Leading Teams

{{Short description|Australian consulting company}}

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| name = Leading Teams

| logo = Leading-Teams-svglogo.svg

| type = Private

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| foundation = 1992

| location = Melbourne, Australia

| area_served = Australia

| industry = Consulting

| key_people = Ray McLean, Founding Director

| num_employees = 23 (2021)

| services = {{Unbulleted list|Professional Development|Team Building|Cultural Change|High-Performing Teams}}

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| homepage = [https://www.leadingteams.net.au/ Leading Teams]

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Leading Teams is an Australian consulting company focused on leadership{{cite news|title=Buying into the philosophy: a leadership approach|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/buying-into-the-philosophy-a-leadership-approach-20130919-2u2kx.html|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Age}} and performance in the fields of elite sport{{cite news|title=Review helped spark Ablett's AFL streak|url=http://www.smh.com.au//breaking-news-sport/review-helped-spark-abletts-afl-streak-20140917-3fyfv.html|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{cite news|title=Lisa Alexander has some homework for the Diamonds|url=http://www.smh.com.au/commonwealth-games-glasgow-2014/commonwealth-games-news/lisa-alexander-has-some-homework-for-the-diamonds-20140723-zvw3y.html|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} business,{{cite news|title=Creating the best leaders|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/creating-the-best-leaders/story-fn717l4s-1227010390155|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Australian}}{{cite news|title='No dickheads': how to build more effective teams|url=http://www.afr.com/business/no-dickheads-how-to-build-more-effective-teams-20130326-jhzva#|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=afr|ref=afr|url-access=subscription}} government, and education. The company's services revolve around their Performance Improvement Program, which involves leadership development, team development and culture change.{{cite web|title=The Leading Teams way|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-07-20/leading-teams-explained|website=afl|date=20 July 2013 |accessdate=27 December 2015}}

Founding Director, Ray McLean,{{cite news|title=Fostering positivity in the workplace|url=http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/managing/fostering-positivity-in-the-workplace-20140528-393b3.html|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{cite news|title=Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom nominates young defender Jack Frost to play on returning Adelaide forward Taylor Walker|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/afl/collingwoods-steele-sidebottom-nominates-young-defender-jack-frost-to-play-on-returning-adelaide-forward-taylor-walker/story-fni5f6hc-1226917958758|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cite news|title=Chided Pies aim to raise standards dropped since their 2010 premiership season|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/chided-pies-aim-to-raise-standards-dropped-since-their-2010-premiership-season/story-e6frf9jf-1226578308531|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=Herald Sun}} began a pilot program in 1992 involving the Central District Football Club in South Australia. The team's improved performance created interest among the club's corporate partners who became interested in what the team development and culture change programs could achieve in their organisations. Other teams followed suit.{{cite news|title=Leading Teams brought in to help Melbourne as Paul Roos tries to change culture at club|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/leading-teams-brought-in-to-help-melbourne-as-paul-roos-tries-to-change-culture-at-club/story-fni5f91a-1226772449080|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=Herald Sun}}{{cite web|title=Goodwin good for Demons' culture, says Vince|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-24/goodwin-good-for-demons-culture-says-vince|website=afl|date=24 September 2014 |accessdate=27 December 2015}}{{cite news|title=Leading Teams: How it works|url=http://www.3aw.com.au/radio/leading-teams-how-it-works-20141013-3hwuw|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=3aw}}{{cite news|title=Darren Lehmann shares winning wisdom with Sydney Swans|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/darren-lehmann-shares-winning-wisdom-with-sydney-swans-20140822-107bx4.html|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Age}} McLean also re-oriented the program framework to address the various corporate objectives and was able to apply the principles of the model in a business environment.{{cite web|title=Keeping in touch with staff|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/keeping-in-touch-with-staff/news-story/208d9cfa7d542e9033773013ae4abfa7|website=The Australian|accessdate=27 December 2015}}{{cite news|title=Top five gender diversity policies that work|url=http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/expertise/top-five-gender-diversity-policies-that-work-20140328-zqo40|accessdate=27 December 2015|work=The Age}} Now majority of their clients are in the corporate business section, having moved away from solely elite sport.

Since then, Leading Teams has expanded to having twenty full-time facilitators located in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Queensland.{{cite web|title=Leadership on and off the field|url=http://www.in-business.com.au/magazine/issue-79-briefs/79-all/leadership-on-and-off-the-field#.Vn-EPdDOGqL|website=in-business|accessdate=27 December 2015}}

A partial listing of the company's partners/facilitators include Simon Fletcher, Kurt Wrigley, Daniel Healy, Justin Peckett, Aaron Rogers, and Craig Hodges.