5R public programme, Brisbane 2026
THE 5R LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
Leadership is a group process.
5R is a group-based leadership development framework that helps leaders create, advance, represent and embed a shared sense of “us”.
WORK WITH 5R
Ways to work with 5R
From small teams to complex organisations, we can shape the pathway, delivery format and level of support around your context.
Organisations
and teams
Bring 5R into your organisation, leadership cohort or intact team, with delivery shaped to your needs and scale.
Public
programmes
Join a facilitated 5R cohort and apply the framework directly with a group you lead.
Facilitator
accreditation
Develop the knowledge, facilitation capability and supported experience required to deliver 5R well.
Partner
with us
Work with us to extend 5R through aligned research, delivery, sector or regional partnerships.
OUR STARTING POINT
What we mean by leadership
5R is built from this starting point. It develops leadership through practical work undertaken by leaders with the groups they lead.
“The process whereby one or more people motivate one or more other people to contribute to the achievement of collective goals by shaping beliefs, values, and understandings in context.”
Four key points
Leadership is grounded in relationships and connections.
Without some form of followership there can be no leadership.
Leadership is more about getting people to want to do things than about making them do them.
Leadership is a group process and ultimately about the activities of collectives not just individuals.
HOW 5R WORKS
Five connected modules,
put into practice with the group
5R turns the science of identity leadership into a practical development process. Across five connected modules, participants develop their understanding of leadership and apply what they are learning with the groups they lead.
Readying
Why does ‘we’ matter?
Recognising social identity as a key resource for leadership.
Reflecting
Who are ‘we’?
Understanding the social identities that matter to people.
Representing
What are we about and what do we want to be?
Clarifying what ‘we’ stand for.
Realising
How do we become what we want to be?
Turning shared identity into collective action.
Reinforcing
How can we be better?
Sustaining shared identity over time.
LEADERSHIP IN PRACTICE
Learning by doing leadership
The activities undertaken with the group are not simply exercises completed after a workshop. They give leaders an opportunity to practise listening to, representing and mobilising the people they lead. Leadership development occurs through the work of leadership itself.
INTENDED OUTCOMES
What 5R aims to improve
5R aims to improve three connected aspects of group identity. Together, they provide a way of understanding whether a group has the shared sense of “us” needed for coordinated collective action (Haslam et al., 2022).
Identity Strength
Do people experience a meaningful sense of “us”?
The strength of members’ identification and connection with the group.
Identity Content
Do we understand who “we” are?
Clarity about the shared beliefs, values, priorities and ways of working that define the group.
Identity Alignment
Are our identities pulling in the same direction?
Alignment between the group’s identity, its wider organisational context and the goals people are working towards.
THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL
Identity Leadership
Grounded in the social identity approach, the Identity Leadership model describes how leaders Create, Advance, Represent and Embed a shared sense of “us” (Haslam et al., 2025; Lynch & McMillan, 2025; Steffens et al., 2014).
Create · Advance · Represent · Embed
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION
The social identity approach
Shared group membership shapes how people think, relate and act together.
A note on evaluation. These outcomes do not represent a fixed evaluation template. We work with each organisation to identify the outcomes that matter and determine the most appropriate evaluation methods for its objectives, context and practical constraints.
WHY 5R
Leadership development that reaches beyond the individual leader
5R combines a rigorous research foundation with a structured process that leaders apply with the groups they lead.
Grounded in research
Developed from the social identity approach to leadership and decades of research into leadership, groups and collective action.
Applied in the group
Leaders involve the people they lead, connecting development directly to their relationships, priorities and everyday work.
Adapted to context
Delivery, support and evaluation can be shaped around the organisation, participants and outcomes that matter.
START A CONVERSATION
Could 5R work in your organisation?
We work with organisations of different sizes and across different sectors to determine the most appropriate delivery approach.