Tools & Resources

This resource provides 12 succinct insights, from 12 business coaches, into the relationship between leadership and influence.

This website contains links to a diverse range of videos, written descriptions, templates, and tools for understanding and delivering Asset Based Community Development (ABCD).

This resource briefly describes the four key steps in Appreciative Inquiry: discover; dream; design; and deliver.

This resource describes seven behaviours and practices of leaders who are able to nourish and evoke the best qualities in people.

This resource is a video of Liz Skelton discussing the key components of a holding environment, drawing on the analogy of a pressure cooker.

This work is characterised often by unheard histories and strong emotions. This video discusses the facilitation skill of Deep Listening – to what is being felt as much as what is being said. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural…

Shared principles around trust need to be explicit in this work. This video explores strategies for how you might create some shared principles together. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and…

This video explores how understanding the idea and impact of ‘roles’, and separating yourself from a ‘role’ you are in a group, supports resilience and sustainability in collaborations. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians…

A key tool to depersonalise and look at systemic ‘voices’ or positions in the collaboration is by identifying ‘roles’. This video explores how to deepen the work by shifting or taking up other roles. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other…

Step 1 of Deep Colalboration outlines a process of how to explore if readiness to work differently is really there – being realistic about investments of time, energy, level of drive, urgency and courage. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other…

Step 3 looks at common patterns of behaviour that you can expect to find in these kinds of collaborations – and how recognising and talking about them openly assists partnering. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find…

Step 4 introduces additional skills you can use once you understand the key roles & patterns of behaviour, including various techniques for facilitating collaboration and power dynamics in groups. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other…

Step 5 of Deep Collaboration looks at the nuanced skills of facilitating ‘Hot spots’ – naturally occurring points of tension signalling potential breakthrough in a collaboration. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to…

This video explores why being attentive to the atmosphere around the collaborative gathering – not just the content within – is important. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.

Working in the dynamics of cross-cultural partnerships can be challenging, and this video speaks about ways you can foster resilience in the work of Deep Collaboration. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways…