Beyond the Traits – Real Conversations in Leadership & Coaching
We become better leaders when we learn to manage our traits — the light and the shadow.

Join us for a reflective, evidence-informed leadership session designed for coaches, leaders, and professionals who want to move beyond personality labels and learn how self-awareness and self-regulation drive real leadership effectiveness.

This interactive session explores how the same traits that help us succeed can limit us when they are overused, underused, or left unexamined — and how learning to regulate these traits creates better outcomes for ourselves, our teams, and those we coach.

From Traits to Choice: Leading Without Autopilot
Rather than “fixing” personality, this session focuses on managing intensity — recognising when a trait is serving you well, and when it starts running the show.

Through lived experience, facilitated discussion, and practical tools, participants will explore how awareness becomes choice — and how small, intentional adjustments in behaviour can improve leadership presence, ethical practice, and impact.

What You’ll Learn
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify one high-impact personal trait and recognise its light and shadow pattern 
• Understand how overuse or underuse of strengths can affect leadership effectiveness 
• Apply a simple Trait Dial process to regulate behaviour under pressure 
• Practice a brief micro-coaching conversation that converts insight into a practical growth experiment 
• Link trait self-management to ethical, credentialled coaching practice and leadership excellence 

Session Experience 

• Facilitated reflection grounded in real leadership experience 
• Evidence-based concepts presented in a practical, accessible way 
• A short live coaching demonstration showing awareness → choice → action 
• Small-group discussion to safely apply insights 
• Clear alignment to ICF Core Competencies and professional coaching standards

Who Should Attend
Coaches and facilitators committed to embedding ethical, evidence-based coaching into leadership and organisational practice.

🗓  Thursday 26 February
🕓 5:00pm for 5:30pm start, to 7:30pm
📍 Cliftons Perth, Parmelia House — 191 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000
🍃 To enhance your event experience, ICF WA partners with Cliftons Perth to provide high-quality catering and seamless coordination. By registering, you agree that your name and email will be shared with Cliftons for event management and limited post-event follow-up related to their venue services.

Facilitated by Sophie Hannington& Chantal Blais

CCE hours TBC.