Leanne Hardinge
Team Dynamicist · Storyteller · Straight-talker

Uncover what your team isn't saying.

Culture, coaching and change — without the jargon. I help leaders and teams shift the hidden dynamics that quietly stall growth, and build workplaces people actually want to show up to.

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30+
Years in the room
100s
Leaders coached
5.0
Avg. Google rating
Leanne Hardinge speaking

"The kind of person the world needs a lot more of."

— Dr Christiaan Willems

Trusted by leaders & organisations across Australia

Queensland Leaders✦Griffith University✦QRRRWN✦Dept. of Employment, Small Business & Training✦Mentoring for Growth✦Business LEAP✦Goondiwindi Regional Council✦BOSS Muscle Cars✦Queensland Leaders✦Griffith University✦QRRRWN✦Dept. of Employment, Small Business & Training✦Mentoring for Growth✦Business LEAP✦Goondiwindi Regional Council✦BOSS Muscle Cars✦

Problems we solve

If any of these sound familiar — you're in the right room.

Team in conversation
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    Blind spots in communication, culture and behaviour that quietly block performance

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    Teams working in silos — mistrust, disengagement, wasted effort

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    Managers who haven't yet stepped into true leadership

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    High turnover, burnout, and the loss of organisational memory

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    Operations that feel inefficient — resources not landing where they should

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    Resistance to change, fed by jargon-heavy, one-size-fits-all approaches

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    Workplaces where wellbeing and psychological safety are an afterthought

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The approach

Culture, coaching and change — done with you, not to you.

Six lenses I use to read a room, shift a dynamic, and leave a team better than I found it. Pick the one that sounds most like your problem — we'll start there.

People

01

We focus on individuals to deliver whole-of-team change and shift culture from the inside out.

Insight

02

We immerse in your organisation, study what you do and how, then distil it into actionable change.

Safety

03

We engage with empathy and curiosity — disarming defensiveness and opening real conversation.

Lived experience

04

Methods refined by 25+ years in the room, not theory borrowed from a slide deck.

Immersion

05

No seagull consultancy. We get close enough to find the issues others skim past.

Approach

06

No-frills, strengths-based. Storytelling and analogies that cut through emotional barriers.

In the room

Boardrooms, keynote stages, and quiet 1:1s.

Wherever the dynamic lives, that's where the work happens. Here are some recent rooms.

Keynote · 2024
Keynote · 202401/05
On location · QLD
On location · QLD02/05
Studio session
Studio session03/05
Boardroom
Boardroom04/05
In the room
In the room05/05
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About Leanne

No frills. All human.

I'm Leanne — a Team Dynamicist working with leaders, teams and organisations to uncover the hidden dynamics that quietly hold them back.

My method is immersive and consultative. I get inside the room, listen hard, and use storytelling, analogies and conversational sport to make the invisible visible — without the corporate jargon.

The outcome: leaders who lead, teams that trust each other, and culture that compounds.

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Our credo

no frills,

  • that's our process
  • that's our outcome
  • that's our philosophy

No corporate fluff. No quick fixes. Just honest work, in the room with you, until the dynamic shifts.

What changes

Organisations that work with us experience —

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    Leaders who truly lead

    Inspiring, delegating, guiding with confidence.

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    Stronger team dynamics

    Collaboration, trust, shared purpose.

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    Healthier workplace culture

    People feel safe, engaged, supported.

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    Performance & profit

    Efficient operations aligned with culture.

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    Lasting change

    Not a quick fix — transformation that sticks.

Success snapshots

Words from the people in the room.

★★★★★
5.0 on Google
"
Leanne is an extraordinary human being. She brings her heart, intellect, empathy, strength, and compassion to the very important work that she does.
Dr Christiaan Willems
Performance Coach
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I made an empowered decision to leave and seek a career change without the guilt and shame of feeling I had failed. Many aha moments.
Melanie O'Loughlin
Tourism
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Leanne taught me about the benefits of being open to change, how to embrace it and not to fear it. Her leadership has had a positive impact on my life — personally and professionally.
Marion S.
B.Sc (Psych), Teacher, QLD
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TMS Global was a fantastic wheel to find each person's strengths within the company. I realised I had strengths I didn't even recognise in my work.
Leisha Brazier
Disability Support Worker
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She greatly exceeded my expectations with the right balance of encouragement and hard truths to put me on the road to success.
William Ogg
Client
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Leanne is the professional I go to when I need a solution to a complicated workplace issue. Her wide and vast experience allows her to see almost everything in organisations and work cultures.
Michael Tawadros
Family Business Owner

Let's talk

Tell me what's stuck. I'll tell you where to start.

One conversation. No pitch. We'll work out whether I'm the right fit for your team and, if not, who is.

Mobile
0408 731 363
Email
leanne@leannehardinge.com
Based
Queensland, Australia · Working nationwide