What We Do.
Between Institute provides end-to-end professional leadership development services for businesses seeking to strengthen practice at all levels and nurture a leadership culture that better addresses the complex needs of the modern organisation. Using its unique, evidence-informed Between Leadership Index, which measures leadership relations at the system, self-report, and 360-degree levels, and drawing on contemporary leadership theory and best practice, Between offers short-, medium-, and long-term solutions and tools for professional development.
Our professional leadership development services include individual and team profiling; one-to-one organisational coaching; group leadership development sessions; and 4-6-month group programs for emerging leaders, middle management, and senior leadership. Between takes a relational, collaborative, and networked approach to leadership to help organisations nurture effective relationships of influence, build positive leadership dynamics and structures, and sustain leaderful cultures.
To complement our Between Institute leadership development programs, we also offer focused workshops on critical skills, including team building, emotional intelligence, self-leadership and energy management, DISC behavioural profiling, and foundational sales skills. We work closely with our clients to ensure that our training and development solutions align with the organisation’s existing system and values.
How We’re Different.
Most approaches to leadership development focus exclusively on developing leadership competencies of managers, rather than acknowledging leadership as a process enacted and developed between and within teams, departments, and the broader organisation. As a result, individuals moving from individual contributor to people leadership roles are often thrown into the deep end, rather than coming in prepared and confident to continue their leadership journey. And, organisations may rely too heavily on the practice of formal leaders, to the exclusion of developing the informal and emerging leaders that may contribute a significant portion of influence in their teams.
Between Institute recognises that leadership is a process of influence that happens between people, and often some of our greatest leaders are those without formal managerial titles. We also know that leadership in the modern complex organisation is about more than just one person’s leadership capacity; instead, leadership development requires enhancing capacity at all levels of the organisation, and facilitating spaces and processes for a culture of leadership to thrive.
Further, Between Institute takes an evidence-first approach to diagnosis and professional development: drawing from our own research alongside contemporary leadership theories and empirical literature to provide tailored solutions grounded in science.
Finally, we see leadership learning and practice as an ongoing journey that requires facilitative structures and processes through the organisation. We work with you to integrate and embed our leadership development tools into your existing systems, for long-term, sustained growth. Taken together, we offer:
· Our unique diagnostic tool, the Between Leadership Index, which is grounded in our research and centred on more collaborative, relational, and networked ways of doing leadership that align with the modern organisational context, draw on the wisdom of the group, and enable new leaders to emerge and thrive. This tool can identify individual experiences of leadership practice and connection in the organisation and highlight broader patterns and opportunities across teams and the organisation.
· A whole-system approach to leadership that recognises the critical importance of informal leadership practice and development; and offers tailored development tools for both formal leaders and informal or emergent leaders.
· Development offerings based on empirical evidence and contemporary leadership theory, specifically designed for organisations in the modern context.
Why We Do It.
Our ultimate vision is a world where it is the norm for leadership to be recognised, shared, and nurtured at all levels of organisations, and where people create the conditions for one another to thrive. We want to help as many people as possible to step into their leadership practice with confidence, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and success.