Leading Culture
Lead culture with clarity, capacity and cut through.Â
A 12-month program for executives ready to shape, shift and scale culture.
You are already shaping culture.
This program helps you do it deliberately.
Most leaders believe culture impacts performance. Fewer leaders feel confident they know how to shift it.
You know culture fills in the gaps that strategy and policy can never anticipate. You know it enables better decision making and creates capacity to respond to whatever comes. The challenge is knowing where to start and where to focus.
Leading Culture is for executives accountable for culture.
Leading Culture gives you what most executives are missing: structure, experienced guidance and a trusted circle of senior peers who get the stakes.
Over 12 months, you'll work alongside GMs, Heads of People and business leaders navigating growth, complexity and change. You won't pause your work to learn. You'll gain clarity on how culture works in your context and practical ways to shape it as you lead.
Who This Is For
Leading Culture is for executives accountable for shaping, shifting and scaling culture. This includes C-suite, executives, business leaders, founders and HR leaders who are tasked with leading culture change but want the depth, structure and guidance to do it with clarity, capacity and cut through.
You might be:
- An executive integrating culture with strategy and delivery
- A business unit leader who can't wait for organisation-wide culture change
- An HR leader building capability to lead culture transformation across the organisation
- A CEO or founder wanting to shape culture deliberately as you scale
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A senior leader tasked with shifting culture.
This program is for leaders who want to lead culture with their teams, supported by structure and guidance.
It's not for leaders looking to outsource culture work or hand it to consultants. The program is not suitable for consultants, early career HR or early career leaders.
For executives ready to lead a culture that works for them, not against them.
Most leadership programs ask you to step away from the work. This one works with it.
Program Experience
Designed for executives with full diaries and high stakes.
Culture Activator
A self-paced program covering the frameworks and tools for shaping and shifting culture. Your foundation for everything you'll do in Leading Culture. When you join, you start here straight away.
6 x Culture Strategy Sessions
Private one-on-one sessions with Meredith. Strategic space to build your culture plan, work through your canvases and navigate complexity as it unfolds.
10 x Culture Labs
Interactive group sessions for real-time insight. Bring what's showing up now, test ideas and learn from others navigating similar terrain. Ask Meredith anything.
Leading Culture Toolkit
Practical tools, culture planning templates and resources built for your context and designed to use with your team.
Leading Culture Club
Your central space for peer connection, session replays and curated tools and resources, available when and how you need it.
Season Pass
Leading Culture Club members receive a season pass to Meredith's public online programs throughout the year. Live, topical and directly applicable to the work you're leading now.
Signed copies of Shift and Leadershift
A personal gift from Meredith to support your culture leadership journey, along with a reading guide to use with your team. Â
Time commitment:Two to three hours per month on average. Designed to fit around the demands of an executive calendar.
Over 12 months, you'll gain:
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A sharper understanding of your leadership impact and where to focus.
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Practical actions that deliver at pace, leading culture as part of your everyday work.
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Tools you’ll keep using, built for your context and your team.
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A trusted circle of executives navigating similar terrain.
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Language to speak credibly about culture up, across and through
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A culture plan built for your context.
You'll leave with the clarity, capacity and cut through to lead a culture worth belonging to.
Led by Meredith Wilson
A former executive with Wesfarmers, Australia's largest private employer, Meredith Wilson spent 20 years leading culture from the inside. A culture expert and author of Shift and Leadershift, she now works with executives as a speaker and mentor. Meredith works with leaders navigating culture through growth, complexity and change. She knows what it takes because she's done it.
Program Details
Duration:Â 12 months
The next intake opens March 2026. Intakes run three times per year.
Investment:Â $18,950+gst.
Payment plans are available when paying by credit card. Payment by invoice is available on request to team@meredithwilson.com.auÂ
What Executives Say About Working with Meredith
“Meredith makes culture simple and actionable”Â
~ CPO, Federal Government Agency.
“Meredith is very smart, a great communicator, pragmatic on commercial matters and unafraid to tackle either necessary detail or thorny issues.”
~ CEO, Industrial Gas
“Meredith has a way of surfacing exactly what’s beneath the surface - without judgement and without letting it slide. Our team still refers to the language and shifts she helped us make.”Â
~ C-suite, Financial Services
“Meredith is an exceptional strategic thinker with great depth of knowledge and experience. Meredith’s knowledge on culture, leadership and change management is exemplary.”Â
~ CEO, Retail
"Meredith has a unique ability to understand challenges and provide insightful and practical advice. She has a deep knowledge of leadership, people, culture, influence and strategy as well as an ability to connect on a personal level. I am grateful for the frameworks and tools that I am now able to draw on."Â
~ EGM Health & Safety, Mining
“Meredith is fiercely intelligent and so, so experienced. You immediately feel comfortable in her confidence. She also has that rare combination of being tough and brutally honest while being equally nurturing and caring.”
