Executive leadership
CEO and executive leadership program
For chief executives and senior leaders who want sharper judgement, a stronger leadership team and a steadier operating rhythm.
Career Calling Business / Part of CAQA Groups
Management advice that stays for the doing.
Strategy, project, quality, cost, risk and change management for owners, leadership teams and boards. Then the leadership programs and the execution rhythm that make the plan happen.
Who we work with
- Founders
- SME owners
- Leadership teams
- Family businesses
- Boards
- Government and not-for-profit
Practices
- DirectionWhere the organisation is going and who decides
- DeliveryGetting the work done, on purpose
- AssuranceQuality, cost and risk under control
- OrganisationPeople, structure and the numbers
01Business health check
Where is your organisation strong, and where would you start?
A quick self-assessment across the areas we advise on. Your profile draws as you go, and the weakest areas point to the practice and program to begin with.
Where to start
Move the sliders to rank your areas. Until then every area reads as working.
StrategyWorking
ProjectsWorking
QualityWorking
Quality managementQuality systems and audit readiness workshop
Lowest scores first. Each one links to the practice and the program that address it.
02Practices
Advice across the whole management system
Each practice stands alone or works with the others. Most engagements touch more than one.
Direction
Where the organisation is going and who decides
Delivery
Getting the work done, on purpose
Assurance
Quality, cost and risk under control
03How we work
Diagnose, design, deliver, embed. Then round again.
The loop in our logo is the way we work: every engagement ends with routines your team owns, and a review to see if they held.
- 01
Diagnose
Find out what is really going on. Interviews, data, documents and a look at how work actually happens. We agree the problem before anyone proposes a solution.
- 02
Design
Shape the answer with the people who will run it. Options, trade-offs and a recommendation, written so the decision is easy to make and easy to explain.
- 03
Deliver
Do the work, alongside your team. We lead, facilitate or support, depending on what you need, and report progress plainly.
- 04
Embed
Make it stick. Routines, measures, training and a handover so the change keeps running after we step back.
04Leadership programs and courses
Programs for every level of leadership
Workshops, multi-week programs, in-house programs and one-to-one advisory, from first-time managers to chief executives and boards.
Management foundations
New manager program
The practical foundations of managing people and work, for people in their first management role or about to step into one.
Project delivery
Project management fundamentals
A practical grounding in planning, running and closing projects, drawing on PRINCE2 style and Agile style approaches without the jargon.
Risk
Risk management workshop
A working session that builds or refreshes your risk register and teaches leaders how to rate, treat and report risk in the style of ISO 31000.
Change leadership
Leading change
For leaders taking people through a restructure, a new system, a merger or a new way of working.
Governance
Board readiness and governance
For new directors, executives who report to a board, and boards that want to work better together.
Nationally recognised qualifications are delivered by CAQA, RTO 45459, and listed on Career Calling Courses. Our own workshops, programs and advisory are non-accredited.
Browse all programs05Industries
Built for the sector you work in
The same disciplines, applied to the pressures of your sector.
06Insights
Useful tools, not news
Short guides and checklists you can use this week.
Explainer6 min read
Reading a risk heat map without fooling yourself
What the grid shows, what it hides, and the questions to ask before you move a risk from red to amber.
ReadChecklist5 min read
A project health check you can run in an hour
Questions a sponsor can ask of any project, grouped so the weak spots show up quickly.
ReadGuide7 min read
Running a 90-day execution rhythm
How to turn an annual plan into quarterly commitments that actually get done.
ReadWhat does Career Calling Business do?
Management advisory, training and programs for owners, leadership teams and boards: strategy, project, quality, cost, risk and change management, plus leadership programs from new managers to chief executives.
Who do you work with?
Founders and SME owners, family businesses, leadership teams and boards across government, not-for-profit, education, health, construction and professional services.
Are your programs accredited?
Our workshops and leadership programs are non-accredited. Where you want a nationally recognised qualification, we point you to the relevant course delivered by CAQA, RTO 45459, listed on Career Calling Courses.
How much does it cost?
Fees are quoted and agreed in writing before work starts, based on scope and format. Talk to an adviser for a quote.
Next step
Talk to an adviser
Tell us what is on the table. An adviser will contact you within one business day to talk it through. Fees are quoted and agreed in writing before any work starts.