Welcome to Southern Cross Coaching & Development!
We care about people. Its at the core of everything we do.
Our Mission:
Make the world a better place through better, neuroscience-based leadership.
Our multiple awards are testament to our practical-outcomes-focused leadership and team development services that consistently deliver practical results for leaders at all levels.
We’re particularly renowned for our pragmatic, human-centred, down-to-earth, neuroscience-based team and leadership development programs that get practical, measurable results in the real world.
Our services include Executive Coaching, Leadership Training, Strategic Facilitation, Team Building, Alternative Analysis and Critical Thinking, Red Teaming, Organisational, Culture & People Development programs – all underpinned by the highest level of ethics and integrity.
In fact, we put our money where our mouths are and offer a 100% Money Back Guarantee on our programs because we’re sure we’ll get the results you want. We’ve never had to refund a client in our history (founded 2006). See website for our fair terms & conditions.
We work with the Public Sector, Corporate, Listed, Global and Not-for-Profit/ Profit-for-Purpose clients. Public Sector clients span Federal Government, NSW State & other Local Governments right across Australia in metropolitan & regional areas.
Private Sector clients include National and International private & Listed corporations across Australia, New Zealand, the Asia Pacific Japan Region.
How we work:
We listen to you. We partner with you. We deliver results for you and your people.
Our multiple awards for Excellence in Business Ethics mean you know we have integrity – we do what is right and we do what we say. The genuinely client-customised solution we offer will do what it says on the tin!
For our Executive Coaching assignments, we have our unique Coach/Coachee Matching Matrix. We’ve never got a coach/ coachee match wrong since we started in 2006!
Our Awards
SCC&D and our CEO, Simon Smith are CEO Magazine 2021 ‘Professional Services Executive of the Year Finalists’ (only 4 finalists were chosen by CEO Magazine from across Australia and New Zealand).
A measure of the quality of our Executive Coaching services is that our CEO was also awarded as ‘Coach of the Year’ by the International Coach Federation Australia (ICFA). The ICFA is undisputedly the premier coaching organisation in Australia and internationally, with the highest number of member coaches.
Simon was also Owner/Manager of the Year State Finalists (NSW & ACT) in the Australian Institute of Management Excellence Awards in consecutive years.
Our multiple awards for Excellence in Business Ethics (2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013) mean you can trust that we will always do the right thing by our clients and our team (note: we didn’t stop being ethical in 2016, the NSW Business Chamber just ceased the award category!).
We’re proud to announce that our NAVIGATE 2.0 Leadership Development Program, along with the original Planning for Success in Defence program from which it was developed, has been recognised as one of only seven national finalists for Best Training and Development Program in the Defence and National Security Workforce Awards 2025.
Delivered in partnership with Defence Learning Branch and Defence Science and Technology Group, these programs are designed to build strong, future-ready leaders across the Defence workforce. This national recognition highlights our continued commitment to impactful, practical leadership development that drives real results.
Our Team
Our strength and success are in our expert team who are empowered to bring their deep expertise to tailor each program.
Our 35+ handpicked, seasoned, highly qualified, expert consultants offer a vast array & depth of both professional & personal experience. We have the expertise to deliver solutions ranging from a single Leadership training, Team Building session or Executive Coaching program through to large, multi-site, geographically disparate multi-team programs. You can likely get all the services you need right here, saving you time & money searching around.