Our Commitment

We're called Explore Discover Act. Not Explore Discover Stop. So the commitment that comes along with this is to open up for our clients and the participants we work with meaningful connection to action beyond our program experiences. This is what excites and inspires us most. How individuals and groups use their learning and their developing leadership potential to make a difference in their own and others lives.

"Just as a pole vaulter uses a pole to catapult themselves over a horizontal bar, learning can propel an individual forward and upward." - Emma Weber

Last week I had a conversation with a participant who completed our 10 week L.E.A.D. with Me Program last year in Year 4 that reminded me of this process. I was at the school again to work with their Year 6 students now over the coming 10 weeks. So many of the Year 5's (the cohort I worked with last year) came running up to me at various times throughout the day to say hi and chat about what's been happening since the last time I saw them. One particular boy's comments really jumped out to me though.

"There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." - Dr. Denis Waitley

As we spoke I asked him who his new teacher was this year. Then on hearing his answer I enquired whether he had a lot of his friends from last years class in with him again this year. His response was so inspiring. He quickly said, 'Remember what we kept saying last year about stepping out of your comfort zone and connecting with different people, well I've made so many new friends because I'm in with so many new people this year'. The practice he'd been developing was now a practice that is being used.

"Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners." - John Holt

This is why experiential learning is our vehicle of choice as we deliver programs. We want to give the participants the opportunity to learn by doing, with reflection. It's also why we provide ongoing communication to our clients. We want to give the participants the opportunity to continue building their leadership potential even after we're gone. But most importantly though, it's why we so passionately deliver the experiences that we have the privilege of facilitating. We want to give the participants the opportunity to be engaged, challenged and inspired as we and they explore the possibilities, discover potential and act authentically.

“Thought and learning are of small value unless translated into action.” - Wang Yangming

Thank you to all the leaders we have the pleasure of supporting who remind us daily what it means to courageously use your thoughts, words and actions to make a difference in our own and others lives!