Bespoke Online Programs
Helping You Design and Facilitate Engaging, Evidence-Based Learning Experiences
At Leading Lighter, we partner with organisations to co-create and deliver impactful online learning programs that are practical, engaging, and grounded in evidence-based approaches. Whether you're looking to develop leadership capability, support career development, or foster mentoring cultures, we bring over 25 years of experience in organisational and leadership development, particularly in the STEMM and research sectors.
How we work
Our approach is centred on collaboration, clarity, and customisation. Here's what you can expect when we work together:
Co-Design: We work closely with your team to understand your goals, audience, and context. Together, we shape a program that fits your needs.
Evidence-Based Design: We draw on positive psychology, adult learning theory, and practical tools to create content that resonates and sticks
Flexible Delivery: Programs are designed to be scalable and adaptable — whether delivered live online, in-person, or as a hybrid.
Engaging Online Experiences: Our online solutions are not dry, static eLearning modules. They are live, facilitated sessions designed to be interactive, energising, and immediately applicable. To support implementation, coaching and accountability sessions can also be included in the program.
Sustainable Impact: We aim to build capability, not dependency, equipping your people to continue learning and leading beyond the program.
Sample Leading Lighter Programs
Here are a few examples, which have been designed and delivered in partnership with a range of organisations:
Flourishing Leaders Series
A six-part webinar series helping leaders explore strengths, wellbeing, mindset, team dynamics, and accountability. Activities are designed for leaders themselves and to use with their teams.
CORE: The Central Skills of Leadership
A cohort-based leadership development program for new and aspiring leaders, providing participants with all the core skills to confidently lead themselves and their teams.
New Leader Onboarding
Tools and templates to support Team Leaders through their first 100 days. Includes building self-awareness and practical guides to establish expectations and hold effective team meetings and 1:1s.
Career Development Program
Provides participants with practical tools and strategies to navigate their career over the long term. Participants develop a concrete career development plan as well as the mindset to implement.
Mentoring Program
A high-impact mentoring program to equip mentors and mentees with skills and self-awareness to a build strong, growth-oriented partnership at the beginning, middle, and end of their mentoring experience.
Wellbeing
Practical program to equip participants with the strategies and tools to effectively manage their wellbeing – can be tailored to staff or leaders. Built using evidence-based tools and contemporary wellbeing research.
Participant Feedback
The program has absolutely helped me progress my leadership capability, particularly with respect to providing feedback and coaching and building trust. I am a new team leader and these are skills I was desperate for help with.
Quite simply the best professional development course I have undertaken (and I have completed a bunch).
This course is life changing. The learnings I have experienced have been deep and profound. It has walked an excellent line of being reassuring and challenging – which is hard! So thank you!
Next Steps
If you’d like to explore options for the design and delivery of an online learning experience that is tailored to your goals and organisational priorities, the first step is to submit your enquiry. Please include as much detail as possible to inform our discovery conversation.
Your Learning & Leadership Development Specialist
Jo Porter designs and facilitates strengths-based, brain-friendly leadership development experiences that energise people and culture. With over 20 years’ experience and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology, Jo blends evidence-based insights with practical tools to build capability and support sustainable performance and wellbeing. She works across all leadership levels, from frontline to executive, crafting programs and generative conversations that spark growth, collaboration, and cultural transformation.