Our approach to our work is founded on three core ideas.
1.The environment that leaders are currently operating in is increasingly complex and unpredictable. |
2.The skills needed to exercise effective leadership have changed. |
3.The way we develop leadership needs to change. |
In response to an increasingly complex and unpredictable environment, the skills, capabilities and mindsets a leader needs have changed.
Our Team.
The Uncharted team has over 50 years experience in leadership development, coaching and facilitation.
Barry Bales PhDAustin, Texas
Barry is a Director of Uncharted Leadership in the USA.
Previously Barry was the Assistant Dean for Professional Development at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. He continues to hold a faculty position as Clinical Professor of Public Policy Practice in the School’s Executive Master in Public Leadership Program. Barry is a frequent seminar/conference speaker in the areas of leadership, systems thinking, strategic planning, and executive development, and has taught, consulted with, and coached leaders and executives in 15 US states and nine foreign countries. He has a Ph.D. in Adult and Human Resource Development Leadership from the University of Texas at Austin. |
Diana RennerMelbourne, Australia
Diana is a director and co-founder of the Uncharted Leadership Institute, Australia.
Diana has extensive experience designing and facilitating leadership development programs within Australia and internationally. She was a guest faculty member for Harvard University’s ‘The Art and Practice of Leadership Development’ program in 2013 and is adjunct faculty with Monash University in Australia. Diana holds a Post Graduate Diploma of Organisational Change & Consulting (Organisational Dynamics) and a Bachelor of Law / Arts. She is the Chair of the Australian Adaptive Leadership Institute and a member of the International Leadership Association. Diana is a co-author of 'Not Knowing: the art of turning uncertainty into opportunity' (2014), winner of the 2015 Management Book of the Year award in the U.K. and 'Not Doing: the art of effortless action' (2018). |
Andrew StevensAdelaide, Australia
Andrew is a Director and co-founder of the Uncharted Leadership Institute, Australia.
Andrew is passionate about the role that management and leadership development plays in making organizations, communities and even societies more productive, more human and more successful. Andrew spent the last seven years as Director and Assistant Dean of the Executive Education Unit at the University of Adelaide, where he led a wide variety of Leadership and Management programs for approximately 1200 participants per year. He completed an MBA at the University of Adelaide in 2005 and is a fellow of the Governors Leadership Foundation Program (GLF). He is also a graduate of the 'Art and Practice of Leadership Development' program at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. |
Dr Fred JonesAustin, Texas
Fred is a senior associate with Uncharted Leadership.
Fred has taken a deep interest in developing people and the organizations they lead for more than two decades. His work as a coach, facilitator, teacher, and program designer is guided by an innovative spirit and a desire for people to be their biggest and best selves. Fred has worked in the United States with Humana, Texas Children’s Hospital, Progressive Insurance and Ernst & Young. His experience with health care is something more: an unshakable passion. Fred earned a doctorate in adult learning and leadership from Columbia University and holds a Master’s in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh. He is an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, and a graduate of Georgetown University's renowned Leadership Coaching Program. |
Development based on evidence rather than anecdotes.
We would like to make a contribution to changing the way leadership is developed. We understand this is a lofty ambition, but it is an ambition we feel is worth pursuing. |
Leadership and leadership development is a huge industry that can sometimes value anecdotes more than evidence. In our own small way we would like to change this by making research a part of everything we do. We feel this is especially important in the emerging field of developing leaders for success in complexity.
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We actively dedicate a percentage of our time to providing services at little or no charge.
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Do you want to know more about our pro-bono work, or to inquire if your organization would be eligible? If so, then we would welcome to opportunity to speak with you. |
Are you an organization focused on social outcomes? |
We love new
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We would welcome the opportunity to speak with you about how we can bring our skills, knowledge and experience to your organization to help you to be more successful in complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty.
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