LEadership.
DONE differently.
HI, I’m DALE
I help leaders drop the performance and lead as their actual selves – not the polished version, not the “should-be” version, but the real human under the expectations, politics, and conditioning. Leadership doesn’t need more noise; it needs clarity, courage, and people willing to stop pretending.
My work challenges the default rules: the obsession with competence over influence, the belief that titles create authority, and the busyness that masks a lack of direction. I cut through the noise and show leaders what’s really driving – or derailing – their impact. When leaders get clear, people follow.
Whether I’m coaching emerging leaders or working with teams stuck in culture chaos, expect truth, energy, and zero fluff. I name what others tiptoe around so leaders can breathe, reset, and step into influence that actually lands.
You’ll find my ideas in The Liberated Leader and inside organisations ready to rethink leadership. The real transformation happens when leaders realise they don’t need to become someone else – they just need to be themselves, on purpose.
THE LIBERATED LEADER
It’s time for a revolution. A leadership revolution.
Because the old model – the one built on perfection, politics, and pretending – is collapsing under its own weight. People are exhausted from performing leadership instead of living it. Teams crave clarity, not noise. Organisations need courage, not compliance. The Liberated Leader movement exists because real leadership can’t survive in environments that reward sameness and silence. It’s a call to lead with clarity, influence, and your actual self – not the version you were told to become. When leaders get clear, culture follows. When leaders stop hiding, teams step up. And when leaders stop confusing competence with influence, their impact finally lands. That’s leadership done differently.
THE BOOK
The Liberated Leader is a call to leaders who are exhausted from performing and ready to lead with clarity, courage, and influence that actually works. The book exposes the traps that keep capable people stuck – over-reliance on competence, buried identity, unclear purpose, and leadership shaped by expectation instead of truth. Through practical frameworks and blunt, compassionate insight, it guides readers to strip back everything that dulls their impact and rediscover the leader they already are. This isn’t about becoming someone new; it’s about removing what gets in the way. The Liberated Leader shows you how to step out from under the pressure, silence the noise, and lead with the kind of authenticity and influence people can feel. It’s leadership done differently – from the inside out.
THE IMPACT
“Improved Performance”
We engaged Dale to support the growth of individual leaders within our Retail division. Dale challenged our leaders and developed in them skills that have led to higher levels of performance. Dale understood our business, culture and direction enabling him to help our leaders in delivering on needed operational changes and strategy.
— Jeff Antcliff, Executive General Manager Commercial Services, Vinnies Victoria
“Set Free!”
I was stuck in management servitude. Dale made me a better, more influential and impactful leader.
— Nick Founder
“Service Excellence”
Dale’s unique energy and passion for service excellence was well embraced by my team in the development of our multi-year business action plan. In an organisation currently undergoing significant change, Dale worked with me and my team to articulate a team vision, establish goals and actions over a medium-term horizon with ease.
— Lesley M, Manager ICT Services
JOIN THE TRIBE
Get leadership without the performance, the polish, or the polite corporate spin. Just clear thinking, sharp insights, and the occasional rant that hits a little too close to home. If you want influence that actually lands – start here.
