We are extremely proud to announce that at the black-tie Defence Connect gala dinner on 15th May, Southern Cross Coaching & Development was awarded as:
WINNER of the Best Training and Development Program in the 2025 Defence & National Security Workforce Awards 🎉🍾🥂
“We held our own against some heavyweight international organisations who were also finalists, and I’m super-proud of my incredible team and the awesome work that they all do in breathing life into the program with such expert professionalism, genuine care, and the personal and professional brilliance they shine into our work” 🤩👏🌟
For all our clients, while the program has been recognised by the Defence sector, this award-winning leadership and emotional is adaptable and applicable to all sectors, not just Defence.
About the Individualised Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Development Roadmap Program
💯% of participants said they would recommend the program to others!
Run over a 3-5-month timescale, this is a completely individualised Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Development program mapped to your organisation’s Capability Framework.
With the learning spread into bite-sized chunks over the 3-5 month period, participants build their own individual Leadership Roadmap and receive individualised leadership development coaching.
The Leadership and Emotional Intelligence Development Roadmap Program includes:
✅ Bite-sized practical learning spread over a 3-5-month timescale
✅Strengths, Development Areas and Blind Spots across up to 5 practical leadership contexts (see below)
✅ Mapped to almost any leadership capability framework e.g. Federal ILS, SES Performance Leadership Framework, NSW Public Sector Capability Framework, WA Leadership Expectations, Local Government Capability Framework, etc
✅ An individual Training Needs Analysis (mapped to relevant Capability Framework)
✅ Career Next Steps action plan (mapped to relevant Capability Framework)
✅ Signed off by the participant as a contract with themselves (can also be shared with supervisors when agreed upfront)
✅ Also signed off by the participant’s coach
The most popular Roadmap Leadership Development Contexts are listed below, but the Roadmap can be customised to specific organisation, team, and individual needs.
Roadmaps can be shared with supervisors or can be a personal individual development tool. When shared with supervisors, clients have used Roadmaps as part of annual/ 6-monthly/ ongoing Professional Development Plans.
Practical Roadmap Leadership contexts
The Roadmap is customised to each client’s requirements. We find most Roadmaps focus on strengths, development needs and blind spots across:
- Managing Up and Executive Communication
- Leading Teams
- Adapting to, Leading and Dealing with Change
- Collaboration, Teamwork and Connection
- Influencing, Negotiating and Communication
All are mapped to the organisation’s Capability Framework e.g. Federal ILS, SES Performance Leadership Framework, NSW Public Sector Capability Framework, WA Leadership Expectations, etc.
What’s the structure of this Leadership Program?
Run over a period of 3-5 months:
✅ Group induction and introduction to the Roadmap and assessments (if done as a team/ organisational group)
✅ Individual introduction session (for individuals)
✅ Individualised Leadership & Emotional Intelligence Roadmap (for all participants)
✅ ECR360 Emotional Intelligence 360-degree assessment for each person
✅ Individual 15FQ+ personality assessment for each person
✅ 3-6 hours of 1:1 Executive Coaching for each leader (more coaching generally needed for more senior leaders)
✅ Ongoing post-program development coaching can be added for more senior leaders, and/or if individuals request it
✅ Coach adds supporting comments on Roadmaps
✅ Participant and Coach sign off Roadmap
✅ Word and pdf copies of Roadmap delivered to participants for them to use the document as an ongoing development resource
✅ Shared with supervisors if appropriate and agreed
✅ Can be used as the basis for ongoing professional & performance development plans
✅ Certificate of Completion
The program has been proven highly effective for, and can be tailored to the precise requirements of, Senior Executives, Executive Leaders, Middle Managers through to new and aspiring leaders and developing front-line staff.
It’s also been very successfully undertaken by wide-ranging neurodiverse executive leaders, so is proven as an extremely inclusive development program.
