What does great leadership look like when the workplace is changing faster than ever?
Returning in 2027, LeaderSHIFT: The Leadership Advantage Is Human brings together three influential voices in leadership and organisational performance to explore how leaders can navigate uncertainty, build stronger teams and unlock the potential of the people around them.
Building on the momentum of last year’s program, LeaderSHIFT 2027 moves from survival to transformation, focusing on the human skills that matter most when organisations are facing constant change, complexity and pressure.
At the heart of the program is a simple idea: the future of leadership is human.
Leading with Courage and Clarity
Headlining the program is renowned leadership researcher and author Brené Brown, whose work has reshaped the way organisations think about courage, vulnerability and trust.
In her session, Courageous Leadership in Uncertain Times, Brown explores what it takes to remain open, accountable and connected when the pressure is high. Drawing on decades of research and experience working with organisations around the world, she offers practical insights into building courageous leaders and resilient workplace cultures.
For leaders navigating uncertainty, her message is particularly relevant: effective leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about creating the conditions for people to perform, contribute and adapt.
Unlocking the Intelligence Already in Your Team
Joining Brown is Liz Wiseman, author of Multipliers and Impact Players, who takes a closer look at how leaders can get more from the talent already around them.
Wiseman’s research distinguishes between leaders who amplify the intelligence and capability of their teams and those who unintentionally diminish it.
Her session, Unlocking High-Performing Teams, explores the behaviours that enable leaders to bring out the best in others, create greater ownership and build teams where people are empowered to contribute at their highest level.
For organisations looking to strengthen collaboration and performance, it is a practical reminder that leadership isn’t just about what you do yourself, it’s about what you enable others to do.
Turning Tension into an Advantage
Leadership rarely comes with simple answers. Tim Arnold, author of The Power of Healthy Tension and Leading with AND, explores how leaders can work through competing priorities, disagreement and complexity without defaulting to either/or thinking.
His session, The Power of Healthy Tension to Drive Results, introduces practical strategies for moving beyond rigid choices and finding productive ways forward.
Arnold’s approach focuses on embracing the tension that naturally exists within organisations — balancing performance and wellbeing, stability and change, accountability and empathy – and using it as an opportunity for better communication, innovation and decision-making.
Key Takeaways for Leaders
Lead through complexity
Develop greater adaptability, clarity and openness when navigating uncertainty and pressure.
Build trust and emotional maturity
Create stronger connections, psychological safety and more resilient workplace cultures.
Unlock collective intelligence
Learn how to recognise and leverage the unique capabilities of people within your team.
Turn tension into opportunity
Use a practical four step framework to navigate competing priorities and transform conflict into better communication and decision making.
Why LeaderSHIFT 2027 belongs on the leadership calendar
For organisations, leadership development is no longer simply about developing individual skills. It’s about creating cultures where people can adapt, collaborate and perform in an environment that continues to evolve.
With three distinct perspectives across courage, collective intelligence and healthy tension, LeaderSHIFT 2027 offers leaders the opportunity to step back from the day-to-day and consider how they lead, how their teams respond and what they can do differently moving forward.
Whether you’re leading a large organisation, managing a growing team or shaping workplace culture, LeaderSHIFT 2027 offers a timely look at what leadership could and perhaps needs to look like next.
Ticket Information:
On Saturday 31st October, ticket prices will increase as Growth Faculty releases the third and final release.
Our ES Concierge & Co Community has access to exclusive tickets via the “BOOK NOW” button. The prices will remain today’s price until Friday 30 October 11:59pm AEDT.