PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WITH A DIFFERENCE!
WE GROW YOUR GREATEST ASSET — YOUR PEOPLE.
At Leading Change Experiences, we facilitate leadership and team development, with a difference
— where leadership meets human connection.
We equip your leaders, staff and teams with the human skills needed to transform
leadership capacity, communication, relationships and collaborative teamwork.
In Proud Partnership With
Transforming Leadership Gaps and Team Challenges into
Enhanced EQ, Communication & Team Productivity!
- Empowering People and Transforming Team Culture
Are team dynamics, communication gaps, or accountability issues affecting your team or work environment?
We help leaders and teams overcome these challenges — strengthening engagement, refining communication, and fostering a culture of trust, accountability, emotional and behavioural awareness.
What We Do
At Leading Change Experiences, we help growth-oriented leaders and teams develop the critical human skills needed to thrive in today’s working environments and prepare for change or future uncertainties. We work with businesses, professionals, companies and organisations that prioritise their people—recognising them as their greatest asset.
We identify leadership and team blind spots, uncovering the gaps that hold teams back. Through behavioural profiling and experiential, hands-on workshops, we empower individuals to
develop the skills to lead, communicate, and collaborate more effectively—reducing friction and increasing team alignment.
Our approach develops personal leadership, interpersonal communication, emotional intelligence, and adaptable thinking
—empowering individuals and teams to work resourcefully and achieve measurable outcomes.
We offer both non-horse and equine-assisted workshops, with horses providing a powerful, real-time reflection of leadership and team dynamics. Unlike traditional training, our
experiential team-building approach brings immediate insights that drive tangible change, helping leaders and teams shift behaviours for better outcomes.
When people feel valued and understood, they thrive—personally and professionally. That’s why we focus on
sustainable growth that enhances leadership, strengthens teams, transforms culture and drives long-term success.
Our Services
People — Teams — Solutions
LEAD
Self
LEAD
Teams
LEAD
Change
Empowering Personal Leadership
Strengthening Team Cohesion & Collaboration
Creating Aligned Team Culture
Unlock your potential and lay the groundwork for lasting growth with this transformative 2-day workshop.This workshop focuses on helping individuals understand their behavioural tendencies, build emotional flexibility, and develop the skills to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Key Outcomes:
- Gain clarity on your natural and adapted behavioural styles and how they influence your leadership.
- Build a strong foundation for personal and professional development through emotional awareness and mindset shifts.
- Explore emotional drivers that shape your decisions and interactions, fostering deeper self-awareness.
- Develop resourceful thinking to approach challenges with clarity, focus, and intention.
- Enhance communication by understanding your style and refining your ability to connect effectively with others.
- Expand your perspective to navigate challenges confidently and lead with purpose.
- Cultivate emotional flexibility to adapt to dynamic environments while staying true to your values.
Flexible Delivery:
All growth and success starts with personal leadership. This program is designed to help individuals lay a strong foundation for leadership and their professional roles by developing deep self-awareness, behavioural insights, and emotional flexibility. True leadership begins with understanding yourself, your behavioural patterns, your emotional drivers, your mindset and your impact on others.
This workshop can be delivered onsite, offsite, or as part of two annual open events at our rural venue, providing an inspiring setting for personal and professional growth.
Suitable for:
Leaders, workplace teams, organisations, business owners, emerging leaders in sport and groups who recognise that all leadership begins with self-awareness and are ready to develop team member's personal skills needed for confident, values-driven leadership.
Create stronger connections, build trust, and develop a high-functioning team with this engaging 1- or 2-day workshop.
This workshop is designed to enhance team dynamics by uncovering blind spots, fostering collaboration, and aligning group behaviours for improved outcomes.
Key Outcomes:
- Gain real-time insights into team dynamics, blind spots, and communication patterns through Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) sessions, offering hands-on, horse-led interactions.
- Explore group behavioural styles through a Team Behavioural Unpack, improving understanding, collaboration, and alignment.
- Strengthen relationships and develop interpersonal skills to enhance trust and connection within the team.
- Develop a cohesive, collaborative team environment that communicates well.
- Build adaptability and resourcefulness in tackling challenges while improving problem-solving abilities.
- Gain actionable strategies for effective communication and teamwork that can be implemented immediately.
Tailored Delivery:
Designed for leadership teams or entire staff groups, this transformative program leverages Equine-Assisted Learning to reveal blind spots, strengthen connections, and enhance team collaboration—a truly unique experience. Workshops are held at our equine venues in Strathalbyn or Willalooka, each offering dedicated spaces, including a boardroom, for team activities, discussions, and debriefs.
**If you're seeking a simpler equine-led team-building session without the additional training and development components, please contact Jess directly to discuss options.
Suitable for:
Leaders and teams who value growth, people development, and fostering a resourceful, high-performing workplace culture. This program is ideal for teams aiming to strengthen collaboration, build trust, and enhance productivity while aligning with shared goals.
Emotions drive behaviours. Create team alignment by building your emotional culture and fostering lasting behavioural change.
This workshop is designed to help your team map and align their emotional culture, creating a psychologically safe and values-driven workplace where people thrive.
Key Outcomes:
- Identify and align team values and behaviours to create a values-driven culture.
- Facilitate meaningful conversations about emotions and their impact on workplace dynamics, improving awareness and connection.
- Implement practical strategies to embed emotional culture into daily interactions and long-term goals.
- Establish staff agreements and accountability measures to ensure behaviours align with the desired workplace environment.
- Foster a workplace built on emotional and psychological safety, where individuals feel valued and supported.
