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10/10 Very engaging, new concepts of how the brain works. I can visualise my goals achieved. — Henry Ye, Founding Partner, AEQUORA CAPITAL
“10/10 I liked the structure and process, challenging with a great outcome. Well done Leah - great facilitation.”
10/10 because I think it’s important to stop and plan what life looks like when time is busy. I liked thinking about my life deeper and the tools used to extract the goals.
-Steve Smorgon, CEO, The Victor Smorgon Group
“Leah your deft touch and guidance was invaluable!”
10/ 10 Loved it. Was immediately impressed/inspired. It’s practical and useful and an under utilised practice of seeing in your mind first, then going after it.
— Mike Bird, CEO, Urban.com.au
“10/10 (Meaning Circles Workshop) Terrific opportunity to expose our team to concepts that will help them long term. Practical, engaging.”
10/10 Made me articulate and put on paper what I am thinking and deconstruct and better understand some areas of my life that really needed it.
— Rod Jane, CEO, BOB JANE T-MARTS
“10/10 Liked the workbook process stepping through to a goal. Opened up my eyes to a new resource for myself and kids. Skills not taught at school or by parents.”
10/10 Relevant to my current life stage in building my new business and what that looks like in the future. If a friend or family member could get as much as I have it would be incredible.
— Cara Kushlin, INVISIBLE FORCES Workshop participant, YPO
“10/10 Actually taking the time to write down how I want my life to look in 10 years was very powerful and I liked learning about how the brain works.”
10/10 Over the past 28 years I’ve bounced from goal to goal without thinking about the cost of their achievement. You made me stop and consider what does the next stage look like and what am I willing/not willing to give up for my new goals, and to set goals around those most important to me. You’ve made me accountable to others which will hopefully help me achieve my goals. I believe many people would benefit from a ‘pause’ in their every day lives to consider what they want in their future.
- Max Bergh, CEO, AMIGA Montessori
“8/10 A challenging and enjoyable experience that compelled a vision I otherwise would not have made the time to think through and articulate.”
“8.5/10 I loved the graphs and models, makes me want to find new things. I wish we had done a full day, I want to do this with my team.”
8/10 This session gave me a robust structure to approach my goal, ie my transition. It’s definitely a process I will employ. Liked the information about mental inhibitors and structure & scaffolding for dealing with goals.
— MILTON SAMIOS, CEO, Investec Australia
I have spent months working through all available options to ensure that my next life moves include meaningful employment, life balance, attention to what is important and where I see myself in ten years time. Leah's model of future back thinking has broken the inertia of having too many options, confusion about what matters most, and being unclear on the order in which to progress in my life path. Leah's respectful guidance and attention to my story has been amazingly powerful and she has given me the confidence to back myself to create the future I, and my family, want. She has a warm generosity of spirit matched with a razor sharp incisiveness when it comes to making decisions. I highly recommend Leah and her awareness raising, life defining program. — Katrina Reynen OAM, Managing Director, BRIGHTEST HORIZONS
“There aren’t many people who can provide the quality of listening that Leah does.”
Today’s session with Leah was far more emotionally charged than I thought it would be. I think it’s very rare to connect with someone in their profession that is able to use their heart at the same time. Her own personality and character shone through and I could feel her passion for truly wanting to help others, myself in this case,in orchestrating my vision for the next decade. She understood my goals whilst digging deeper beyond the surface. I appreciated the time she put into today and would highly recommend this as not only a 10 Year Plan session, but a truly unique session with someone that is genuinely passionate about what they do and the lives they work with. Thanks Leah!
