Programs that regenerate
leadership by design.

The range of F.I.R.E.D. Leadership Programs help organizations rebuild how they identify and develop leaders for the world ahead.

Grounded in five future-ready leadership qualities, F.I.R.E.D. moves beyond theory to actually prepare leaders for the future.

Each entry point and pathway invites you to experiment, practice, and prove what future-ready leadership looks like in action.

Leadership development is outdated

Fresh Thinking, Inquisitive Nature, Real & Accountable, Expressive & Challenging, Direct & Transparent - each F.I.R.E.D. pathway moves beyond theory and invites you to experiment, practice, and prove what future-ready leadership looks like in action.

  • Program 1: Embracing Tomorrow’s Leader

    Duration: 1 Hour

    A concise, self-paced practical introduction to the F.I.R.E.D. philosophy for leaders, hiring managers, and L&D teams who want movement now - not theatre. In an hour, you’ll see why current pipelines miss future-ready leaders and how to start correcting that in your context.

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  • Program 2: The F.I.R.E.D. Experience

    Duration: 1-2 Days + Coaching

    An experiential in-person introduction to the F.I.R.E.D. qualities. Through real dialogue and coaching, leaders test how fresh thinking, curiosity, candour, and ownership show up in their real work.

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  • Program 3: The F.I.R.E.D. Intensive

    Duration: 3-5 Days

    A deeper cohort experience to move from insight to alignment. Teams practice F.I.R.E.D. behaviours in live labs, peer coaching cohorts, map current culture, and co-design new norms for hiring, onboarding, and development. Built on a practical framework and measurable outcomes.

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  • Program 3: F.I.R.E.D. Pilot Leader Labs

    Duration: 8-12 Weeks

    A F.I.R.E.D. Pilot is a live field experiment. We work with a small group of 8-12 leaders inside your organization to work with one or two F.I.R.E.D. qualities - in real meetings, projects, and handoffs - not in theory.

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  • Program 5: The F.I.R.E.D. Journey

    Duration: 3-6 Months

    A six-month transformation built on the 12-module F.I.R.E.D. curriculum. Leaders experiment in live work, run peer labs and peer coaching sessions, and track real signals - decision speed, trust, collaboration, ownership. F.I.R.E.D. moves from concept to culture.

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Some early feedback

  • Gerod Strothenke: Senior Learning and Development Specialist, KPA

    A much-needed wake-up call for leadership development. Embracing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today replaces outdated systems with a practical, future-ready framework that reduces turnover, boosts ROI, and reshapes how we identify and grow leadership talent.

  • John Spence: One of the top business and leadership experts in the world.

    Innovative, practical, and deeply insightful. Paul McCarthy’s program introduces a fresh approach to leadership that challenges convention and leaves you wanting to learn more from one of the most original voices in the field.

  • Kyle Roed, CHRO, CPM Holdings

    Paul’s work on disruptive leadership exposes the hidden costs of dysfunctional systems and the urgent need for change. He shows how disruption, used wisely, becomes the catalyst for sustainable, positive transformation.

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