Design Institute of Australia is excited to share first access to LeaderSHIFT 2026, Growth Faculty’s landmark one-day summit designed for the reality leaders are facing right now.
In a rare keynote appearance, Esther Perel will deliver Relationships at Work a practical framework for building trust, enabling candour, repairing rupture, and strengthening culture inside high-performance teams.
The challenges we're addressing:
Eroding trust and culture fatigue
Hybrid work and AI adoption without alignment
Teams stretched thin, influence not landing
Performance expectations climbing while burnout looms
Four world-class thinkers bring you actionable frameworks for leading high-performance teams through uncertainty:
Esther Perel – Relationship intelligence & human connection
Steve Martin – Influence through behavioural science
Dr Susan David – Emotional agility under pressure
Michael Bunting – Self-awareness that drives team performance
What you’ll take away:
A relationship-centred blueprint to rebuild trust and candour in hybrid teams
Evidence-based influence techniques to align stakeholders and drive outcomes
Practical tools to navigate AI acceleration with human clarity
A repeatable model for performance under uncertainty
Why this matters now:
Crisis mode won't scale. The edge belongs to leaders who build trust faster, influence ethically, and execute with clarity under pressure.
Event details:
Sydney — Wednesday 25 February 2026 | 9:30am–5:30pm AEDT
Melbourne — Friday 27 February 2026 | 9:30am–5:30pm AEDT
VIP tickets are strictly limited – designed for leadership teams seeking facilitated proximity to Esther Perel and the full faculty.
Secure early access here with special ticket rates for DIA members.