A practical leadership transformation program for organisations that want stronger leaders, healthier teams and better business results.

7 Leaps to Leadership Mastery helps organisations develop leaders who can communicate clearly, manage conflict, build trust, make better decisions, lead under pressure and create the systems needed for sustainable performance.

It is designed for HR leaders, OD managers, SME owners and senior leaders who know leadership development matters, but do not have the time, expertise or resources to build a complete program from scratch.

The strength of your business depends on the strength of your leaders.

How are you developing them?

You know the challenge.

You hire or promote strong, capable people, but there are still gaps in how they lead. That is expected since leadership is a journey of growth.

You may see their potential clearly. You may even see them stepping into a bigger leadership role. You know they have the capacity to be great. You want them to succeed. But to step into that next level of leadership, they need to further strengthen their capability to:

  • ⚖️ Manage conflict, tension and people issues

  • 👥 Build high performing teams

  • 🗣️ Communicate, influence and align people and customers for better business outcomes

  • 🧭 Make sound judgements to drive business success

  • ⚙️ Build systems and structures to streamline operations

  • 🦁 Lead with courage, confidence and steadiness under pressure

  • 🧠 Become more self-aware and manage the blind spots and pressure points that affect their leadership

Ultimately, you want to develop your leaders so they can build successful careers while supporting you, your people and your business to thrive.

The conundrum is that you may not have the time, expertise or dollars to create a leadership program from scratch.

That is where 7 Leaps to Leadership Mastery comes in.

Your Solution

7 Leaps to Leadership Mastery is built around seven universal growth areas that all leaders must develop to lead well, perform under pressure and help the business grow. These areas have been shaped by years of research, developmental leadership coaching and real experience leading, managing and developing teams.

The program moves beyond theory, using experiential learning to develop leaders across mindset, emotional intelligence, physical resilience and cognitive capability.

Through facilitated learning, coaching, practical activities, case studies and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument assessment, leaders gain insight they can apply directly to how they lead, influence, decide and perform in the business.

Who is this Program for?

7 Leaps to Leadership Mastery is designed for organisations developing:

✔️ Emerging leaders with high potential

✔️ Frontline, mid-level and senior leaders

✔️ Technical experts stepping into people leadership

✔️ Sales managers and client-facing leaders

✔️ Leadership teams needing stronger communication, trust and alignment

✔️ SME owners who want to build leadership capability without designing a program from scratch

✔️ HR and OD leaders seeking a practical, credible and high-value development solution

This program is especially useful when leaders are capable, but not yet leading at the level the business needs.

What Leaders Develop?

Program Snapshot

✔️ Format: Seven Leadership Labs
✔️ Duration: 2.5 hours per session
✔️ Cadence: Fortnightly over three months
✔️ Includes: HBDI assessment, group debrief, practical tools, reflection exercises and ‍ ‍learning summaries
✔️ Delivery: Onsite or Zoom
✔️ Onsite cohort size: Minimum 5 participants
✔️ Optional add-on: 1:1 developmental leadership coaching
✔️ Investment: Contact for pricing

The world’s largest organisations trust Herrmann. Will you?

The world’s largest organisations trust Herrmann. Will you?

More than 2 million people from 97% of Fortune 100 companies have used Whole Brain® Thinking to improve productivity, innovation, collaboration, and inclusion.

Meet your Developmental Coach & Facilitator

I’m Paula Tufa, a Leadership Developmental Coach who blends head and heart to help leaders unlock their deepest potential.

I bring more than 20 years’ experience in senior HR, OD, and leadership roles, including HR Director at Volkswagen, HR Manager for the CIO at Qantas, and partnerships with SMEs across Australia.

I hold a Masters in Science (Coaching Psychology) from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Business (HR & Marketing). I’m also accredited in Hogan and HBDI, two of the most trusted tools for leadership development.

Wise and heart-based, but unafraid to tell the hard truths, I’m known for creating safety while delivering the insights leaders most need to hear.

My talent lies in getting leaders unstuck so they can step into their true potential and lead with clarity, steadiness, and purpose.

Designed for the Real World

This program is practical, commercially relevant and designed to integrate with the working day.

It is not a lecture series.

Each session gives leaders the language, frameworks and reflection needed to apply what they learn to real workplace situations, including communication challenges, team dynamics, decision-making, conflict, pressure and performance.

The program can also be tailored to your organisation’s leadership priorities, business context and cohort needs.

Leaders don’t develop through information alone.

They develop when they gain insight into how they think, communicate and lead, then practice new ways of showing up in real business situations.

That’s why 7 Leaps to Leadership Mastery combines:

🧠 Head — evidence-based insight through HBDI, practical leadership frameworks, commercial strategy and tools leaders can apply immediately.

❤️ Heart — honest reflection, empathy, courage, self-awareness and a safe space to examine blind spots, pressure points and leadership impact.

⚙️ Hands — real-world practice, peer learning, leadership exercises, case studies and actions that help leaders shift behaviour back in the workplace.

This is not about fixing people.

It is about helping leaders understand themselves, strengthen their range, and lead with greater clarity, confidence and impact.

  • "Paula has been working with me over the past 12 months, and she has helped me to greatly improve my leadership style. She has also begun working with members of my team and in a very short space of time the change in mindset has already made a large impact on the success of the business ".

    - Josh, General Manager

  • "I met Paula at a leadership workshop. I had no idea the impact she would have on my life. Paula helped me overcome some very deep seated stumbling blocks that were hindering my career as a leader. I whole heartedly recommend Paula as a Coach and Teacher”

    - Mark, Team Manager

  • "I have been on a truly amazing journey of insight, reflection and enlightenment. The science of HBDI has given me an understanding of what, why and how I do it, coupled with some coaching this has unlocked greater opportunities for me."

    - Ian, General Manager

Build the Leaders Your Business Needs Next

Leadership capability is not built by chance.

It is built through insight, challenge, reflection, practice and real-world application.

7 Leaps to Leadership Mastery gives your leaders the structure, support and tools to lead with greater confidence, clarity and impact.

If you are an HR leader, OD manager, SME owner or senior leader looking for a practical leadership development program, let’s start a conversation.

Book a discovery call to explore whether 7 Leaps to Leadership Mastery is the right fit for your organisation.

Email: paula@paulatufa.com
Mobile: 0422603271