— Roze Cook, Blogger and Author
“The 10 Year Plan UPDATE was an awesome experience! I liked the process and engagement on individual goals and outcomes and it was good to focus in on issues”
LEADER’S TOOLBOX WORKSHOP for Senior Team at BIOSIS
10/10 I have gotten to understand myself more, the type of leader I am and would like to be. I loved the visual presentations, discussions and opportunities to share. It created openness and allowed us all to become vulnerable which led to strengthening our relationships with each other. Loved it. Leah you are a very talented and inspiring person. - Wendy Hernandez, Director | Principal Heritage Advisor
9/10 It was inspiring, insightful, and managed to provide a lot of clarity personally and to our team. I liked the opportunity to see another side of my fellow team members / leaders. - Jane Stradwick, Team Leader
9/10 I found the program to consider individuality and our team orientated thoughts and discussions equally. I felt Leah leaned into the unique strengths and personas of our team. There were equal parts of technical/contextual content and independent thoughts are a reflection of this. It better reframed my own self-assessment and thought processes. - Kim White, Senior Archaeologist and CDP Lead
8/10 Very enjoyable and accessible content. I enjoyed the engaging discussions and how things were made to suit our group. Leah really tailored the environment and discussions during the program to suit our group which made each session better than the previous one. - Ashley O’Sullivan, Manager, Victorian Heritage team
8/10 The 10 Year Plan helped me galvanise and form my thoughts and hopes. I liked the interaction and reflection.
— Tim Martin, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, Coogee Chemicals
9/10 (Couple’s 10 Year Plan Program) It helped me to articulate my vision and mission for the next ten years clearly and precisely. The professionalism and experience from Leah helped me to explore new possibilities regarding my professional goals. I found great value in this. The couples session was the best session of the program. I loved the way this session starts. That meditation is an amazing way to connect a couple at a very deep level. I also love the questionnaire you gave us at the 1:1 session. I felt very supported throughout the program. Leah’s kindness and great attitude encouraged me throughout the process.
— Maria Luisa Fernandez Geale, Prenatal Support Coach
10/10 Critically important time for me and 10 Year Plan unblocked a really important future milestone. You have an ability to identify the couple of key issues each person needs to talk about. - Adam Gregory, CEO, Light Warrior Group
“9/10 I was apprehensive for my one-on-one experience but I left 6 hours later a transformed person with clarity, intent, passion and calm. A truly life changing experience!! Thank you. You are fucking amazing!!”
Without the 10 Year Plan program, I would not have have spent the time examining future me. The timing is perfect, with two children just out of school and two more to go. I liked the guidance to preparation, I believe I covered the areas I needed to. Clarity for my future was created. Leah is incredibly positive and supportive. As my experience has been only positive, I would be neglectful not to recommend to those who I believe would benefit.
- John Bowen, MANAGING DIRECTOR, Bowens
“9/10 (Family DISC Session) Interesting to learn about myself and my family ”
10/10 (Meaning Circles Workshop) Incredible storytelling, it all looped together and you left space for us to go deeper. Such useful tools to go about our everyday.
— ROSIE BROWN, Head of Student Garden at Social Garden
“10/10 A key tool for everyone. Helped me reconstruct how I engage my wife and imagine reimagine how our life should become.”
8/10 Clear and real guidance. Time to focus on this stuff. Authentic and practical.
— Vas Katos, CEO, ANTHEM
INVISIBLE FORCES WORKSHOP at REES GROUP Team Retreat
9/10 Got me thinking about my goals in life which is sometimes hard to do as we are so busy. I liked the prompts to make you think and dig deeper. Leah was amazing and helped you come to insights about yourself. - Petra Wikstroem, Senior Accountant
10/10 Opened up to each other, learnt more and understanding each other. Team is interacted and shared thoughts and ideas. - Danny Tse, Associate Director
10/10 I feel it has given me a great foundation to an amazing tool I can use to achieve my goals. I take so much away from the session. It is something I can use all my life. It really taught me a lot. I never knew how to goal set and see the value. - Sonia Di Lizio, Client Services & Office Coordinator
10/10 Put a structure around goal setting in a thought provoking way. Easy to understand, logical flow and clear method to goal setting. - Matt Munasingha, Client Services Adviser
10/10 Helping me to reimagine life / goal I always wanted to achieve. It felt valuable and strengthened my commitment toward what I always dream about. - Channy Ou, Graduate Accountant
9/10 Liked the in depth visualisation work and allowed me to update on my 10 Year Plan from two years ago. We’d do the full day next time! - Justin Mastores, Managing Partner
“8/10 Focussed me, forced me to plan and consider, forced me to make time to think about me, forced me out of comfort zone.”
“The 10 Year Plan made me think forward, this has been a real benefit to me personally and in business.”
