Creating spaces for generative dialogue: Building Connection and Collaboration

Better Conversations. Stronger Leadership. Real Performance

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Unlock the Power of Dialogue to Lead with Impact and Drive Results

In today’s fast-paced, complex work environments, effective leadership requires more than just strong opinions and quick decisions. To lead with influence, today’s leaders need the skills to engage authentically, encourage diverse perspectives, and build connections that drive alignment and action. The Creating Spaces for Generative Dialogue program offers a transformative learning experience, empowering you with the communication tools needed to create a high-trust, high-performance team environment.

Are you ready to elevate your leadership?

In this program, you’ll learn how to create a dialogue-rich culture that inspires collaboration, strengthens relationships, and leads to outstanding outcomes. Dialogue skills are foundational to leadership success, enabling you to harness the full potential of your team.

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Why Generative Dialogue?

Leading and engaging others is more than directing—it’s about connecting, understanding, and fostering an environment where everyone’s voice adds value. Dialogue-based leadership empowers you to:

Build a Trust-based Environment

Create a supportive environment where team members feel safe sharing ideas, exploring new perspectives, and taking calculated risks without fear of judgment.

Foster Genuine Collaboration

Go beyond surface-level interactions and ways of engaging as a team by developing authentic connections, valuing input, and encouraging balanced contributions from all team members.

Strengthen Emotional Intelligence

Refine your ability to understand, empathize, and respond to team members. Cultivate greater emotional literacy and intelligence that promotes resilience and unity.

Unlock Innovation

Leverage dialogue to open the door to fresh, creative solutions by encouraging diverse viewpoints, ensuring your team thrives in a culture of agility, innovation and adaptability.

Who This Program is For

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Aspiring leaders

looking to take on greater responsibility and build high-functioning, cohesive teams

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Managers facing challenges

in team alignment, communication barriers, or employee disengagement

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Professionals eager to drive change

and foster a collaborative culture that encourages open communication, psychological safety, and trust

What You’ll Gain from This Program

This program will equip you with practical, actionable skills for mastering leadership dialogue:

Learn to listen with empathy and intention, a foundational skill in building trust and facilitating meaningful dialogue.

Build the habit of reflective thinking both personally and with others. This enables you to process experiences constructively, understand biases, and respond rather than react.

Discover how to create safe, open environments that allow your team to address the challenges you face, voice ideas freely, driving deeper engagement and creative problem-solving.

Develop the skill of balancing curiosity with conviction, ensuring your team feels heard and valued while also understanding your perspective.

Learn techniques to recognize and suspend biases, opening space for people to engage with less judgments and preconcieved conditions, that enable fresh ways of seeing things and fostering a stronger sense of collaboration.

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From Conversations to Change:
Real Stories of Team Transformation

Course Structure

Creating spaces for generative dialogue is a fully online, flexible program consisting of seven in-depth modules, each designed to build on the last and integrate seamlessly into your leadership practice. You’ll have access to:

Interactive Video Lessons


Engage with expert-led content, featuring practical examples and exercises you can apply in real time.

Real-World Case Studies


Learn from real-life examples of leaders who have transformed their teams through effective dialogue and discover actionable strategies for similar results.

Guided Reflection Exercises


Develop your reflective skills with structured exercises that help you identify areas for growth and plan for practical application in your workplace.

Peer Networking and Support


Join an online community of like-minded leaders, where you can share insights, experiences, and challenges and learn from each other’s journeys.

Live Q&A Sessions


Participate in live sessions, where you can ask questions, discuss topics from each module, and gain personalized guidance from leadership experts. Alternatively, catch up with the recording if you need flexibility.

Key Modules


Module 1: The Fundamentals of Dialogue in Leadership


Explore the foundational principles of dialogue-based leadership and how it empowers leaders to build trust and foster a connected team culture.

Module 2: Deep Listening for Authentic Engagement


Explore the foundational principles of dialogue-based leadership and how it empowers leaders to build trust and foster a connected team culture.

Module 3: Creating Safe Spaces for Open Dialogue


Learn how to create psychological safety within your team, encouraging members to contribute openly and engage meaningfully in every conversation.

Module 4: Balancing Inquiry and Advocacy


Discover how to balance advocating for your viewpoint with inquiring into others’ perspectives, a critical skill for collaborative decision-making and team alignment.

