Leadership Development
Become the leader others want to follow
Leadership doesn’t start with the people you lead, it starts with you.
Similarly, culture isn’t something we can blame others for not having. As a leader we need to show up in a way that is congruent with the culture we want to create.
That is why we constantly need to be learning, stretching ourselves, in the pursuit of becoming a better leader. But the question often is how?
How do we become a great leader? What skills do they have? Are they someone that puts the wellbeing of their team above all else? Is it someone who is able to get results every time with an almost unrelenting drive? Is it someone who inspires others with their actions? Is it someone who is able to coach others and bring out their best? Is it someone who focuses on the people? Is it someone who focuses on the numbers?
A truly great leader has all of these qualities. But they don’t have them in equal amounts all the time. It’s a balancing act that we need to undertake in order to truly create a positive impact as a leader within our organisations.
These leaders have something special about them. Something that I call Ferocious Warmth. Through this leadership development program I will walk you through how you can become a leader that has mastered this balancing act and is a leader that others want to follow.
When I look at Ferocious Warmth leaders I see leaders who have found the sweet spot between objectiveness and supportiveness. Leaders who are able to be people focussed yet results focussed at the same time. Ferocious Warmth is about leaders who are able to bring the strategic thinking that comes from having their head in the game while also wielding the emotional intelligence to inspire, motivate, and learn with those around them.
You might already have some great strengths as a leader but in order for you (or your team of leaders) to truly shine you need to develop those areas that may not come naturally to you, so that you can best support those you lead.
So how can we take you from the leader you are today to a Ferocious Warmth leader?
The Skills You will be developing
There are four key elements all Ferocious Warmth leaders excel in.
Expansive
Connected
Courageous
Authentic
Let’s explore each of these a little bit deeper so that you can see exactly how Ferocious Warmth helps you (or your leaders) develop the skills necessary to be strategic, emotionally intelligent, and learning driven as a leader.
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Expansive
Expansiveness refers to a leader’s openness to disruption, change and innovation. It’s the ability to expand your own thinking as well as the thinking of those around you. Expansive leaders may be the first to spot new opportunities or possibilities and generally have a more optimistic outlook. Developing this skill helps you to build learning cultures within your teams and organisations.
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Connected
Connected leaders genuinely love the people around them. They understand that every person in their team brings something to the table and understand that any mistakes that happen were not done with malicious intent. They believe in their work and the people that they work with which makes them compassionate and empathetic leaders. Their team is likely to feel respected, seen, and safe in the workplace allowing them room to create truly magical results.
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Courageous
These leaders are brave. They are the leaders who are willing to stand up for what they believe in, have the tough conversations and are ready to address the hard challenges. Courageous leaders are the ones who are able to enact radical change within a business.
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Authentic
Authentic leaders show up exactly as they are. The person you see in front of you is the person that they are behind closed doors. They excel at creating connection and collaboration by showing up as their most vulnerable selves. They are the people who are champions of professional intimacy and use their leadership and power to create a better world.
That’s what Ferocious Warmth – Leadership Development is all about! It’s about taking the traits that you already have and balancing them with traits that might not come as naturally to you, so that instead of being a leader that is either objective driven, or people focussed, you can be a leader who does both.
Leaders that can do both succeed in ways that almost seems impossible to those who haven’t mastered the art of Ferocious Warmth leadership yet.
If you are ready to push yourself to the next level of leadership…
How Ferocious Warmth Has Changed These Leaders
Sheree Rose, Principal
Thank you for believing in me, thank you for giving me the opportunity to work with you, the value add to my professional and personal growth has just been too amazing for words. I feel incredibly blessed for this season in my journey.
Amy Fenton, Educator
Thank you for a thought provoking session with effective strategies which can be implemented immediately.
Diane Cowan, Principal
Should you become a Ferocious Warmth Leader?
While I believe everyone in leadership should be striving for Ferocious Warmth, it’s worth considering if this is the right approach for you and your leadership team.