As you may already have assumed my experience exceeded my expectations of the retreat and where I would allow myself to go. Your input and facilitation along each step seemed just perfect from my perspective. This does include the group sessions as well. I'm a toe in first person, so the intro Monday was great and helpful for our one-on-one. The trust was most obvious for me, as expressed by others, and the flow of our final Monday was ideal, your intuition with the group allowed for all personalities and that's the gift you have. Combined with your exercises, our current group has never before been as engaged. Thank you. You have a gift.
— Angelo Augello, Managing Director, The Bean Alliance
“10/10 It has made me stop and think about the basics of what’s needed and what I can start to do today to make a difference today and into the future. Everyone can get something out of it. ”
COUPLES 10 YEAR PLAN
9/10 It was powerful to be forced to step back and be both objective about myself and ambitious about the future we want for ourselves and family. I liked the structure, maybe more time in each session. - John Russell, CEO, Myer Family Investments
8/10 I liked that it encouraged thinking deeply about high level issues but also practical items for the future. It allows vulnerable analysis but with structure, support and encouragement. - Amy Alston, Senior Executive
10/10 Absolutely loved it! I feel refuelled and passionate that I can follow my dream. You were so engaging and knowledgeable! You gave me a lot of ‘aha’ moments and made complete sense to me. Thank you so much! You’re amazing :)
— Emma Almeida, INVISIBLE FORCES Workshop participant, YPO
“Amazingly inclusive, informative, empathetic, far sighted. Loved it! Weaves in business, family, personal goals and vision. Brings reality to the ambition. You draw upon some great examples/theories and psychology. Amazingly inclusive, informative, empathetic, far sighted. Loved it! ”
“7/10 Liked the focus on thinking longer term but creating an urgency and action-orientation about starting today. Think it’s a useful exercise that expand one’s paradigm and not just a ‘self-help’ type program.”
“8/10 (Meaning Circles Workshop) Really practical tools that can be implemented. Encouraged group conversation and shared learning. The application of the skills are broad and can apply to everyone.”
Leah has changed my life by working through a 10 Year Plan and in the process guided me to see life more positively and guided me to feel more confident about thinking differently. I will forever be grateful for meeting Leah and having the opportunity to work with her.
— ALLISON GIBSON, Director, Inspirada Capital Pty Ltd
“8/10 Very good manner to get me to self-reflect in a relaxed way without imposing nor feeling contrived. ”
“10/10 (Meaning Circles Workshop) Very practical, useful. Think the 10-15 people I spend most of my time with have done it. Only my parents to go :)”
9/10 Clarity and vision now set for me for next 10 years. I liked the ‘personalisation” and time taken to dig deep into my plan and my ability now to communicate with my wife.
— JUSTIN MASTORES, Managing Partner, REES GROUP
For me, the Meaning Circles Workshop was a 9 out of 10. The most important thing for me was how easy it was to apply the Meaning Circles model to to any aspect of life - personal or professional. Coupling this with the fact that it was so simple and universal, yet profound and potentially life-altering makes it a great tool! You don’t need to develop a detailed understanding of theory or have the experience to apply this model to your life in many and varied ways. The beauty of a great learning tool is that it can make sense to everyone, regardless of their life stage or background. Would definitely recommend this.
NIK SPROAL, General Manager, SOCIAL GARDEN
“Energy comes from within, how it is powered takes skill! You have an ability to draw the issue.”
The 10 Year Plan connected me with my heart.
— YPO member, Melbourne Chapter
"10/10 Still think about the comment my son made when he came home one night after a Life's Tool Box session 'I feel all happy after I see Leah'"
— Nic Reynolds, Parent of LIFE’S TOOLBOX Participant
“The 10 Year Plan UPDATE was well prepared and well run. All seemed to enjoy the interaction and it keeps group on track.”
“The 10 Year Plan UPDATE made us all focus again on our plans...and proved that the process worked!! Would recommend, very professional. ”
9/10 Forced me to put pen to paper, forced accountability. Tangible, practical and you stay in flow.
— Jenna Baskin, CEO, MCI Solutions
“10/10 Great. I liked how specific it was.”
You bring an energy and authenticity to the rooms that you’re in that I have never seen in anybody else. You have an almost spiritual calm and encouragement that really brings out the best in those around you.
