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  Jim began his relationship with Leading Teams as one of our founding athlete facilitators, while playing AFL back in 2001. He has over ten years experience with the program and believes passionately…

  Kraig Grime, Director, Leading Teams Australia. The hallmarks of a good team building exercise is one that is more than a single attempt to correct any perceived weakness in a team, it must also…

Leadership groups are getting bigger and captains are getting younger. This article was written by Peter Ryan, with additional reporting by Ashley Browne. It was originally printed in the AFL Record 5th…

  An extract from "Team Work -forging links between honesty, accountability and success" by Ray McLean, Penguin 2010 "When your centre of influence is strong, nothing happens behind…

By Garie Dooley, CEO, Leading Teams Australia. Whilst many CEO’s have focused significant resources on understanding new technologies, or the impact of social media, or process improvement and productivity…

  The crop of 2012 AFL captains were recently featured in the weekly AFL Record. Leading Teams Director, Ray McLean discusses the Leading Teams philosophy on leadership culture within AFL clubs and…

Leading Team’s Australia has played a role within the culture of AFL clubs since 1994. With the AFL season fast approaching Leading Team’s Australia is thrilled with the makeup of its client…

There has been much talk of late about the phenomenon of Leadership Groups in the AFL. This is partly because the concept of leadership groups represents a fundamental paradigm shift from the previous…

The term “sales team” has been in our business vernacular for many years. But what does it really mean? What differentiates a genuine team from a group of individuals effectively just sharing…

Leading Teams is proud to announce its partnership with the AFL Coaches Association (AFLCA) in delivering the 2012 Strategic Leadership & Management Program. Created specifically for Coaches and Football…

Former Geelong & North Melbourne Premiership player Cameron Mooney joined Nathan Thompson for the SEN Summer Feature Hour. From Wagga Wagga as a 17 year old, to a successful football career that included…

CEO Garie Dooley Welcoming Address Martine Harkine Presents Award To Finding Futures' Bryan McCormick & Michelle McKinnon Craig Biddiscombe Presents Award To City of Port Phillip's Mark Brady…

I recently heard an interesting take on Neil Craig’s coaching philosophy and in particular his desire to create an environment where players and staff felt empowered. It made me think about some…

This December, Leading Teams Australia will be hosting the inaugural Elite Teams Award. The Elite Teams Award was created to recognise the teams and organisations who have best demonstrated the establishment…

The journey from delivering a sound and solid result to achieving an elite level of performance will only happen when an organisation has the motivation to break through the comfort zone and challenge…

Key to success     By Fran Metcalf Corporate bottom lines could be more healthy if executives ran their workplaces like sporting teams, according to leadership coach and author Ray McLean. Having…

Recently there has been a lot of commentary about the growing divide between AFL clubs in relation to the budget available to spend on their football departments (outside player payments).  In particular,…

Click the audio link to hear Paul Roos speak with the team at SEN's Harf Time. Paul Roos on Leading Teams   Paul Roos disucsses his experience of the Leading Teams model as coach of the Sydney…

IN HIS article 'Dee-plorable' (afl.com.au, 3/8/11), Leigh Matthews had an interesting take on the departure of Neil Craig and Dean Bailey; in particular, his opinion on the role of leadership…