- Enhance team function by aligning values and behaviours.
- Build a high-trust, supportive culture that drives engagement, productivity, and measurable results.
Tailored delivery:
This workshop can be delivered onsite at your workplace or hosted at our rural venue, Xmas Rocks at Willalooka. Set in a peaceful, nature-based environment, our venue offers the perfect retreat to step away from the day-to-day work setting, allowing your team to focus deeply on cultural alignment and behavioural change.
At Xmas Rocks, we can tailor your experience to include not only this workshop but also additional workplace training or team development sessions, creating a fully immersive and impactful retreat. This unique setting fosters reflection, connection, and collaboration, inspiring teams to embrace change and return to work with renewed clarity and purpose.
*No horses are included in this workshop.
Suitable for:
Leaders and organisations who understand that how people feel at work directly impacts performance, engagement, and team culture. Perfect for those who value emotional intelligence and are committed to fostering a positive, people-first workplace.
Team Development
Workshops
Strengthen Leadership Teams & Optimise Your Workplace Teams Through Practical Development
Transformative Team Building
— With Horses!
Hands-On Leadership & Team Building Through Equine-Assisted Learning! Not only extreme fun, but we reach professional development objectives!
Women Leaders
sheLEADS Workshops
COMING SOON! Our transformative 1 or 2-day retreats empower women professionals and women in business to lead with consciousness, deep awareness, intention and certainty. You can register your interest for SA retreats via our contact form by clicking below—
Behavioural Profiling &
Building Leadership Capacity
For Individual business owners, leaders, managers or professionals. Build leadership capacity through profiling. Understand yourself, lead with behavioural awareness, and become a more resourceful and adaptable leader—
Alternatively, please feel free to send me an email, I will get back to you as soon as possible.
You can email me here or book a time for a chat with myself by clicking the button below:
Who We Work With
Leadership and teamwork can be challenging, no matter your industry or role. We work with:
Business owners
Leaders
workplace teams
professionals
emerging leaders
AGRIBUSINESS
FAMILY BUSINESS
Sporting teams
community groups
LEADERSHIP AND TEAMS
WORKSHOPS
LEAD Workshops
Align your team through behavioural change.
Our EquiLEAD and AgriLEAD workshops will transform the way your people experience leadership and working within a team.
Build leadership capacity and create a functional, collaborative and cohesive team.
Our metro & rural workshops are tailored to meet your objectives and can include team behavioural profiling, culture solutions with the Emotional Culture Deck, people skills, and leadership education - with a distinct difference!
These workshops help leaders and teams overcome challenges and dysfunction, resulting in improved communication and emotional intelligence, increased engagement, effective collaboration, and enhanced team performance.
Our workshops are tailored to achieve specific outcomes.
BEHAVIOURAL
PROFILING
LEAD Profiling Solutions
Our LEADProfiling Solutions for individuals, teams family businesses, managers and leaders is a powerful tool designed to elevate both personal and professional development. Unlike standard personality assessments, EDISC provides two distinct profiles—one reflecting your natural behavioural tendencies, and the other showing how you adapt in your work environment. This insight is vital for understanding the impact of behavioural shifts on communication, decision-making, and overall performance.
Through LEADProfiling, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how your behavioural patterns influence your experiences, including stress management, relationship dynamics, and leadership style. You’ll also uncover what's holding you back and learn how to adapt to thrive in any situation.
Whether you're leading yourself or others, LEADProfiling provides the roadmap to growth. Unlock your full potential, enhance your communication and interpersonal skills, and create lasting impact in both life and work.
WOMEN LEADERS &
BUSINESS OWNERS
SheLEADS
Jess’s signature SheLEADS workshop equips and empowers women leaders and aspiring leaders to cultivate conscious leadership, emotional fitness, intuition, intention, and clarity.
This two-day immersive experience offers a hands-on, transformational journey, exploring the power of self-identity, honing essential interpersonal skills (including how horses intuitively sense human emotions), and enhancing behavioural awareness to elevate emotional intelligence and promote lasting behavioural change.
The program builds and integrates emotional and leadership skills through real-world practice, where genuine transformation takes place.
Through partnerships with horses and learning authentic leadership principles inspired by horse herd dynamics, this experience will redefine how you lead—starting from within.
Meet Jess Keenan
Jess Keenan is a dynamic facilitator and the founder of Leading Change Experiences, dedicated to developing grounded leaders and and building connected, emotionally and behaviourally intelligent teams that optimise their time and energy. Jess is a devoted mother and leading the way in human development through equine-led experiences. She is passionate about the human side of leadership—where self-awareness, emotional fitness, communication, and people skills drive real transformation.
With a background spanning corporate agriculture, family farm businesses, direct sales, and social-emotional development programs, Jess understands the complexities of leadership in people-driven environments where change and uncertainty are constant. She specialises in bridging communication gaps, developing emotionally mature team cultures, and helping leaders and staff build self agency to navigate evolving challenges and "unknowns" with calm confidence.
Jess’s facilitation is hands-on and deeply intuitive, integrating behavioural profiling, emotional culture, and experiential learning to uncover blind spots, strengthen leadership presence, and improve decision-making. Jess is a leader in the field of human development through equine-led experiences. In her workshops, she partners with the unique wisdom of horses as leadership mentors, guiding individuals and teams to cultivate trust, adaptability, congruence and emotional intelligence in real time. At the core of her work is a commitment to helping leaders and teams create deep connection, strengthen their emotional fitness, align behaviours with values, and build trust-based workplaces where collaboration and productivity go hand in hand.
In Proud Partnership With
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