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The cost of neglecting your emerging leaders

1

High team turnover

57% of employees quit because of poor leaders and managers. Replacing an employee costs roughly 1.5× their annual salary.

2

Slow team performance

New managers default to doing, not leading, costing Australia AU$223 billion a year. Coaching boosts productivity 415% annually.

3

Reactive HR load

Conflict, underperformance, and disengagement escalate when leaders lack the tools to manage them.
4

Wasted potential

High performers promoted without support often fail within their first 18 months as a people leader.

Without structured leadership development, first-time managers in Australia are set up to fail. The transition from individual contributor to people leader is one of the hardest career shifts — and most organisations leave new managers to figure it out alone. The result is disengaged teams, avoidable conflict, high turnover, and lost productivity that quietly costs the business far more than a development program ever would.

Who is the emerging leader program for?

LAUNCH is built for: high-potential employees, first-time leaders, new managers, and team leaders running small-to-medium teams, the people you’re promoting (or about to) who need to lead well from day one.

It’s the right fit when: you’re promoting faster than you’re developing, your technically-strong managers are weak on the people side, or you need a consistent leadership standard across a cohort.

It’s not a fit if you’re after a one-off workshop. This is a 12-month development journey with coaching and accountability built in.

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What your emerging leader will develop

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Goal-setting with a Master Coach, and a 360 assessment to baseline strengths and blind spots.

Leading Self

  • Build genuine self-awareness: understand the impact of your leadership behaviours and learn to ask for and act on feedback (360 assessment).
  • Make the shift from mate to manager: navigate the hardest part of the transition: leading people who used to be peers.
  • Prioritise like a leader: focus on high-value work and stop drowning in the day job.

Leading Others

  • Define your leadership brand: understand the role of a leader and how to lead across generations.
  • Flex your communication: read and match others’ styles using DISC.
  • Coach, don’t just direct: run better development conversations with the GROW model.
  • Have the courageous conversation: give and receive honest feedback using Radical Candour.
  • Create accountability: delegate well and drive clarity with the Strategy–Talent–Effort model.

Leading Business

Understand the financial drivers and how decisions ripple across customers, stakeholders and operations.

Potential Unlocked

Reflect on learnings and lock in an action plan with built-in accountability.

The changes you’ll see in your emerging leader

1

Leaders who delegate and hold the line

Delegation, feedback and accountability stop being the things your managers avoid and become things they actually do, so work moves, standards hold, and the team isn’t waiting on them.
2

Honest conversations, handled early

Your leaders learn to have the courageous conversation before it festers, addressing performance and conflict directly, so issues get resolved on the floor instead of landing on HR’s desk.

3

A leadership identity that's theirs

Participants leave with a clear leadership brand and the self-awareness to keep growing, not borrowed theory, but a confident way of leading they can carry into bigger roles.
4

Sharper priorities, clearer decisions

Your managers focus on the work that actually matters and make better calls under pressure, leading the team rather than getting buried in the day job.

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How our launch program works

LAUNCH runs on P.A.C.T, Practical content, Actionable exercises, 1:1 Coaching, and group Training, cycling through Learn, Practice, Reflect and Embed to beat the forgetting curve that makes one-off training fade. Bite-sized monthly content plus flexible 1:1 coaching means your managers grow without dropping the ball on the day job.

  • Content aligned to your organisation's leadership framework
  • A confidential Master Coach for all 12 months
  • 1:1 coaching for development and accountability
  • Optional group coaching for shared learning across the cohort
  • Pre- and post-program 360 to track impact
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Why organisations choose Peeplcoach

Expert Coaching

Work with ICF Accredited Master Coaches with extensive business and leadership experience.

Proven Methodology

Structured coaching programs designed to develop strong, high-impact leaders.

Flexible & Scalable

Coaching that adapts to your team’s needs, schedule, and growth stage.

Practical & Actionable

Hands-on leadership development with real-world application. 

Seamless Access

Our intuitive SaaS platform makes coaching easy and accessible anytime, anywhere. 

Science-Backed Growth

We leverage top behavioural and feedback tools for measurable leadership impact. 

Data-Driven Insights

Track leadership growth and team performance with powerful analytics. 

OUR PEEPLCOACH COACHES

  • Hold qualifications recognised by the International Coaching Federation
  • Have proven business leadership experience
  • Have been trained on the Peeplcoach PACT Methodology
  • Have an average Coach Satisfaction score of 9.2/10
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FAQ

The LAUNCH – Emerging Leader Program is a 12-month program for early-career professionals, new managers and high-potential team members preparing for or stepping into leadership. It builds the foundational capability to become confident, effective people leaders.

Participants will be able to communicate and flex their style (DISC), coach their teams (GROW), give honest feedback (Radical Candour), delegate and create accountability (Strategy–Talent–Effort), prioritise, and lead with a clear leadership brand.
The program is delivered over 12 months: structured monthly content, a confidential 1:1 Master Coach, optional group coaching, and a 360 assessment. Bite-sized and practical, so learning applies immediately without pulling people off the job.
Yes, content is mapped to your organisation’s competencies, and the program is tailored to your context.
Pre- and post-program 360 benchmarking, plus the ROLD™ calculator to model return before you commit.
The emerging leader program is suitable for both, run it across a cohort for a consistent leadership standard, or for individual high-potentials.
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Being a new People Leader without any prior experience, Peeplcoach has helped guide me through what makes a good leader and prompts me to think about certain scenarios and have an honest conversation about what went well, what didn’t, how I can improve and what I need to action in my next steps.” 

