Lysander

What Lysander does

Lysander is an Australian strategic leadership and culture consultancy, founded in 2000 and headquartered in East Melbourne, operating as Lysander Consulting Group Pty Ltd. The firm partners with enterprise organizations across banking, finance, construction, government, transport, and professional services to deliver bespoke leadership development, executive coaching, team cohesion, and organizational culture transformation programs. Its portfolio spans seven core service lines — Organisational Culture & Performance, Leadership Development, Executive & Leadership Coaching, Team Cohesion & Alignment, Leadership Diagnostic & Feedback, Learning Design, and Conferences & Keynotes — alongside specialized programs including the Integrated Approach to Wellness (a construction-sector mental health program), the Emerging Leader Program, Inspire, Growing with Focus, Leading a Great Scaleup, the Male Allies Workshop, and the Women in Construction Leadership Program.

The firm's underlying technology is a human-centred, co-creation methodology that combines behavioral science with practical tools, underpinned by proprietary assessment instruments (CLS360 Leadership Diagnostic, GENOS Emotional Intelligence Assessment) and the Five Behaviours of a High-Functioning Team framework. Programs are typically delivered through blended learning combining digital modules, workshops, and coaching, with durations ranging from months to multi-year engagements.

Lysander operates a professional services business model with bespoke, quote-based pricing on multi-year contracts. The company generates revenue through direct enterprise sales targeting large Australian organizations, with engagements initiated via a "Book an Intro Call" consultative approach and tailored to each client's organizational needs and scope. There is no publicly disclosed pricing, no software/SaaS component, and no public revenue figures; the company is privately held under sole ownership of founder Kerrie Adaway and operates without institutional investment. Geographic focus is primarily Australia, with limited international activity in New Zealand and Singapore via McConnell Dowell contracts.

Name

Lysander

Legal name

Lysander Consulting Group Pty Ltd

Website

https://lysander.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lysander is an Australian strategic leadership and culture consultancy founded in 2000, partnering with enterprises across banking, construction, government, and transport to deliver co-created leadership development, executive coaching, team cohesion, and mental health programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting (Leadership and Culture)

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Leadership Development (BPACANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD), People Analytics, Assessment & Psychometrics Consulting (BPAHAGAH), Coaching, Mentoring & Facilitation Services (BPACANAI), Learning & Development (L&D) & Training Management (EDABAIAC)

Keywords

• Leadership development consulting
• Organizational culture transformation
• Executive coaching services
• Team alignment consulting
• Leadership diagnostic assessments

Headquarters

HQ city

East Melbourne, Victoria

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Leadership Development Programs: Customized leadership development programs delivered through blended learning approaches combining digital modules, workshops, and coaching. Programs are tailored to organizational needs and typically span several months to years.
2. Executive & Leadership Coaching: One-on-one coaching services that accelerate leadership impact through deep reflection, strategic clarity, and behavioral change.
3. Conferences & Keynotes: Facilitation of strategic roundtables, delivery of keynotes at industry events, and curation of executive panels tailored to audience needs and organizational context.
4. Learning Design Services: Bespoke learning experience design that embeds capability, drives engagement, and delivers measurable business impact.
5. Psychological Safety Workshops: Practical workshops designed to prepare participants to identify and control psychosocial hazards in their workplace, helping organizations comply with new regulations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lysander is a strategic leadership and culture consultancy that partners with Australian enterprises to design and deliver customized leadership development programs, executive coaching, team cohesion workshops, organisational culture transformation, learning design, and leadership diagnostic assessments. Engagements are co-created with each client and combine behavioural science diagnostics (such as CLS360 and GENOS 360) with blended learning including digital modules, in-person workshops, and one-on-one coaching, targeting outcomes such as psychological safety, leadership capability, and measurable business performance improvement.

Product overview

Lysander offers a portfolio of strategic leadership and culture consulting services, consisting of seven core service areas (Organisational Culture & Performance, Leadership Development, Executive & Leadership Coaching, Team Cohesion & Alignment, Leadership Diagnostic & Feedback, Learning Design, and Conferences & Keynotes) that work together to create lasting change. These core services are delivered alongside specialized programs including The Integrated Approach to Wellness (mental health and wellbeing), the Emerging Leader Program, Inspire Program, Growing with Focus Program, Leading a Great Scaleup Program, Male Allies Workshop/Program, and the Women in Construction Leadership Program. The company also employs assessment tools such as CLS360 and GENOS 360, and frameworks like the Five Behaviours of a High-Functioning Team. Lysander is a consulting services firm, not a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organisational Culture & Performance Partners with organisations to deliberately define, build and embed culture that drives both wellbeing and performance outcomes. Targeted at large Australian enterprises undergoing strategic culture change.
• Leadership Development
• Executive & Leadership Coaching
• Team Cohesion & Alignment
• Leadership Diagnostic & Feedback
• Learning Design
• Conferences & Keynotes
• The Integrated Approach to Wellness Industry-first programme specifically designed for the infrastructure and construction industry to promote positive mental health and prevent mental injury by changing workplace cultures and practices. Deployed with construction joint ventures and infrastructure projects.
• Emerging Leader Program Flagship six-month blended programme developing confidence, communication and strategic thinking for new leaders, underpinned by five capability areas: Leading Self, Leading Others, Leading Growth, Leading Culture and Leading Strategy.
• Inspire Program
• Growing with Focus Program
• Leading a Great Scaleup Program
• Male Allies Workshop/Program
• Women in Construction Leadership Program
• RACV LEAD (Blended Leadership Program)