“8/10 Challenging, helps you find yourself. ”
Easily 10/10. This program was immeasurably valuable to me. The scientific/neurological underpinning of what you had to share/teach me coupled with your deeply compassionate, thoughtful and reflective nature created a seriously engaging learning environment where I was comfortable to share and explore myself. Having you mirror myself back to me and encourage me helped me to instil a more conscious and confident internal dialogue. I feel incredibly grateful and lucky to have worked with you Leah!
— Brahmony McCrossin, Artist
“9/10 Would recommend for broad focus emphasis, not just singular”
10/10 I needed this! Was a great way to do goal setting. Relaxed but still at a high level. A great thing to do for all forums!
— Marc Schwartz, Non-executive Director, Clime Capital
Leah's 5 Year Plan program is an incredibly unique and rewarding experience, and I cannot recommend working with Leah highly enough. Moving through the 5 Year Plan was a very flexible and responsive process, and the conversations we had were so warm and open. Leah has a beautiful way of drawing your attention to key moments, thoughts and blindspots to open up ways of seeing the same circumstances or goals in different lights, in the best way possible. I really appreciated the focus on growth as a person that is woven into this program, and it is a huge testament to Leah and her skill that so many areas of life are explored and given space in the plan. This whole process gives you a way to reflect and work through what is important to you now and how this might change or solidify in the future, and it was so helpful in developing clarity about where and who I want to be in five year's time. Thank you Leah for an invaluable experience xx
— Jasmin Isobe, Researcher at the University of Melbourne
“The 10 Year Plan UPDATE challenges the status quo and stretches one’s thinking.”
“Thank you for the Life’s Toolbox session you ran with our students yesterday. It was a great session that had a strength based focus and provided insights for the students on how to maximise their opportunities through acknowledging and addressing what holds them back. Your manner with the students was very supportive and they enjoyed the interactive and discussion based components. We are very lucky to have worked with you and I look forward to seeing how the students use these skills in the coming months to support their growth and progress.”
“I learnt a lot I can apply to my life. It was a really great way to understand a new perspective on making big decisions.”
— Year 10 student, MAKING AWESOME CHOICES Participant
“Thank you Leah. I enjoyed our session and have already started to put it together. It was reflective and the questions very focussed 10/10”
“Time well spent.”
“Leah's Making Awesome Choices workshop gives a great perspective on career choice. You’ll learn something about yourself throughout the process.”
- Year 11 MAKING AWESOME CHOICES Participant
“10/10 The COUPLES 10 Year Plan Program gave us alignment thinking about the future.”
“I was fortunate enough to meet Leah Davidson during a Young Presidents Organisation forum retreat. Leah provided our group with tailored ten-year life planning sessions which covered Business, Succession planning, Personal and Health Goals. I was highly impressed with Leah’s ability to listen and understand our groups life journeys, and facilitate the road-map required to achieve the goals we had set for ourselves.
When Ken Roche and I were appointed co-hosts of the Annual 49’ers National Conference I engaged Leah who was able to provide a great deal of value in relation to preparations for our roles of facilitators and hosts for this event. There is no doubt Leah has the right skill-set to bring out the best results in this regard.
I would highly recommend Leah as an experienced councillor and personal or business coach who can add significant value to any group or individual seeking to break through the barriers and limitations they have placed upon themselves.”
- Craig Easton, Director, EASTON
“8/10 Leah was great. Really clear, helpful and eloquent.”
Leah’s ingenious Five Year Plan program exceeded all expectations I could have ever had. Its ongoing impact in my life further illustrates its transformative nature. Leah provides one-on-one guidance and facilitates the writing of your life design and plan that speaks true to your desired future. She then facilitates the discovery of the direction you can take to achieve your dream life, focusing on everything from careers to relationships, studies and ambitions. She then works to clarify your wants, needs and hopes and ensures they reflect the direction you’re taking. Leah’s program has not only provided me with a life design and moral compass but also the opportunity to develop confidence in myself as a person, leader and student. She has allowed me to understand what it will take for me to reach my goals and made it feel not only possible but entirely achievable. Leah leads the discussion from a place of understanding and genuine kindness. She displays reciprocity of vulnerability, incredible creativity, expertise and intuition. I felt affirmed, I was encouraged to reach higher, to think bigger and, for that, I am incredibly grateful. Thank you, Leah, this Five Year Plan has been life-changing and, I’m looking forward to securing it over the coming years! I could not recommend this more, to anyone regardless of where you are in life, there are infinite benefits to realising what you truly want in life and making an effort to obtain those things.
