BUILD A POWERFUL TEAM OF TRUE CHIEFS


All great organisations are built around a core group of outstanding leaders that boldly lead change, inspire their people and leave a legacy. 

These leaders we call True Chiefs. And real change never succeeds without them.  

The Chief Maker Academy helps organisations develop a cohort of powerful leaders in their business through scalable and customised online learning that is focused on leading turnarounds and transformation.

Develop Laser Focused Leaders Committed to Executing the Business Strategy

Your key leaders will learn to think like an owner, take full accountability for their work, treat their boss as their #1 customer and stay laser focused on the most important priorities. Meaning you can get back to leading the company into the future. 

Build Alignment and Trusted Relationships Between Your People and Leaders

We'll coach your leaders to create alignment and work towards common goals. They'll learn to seek understanding, treat stakeholders like customers and respectfully break down people barriers so change works and results happen faster.

Coach Leaders to Navigate Change and to Bring Their People on the Journey 

Great chiefs never accept the status quo and we'll teach your leaders to do exactly that. 

They'll learn how to inspire their people and lead change that gets measurable results aligned to the organisation's strategy.

TOP TALENT PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVES ARE RAVING!

Tash Johnston, Head of Talent, Federal Govt Dept

 

Craig Murphy, 
Chief HR Officer, Henley Homes

"I coach and mentor many emerging leaders who have impressive technical backgrounds. Generally their leadership development has not been particularly structured and certainly nothing that has the ‘stickiness’ of The GREAT Method. Greg’s GREAT Method is as honest as it is practical. Have a plan, build effective habits, build a network, enhance your value proposition and build a strong history of performance." 

Hetty Johnston, OAM, 
CEO and Executive Chair, Bravehearts

"A role like mine is, many times, exhausting, conflicting, confusing and huge. Greg helps me cut through the maze, to see more clearly in the middle of so many issues, what is important and where my focus must lay. He is an integral part of helping Bravehearts make Australia the safest place in the world to raise a child. I cannot speak too highly of his capacity to cut through the forest of issues and find the tree of hope."

Drew McLellan, Founder and CEO,
Agency Management Institute

Agency owners struggle because they have high potential employees but aren’t quite sure how to give them the leadership skills they need to step into bigger roles. Which means the owner is stuck carrying too much of the load and the agency can’t scale because the owner becomes the bottleneck.

Greg’s Chief Maker Academy arms up and comers and young leaders with the skills, understanding and frameworks they need to step up and become a part of the agency’s long-term future.

 

WHAT IS THE CHIEF MAKER ACADEMY?

The Chief Maker Academy is online executive coaching specifically designed for operational and senior leaders through: 

1. Online Learning

2. Peer Sharing

3. Live Workshops 

4. Q&A Webinars

After more than a decade of working with dozens of organisations on five continents, we know that one of the hardest leaps is out of a technical role into a genuine management role. 

This is our specialty - helping you get the mid-level leaders in your business to perform in a fast moving, highly competitive world.

WHAT COURSES DO YOU OFFER AND WHAT'S INCLUDED?

GAME PLAN: 
Get on track and get noticed

Learn to treat your boss as your #1 customer and yourself as a professional services firm of one that stands out for the quality of your work. 

5 Chapters, 15 Modules and Workbook

ROUTINES:
Automate the pursuit of excellence

Learn how to embed powerful habits and routines to drive productivity, confidence, personal growth, composure & gravitas.

5 Chapters, 15 Modules and Workbook

HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS:
Unite and align your team

Lead a high performance team and build a bullet-proof track record by implementing change that gets measurable results, creates a high performance culture and inspires your people.

5 Chapters, 20 Modules and Workbook

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Sneak Peek

2 Minute Academy Tour

 

Sample Module

Game Plan - "Your Boss is Your #1 Customer"

 

Sample Module

High Performance Teams Frameworks

 

DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS

ALL ACCESS PASS TO CHIEF MAKER COURSES

$1,995

Per Year Per Membership
*all prices in USD

FULL access to the YEAR ONE Academy coaching programs:
 Career and Life Game Plan (Value $495) Includes 15 Modules, 20 videos and a 50 page workbook to design your ultimate career. 
  High Performance Habits and Routines (Value $495) Includes 15 Modules, 20 videos and a 50 page workbook to design your ultimate career. 
  High Performance Teams (Workshop Value $1,495) Includes 20 Modules, 25 Videos and a 50 page workbook to help you set the foundations of a high performance team.

