Leadership Evolution:
Growing Self, People & Culture

A CoreBridge Advisory flagship program for Universities — designed to transform how universities lead, connect, and evolve from the inside out.

Exclusive one-day program is designed to:

Growing Self

Offer a psychologically safe space to reflect, reset, and recommit

Growing People

Build trust-based leadership capability across academic and professional staff

Growing Culture

Elevate leaders who influence people, culture, and purpose — not just systems

Meet the Team

At the heart of Leadership Evolution is an extraordinary facilitation team. This program is delivered by leaders who have shaped national policy, leadership educators, national leaders, mentored heads of state, and lived through the very complexities facing universities today. Their credibility, presence, and insight are unmatched in the leadership development landscape.

Prof. Emeritus Margaret Hay

Prof. Hay brings global expertise in health education, leadership psychology, and institutional development. She is internationally respected for her ability to translate complex behavioural science into practical leadership growth.

Led Monash’s executive education and professional development for educators
Former Faculty member and Lead of International Programs, Harvard Macy Institute (Harvard University)
Specialist in leadership learning, psychological safety, and workforce resilience

Ray Lind ONZM

Ray is a strategic operator who rebuilt New Zealand’s care and health workforce system. He is nationally decorated for his work in governance and leadership development and brings hard-earned insight into systems change and operational trust.

Former CEO of Careerforce NZ; doubled sector reach and reputation
ONZM recipient for services to training governance
Former faculty at Monash & Harvard Macy Institute leadership courses
Expert in succession, mentoring, operational reform, and identity-informed leadership

The Hon. Dame Annette King

An icon of public leadership, Dame Annette brings unmatched political, mentoring, and leadership experience. Her calm strength, clarity, and capacity to mentor under pressure have influenced generations of senior leaders.

NZ’s longest-serving woman in Parliament; held 10+ portfolios in Cabinet
Former High Commissioner to Australia
Mentor to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Insightful voice on gender, power, influence, and institutional endurance

Benjie Norman

Benjie is a higher education strategist who partners with executive leaders across the globe. She combines lived experience with commercial and cultural acumen, creating growth, equity-driven change environments.

Trusted advisor to VCs, DVCs, and Deans on long-term strategy
Expertise in cultural recovery and equity-centred leadership
Lived insight into identity and systemic navigation
Practical, implementation-focused approach to complex international development

Leadership Evolution Program Purpose and Strategic Value

A renewed sense of clarity, purpose, and confidence among university leaders.
Practical capability uplift in trust-building, identity awareness, and complexity navigation.
Strengthened internal cultural alignment across teams and divisions.
Visible and strategic investment in culture, retention, and whole-of-university leadership.
A cohort of leaders better equipped to lead change, hold space, and inspire trust in others.
Foster the development of future leaders by cultivating leadership abilities in individuals at all levels, including those without formal titles, to build a culture of shared responsibility and influence.

Leadership Evolution: Growing Self, People & Culture

Exclusive one-day program is designed to:

Growing Self

Growing People

Growing Culture

Meet the Team

Prof. Hay brings global expertise in health education, leadership psychology, and institutional development. She is internationally respected for her ability to translate complex behavioural science into practical leadership growth.

Led Monash’s executive education and professional development for educators

Former Faculty member and Lead of International Programs, Harvard Macy Institute (Harvard University)

Specialist in leadership learning, psychological safety, and workforce resilience

Ray is a strategic operator who rebuilt New Zealand’s care and health workforce system. He is nationally decorated for his work in governance and leadership development and brings hard-earned insight into systems change and operational trust.

Former CEO of Careerforce NZ; doubled sector reach and reputation

ONZM recipient for services to training governance

Former faculty at Monash & Harvard Macy Institute leadership courses

Expert in succession, mentoring, operational reform, and identity-informed leadership

An icon of public leadership, Dame Annette brings unmatched political, mentoring, and leadership experience. Her calm strength, clarity, and capacity to mentor under pressure have influenced generations of senior leaders.

NZ’s longest-serving woman in Parliament; held 10+ portfolios in Cabinet

Former High Commissioner to Australia

Mentor to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Insightful voice on gender, power, influence, and institutional endurance

Benjie is a higher education strategist who partners with executive leaders across the globe. She combines lived experience with commercial and cultural acumen, creating growth, equity-driven change environments.

Trusted advisor to VCs, DVCs, and Deans on long-term strategy

Expertise in cultural recovery and equity-centred leadership

Lived insight into identity and systemic navigation

Practical, implementation-focused approach to complex international development

Leadership Evolution Program Purpose and Strategic Value

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Leadership Evolution:
Growing Self, People & Culture