BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGIST SHANEL WINNING
Leading Beyond Expertise
Expert, science-led leadership clarity for senior technical leaders leading leaders
The Challenge Senior Technical Leaders Face
If you are a senior technical leader now leading leaders, leadership likely feels different than it used to.
You are still competent.
You still have strong judgement.
You are still expected to deliver impact.
But leadership no longer works the way it did when you were closer to the technical work.
At this level, many capable leaders notice that responsibility and decisions still come back to them, even when they have strong people in place. They stay closer to work than they want to, and leadership feels less sustainable than expected.
This is not a capability issue.
It is because leading leaders requires a different leverage point than leading through expertise, and most leaders are never given clear, evidence-based insight into what to adjust.
You are still competent.
You still have strong judgement.
You are still expected to deliver impact.
But leadership no longer works the way it did when you were closer to the technical work.
At this level, many capable leaders notice that responsibility and decisions still come back to them, even when they have strong people in place. They stay closer to work than they want to, and leadership feels less sustainable than expected.
This is not a capability issue.
It is because leading leaders requires a different leverage point than leading through expertise, and most leaders are never given clear, evidence-based insight into what to adjust.
How the Leadership Clarity Process Helps
The Leadership Clarity process provides expert, science-led insight into how your leadership is actually landing now that you are leading leaders.
It helps you understand:
What is working and should be leveraged
Where subtle aspects of your approach are increasing leadership load
Why responsibility and decisions keep flowing back to you
What small shifts will allow more to be achieved through others.
The aim is not to change who you are.
It is to help you lead in a way that is more sustainable while still delivering the impact expected of you.
It helps you understand:
What is working and should be leveraged
Where subtle aspects of your approach are increasing leadership load
Why responsibility and decisions keep flowing back to you
What small shifts will allow more to be achieved through others.
The aim is not to change who you are.
It is to help you lead in a way that is more sustainable while still delivering the impact expected of you.
Why Trust Us To Deliver This Insight
The Leadership Clarity Process is led by Shanel Winning, business psychologist and founder of organisational psychology practice Winning Performance.
For close to two decades, she has worked with senior technical leaders, leadership teams, and executives in complex organisational environments. She specialises in helping capable leaders see how their leadership is landing, why certain patterns persist, and what to adjust so leadership works better at this level.
Her approach is science-led, practical, and designed to hold up in real organisational conditions.
As a psychologist, she is unable to share testimonials, but can connect you with previous clients if this would be useful.
For close to two decades, she has worked with senior technical leaders, leadership teams, and executives in complex organisational environments. She specialises in helping capable leaders see how their leadership is landing, why certain patterns persist, and what to adjust so leadership works better at this level.
Her approach is science-led, practical, and designed to hold up in real organisational conditions.
As a psychologist, she is unable to share testimonials, but can connect you with previous clients if this would be useful.
What the Process Involves
The Leadership Clarity process provides evidence-based insight into how your leadership is landing now that you are leading leaders, including your strengths to leverage and the subtle shifts to focus on for authentic and sustainable leadership impact.
The process is led by business psychologist Shanel Winning and involves three parts.
Leadership questionnaire - You complete 3 high quality leadership questionnaires designed to surface patterns, strengths and trade offs that may emerge for you as a leader. We do NOT use low quality typing tools like the Myers-Briggs, DISC, etc.
Expert interpretation - You have a two hour interpretation conversation with business psychologist Shanel Winning, focused on what the results mean for your leadership role and current context.
Clear written summary - You receive a concise written summary outlining what to keep doing and what to adjust so you lead with greater clarity, confidence and impact.
Most leaders use Leadership Clarity as a standalone process to calibrate and fine tune how they lead leaders. Some choose to continue into the Leadership Accelerator intensive.
The process is led by business psychologist Shanel Winning and involves three parts.
Leadership questionnaire - You complete 3 high quality leadership questionnaires designed to surface patterns, strengths and trade offs that may emerge for you as a leader. We do NOT use low quality typing tools like the Myers-Briggs, DISC, etc.
Expert interpretation - You have a two hour interpretation conversation with business psychologist Shanel Winning, focused on what the results mean for your leadership role and current context.
Clear written summary - You receive a concise written summary outlining what to keep doing and what to adjust so you lead with greater clarity, confidence and impact.
Most leaders use Leadership Clarity as a standalone process to calibrate and fine tune how they lead leaders. Some choose to continue into the Leadership Accelerator intensive.
Start the Leadership Clarity Process
If you are leading leaders and want tailored, expert insight into how to reduce leadership load and increase impact, you can begin the Leadership Clarity process below.
Leadership Clarity is designed for senior technical leaders and is typically funded by organisations.
Leadership Clarity is designed for senior technical leaders and is typically funded by organisations.
