Workshop Details
In a world defined by volatility, uncertainty, and information overload, leaders often feel pressure to act fast. But in complex systems, what’s needed isn’t speed—it’s sense-making. This full-day workshop invites participants to experience the power of strategic pausing: not delay, but “thoughtful inaction” that creates space for deeper insight and wiser decision-making.
Through experiential learning and reflective practice, participants build practical skills—somatic awareness, active listening, free association, and role drawing—to pause with purpose and respond more intentionally to what’s really going on. The day includes a short seminar on the Transforming Experience Framework, connecting lived experience to organisational role and system dynamics.
Understand the strategic value of pausing as a leadership practice in complexity
Recognise when and how pausing can support decision-making, recalibration, and connection
Develop skill in reflective methods including role drawing, somatic awareness, and active listening
Experience how “thoughtful inaction” creates space for clarity, collaboration, and deeper insight
Learn how to embed reflective practices into daily leadership routines
Leave with tools and frameworks to navigate uncertainty with steadiness and purpose
This workshop is designed for:
Leaders and managers navigating complex, fast-paced, or uncertain environments
Professionals who want to build reflective capacity for better decisions and relationships
Teams dealing with overwhelm, reactive cycles, or stuck patterns
Anyone looking to reconnect with clarity, context, and grounded leadership in the face of complexity
At a glance
Date
Available at a time to suit you
Session Time
9.30 am – 4.30 pm AEST
Investment
Contact us for a tailored quote based on group size and delivery format
Location
All workshops are available for on-site delivery, and the potential for a hybrid format can be discussed.
Key Learning Outcomes
Understand the strategic value of pausing as a leadership practice in complexity
Recognise when and how pausing can support decision-making, recalibration, and connection
Develop skill in reflective methods including role drawing, somatic awareness, and active listening
Experience how “thoughtful inaction” creates space for clarity, collaboration, and deeper insight
Learn how to embed reflective practices into daily leadership routines
Leave with tools and frameworks to navigate uncertainty with steadiness and purpose
Your facilitator
Helen McKelvie
Helen is a seasoned facilitator of organisational learning who brings warmth, curiosity and deep listening to every group she works with. With over 25 years of experience inside public and private sector organisations before joining NIODA, she understands the realities and tensions of organisational life and uses that lived insight to help participants examine their roles, surface underlying dynamics and act with greater clarity and intention. Helen’s facilitation style is grounded, engaging and experiential, helping participants reflect on real dilemmas, ask powerful questions and apply practical learning beyond the room.