Helping groups become teams

I help executive teams become a competitive advantage by shifting how they relate, align, and deliver together.

Team Better Together Program

The Team Better Together Program helps teams transition to becoming more high-performing, collaborative teams and achieve what no individual or group can.

By fostering a culture of trust, accountability, and shared purpose, this program makes teamwork your organisation’s ultimate competitive advantage.

As Phil Jackson wisely said,

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."

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STATE OF TEAMS

An analysis of a decade of data about the state of teams and what it takes for teams to team.

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Meet Bernard Desmidt

With over 25 years global experience as a leadership coach, facilitator, and trainer, I work with CEO’s, Managing Directors, executives, and their teams to change their culture through facilitating lasting, positive behavioural change.

As a leadership team coach I help leadership teams transition to become more high performing, collaborative teams and achieve the greatest things possible.

Through the flagship Scaling Leadership Program I help organisations create a high performing culture where leaders rise on their relevance to others, their relationships with others, and their results through others.

Our research shows

80%

of teams flounder more than flourish
70%

of teams claim there’s a lack of trust
65%

of teams operate more as a group than a team

Our Clients

What our Clients have to say

“Bernard has helped us mould a newly formed, first-class, group of individuals into a seamless leadership team, collectively accountable for decision-making and speedier cross functional working in a high growth business.”
Jane McNally (CEO - Camilla)
“I credit Bernard with helping us transform our business from a “good” company to a “great” company – he has helped us to understand where we are as a leadership team and what we need to do to take us from a functional team to a flourishing leadership team.”
Diego Ascani (CEO - Sedgwick Australia)
“Bernard has had a meaningful impact on our Executive Leadership Team (ELT). By fostering deeper trust, strengthening cohesion, and encouraging open, honest dialogue, Bernard’s program brought our team closer together and deepened our understanding of one another. In doing so, his leadership program also elevated the level at which we operate as a team.”
Damien Berrell (CEO & MD, FleetPartners)
“Bernard has both an engaging and challenging facilitating style which encourages thinking and discussion. Our leaders are bright smart people and I knew they needed someone who had a strong presence, whose material was thought provoking and up-to-date and who could move our leaders forward on their leadership journey…”
Linda Smith (Manager – People & Culture, ISPT)
“The greatest and unique aspect that Bernard bought to the program – that I have rarely seen in any other facilitator – is his ability to enable people to think, feel and speak freely without fear of repercussion.”
Sean Dempsey (CEO - Plan Partners)
"If you have done many leadership workshops, but are looking for true change Scaling Leadership would be my choice. Bernard invites you to commence a journey of self discovery through relevant pre-work, contemporary industry cases and insightful monthly modules. What I valued most about Bernard was his ability to encourage leaders of all levels to be their best self without judgment, and providing frameworks to support their quest for great work after the course was completed. ...”
Elise Karadjian (Head of Retail - Camilla)
“Bernard has helped us, as the leadership team, to understand and commit to teaming better together – Bernard helped us create a safe space to discuss the undiscussables through developing a culture of openness and trust with a clear team purpose and values.”
Karen McGoldrick (VP and MD - Invisalign Australia)
“The challenge for us was that we were a team of individuals. Bernard has helped us to adapt our approach to achieve as a team to reach the next level of results.”
Toby Long (GM NSW Residential
– Mirvac)
“I connected with Bernard from the first meeting we had. Bernard has the gift of really being able to get to the root cause of an issue and with tremendous empathy and experience coach you to find the solution to the issue yourself. Above all, I trust Bernard. I feel I can discuss “the undiscussable” without any fear of judgement. This makes it so easy to work on the critical and tough personal and team problems that are holding us back.”
Lorna Raine (CFO - George Weston Foods)