Ferocious warmth leadership is for those who:
Want to create impact with their leadership
Understand that being empathetic, compassionate and connected to their team allows them to be more agile and strategic
Understand the power of standing in the middle and know that leadership is a balancing act
Know that they can’t grow if they aren’t pushing themselves
Those who want deep and nuanced conversations about leadership development
It’s not for leaders who:
Think that leadership problems stems from others in their organisation
Aren’t willing to work on their leadership style
Believe in strict hierarchical leadership styles
Don’t see the benefit of both objective focus and wellbeing focus in a leadership role
Have a static view of leadership
I’ve delivered this training for countless organisations, social networks for leaders, and individual teams within organisations, so it doesn’t matter how many people are in the room, everyone will walk away with something that they can implement within their own leadership style to instantly become one step closer towards embodying a Ferocious Warmth leader.
At its core Ferocious Warmth benefits leaders who are wanting to drive change, cultural and strategic within their organisations. Whether this is something you are actively working towards right now, or something you want to be responsible for in the future, Ferocious Warmth gives you space to develop the skills you need to make this your reality.
So if you are ready to take the time out to work on yourself as a leader…
If you are ready to embrace empathy, compassion, kindness, courage and accountability…
If you have what it takes to lead a team that is connected, strategic, wellbeing and goals oriented, then Ferocious Warmth is for you.
Are you ready to become a Ferocious Warmth Leader?
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Why you need Tracey Ezard As Your Leadership Expert
Showing up with authenticity and practicality Tracey is a true embodiment of Ferocious Warmth. She has a unique skill to hold space, create a safe environment for vulnerability and allow every leader in the room to feel comfortable undergoing this kind of transformation.
Leading the room with empathy, compassion and kindness, while still understanding the challenge that leaders face implementing change within their organisations, Tracey’s decades of experience allows her to create sessions where the learning stays well after the session has ended. Tracey has the ability to completely transform the way you view leadership, encouraging you to develop skills that you never thought would become pillars for your leadership style.
Tracey is a keynote speaker, author and educator, who is dedicated to inspiring people to collaborate and thrive in the workplace. She is an educator and a Fellow of the Australian Council of Education Leaders (FACEL) and a Certified Speaking Professional. Tracey has also received several awards for her work including the 2022 recipient of the ACELVic Hedley Beare Educator of the Year award, and a recipient of the Professional Speakers Association Breakthrough Speaker of the Year Award in 2023. Her passion is working with leaders and their teams to build a strong culture of trust, collaboration and learning. She believes great leaders have deep connections with their teams, as well as the courage to face challenges and inspire their people.
Let a session with Tracey be the thing that completely shifts the trajectory of your leadership journey.
Create Transformation Like This Within Your Leadership Style
Tracey has been a long-term partner with Pembroke School – bringing her expertise, exceptional facilitation, and genuine warmth to our Leadership Team. She has taken us on a journey as a team – knowing our story, refining our goals, and holding us to account for our shared values. She has assisted us in taking our strategy from the page to deliberate actions – giving all members of the Pembroke Leadership Team the skills and structures to make a difference.
Mark Staker, Principal, Pembroke School
Tracey Ezard is a very warm and positive presenter who facilitated a very engaging and thought-provoking seminar to our very appreciative Mercy Education School Principals. Tracey honoured the challenging but rewarding vocation of our principals, sharing with them her insights and valuable resources that will empower and stretch them and their colleagues in leadership to grow in their vocation as leaders of a learning community.
Chris Bence, Head of School Engagement, Mercy Education
I couldn’t recommend Tracey more highly. She is warm, engaging and has the ability to support you to discover more about yourself, the way you think and act in the world and provide you with goals and habits to adapt and or strive towards. …Not only do I find myself having dozens of ah ha moments during a session with Tracey, but afterwards, hours, days even weeks later I’m suddenly making connections to things we discussed and finding new ways that these connections can help me to achieve my goals. You will gain so much more than you anticipate out of these sessions. …Thought provoking, encouraging, challenging all rolled into one.