4 Modules · 8 Weeks · Cohort of 12 · For experienced technical leaders · Next cohort 18th August 2026
You're the layer they kept. Lead like it.
The org flattened around you. Your scope now runs across teams and functions, and the change program nobody scoped: AI. At this level, authority stops working and influence takes over. This program is about operating there, deliberately.
$2,100 + GST
Early bird $1,900 + GST
Live, facilitated cohorts
Your real situations · worked with senior peers
The senior job description nobody wrote down
Influence past your authority
The decisions that matter at your level, like architecture, investment and org design, happen in rooms where you have no formal power. How things really get done is now your core skill.
More scope, fewer peers
Flattening removed the layer that shared the load, and the sounding-boards that came with it. You're leading managers, multi-team initiatives and cross-functional programs. Often alone.
Lead the change that's already running
AI transformation is the largest change program of your career, and it started without a kickoff meeting. Someone has to give it direction, pace and honesty. That's you.
Four modules. Your real situations.
Live and facilitated over 8 weeks, with a cohort of 12 senior leaders working problems at the same altitude.
Module 01
Strategic Leadership & Influence
How organisations actually work: power frameworks, your sphere of impact, who decides, who shapes opinion, and who you need on board before anything moves. Multiplying your impact beyond your reporting line.
Module 02
Advanced Communication & Stakeholder Management
Executive-level communication, aligning diverse and competing perspectives, and the difficult conversations that come with high stakes and incomplete information.
Module 03
Authentic Leadership Styles
The leader you are versus the leader each context needs. Balancing empathy and accountability under pressure, and leading sustainably when the org expects more with less.
Module 04
Leading Change & Innovation
A working change playbook (Kotter and ADKAR applied, not recited) with your organisation's AI transformation as the live case study, not a hypothetical.
Format
4 live modules over 8 weeks
Cohort
Capped at 12 senior leaders
Style
Peer sparring on live situations
Homework
None, applied the next day
What you leave with
Artefacts about your organisation, not generic templates.
An influence map of your organisation: who decides, who shapes, where you're absent
A stakeholder plan for your hardest current initiative, pressure-tested by peers
A defined leadership style statement you can lead from under pressure
A change playbook applied to a real transformation you're running now
This is right for you if…
- You lead managers, multi-team or cross-functional initiatives
- You're a senior, staff or principal engineer or delivery leader whose impact now depends on influence, not output
- You're driving significant change, including AI adoption, across the organisation
Not the right fit if…
- You're stepping into your first leadership role: that's Launch into Leadership
- You just want a certificate rather than working your real situations
- You prefer self-paced, pre-recorded content
Why Kaleida?
Our programs are practical, research-backed, and designed by leaders who've been in the trenches, creating learning experiences participants say they "miss when they're over."
We specialise in technical leadership, helping engineers, product managers, and delivery professionals transition into confident, capable leaders. We believe leadership is a social skill, so we teach it socially.
Live, Facilitated Cohorts
Real-time sessions with specialist trainers, not pre-recorded videos.
Peer-to-Peer Sparring
Problem-solve actual team challenges with a cohort of managers facing the same hurdles.
Active Implementation
No homework, just frameworks you apply to your team the very next day.
What participants say
"This program gave me the strategic blueprint: breaking down complex strategy development, optimising leadership focus across different business phases, and identifying the critical 'glue-work' that truly drives team success."
Eamonn Hamill
CTO, Find A Carer
41%
of orgs have eliminated management layers, so the leaders who remain carry more
54%
of organisations believe they lack the leadership to drive successful change (Capgemini)
12
seats per cohort: senior peers working problems at your altitude
Where this sits in the Kaleida pathway
The top of the public pathway, with 1:1 mentoring beyond it.
First role
Launch into Leadership
12 weeks. From engineer to manager: peers, feedback, teams, strategy.
The AI question
AI Leadership
Measure, delegate and communicate AI so you can prove it's working.
Leading at scale
Advanced Technical Leadership
4 modules. Influence, stakeholders, authentic style, leading change.
Beyond
1:1 Mentoring
Senior practitioners for the situations no course covers.
Developing your whole senior bench?
The private Leading AI-Augmented Engineering Teams program runs capability building plus baseline and day-90 measurement for 8–15 of your leaders at once.
Investment
Regular price
$2,100 + GST
Early bird (2 weeks before start)
$1,900 + GST
Next cohort intakes
18th August 2026
5th November 2026
Cohorts are capped at 12 senior leaders so the room stays at your level.
Apply for the next cohort
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