About Us

LMA has been creating exceptional results through people for 40 years. Founded by our Executive Chairman Grant Sexton in 1972, and now helmed by our CEO Andrew Henderson, LMA is an Australasian owned business which works with organisations to boost their bottom line by:

• Developing the leadership of their key people
• Improving their performance and productivity.

As a recognised leader of training and development in Australia, Grant’s vision was for a process which could achieve permanent behavioural change, impacting people’s lives both personally and professionally.

Grant Sexton understood the importance of developing the ‘total person’ in all facets of their personal and professional life, and knew that ultimately this was the only way to boost the performance, productivity and bottom line of an organisation. Grant believed that people development could truly become a life-changing experience: one that brought about permanent change in attitudes and behaviours, and created very positive outcomes in participants’ personal lives and careers. Grant’s vision has brought LMA to where it is today. A company that’s been at the forefront of people development in Australasia for decades with:

• A team of over 140 people who share his vision
• Partnerships with more than 1600 leading organisations
• Courses delivered to over 115,000 people at up to 70 metropolitan and regional locations across Australia and New Zealand.

We don’t train people - we develop them through our unique development process - and there’s a massive difference. Information received through traditional training methods is quickly forgotten. However, if you can actually change and improve the way people think, work, interact and live, their value to your organisation will continue to grow indefinitely. Without application, short training courses deliver knowledge without behavioural change. But with a focus on application back in the workplace, our unique development process provides:

• Permanent behavioural change of participants
• Measurable results against pre-determined goals and objectives
• Identifiable ROI per participant

We’ve had a long history of creating trends, not following them. We do things differently. Everything about our courses is geared towards permanent behavioural change, right from the start of a course. Our methods work. They’ve been tried, tested and proven for 40 years. In fact, more than 87% of clients who use us for the first time will use us again. These clients include some of Australasia’s best-known organisations in all sectors, and include:

• Small to medium businesses
• Large corporations
• Government departments
• Not for profit organisations

Utilising our extensive network of development experts, we provide our clients with consistent professional development nationally at over 70 locations throughout Australia and New Zealand, so you’ll find LMA close by.

LMA has been creating exceptional results through people for four decades, and the principle key to our success, and the success of our participants and clients, is our Unique Development Process. This process is a powerful, proven methodology that's been enhancing the leadership skills, performance and productivity of over 115,000 people from thousands of organisations across Australia and New Zealand. Unlike conventional training courses, our Unique Development Process brings about permanent and positive change in attitudes and behaviours that result in increased performance and productivity for the individual, and improved profitability for their organisation. We are able to achieve this through our three core Unique Development Process fundamentals:

• We develop the 'total person' in all facets of their personal and professional life
• Our step-by-step blended learning and development process incorporates best practice learning techniques and methodologies
• Embedded into our process are nine key adult learning development principles.

Read a more thorough explanation of our unique development process.

LMA has successfully partnered with thousands of organisations over the last 40 years, aligning courses, content and delivery methods to best meet their individual training and development needs. Accordingly, we offer both "open enrolment" programs, where the LMA course is delivered off-site to participants from a variety of organisations, or custom solutions delivered on-site ("in-house") that are tailored more specifically to your needs. Read more about the features and benefits of open enrolment courses and tailored solutions.

Imagine the difference it would make to your organisation if your people were working to their full potential. Our unique development process starts by comparing where your people are now against where you’d like them to be. We then work with you to bridge the gaps. We call this gap resolution. This gap resolution will change the nature of your workplace. When your people feel valued, confident and engaged, it will make a positive difference both at work and in their personal lives. The immediate flow-through effect on your entire organisation is powerful and measurable. We achieve higher morale, better job satisfaction and employee engagement,  higher retention, productivity and profitability.

"By addressing the needs of the organisation and the participant, both professional and personal, LMA consistently delivers outstanding results."

Michael Craner, GM Learning and Organisational Development Boral

After your people have experienced LMA’s unique development process, you’ll notice many substantial improvements. Depending on the goals and objectives set out by management prior to a course, participants can achieve:

• Improved leadership and management skills
• Improved culture and working environment
• Enhanced business planning, expansion and growth
• Better targets and KPIs
• Improved communications and attitudes
• Ability to exercise more personal responsibility

Your organisation can also improve its ability to attract and retain better people.

LMA creates exceptional results through people. We transform people and organisations, creating a high performance environment, boosting productivity and performance, and improving the bottom line. If you would like to get to know us better Contact Us today to speak to an LMA representative in your area.