Corporate psychologist-led leadership development
for the Australian Public Service
The Engaging Executive Program™ is a 12-week, corporate psychologist-led program for APS leaders who want to build the human skills that technical expertise cannot replace: influence, presence, empathy and the ability to develop their teams.
Results are verified by an independent Federal Government longitudinal study, validated by participants’ direct managers.
Virtual
Duration: 12 Weeks
EEP is designed for EL1 and EL2 officers across the APS who want to move beyond technical proficiency to genuine leadership effectiveness, building the interpersonal skills that drive engagement, performance and career progression.
Delivered by corporate psychologists with an average of 20 years experience, EEP is underpinned by the Behavioural Traction System: a methodology designed to create permanent behavioural change through virtual workshops, daily practice challenges and video feedback.
Available as an open interagency cohort or a dedicated agency buy-out. Cohorts run from 4 to 12 participants.
By the end of EEP, participants will:
Available as a public interagency cohort or an agency buy-out
EEP is built around the ENGAGE model, a research-backed framework mapping the six behaviours of highly effective people leaders. The program teaches everyone how to apply them.
En-trance
Executive presence before a word is spoken. Non-verbal signals, posture and eye contact shape every interaction that follows.
Network
Building relationships that last. From small talk to substantive conversation, deepening rapport with anyone, anywhere.
Guide
Influence through words, voice and body language. Guiding others toward outcomes without using positional authority.
Acknowledge
Empathy as a leadership skill. Understanding what matters most to the people around you to build trust and loyalty.
Glow
Making a lasting impression through storytelling and authentic communication that people remember.
Enlighten
Developing others through coaching, balanced feedback and mentoring. Moving from the expert who does to the leader who builds.
EEP uses a proprietary Behavioural Traction System designed to create permanent behavioural change. A pre-program diagnostic identifies individual development priorities, followed by six virtual workshop days delivered fortnightly across 12 weeks. Daily app challenges ensure new skills are applied in real workplace settings.
12 Weeks
PROGRAM DURATION
6 Days
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS
4-12
PARTICIPANTS PER COHORT
100%
VIRTUAL DELIVERY
BEFORE THE PROGRAM
ENGAGE Diagnostic
A self-assessment to identify individual development priorities and set a baseline.
WEEK 2
Launch Webinar
The cohort meets virtually to build a safe group dynamic and orient to the program.
WEEK 3-13
Six Virtual Workshops
One full-day virtual workshop every fortnight, covering each pillar of the ENGAGE model with group activities, role-play and real-time feedback.
THROUGHOUT
Daily App Challenges
Daily practice challenges via mobile app, applying new skills in real workplace settings and recording progress.
THROUGHOUT
Video Analysis
Role-play exercises are video recorded and reviewed, giving participants honest insight into how they are perceived.
WEEK 15
Review Webinar
A closing reflection session, progress review and personalised action plan for continued development.
A Federal Government department conducted an independent longitudinal study using their own data. Results were measured before and after the program (T1 vs T2) and validated by participants’ direct managers.
A Federal Government department conducted an independent longitudinal study using their own data. Results were measured before and after the program (T1 vs T2) and validated by participants’ direct managers.
+83%
Influence by asking the right questions
+69%
Make a great first impression
+69%
Effectively influence using deliberate words, voice and body language
+41%
Communicate effectively through storytelling
+34%
Manage the behaviour and performance of their team
+34%
Build relationships and deepen rapport
+28%
Develop staff through coaching techniques and balanced feedback
+24%
Empower people and teams to do their best
Extract from an independent review by a Federal Government client. T1 vs T2, validated by direct managers.
C.Psychol AFBPsS
M.Sc. Organisational Psychology
NLP Master Practitioner
1,000+ executives coached
20+ countries
Duncan Fish is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, Amazon-bestselling author and the founder and Head Coach of The Engaging Executive. His path to becoming one of Australia’s foremost executive coaches will resonate with many of the people he now develops: he spent much of his early life as a shy, socially awkward young man who found the interpersonal world genuinely difficult. Rather than accept that as a fixed trait, Duncan embarked on a two-decade quest to understand what makes people likeable, influential and effective with others, completing a Psychology degree (finishing in the top 5% of his class), a Master’s in Organisational Psychology, NLP Master Practitioner training, and a qualification as a Dating Coach, with each lens deepening his understanding of human connection in ways that conventional psychology alone could not explain.
He has since conducted over 1,000 executive coaching sessions across more than 20 countries, working with leaders across the public and private sectors. Every element of EEP was built from that lived experience: not from a position of natural charisma, but from having solved the problem himself and built a step-by-step methodology so that others don’t have to spend 20 years doing the same.
Download the EEP participant brochure for full program details, or get in touch to discuss upcoming dates or an agency cohort.
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