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Jo Hart

Jo Hart is the Chief Operating Officer at Peeplcoach, where she focuses on optimising the systems and processes that drive the delivery of accessible, high-quality coaching.

With over 23 years of experience, Jo’s career has spanned finance, operations, project management, optimisation, learning and development, and leading project teams. She has worked both locally and internationally, supporting organisations in achieving efficiency and effectiveness across industries such as financial services, health services, information technology, insurance, media, and retail.

Jo has held significant roles at Deutsche Bank, Adecco Group, and the Australian Association of Social Workers. Known for her love of challenges, Jo is dedicated to contributing to her team’s efforts in delivering development opportunities that enhance engagement and help people and organisations reach their full potential.

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Richard Tootill

Richard is the Sales Manager at Peeplcoach, bringing over 10 years of experience in solution sales across leadership development and coaching, recruitment, and SaaS technologies within the IT and digital space. He has worked in various environments, including global corporates, fast-growing companies, and start-ups, with a career that includes roles at Oracle, Seek, and Elmo Software. Richard has primarily focused on driving new business in the B2B space, working with some of Australia’s most well-known organisations, including Fortescue Metals Group, Multiplex, Commonwealth Bank, Arup, and Austrade, to name a few.

In all his roles, Richard’s passion lies in solving challenges for both individuals and organisations, helping people be the best they can be. His goal is to help organisations succeed and empower individuals to reach their full potential by finding what they love to do.

Richard also holds a Bachelor of Business from Griffith University (QLD), majoring in sports management.

Michael Rainey

Michael is the Projects Manager at Peeplcoach, responsible for ensuring seamless operations across various processes, from launching new coachees on the platform to onboarding Peeplcoach coaches and introducing new content.

With over 25 years of experience, Michael’s career has spanned roles in finance, human resources, training, learning, and organisational development. He has contributed to the success of organisations such as CBA, Mercedes-Benz, Lumo Energy, Yarra Valley Water, and Bendigo Kangan Institute of TAFE. Michael holds a Bachelor of Education & Training, a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours), a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, and a Graduate Diploma in Psychological Studies.

His mission is to develop and enable others, equipping them with the tools they need to reach their full potential while driving the organisation’s success.

Email: Michael.Rainey@peeplcoachstg.wpenginepowered.com

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Zana Ballantyne

Zana is both a Master Coach and the Head of Coaches at Peeplcoach. In her role, she is responsible for recruiting, growing, developing, leading, and inspiring a team of passionate and talented coaches, all dedicated to making coaching accessible to everyone.

She currently leads a team that supports emerging and developing leaders across Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK, Singapore, and India. With over 25 years of experience in people development and leadership across continents, Zana is renowned for driving people-led organisational change and cultivating positive cultures. Her expertise includes working with various levels of leadership in industries such as GE, Coles, ADP, Consumer Affairs, and Ambulance Victoria, with notable clients including Asahi, Dulux, Inghams, Latrobe City Council, and Bega.

Zana holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Organisational Coaching and is a qualified practitioner and facilitator in DISC, LSI, GSI, NLP, MBTI, and Change Acceleration Process (PCI). As a leader and coach, she excels in uncovering hidden challenges and empowering individuals to find actionable solutions. Her approach prioritizes building capability, creating high-performing teams, and driving sustainable business results through people-first strategies.

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James Chisholm

James Chisholm is the Co-Founder and Executive Coach at Peeplcoach. He brings over 25 years of business leadership experience performing roles in executive general management, board directorship, business development, leadership coaching, team facilitation and operational leadership. His career has covered multiple industries including building technology services, asset management, renewable energy and not-for-profit with large multi-national corporations, private companies and SMEs including Honeywell and WATCH Disability Services. 

With extensive local and international experience, James has led teams of up to thousands of employees across varied countries and cultures and enjoys working with diverse groups of people to achieve outcomes with a sense of purpose and alignment with his personal values. In addition to his leadership and executive coaching work, James frequently facilitates leadership and executive team sessions where constructive culture and high performance are the desired outcomes.

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Christine Khor

Christine Khor is CEO, Founder and Lead Coach at Peeplcoach and is passionate about the role that coaching has in accelerating performance for individuals, teams and organisations and making Peeplcoach the best leadership coaching platform she can!

Before becoming an executive coach and launching Peeplcaoch, Christine started her career In marketing management with global organisations such as Kraft Foods, Hallmark Cards and Simplot Australia.

After a successful career leading teams, Christine started the recruitment and executive search company Chorus Executive where she has partnered with hundreds of organisations and thousands of individuals offering recruitment, search and business, career and executive coaching services. In 2020 launched Peeplcoach with the mission to make coaching accessible to all employees within an organisation, not executives only.

As an executive coach at Peeplcoach, Christine partners with all levels of employees within an organisation from emerging leaders to executives. With her c-suite and start-up business and leadership experience Christine brings a commercial and pragmatic approach to her coaching sessions. Christine holds several qualifications including a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Business Administration, Post Graduate Diploma in Policy Studies and Graduate Diploma in Organisational Change and Executive Coaching.

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