Opening / Foundations
    Establish awareness, intention, and leadership baseline
  2. Collective Debrief
    Deep dive into assessment insights
    Learn through shared patterns across the group
  3. Integration & Re-entry
    Translate learning into organisational impact
    Plan for sustained application

5 x Individual Coaching Sessions

One-on-one coaching with Senior Facilitator Ben Pangas

  • Personalised leadership development
  • Integration of learning into real challenges
  • Accountability and deeper reflection

The Tools we Use:

  • Adult Development Theory
  • Conscious Leadership practices
  • iEQ9 Enneagram Assessment
  • A 360° Leadership Assessment

The Leadership Circle Profile®

The Leadership Circle Profile® is a globally respected 360° assessment that helps leaders see how their strengths and reactive habits shape their impact on others.

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 “The assessments gave me language for things I’d sensed for years, and the coaching helped me actually change them.”

— Luke,
Grange Resources Tasmania

 

Learning Outcomes

Participants develop the ability to:

  • Stay more present and steady in pressured situations
  • Notice and interrupt reactive leadership patterns
  • Communicate with greater clarity, honesty, and emotional intelligence
  • Work more constructively with conflict, difference, and uncertainty
  • Strengthen collaboration through greater self-awareness and shared language
  • Lead with more intention, perspective, and relational maturityIncrease impact within their role

 

By the End of the Program, Leaders Will:

  • Think more clearly in high-pressure situations 
  • Navigate difficult conversations with confidence
  • Take ownership of team culture and performance
  • Make better, more accountable decisions
  • Build trust and stability within teams
  • Apply learning consistently in day-to-day leadership

 

 

 

“This wasn’t just professional development, it fundamentally changed how our leadership team operates.”

 
— CEO

 

The Formation Difference

Unlike traditional programs that focus on exposure to ideas,
Leader Formation focuses on transformation. 

  • Not just what leaders know, but how they operate
  • Not just learning, but integration
  • Not just individuals, but collective leadership impact

Outcomes in Real Organisations

What changes when leadership formation becomes part of how organisations develop leaders. 

Mining

Multi-cohort Leadership Formation Program (6 months)

A major Tasmanian mining operator invested in a six-month leadership formation program to strengthen leadership under operational pressure across multiple cohorts.

  • Majority rated the experience 9–10/10 (2025 evaluation)
  • 100% rated 1:1 coaching as Excellent.
  • Reported shifts included:
    • Less reactivity, more deliberate leadership under pressure
    • Stronger, more constructive conflict capability
    • Improved well being, relationships, and leadership sustainability

These shifts are consistent with increased leadership maturity under operational pressure

View Case Study

Yard Leadership

Six-month program for current & emerging yard leaders

  • Cohort average across eight outcomes: 3.94/5.
  • Confidence as a leader of people: 2.5 → 4.0 (+1.5 uplift).
  • Strongest gains (avg 4.25/5): responsibility without blame, understanding stress patterns, performance conversations.
View case study

Statewide Leadership Team 

Six-month Upskilling Leaders (workshops + 1:1 coaching)

  • ~90% rated the workshops very relevant/very clear/very good (or higher)
  • ~90% said coaching improved leadership capacity and wellbeing.
  • Reported shifts: calmer responses under pressure, clearer feedback, better conflict conversations, stronger delegation.
View case study

Ready to develop leaders who can meet complexity with clarity?

Let’s talk about how Leader Formation could work for your organisation.

 

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About Ben Pangas 

Ben Pangas works with leaders who carry significant responsibility for people and culture within their organisations. 

His approach combines leadership coaching, reflective practice, and practical leadership development to help leaders navigate pressure without losing clarity, integrity, or relational strength. 

Ben has worked with leaders across a range of sectors and is known for creating thoughtful, honest spaces where leaders can engage deeply with the real challenges of leadership. 

Qualified 

Master’s-trained coaching psychologist and accredited counsellor—deep experience across leaders, teams, and organisations. 

Evidence Based

Grounded in contemporary research across coaching psychology, adult development, and organisational systems. 

Developmentally Informed

Our work is guided by adult-development theory, supporting leaders to grow not just skills, but capacity.

Collective Learning 

Individual insight becomes shared language inside teams and cohorts—building capability across organisations, not just within one person.