  All supporting workbooks with over 140 pages of detailed templates (PDF)

  Templates & other premium resources (Value $1200)

  Signed hard copy of the Amazon Bestseller, Chief Maker

NORMALLY VALUED AT OVER $3,700!

ENROLL A TEAM MEMBER NOW

CUSTOMISED L&D PATHWAY ALIGNED TO YOUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT


 Customised L&D Pathways We work with your L&D professionals and executives to create meaningful development pathways that use Chief Maker and other courses for your leaders and people 
  Your OWN Company Online Learning Platform We can build your company online learning environment with a combination of our programs and yours. It can be co-branded and cohorts can be completely internal. 
  Refined Chief Maker Courses (We will work with you to review and refine the Chief Maker courses so we are 100% aligned in messaging. We can add additional content from your own executive team members.

  All supporting workbooks, examples and detailed templates 

  Customised reporting on exams to drive engagement and real world results

  Benchmark reporting on engagement and individual performance before and after programs.

CONTACT US

FEEL SECURE WITH OUR 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

We are proud of our product and we’re confident you’ll see immediate results. But if you demonstrate that you have put in the work and don’t see results, let us know within 30 days and we’ll give you a full refund.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here is a full list of modules under our 3 core programs for the first year of membership - Game Plan, Routines and High Performance Teams. 

For more detail on modules in the second and third year please contact us.
 
GAME PLAN
STAGE 1 - LIFE AND CAREER VISION
Chapter 1 Module 1 - Life & Scoreboard
Chapter 1 Module 2 - Life & Career Vision
Chapter 1 Module 3 - Vision Execution
 
STAGE 2 - CAREER OWNERSHIP AND INCORPORATING PURPOSE
Chapter 2 Module 1 - Your Dream Role
Chapter 2 Module 2 - Incorporating Purpose
Chapter 2 Module 3 - Career Ownership (What, Why and Consequence)
 
STAGE 3 - CAREER TRAJECTORY AND COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
Chapter 3 Module 1 - Career Trajectory
Chapter 3 Module 2 - Competitor Analysis
Chapter 3 Module 3 - Career Boosters
 
STAGE 4 - KNOWING YOUR CUSTOMER
Chapter 4 Module 1 - Your Boss is Your #1 Customer
Chapter 4 Module 2 - Customer Profile
Chapter 4 Module 3 - Blow their minds
 
STAGE 5 - CRAFTING YOUR UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION
Chapter 5 Module 1 - Crafting Your UVP
Chapter 5 Module 2 - Transferring your UVP
Chapter 5 Module 3 - Tell Your Story


ROUTINES
CHAPTER 1 - AUTOMATE THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
Chapter 1 Module 1 - P2R2 - Prepare, Perform, Recover, Review
Chapter 1 Module 2 - Prepare in Detail
Chapter 1 Module 2 - Perform in Detail
Chapter 1 Module 2 - Recover in Detail
Chapter 1 Module 2 - Review in Detail
 
CHAPTER 2 - BEATING OVERLOAD AND FINDING FLOW
Chapter 2 Module 1 - Beating Overwhelm
Chapter 2 Module 1 - Mind Maps
Chapter 2 Module 2 - Work Practices
Chapter 2 Module 3 - Finding Flow
 
CHAPTER 3 - STAYING FOCUSED
Chapter 3 Module 1 - Daily Focus Sessions
Chapter 3 Module 2 - Fast Resets In the Moment
Chapter 3 Module 3 - Advanced Prioritisation
Chapter 3 Bonus - Covey's Quadrants
 