Module 5: Reflective Leadership Practice


Develop reflective skills to enhance self-awareness, manage biases, and make thoughtful, impactful decisions in complex environments.

Module 6: Driving Innovation Through Dialogue


Leverage dialogue to inspire creativity and innovation, empowering your team to collaboratively generate fresh solutions and achieve exceptional results.

Module 7: Suspending Assumptions


Uncover the power of pausing preconceptions. This module helps you challenge biases, embrace curiosity, and engage in dialogue that leads to deeper understanding and innovative solutions.

Learn from Experienced Leaders in Dialogue and Change

ROBERT MCVICAR

Founder
Co-founded Acumen Global Partners in 2011. He has worked with global leadership groups, senior executives, division heads, boards, front line managers and SMEs in the areas of leadership development, organisational change and executive coaching and mentoring.

SARAH CORNALLY

Founder
Has over 28 years consulting experience, working at executive and board levels in the areas of leadership strategy and development; organizational change and issue resolution; effective system and group dynamics; and executive coaching and mentoring.

MURRAY WRIGHT

Partners / Associates
Has over 25 years with experience in Europe, the Middle East, South-East Asia and Australia in leadership roles in international and national hotels. He also has experience in tertiary education and consulting.

ANDREA MUNRO

Partners / Associates
guides teams and leaders to greater effectiveness and impact through coaching. For over 15 years she has supported leaders, teams and talent agendas in large, complex organisations across the professional services

Real Success Stories: How Leadership Dialogue Has Transformed Teams

Learning to balance inquiry and advocacy was a game-changer. I started to see my team engage more deeply, challenge each other constructively, and come up with incredible ideas I’d never have thought of on my own. This program transformed how I lead.
Alex W., Team Lead, Marketing
Creating a container for dialogue in my team meetings has changed the game. Now everyone participates, and the energy has shifted to one of genuine collaboration. Our performance has gone up, and so has team satisfaction.
Joanna L., Operations Manager

The Benefits: What You Can Expect to Achieve

By the end of this program, you will:
Learn how to engage others in genuine and easy ways,

So you create a cohesive, motivated team culture that values diverse perspectives.

Develop skills to harvest the collective best

from your interactions with people you work with.

Navigate Challenges with Greater Ease

Handle complex situations with increased emotional intelligence, clarity, and the ability to influence conversations that lead to more constructive outcomes.

Elevate Your Leadership Presence

Establish yourself as a leader known for integrity, openness, and the capacity to bring out the best in others.

Registrations Now Open – Secure Your Spot


Creating Space for Dialogue is now open for enrolment. This 12-week online program begins September 3rd and offers a powerful blend of self-paced learning and live immersive workshops.

Limited Places Available – Register Now to Confirm Your Place

What You’ll Receive:

  • Full Course Access: Online, self-paced modules
  • Interactive Community Support
  • 7 Immersive workshops – held over 12 weeks, these will be recorded if you are unable to attend live.

Your Investment:
AUD $995
Early Bird Pricing: AUD $895 (until August 15th)

Register Today to begin your leadership transformation through the art of generative dialogue.

Join the Waitlist for Founding Member Access

Be the first to access the Creating Space for Dialogue when it launches soon. Founding Member pricing (AUD $895) will be available exclusively to our waitlist.

What’s Included:

  • Full Course Access: Online, self-paced modules
  • Interactive Community Support
  • 7 Immersive workshops – held over 12 weeks, these will be recorded if you are unable to attend live.
  • Investment: AUD $995 (AUD $895 for early access)

Join the Waitlist Today – we’ll notify you before the public release so you don’t miss out.

Frequently Asked Questions

This course is ideal for emerging and mid-level leaders who want to build their dialogue skills to lead teams with confidence, empathy, and effectiveness.

Live sessions are recorded and available on-demand, so you can review them at any time.

Unlike traditional leadership courses that focus on directive strategies, this program emphasizes collaborative dialogue skills, emotional intelligence, and authentic connection, empowering you to create a culture where ideas and teamwork thrive.

To build stronger relationships, navigate conflicts with empathy, and communicate more effectively in both professional and personal contexts

Take the first step toward becoming a dialogue-driven leader.

Enrol today and start building the foundations for impactful, meaningful leadership!