David Mead

Cohort 1

The Originals

January 2023

February cohort

A special cohort for attendees in Australia, New Zealand and Asia

Australia cohort 

Q4 2025

The greatest leaders we've ever had all follow a pattern. Download this free PDF to get a glimpse of what it is.

Why we choose to follow the leaders we follow.


Executives and senior leaders who set strategy, lead teams, and drive organizational outcomes.

Developing leadership skills — inspiring teams, building culture, navigating organizational complexity, and driving results through others.

Go from a forgettable manager to a magnetic leader who elevates the trajectory of your team and your business

Lead With unCommon Sense

Assistant Principal

school counselor 

VP, People & Culture

Director of Marketing

CX Director

Innovation Officer

Owner

Just like oil helps a car engine run smoothly, your leadership can help your organization perform at its best. Without enough clean oil, a car engine will break down and burn out. Without your intentional human-focused leadership, so will the human beings you lead. This course is designed to give you tools that remove the friction that's slowing your team down and restricting your progress as individuals and an organization. If you show up to work everyday, bothered by things like:- breakdowns in communication- underperformance- a lack of accountability - repeated mistakes- poor collaboration- inferior client experience- low employee engagement- (I could keep going)you're spending valuable time, energy and resources fixing your business instead of building it. On top of that, it's negatively affecting the experience you, your team and your clients are having. Are you ready for something different? This course is designed to provide you with the clean, fresh oil your business engine needs to perform at its best. It will guide you in creating an environment based on 3 universal leadership traits (honesty, humility and humanity) that reduce friction and promote:- deep trust &amp; connection- course-changing innovation- elevated values-based performance- blameless accountability- renewed energy, purpose and excitement- physical &amp; mental well-being- and so much more If these are things you want for yourself and those you lead, let's do this.

Reduce friction. Drive meaningful progress.

Course syllabus

29 Mar - Module 1: Honesty


Coaching, feedback, informal discussion

30 Mar - Office hours


31 Mar - Module 2: Humility


4 Apr - Office hours


5 Apr - Module 3: Humanity


Course schedule

Are you a leader who is struggling to keep your remote or hybrid team engaged and connected?

Are you seeing a lack of energy &amp; drive on your team?

Are you under the impression that everything is fine with your culture? (Hint: it probably isn't and nobody wants to tell you)

Are you losing great people to your competitors?

Are some of your customers having a less-than-ideal experience with your company?

Do you wish it was easier to have tough conversations with your team?

Is this course right for you?

What you’ll get out of this course

You'll apply uncomplicated, universal principles that work to improve your leadership, whether you're a brand new manager or a CEO.

Straightforward concepts that apply to your specific context

Change is hard. Memorizing a complex model makes it that much harder. Instead, you'll explore a framework you can draw on a napkin that guides your decision-making and leadership practice.

A simple formula that guides behavior and decision-making

You'll identify daily practices that put your learning into action that are specific to you, your role and personality.

Frictionless, customized practices you can implement now

You'll identify 2 key areas in your leadership that need improvement, and create a plan to address them so you can hit the ground running.

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Why we choose to follow the leaders we follow.

Why we choose to follow the leaders we follow.