CHAPTER 4 - EMBED HABITS & ROUTINES
Chapter 4 Module 1 - The Triune Brain
Chapter 4 Module 2 - Energy & Systems to Embed Change
Chapter 4 Module 3 - Mindsets
 
CHAPTER 5 - YOUR OPERATING RHYTHM
Chapter 5 Module 1 - Building My Operating Rhythm
Chapter 5 Module 2 - Routines & Philosophies


HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMS
CHAPTER 1 - PHILOSOPHY, FRAMEWORKS & ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 1 Module 1: The Philosophy of Great Chiefs
Chapter 1 Module 2: HP Framework and Lifecycle
Chapter 1 Module 3: Situations Analysis - External
Chapter 1 Module 4: Situations Analysis - Internal
 
CHAPTER 2 - FORM THE TEAM
Chapter 2 Module 1: The Right Team
Chapter 2 Module 2: Assessing Individual Performance
Chapter 2 Module 3: The Right Role
Chapter 2 Module 4: Counsel to Improve or Remove
 
CHAPTER 3 - UNITE THE TEAM
Chapter 3 Module 1: Start with WHY
Chapter 3 Module 2: Set the Vision
Chapter 3 Module 3: Bring Values to Life
Chapter 3 Module 4: Tighten the Bonds
 
CHAPTER 4 - STRATEGY AND TACTICS
Chapter 4 Module 1: Set Epic Goals
Chapter 4 Module 2: Strategy & Tactics
Chapter 4 Module 3: Create Project Charters
Chapter 4 Module 4: Annual Themes and Mission Presentation
 
CHAPTER 5 - EXECUTE WITH PRECISION
Chapter 5 Module 1: P2R2 - Automate the Pursuit of Excellence
Chapter 5 Module 2: Meeting and Team Operating Rhythm
Chapter 5 Module 3: Highly Productive Meeting Principles
Chapter 5 Module 4: Scoreboards that Gamify Work
 

We provide a monthly report to your nominated HR / Senior Executive on every members overall completion and latest activity. 

Annual Membership includes 3 Main Courses which contain 15-20 modules each.
This works out to be around 30-60 minutes per week.
Each module includes a 5-15 minute video, explainer text and template for an exercise
It will take on average 30 minutes to complete a module - sometimes faster, sometimes slower. We recommend doing approximately one per week and then applying what you’ve learned in the real world. 
You can mostly do the course work on your own and the videos can be viewed on your mobile device even as you commute. 
The courses are designed to be completed sequentially but they do allow you to proceed at your own pace as we know free time comes in spurts. I.e. you can complete an entire course in a week if you find you have the time or hold off and catch up later. 
There are optional exams with completion certificates that take around 15 minutes per course.

Every month we hold a live webinar group coaching call. We'll cover a key topic for around 25 minutes and then do Q&A. Calls will be limited to 50 people and if we have overflow we will run more webinars. 

The GREAT Method was developed by Greg Layton (Founder of Chief Maker) over a 10 year period working with more than 1,000 managers on 5 continents. 
He has become a trusted coach and mentor to CEOs and elite athletes. In his work he discovered that in the heart of a business technical professionals find it incredibly hard to transition into leadership roles. This is because they lack the mindset, skill and frameworks to build personal excellence and lead a high performance team. 
The GREAT Method teaches managers how to turn up in the right state of mind every day, to stay focused, build trusted relationships and lead a team through change. It is what they don't teach you in business school about the real world.  
It draws on the latest research, frameworks and learnings from the around world of elite personal and team performance. 
It has been influenced by a long list of models and refined for middle managers. Ask us for more information on this.
If you are a mid-large organisation and want to track the results of your leaders who complete the Academy courses, we will work with you through the following process: 

1. Benchmark Current Employee Engagement
2. Rollout Chief Maker Academy
3. Re-Measure Engagement and Prove Value of Academy
Ask us for more information on this.  
Our team is working constantly to improve engagement of members. We provide them with regular progress reports and their performance relative to peers. 
We award completion certificates, conduct exams, answer EVERY comment in the chat area of modules and are working on an extensive gamification app. 
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