EMA Consulting and NeuroCapability have teamed up to offer a fresh, innovative leadership development program. By combining EMA Consulting’s deep knowledge in employee relations and leadership with NeuroCapability’s cutting-edge approach to neuroscience-based education for leaders, this program creates a unique, clear path for leaders and organisations to build and maintain high-performance workplaces that prioritise psychological safety. Through this partnership, teams are empowered to thrive in supportive, productive environments that enhance both performance and engagement.
Our Framework
Measure: Measuring the impact that leaders have on their teams.
Analyse: Conduct analysis of results.
Design: Partner with Executive Management to identify improvement opportunities and design bespoke solutions to achieve organisational objectives.
Deliver: Rollout strategies and training programs that target the improvement opportunities identified/prioritised.
We enable. You Lead.
“You manage things, you lead people.” – Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
How we manage
The science is clear: organisations can’t achieve an inclusive workplace if leaders tolerate or overlook early signs of unsafe behaviours, like incivility or disrespect. In short, behaviours like these undermine inclusion, the foundation of psychological safety. That’s why we work closely with organisations to equip every leader with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to step in early. With best-practice processes at their fingertips, leaders can effectively minimise psychosocial risks, respect at work issues and protect employee engagement from the start.
How we lead
Google’s Project Aristotle was one of the most important studies on team performance in recent years. It revealed that the biggest factor driving high-performance teams is psychological safety. Research like this has shown that achieving psychological safety doesn’t happen by chance—it requires intentional, focused effort. That’s why everything we do is centred around creating environments where psychological safety can thrive. Using proven methods, we help teams build the environment needed for high performance and lasting success.
What is leadership in high
performing organisations?
There is an evolving perspective of what leadership is. In the past leadership was typified by the stereotypical leader having a commanding presence, a strong personality, and a track record of infallibility – the ‘authority figure’ typified by Chief Executives, Presidents, and military leaders.
However, when we look at the leaders that are having the greatest impact and creating the highest performing teams, we see a more realistic and nuanced approach. Rather than over-powering with forceful personalities and “it’s my way or the highway”, effective leaders set directions with definite boundaries, define clear pathways, and encourage team members to contribute to the development of the solution.
Sometimes this means exhibiting qualities such as vulnerability and being prepared to be open and saying “I don’t know, but we need to find the answer”.