Quantifiable outcome

• 46% improvement in depression, 34% improvement in stress, 41% improvement in burnout across 12 months (Mordialloc Freeway)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• John HollandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Joint pioneering mentoring program alongside Wellness in Infrastructure. Brought together 10 experienced industry leaders (mentors) with 10 emerging leaders (mentees) focused on building resilience and addressing mental health challenges in construction. Reduced stress gap from 64% to 22%.
• Wellness in InfrastructurecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Collaborative partnership with Wellness in Infrastructure and John Holland to deliver industry-leading mental health mentoring program for construction sector.
• McConnell DowellcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022Lysander has been awarded contracts to provide leadership and culture solutions across Australia and Asia Pacific for McConnell Dowell Corporation Limited. Deliverables include The Integrated Approach to Wellness solution for multiple road upgrade projects (Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road Upgrade, Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road Upgrade), as well as Executive Coaching Sessions and Team Cohesion Workshops with offices in New Zealand and Singapore.
• Southern Program Alliance (Lendlease, Acciona, Coleman Rail, WSP, Metro Trains Melbourne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLysander won a bid to deliver leadership and culture solutions for the Level Crossing Removal Project in Victoria. Delivers Psychological Safety workshops and Integrated Approach to Wellness to prepare alliance members for new psychological health regulations.
• National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAWIC collaborated with Lysander to design and deliver the Male Allies Program, including digital courses and corporate workshops. Partnership recognized through NAWIC awards for Most Innovative Solution.
• LaunchViccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with LaunchVic to deliver Growing with Focus and Leading a Great Scaleup programs for entrepreneurs and emerging leaders from fast-growing scaleup businesses in Victoria.
• M80 Ring Road Alliance (ACCIONA, MACA Civil, AECOM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with M80 Ring Road Alliance to develop the 'Healthy, Happy, Hyped' program focusing on cohesion and clarity, psychological safety, and culture and talent retention for Melbourne's M80 Ring Road Completion project.
• WorkSafe VictoriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelected as part of a consortium by WorkSafe Victoria's WorkWell Mental Health Improvement fund to deploy an Integrated Approach to Wellness leadership and culture solution at Mordialloc Freeway Joint Venture.
• Swinburne University of TechnologyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Professor Luke Downey and Professor Con Stough from Swinburne University for research on psychological impact of work-related stress in Australian infrastructure construction industry.
• DecmilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Mordialloc Freeway Joint Venture pilot program alongside McConnell Dowell, WorkSafe Victoria, and Swinburne University.
• Committee for MelbourneminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommittee for Melbourne member offer providing exclusive access to Lysander resources and programs.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Global talent and career transition firm offering leadership development, coaching, and organizational consulting as part of ManpowerGroup. Comparable as a scaled provider of enterprise leadership and culture solutions targeting similar mid-to-large enterprise buyers, but with significantly broader portfolio and global delivery capacity.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with strong executive coaching and board advisory practices. Comparable in the executive coaching and leadership development arena but with a higher-end, search-anchored positioning relative to Lysander's broader culture and capability work.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with substantial leadership development, executive coaching, and culture transformation practices. Overlaps with Lysander's core enterprise offerings but operates at vastly greater scale with international delivery — a primary competitor for large Australian enterprise L&D budgets.
• McKinsey People & Organizational Performance: Global consulting powerhouse with a dedicated practice for organization, culture, and leadership transformation work. Competes for the largest enterprise culture and leadership mandates and exerts pricing pressure on boutique alternatives like Lysander.
• Heidrick & Struggles (Leadership Advisory): Global executive search and leadership advisory firm offering executive coaching, team acceleration, and culture services. Comparable in executive-level leadership and culture advisory, competing for senior enterprise engagements.

Emerging players

• The Mindful Leader: Australia-based leadership development and culture consultancy offering programs, coaching, and workshops for executives and teams. Closest geographic and segment peer to Lysander in the Australian mid-market leadership/culture space.
• Culturise: Australian boutique specializing in culture transformation, leadership, and change management for enterprises. Comparable boutique positioning and similar buyer profile to Lysander, particularly for culture-led transformation work.

Direct peers

• Ken Blanchard Companies: Leadership training and consulting firm built around The One Minute Manager and Situational Leadership frameworks, offering leadership programs, coaching, and learning design. Highly comparable product mix and target buyer to Lysander, though with globally distributed licensee delivery model.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Nonprofit specializing in leadership education and research, delivering leadership programs, assessments, and coaching to organizations worldwide. Directly comparable to Lysander's leadership development and 360-feedback methodology, serving overlapping enterprise customer segments.
• Development Dimensions International (DDI): Specialist leadership development firm offering behavioral assessments, leadership programs, and culture transformation services to global enterprises. Closely comparable to Lysander in product mix (diagnostics, leadership programs, coaching) and target market, though at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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