— Shehelah Ousman, PROGRAM MANAGER, Skyline Education Foundation
“Sam had the most wonderful time on your amazing camp. He learnt life lessons, lessons that we all as parents try to tell our kids about, but your camp actually showed them, let them experience these, let them challenge themselves in ways they never have, let them be great team members, learning the true value of leadership, allowing them to show compassion and understanding. Also allowing those beautiful connections with incredible people like yourselves that is so precious. Along with the mighty friendships strengthened and the new ones made, Sam had the greatest time! We have so much respect and admiration for you. Thank you for having Sam, he can’t wait for the next one.
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“We would love to continue to work with Leah in the future and recommend her to schools considering a similar program.”
Leah Davidson recently designed and delivered a program at Woodleigh School over a number of weeks entitled ‘Thinking Outside the Box’. This was part of the school’s Activities Program, for which students select from a range of options. The focus of the program was on mindset, with the aim of helping the students understand their own thinking and how to shift their mindset to help achieve their goals. The program was aimed at Year 10 students, and the group also included students who were quite disengaged at the school and had not submitted any choices as part of the Activities balloting process. This presented a challenge for Leah but she was able to work productively with the group as result of her own force of personality, good humour and through meticulously planning a range of interesting games and fun activities for the students. Leah constantly evaluated the program as it was delivered and was very open to feedback from students and assisting teachers throughout.
The final class with the students as well as the student feedback revealed how much the students had learned during the program. What students most appreciated was the trusting relationship that had been developed with Leah as well as the huge effort Leah put into the program to ensure full student engagement.
We would be love to continue to work with Leah in the future and recommend her to schools considering a similar program.
— DAVID BURTON, Deputy Principal, WOODLEIGH SCHOOL
“9/10 Allows you to own your future”
“9.5/10 Real wake-up call! Has made me conscious of where I want to be in 10 years and how I am going to get there.”
— Tony Bates, Managing Director, Alternative Freight Services
“9/10 The COUPLES 10 Year Plan Program forced us to go deep. Lovely approach”
10/10 I took a lot of value from The 5 Year Plan program especially around learning how to put goals and aspirations into words and forge an idea of what they look like in 5+ years time. I liked that there was no time limit/pressure. Leah does not watch the clock and I cannot say how many times our sessions got close to 2 hours because we got on a roll! This made the experience a great one and allowed us to cover all bases. It also exemplifies how much Leah really cares about her clients and wants them to achieve the best they can! I think there is a lot of value for anyone at any age to utilise this 1:1 experience. Money spent on bettering yourself and your career is invaluable! I think this program is amazing for anyone, I loved that I could express whatever I was thinking and unpack the emotions and actions to see how growth can come from any situation.
— HARRY WALKLEY, Project Lead, JOHNS LYNG GROUP
“8/10 Intuitive, easy and strong process. ”
“Leah’s 5 Year Plan really helped me to visualise and carve a path to my future. It was a beneficial and worthwhile experience that I highly recommend to anyone who finds themselves in a world of uncertainty. With her unique coaching, Leah really opens your eyes to the areas of life you identify as being important, and helps you reflect and pick apart what it is you want to really focus on. Her comforting and open-minded personality also made for relaxed, pleasant, in-depth conversations. This program really helped me to concentrate on aspects of my life that I wanted to improve and therefore allowed me to grow as a person. Thank you Leah, for helping me uncover my passion and get on track to pursue it!”
I am so grateful for the time I spent with Leah. Leah helped me through the most challenging time of my life. She gave me support, deep understanding, kindness, encouragement and strength. Her ability to see clearly, understand my needs, share her knowledge and help me create a way forward was life changing. Grab with both hands any opportunity you have to learn and grow with Leah.
— Tara Kirschenberg