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Creating safe spaces for people to thrive

Leadership that starts with listening

We design and run leadership, student voice and wellbeing programs for schools, councils and organisations across Victoria, built on honesty, courage and eighteen years in the room.

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18Years facilitating
2007Running programs since
1 to 5Day programs, tailored to fit
Vic wideSchools, councils, organisations
Secondary schools Local councils Not for profits Cross cultural and first nations programs Workplaces
Our story

Leadership is not a role. It is something you can live into every day.

It is stepping up when something needs to be said or done, and it is having the courage to act.

Rather than a fixed set of rules, we treat leadership as the ability to listen and respond to what a moment is calling for. Our programs are experiential and creative, never one size fits all, and are shaped around the specific group in front of us.

We work with cultural competency at the centre of what we do, and have extensive experience with first nations people, people from refugee and migrant backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people from low socio economic areas.

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What we run

Programs built around the group in the room

From a full week long intensive through to a two hour workshop, each program is shaped for the group, never delivered off the shelf.

5 day program

Creative Leadership Program

Interactive and experiential, this is our deepest program. Participants build self awareness, group awareness and public speaking confidence, culminating in a graduation ceremony where they take their place and share their own story.

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  • Difference between leadership and authority
  • Creating safe, collaborative spaces for teams
  • Giving and receiving feedback, and deep listening
  • Confidence in planning and delivering presentations
3 day program

Adaptive Leadership Program

Harvard's case in point method, taught live so participants see how they habitually respond under pressure, plus peer consultation skills the group keeps using after we leave.

  • The Adaptive Leadership framework
  • Technical vs adaptive challenges
  • Peer consultation for ongoing support
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1 to 2 day program

Public Speaking Training

A gentle, step by step build for a skill that evokes real anxiety in most people, using story structure and practice to build courage in front of others.

  • Structuring a speech that lands
  • Taking your place on stage
  • Working with nerves, not against them
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1 day program

Professional Development

Training days for staff and teams covering public speaking, group cohesion, creative wellbeing and how to listen to and act on feedback.

  • Public speaking for staff
  • Group cohesion
  • Creative wellbeing
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2 hours to half day

Tailored Workshops

Shorter sessions built to a brief: deep listening, team development, presentation skills or songwriting to help a group find its voice.

  • Deep listening and team development
  • Presentation skills
  • Songwriting and finding your voice
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What's on

Upcoming workshops and classes

Open sessions you can book straight into, alongside the programs we run for schools and organisations.

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Photo: Odessa Liknaitzky
Saturday 24 October 2026

Girls Work: Growing Together

A day long workshop and rites of passage ritual for girls aged 11 to 13, together with their mothers or female caregivers, to support their transition into early adolescence. Run with Amy Huon.

  • Navigating harmful cultural messages, together
  • Healthy relationships and boundaries
  • Trusting their bodies and building confidence
  • A group ritual at an important threshold
When
10am to 5pm, arrive 9.45am
Where
Kangaroo Ground, address sent after booking
Cost
$260
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Tuesdays this term

Yoga with Rachel

A chance to drop in, release, open and build strength, for people of all levels. The 9.30am start is straight after school drop off, so you can connect to your body and breath before the rest of the day.

When
Tuesdays, 9.30am to 10.30am
Where
Warrandyte Neighbourhood House, Level 1, 168 Yarra Street, Warrandyte
Cost
Around $16 a class, booked for the term
Book through the Neighbourhood House Call 9844 1839
Who we are

Two facilitators, one way of working

Rachel Macindoe facilitating a group session

Rachel Macindoe

A leadership facilitator for 18 years, working with schools and organisations across Victoria since 2007. She is currently studying her Masters in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne under the Robbie Mitchell Scholarship.

  • Trained in Adaptive Leadership under Harvard's School of Governance
  • Studied voice and performance under Vicki Rousell and Philip Gaulier
  • Cert IV in Training and Assessment, Cert IV in Social Entrepreneurship
Ollie Macindoe, leadership facilitator and teacher

Ollie Macindoe

A qualified secondary teacher who has taught across New Zealand and Australia. He has co facilitated leadership training and songwriting workshops with Rachel for over ten years, and speaks German and Maori.

  • BA focused on Decolonising and Indigenous Education
  • Double degree in Education and Mathematics
  • Post Graduate Diploma of Teaching
How we work

Cultural competency, built in rather than added on

First nations programs

Extensive experience designing and running programs with first nations people and communities.

Refugee and migrant backgrounds

Programs adapted for participants from refugee and migrant backgrounds, including varied English speaking levels.

People with disabilities

Sessions designed to be accessible and genuinely inclusive for people with a diverse range of abilities.

Low socio economic areas

A track record of work in low socio economic communities across Victoria.

Testimonials

What the groups we work with say

Rachel and Ollie have the ability to bring out the best in people. They create lasting bonds within a group through a safe learning environment where participants can thrive and find their voice.

Chris FrankeNMIT YAMEC Teacher

Patient and strong, warm hearted and steady. Rachel's ability to hold space as a facilitator is a joy to experience, fostering a real sense of belonging and safety for participants.

Chris HortinFoundation House

Rachel and Oliver have been consistently reliable, thoughtful, intelligent and inclusive. Their sensitivity to cultural difference ensures activities are always accessible.

Suzanne CrellinDirector, Olympic Adult Education

Those three days were nothing short of transformative. It opened my eyes to a deeper level of self awareness and understanding others.

Mustafa NajibSocial Cohesion Policy Officer, Dept of Education
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The Creative Leadership Program

Every course ends with a graduation, not a certificate in the mail

Participants get up, take their place, and share their own stories in front of the people who matter to them. It is the moment eighteen years of programs keeps coming back to.

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Let's talk about your group

For a school, council or organisation asking about a program, or just to find out what would fit, send a message and we'll come back to you.

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