~ Founder, Design Agency
“Meredith is a transformational mentor with a wealth of real-world experience and insights to draw from.”Â
~ CFO, Manufacturing.
“Leading Culture is quite simply the best leadership development I have ever experienced. Meredith is a masterful communicator with a deep understanding of people and culture. Rather than investing in consultants, I am investing in my culture leadership and I am enjoying working with my team to drive culture change.”Â
~ GM, Energy Operations.
Ready to lead culture deliberately?
Apply now or book a call. Either way, the conversation starts with your context.
Leading Culture Overview
If you're ready to shape, shift and scale culture, learn more.
Leading Culture Program FAQs
Who is this program for?
Leading Culture is for executives accountable for shaping, shifting and scaling culture. This includes C-suite, executives, business leaders, founders and HR leaders who want the depth, structure and guidance to lead culture with clarity, capacity and cut through.
You might be:
- An executive integrating culture with strategy and delivery
- A business unit leader who can't wait for organisation-wide culture change
- An HR leader building capability to lead culture transformation across the organisation
- A CEO or founder wanting to shape culture deliberately as you scale
- A senior leader tasked with shifting culture
This program is for leaders who want to lead culture with their teams, supported by structure and guidance. It's not suitable for consultants, early - mid career HR or leaders.
What if I can’t attend everything live?
All live sessions are recorded and available in the Leading Culture Club. Strategy sessions are scheduled around your availability. The program is designed to work with your calendar, and you'll stay connected and current whether or not you attend every session live.
When does the program run?
Culture change doesn't wait for a convenient start date, and neither does this program. Leading Culture is purposefully designed to give you immediate access to support and content from the moment you join, while protecting the trust and dynamic of the peer group.
When you join, you start immediately. Your first strategy session with Meredith is scheduled straight away and you begin working through the Culture Activator, a self-paced program covering the frameworks and tools for shaping and shifting culture. This is the foundation you'll draw on throughout Leading Culture and beyond.
You step into the Labs and the full Leading Culture Club at the next intake, in March, July or October.
Applications are accepted year round and reviewed within 48 hours. If the timing isn't right for the next intake, you can reserve your place for the one that suits you best.
Can I use this program with my whole team?
Leading Culture is designed for individual executives. We limit participation to one person per organisation per intake to keep the group dynamic open, balanced and safe for real conversation.
If you're looking to support a broader leadership team or organisation, Meredith works in-house with executive teams as a speaker, mentor and Culture Partner. Get in touch at team@meredithwilson.com.au.
Is there a payment plan option?
Yes. Three payment options are available at checkout when paying by card:
- $18,950 once off
- $3,160 per month for 6 months
- $5,000 on commencement, then $2,325 per month for 6 months
All prices include GST. If you prefer to pay by invoice, contact us at team@meredithwilson.com.au.
How much time does the program require?
The rhythm is deliberate and designed to fit an executive calendar.
- 10 x Culture Labs: 60 minutes, held monthly February to November
- 6 x Strategy Sessions: scheduled across the year at your pace
- Culture Activator modules: self-paced, complete in your own time
- Leading Culture Club: available when and how you need it
Most participants invest 2 to 3 hours per month in the program itself. Culture work with your team is designed to integrate into the rhythms you already have.
What’s included in the program?
- Culture Activator (15 months access)
- 6 x Strategy Sessions with Meredith
- 10 x Culture Labs
- Season Pass to Meredith's public online programs
- Leading Culture Toolkit
- Leading Culture Club
- Signed copies of Shift and Leadershift
How do time zones work?
Live sessions are held Fridays 10:00am AEST (Brisbane). Here’s how that translates:
- ANZ: Business hours (ideal)
- Southeast Asia: 8:00am - 9:00am start (workable)
- Europe: 2:00am - 4:00am (asynchronous recommended)
- US East Coast: 8:00pm - 10:00pm (evening sessions)
- US West Coast: 5:00pm - 7:00pm (late afternoon)
If you’re outside ANZ or SE Asia, you’ll have full access to session replays, tools, and optional 1:1s in your timezone. The program works well for self-led, reflective leaders who don’t need to attend everything live to get traction.
Can more than one person from my organisation join the same cohort?
Leading Culture is designed for individual executives. We limit participation to one person per organisation per intake. This keeps the group dynamic open, balanced and safe for real conversation.
What happens after the 12 months?
When your program year concludes, you'll have the option to continue as a Leading Culture alumni through an ongoing membership to the Leading Culture Club. You'll stay connected, retain access to tools, resources and live sessions as the program evolves, for $500+GST per month. Entirely your call.
How do I apply?
Applications for Leading Culture are reviewed within 48 hours. You’ll receive a reply within 7 business days. If we’re not familiar already, you’ll also have the option to book a short call before confirming your place. Applications are reviewed for suitability and fit.
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