LEAD THE WAY
YOU WANT

An 8-week leadership development pathway for people leaders who care about their impact.

You know the kind of leader you want to be.

But knowing how you want to lead isn't always the same as being able to lead that way when pressure, complexity and competing demands test you.

Lead The Way You Want helps you close that gap.
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Pathway starts: Wednesday 7 October
Pathway ends: Wednesday 25 November 2026
Live sessions held Wednesdays, 10am - 11:30am AEST. 

Founding Cohort

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Public Cohorts

The Kind Of Leader You Want To Be

You want to lead with care, create clarity, hold high standards and bring out the best in your people.

But knowing how you want to lead and being able to lead that way in the moment aren't always the same thing.

Pressure, competing priorities, difficult conversations and the realities of working with other humans can pull you away from how you intended to respond.
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Do any of these sound familiar:
  • You take the work back when you're under pressure because doing it yourself feels faster than explaining it or waiting for someone else to get it done.
  • You replay a difficult conversation afterwards, wishing you'd been clearer, calmer or more direct.
  • You say yes to one more thing because it's easier than renegotiating priorities or disappointing someone.
  • You put off a conversation because you don't want to make things awkward, even though you know it needs to happen.
  • You swing between too soft and too hard when something isn't working.
  • You know exactly what you'd advise someone else to do, but find it much harder to do it yourself when you're in the middle of it.
None of this means you don't care or don't know what good leadership looks like. It means you're human, and the moments that matter most are often the moments that test us.

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Leadership Doesn't Happen in a Vacuum

How you lead isn’t just about what you know or what you do. It’s shaped by what happens within you, between you and other people, and around you - including the structures, expectations and ways of working that shape your reality.

That’s why Lead The Way You Want takes a whole-person, whole-context approach to leadership. We focus on the human capabilities that help you Lead Well, Relate Well and Live Well: staying grounded, navigating complexity, building trust, having the conversations that matter, and making choices that reflect your values and the impact you want to have.

Because the way you lead is shaped by your context, and the choices you make can also shape the context around you.
Lasting Impact

How you show up shapes what becomes possible

The way you lead, relate and live doesn't just affect you. It shapes the experience of the people around you and the conditions in which people work, grow and thrive.

When you can stay present, navigate challenges and respond in ways that reflect what matters to you, you create more choice for yourself, stronger relationships with others and better conditions for people to do their best work.

People step up rather than wait for you.

You create the clarity and space people need to take responsibility, make decisions and grow.

Conversations happen before problems grow.

You address tension, give honest feedback and work through disagreement without making the relationship the casualty.

You hold humanity and accountability together.

You care deeply about people while still being clear about expectations, addressing what isn’t working and holding people accountable.

People can rely on how you show up.

Your responses are less dictated by the pressure of the moment and more consistent with the leader you want to be.
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You don't have to carry everything.

You hold what is yours, let go of what isn't, and make clearer choices about where your time, energy and attention belong.
You don't need to become a perfect leader. You need greater capacity to choose how you show up, especially when life gets messy.
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For people leaders who care about their impact.

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For people leaders who care about their impact.

"learning that translates into action"

“My team left sessions energized, enlightened, and ready to apply lessons learned.”
Andrea
Canada

"supportive, but willing to go deeper"

“Chantelle creates a supportive space from the moment you begin and throughout the session. She doesn’t rush, actively listens and allows for silence when needed. She helps you go deeper - not necessarily where you might want to go, but where meaningful transformation can happen for both the situation and the person.” 
Amanda
USA

"a shift in how I show up"

“I take away from this experience an acute awareness of my own biases and how they can be evident in my practice. I also take away courage to speak up and not accept poor behaviour when it comes to human rights and respect.”
Samantha
Australia

"engaging, reflective and practical"

“Our wonderful instructor, Chantelle Kohn, captured our attention and expertly delivered important content in a respectful, open-minded fashion. Learners were engaged in these timely, interactive sessions, and at the end they reflected on their learning and identified how they will incorporate it into their daily life.”
Shelley
 Canada

"challenging and supporting"

"Having worked for four years with Chantelle over a variety of projects, I can highly recommend her and her work for its careful balance of challenge and support, provocation and consideration, reflective contemplation and forward thinking."
Miriam
Australia

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What You’ll Leave With

By the end of the pathway, you'll leave with greater capacity to:
  • Stay steady under pressure instead of reacting in the moment.
  • Create ownership without feeling like you need to carry everything yourself.
  • Navigate difficult conversations with greater clarity, confidence and care.
  • Balance humanity with accountability when expectations aren't being met.
  • Make clearer decisions when priorities compete or things feel uncertain.
  • Keep developing beyond the pathway with practices you can continue using in your everyday leadership.
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For people leaders who want to elevate their capability and impact

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What Makes This Pathway Different

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Leadership isn't learned once. It's built through practice.


Leadership doesn't happen in a classroom. It happens when:

  • someone disappoints you
  • you're under pressure
  • you need to give difficult feedback
  • your team needs more from you
  • priorities collide
  • you don't know what the right answer is.


That's why this pathway isn't designed simply to give you more ideas, frameworks or tools.

It's designed around practice - taking what you learn into your real work, reflecting on what happens, and using coaching and multiple perspectives to keep developing.


You'll learn something, try it in your real work, reflect on what happens, bring it back to the group, and work out what you want to try next to enhance your impact.

Our Development Cycle

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 Live workshops
Learn together

Build understanding, shared language and practical tools you can put into use straight away.

