Organisation Culture & Capability Advancement
Build. Develop.
Embed.
Exec Ascend is a leader in Culture Advancement and Leadership Development. We partner with global and Australian corporations, government entities, and large universities to develop and transform organisational culture, foster belonging, and enhance leadership capabilities through bespoke programs.
Our extensive experience spans delivering cultural change and large-scale leadership programs across various industries, including education, banking, mining and oil and gas, transport, and telecommunications. We are passionate about building and aligning shared values and key behaviours to achieve sustainable culture advancement and strategic outcomes.
We Are Experts In:
Building
Thriving and sustainable cultures, shared values and priority behaviours.
Developing
Leadership capability at organisational, departmental, and individual levels.
Embedding
Internal and external change and complexity.
Why Exec Ascend?
Bespoke
Customised and curated with deep consultation and partnership.
Solution-Focused
Evidence-Based
Our Approach To
Culture Advancement
Stage One:
Discovery & Diagnosis of Current Culture
Deep consultation to identify the current cultural state of your organisation. We highlight cultural and leadership strengths and pinpoint key areas for improvement and transformation.

- We analyse critical business inputs of your organisation
- We conduct team interviews and workshops
- We facilitate focus groups
- We administer organisation-wide engagement surveys
- We deliver a comprehensive Culture Diagnostic report with actionable recommendations
- We facilitate workshops and focus groups across the organisation to establish key priorities and define desired outcomes
- We perform a deep analysis of the “From-To” values and behaviours to identify critical shifts needed for the target culture
- We develop a comprehensive culture blueprint, endorsed by senior leaders
Stage Two:
Collaboratively, we design and build a target culture that provides a holistic overview of the organisation.

Stage Three:

- We develop a comprehensive Culture Advancement Roadmap
- We identify and map key embedment levers for culture advancement
- We align leadership capabilities with the culture advancement program
- We build and track metrics across organisational and department-specific culture plans
Exec Ascend brought a rich understanding of executive team dynamics and building high performing teams to deliver a well received and impactful Exec development program. Lisa builds trust at a CEO and Exec team level and draws on individual and team strengths. She worked with our Exec team to deliver exceptional results.
Julian Dehorney, CEO
Yarra Trams, 2022
Elevate Your Organisational Culture