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Application & reflection
Practise in real life

Apply the learning in conversations, decisions & challenges you're navigating & reflect on what you notice.

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Group coaching
Deepen the learning

Bring real leadership challenges to the group, gain perspective and work out what to try next.
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Private community
On going support

A dedicated space to ask questions, share wins, troubleshoot challenges and stay accountable between sessions.
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You're not doing this alone.

The cohort is intentionally limited to 10 leaders, creating space for honest conversations, meaningful coaching and shared learning.

You'll learn alongside people from different industries and contexts, gaining perspectives you wouldn't get from working through your challenges alone.

And because you'll be bringing your real experiences into the room, you'll quickly discover that you're not the only one navigating difficult conversations, competing priorities, uncertainty or the moments when leadership feels messy.

The cohort isn't just who you learn alongside. It's part of how learning becomes practice.

And the support doesn't stop when the pathway ends. Founding cohort participants also receive a 1:1 coaching session with Chantelle to help turn the learning into ongoing practice.

Your 8-week Journey

Know the leader you want to be. Build the capability to lead that way.

Across eight weeks, you'll work through four interconnected areas - with space to apply what you're learning to your real work, reflect on what's happening and learn from others along the way.

Live session times

Sessions will be held on Wednesdays 10-11:30am AEST / Tuesdays, 5-6:30pm PDT. Live participation is encouraged as connection, discussion and practice are an important part of the pathway. All sessions will be recorded and available afterwards. 

If the live session time doesn't work for your timezone, let us know in your application. Your feedback will help us shape future cohort times.

Lead yourself under pressure

01 | Weeks 1-2
Understand what happens for you when pressure rises, and practise creating more choice in how you respond.

Build trust through everyday leadership

02 | Weeks 3-4
Explore the everyday behaviours that strengthen trust, openness and connection, then put them into practice.

Develop others through better conversations

03 | Weeks 5-6
Strengthen how you use feedback, coaching, delegation and everyday conversations to build capability and ownership.

Lead through pressure & complexity

04 | Weeks 7-8
Practise making decisions, navigating competing priorities and staying grounded in what matters when things get messy.

Build the capability to lead the way you want, especially when things get hard.

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why the change collab

15+ Years of Experience, Brought Directly to You

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I’ve spent my career designing and facilitating learning around the human capabilities that shape how people understand themselves, relate to others and work together.

That work has taken me across corporate, government, education, community and not-for-profit settings in Australia and internationally, delivering 2,000+ learning experiences to 40,000+ people.

Along the way, I’ve seen what helps people move beyond simply understanding an idea to actually using it when the moment demands it.

I’ve learned that meaningful change rarely comes from having one more framework or knowing the “right” answer. It comes from building the capacity to notice what’s happening, make different choices, practise new ways of responding, and keep going when things get uncomfortable.

Now, you get that experience directly.

Lead The Way You Want brings the lessons, approaches and tools I’ve developed over 15+ years into a small public cohort for the first time, distilled into a practical development experience you can apply directly to your own leadership.

And you won’t be learning from a library of content and figuring it out alone.

You’ll work directly with me throughout the pathway. I’ll bring my experience, challenge your thinking, help you make sense of what you're navigating and support you to turn insight into action.

Our approach is evidence-informed and grounded in a simple belief: you shouldn't have to choose between humanity and high standards.
Between care and accountability.
Between performance and wellbeing.

We help people build the human capabilities to hold both, so you can create the conditions where people can thrive, together.
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Is This Pathway For You?

This is for you if you're already leading people, have some experience under your belt, and have reached the point where leadership is less about knowing what to do and more about being able to do it consistently when things get hard.

You'll get the most from it if you:
  • Care deeply about the impact you have on others.
  • Know the kind of leader you want to be, but sometimes find it harder to lead that way when things get difficult.
  • Have enough real-world leadership experience to bring genuine situations and challenges into the learning.
  • Want to understand the human side of leadership, not just collect more tools and techniques.
  • Are willing to reflect honestly on your own patterns and behaviours.
  • Want to experiment and put the learning into practice, not just consume content.
  • Value learning alongside other thoughtful leaders.
It may not be the right fit if...

You're completely new to managing people and are looking for an introduction to the fundamentals of people leadership.

It's also not designed for people who want to attend sessions, collect information and leave the application to someone else.
Be part of the first public cohort

Why Join the Founding Cohort?

This is the first time we're opening this pathway to the public.

You'll receive the full 8-week experience at our founding rate, while having a direct role in shaping what future cohorts become.
With only 10 places, you'll have more than a seat in a program. You'll be part of a small group where your real leadership challenges can be explored, coached and practised.

Founding cohort participants will also receive a bonus 60 min 1:1 coaching session with Chantelle after completing the pathway.

Use the 1:1 session to reflect on what you've put into practice, work through any challenges that have emerged, and identify what you want to carry forward.

The pathway may end after 8 weeks. Your development doesn't have to.

  • Founding cohort investment: $2050USD + applicable taxes
  • Future cohort investment: $2650USD + applicable taxes.


Join our founding cohort to save $600USD!

Two partial scholarships are available for people for whom the investment is a genuine barrier. Scholarship recipients will remain confidential. Apply here

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Pathway starts: Wednesday 7 October
Pathway ends: Wednesday 25 November 2026
Live sessions held Wednesdays, 10am - 11:30am AEST / Tuesdays, 5pm - 6:30pm PDT.
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