Wow 2023\! What a way to celebrate our 20th birthday\! How will we ever top 2023 for giving you "Access to the World's Greatest Business Minds?"

That's our mission statement, and you can see below how enthusiastically we pursued it this year\!

Our [members](https://join.thegrowthfaculty.com/#plans) learned from none other than the 44th President of the U.S. **Barack Obama** , _Good to Great_ author **Jim Collins** , _Atomic Habits_ author **James Clear** , marketing guru **Seth Godin** , Columbia Universitys **Dorie Clark** , business growth expert **Tiffani Bova** , Dare to Lead certified **Kylie Lewis** , bestselling author **Patrick Lencioni** , **** and rugby legend **Dan Carter** , plus dozens more global thinkers.

**2023 - A wide range of topics**

Topics covered this year included _strategy, new ways to work, better habits, fundamentals of leadership, strengths assessment, meaning and purpose, ChatGPT, adaptability, accountability, psychological safety, diversity and inclusion, communication, employee experience_ , and _burnout._

**2023 - A Year of Firsts**

2023 was exciting for its many firsts; our **first in-person event** since the pandemic was also President Obamas **first ever public Australian event** , James Clears **first public tour** Down Under, a **world-first** immersion workshop in Chicago with Jim Collins, our **first Emerging Leaders Program** and our **first Senior Leadership Program** , our **first Northern Hemisphere** time zone event program, the **first of our _free_ Author Access events**, and the hotly anticipated announcement of **Adam Grants first Australian visit** in 2024.

No wonder more and more teams are getting on board with [Growth Faculty membership](https://join.thegrowthfaculty.com/growthfacultypass/).

_You bring in people to really address what's going on in workplaces all around the world - love this currency aspect\!_  Cavelle Monck \(event delegate\)

So, as we say a big thank you to our members, speakers, event delegates, and our partners and supporters, we reflect on a very busy year of learning and leadership development, and flag what's coming up for 2024.

[ **Free Download** : 10 Leadership Qualities That Will Help Solve Challenges in 2023](https://thegrowthfaculty.ac-page.com/leadershipqualities)

**2023  A Year in Numbers**

_"The most valuable investment I make into my professional development. The Growth Faculty is ahead of the curve for all of the topics that help me be a better leader._  Marnie McKew

**47,000** booked into our virtual events and masterclasses

**8000** renewed or became [Growth Faculty members](https://join.thegrowthfaculty.com/growthfacultypass/)

**10,000** heard directly from the 44th President of the U.S. at [Barack Obama LIVE](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/presidentobamaaustralianvisit)

**7000** learned about habits at [James Clear LIVE](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/JamesClearAtomicHabitsevent)

**1100** discovered the [foundations of leadership](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/ELPfoundationsofleadership) with Kylee Stone

**700** CEOs and high-level executives travelled to Chicago, USA, for our **** Good to Great immersion workshop with Jim Collins \([Book here for 2024](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RqnEEAS)\)

**1200** found out what theyre good at from [_Patrick Lencioni  Six Types of Working Genius_](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/6typesofworkinggenius)

**1000** got started on [ChatGPT with Mark Pesce](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/gettingstartedchatGPT)

**40** world-class masterclasses were staged \(see [what's coming up](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/?promoCode=Blog#liveevents)\)

**8** global authors were interviewed for our business book club

**300,000** views of our Top 10 blogs were logged, as well as

**4000** views of our Top 5 videos in the On Demand library

**100s** of positive testimonials and 5-star Google reviews made us smile ****

**100s** of Continuing Professional Education \(CPE\) certificates were issued

**2023  Global Headliners**

_Thanks to the Growth Faculty team for putting on a world-class event full of practical and actionable insights that can be directly applied to the continued growth and success of our business\! -_ Gary Breininger

Every year we feature speakers whose impact on the global stage is unquestioned. This year we featured [President Barack Obama](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/presidentobamaaustralianvisit), as well as:

**James Clear, author of  _Atomic Habits_**

_James Clear Live was a well-organised event with a world-class speaker in a great location._ - Dr Clara Chu

7000 enthusiastic habit-makers and breakers were given an inspirational shot in the arm at our in-person and livestream events with James Clear, author of \#1 New York Times bestseller _"Atomic Habits."_

Ticketholders heard James expand [his best quotes](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/topquotesatomichabits) like:

_"Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become."_

Moderator Holly Ransom, speaker, and author of _The Leading Edge,_ added value with her fresh perspective on James Clears concepts.

**Patrick Lencioni, author of _Six Types of Working Genius_**

_"If you want to be successful and fulfilled in your work, you must tap into your gifts. That can't happen if you don't know what those gifts are." -_ Patrick Lencioni, leadership speaker

Organisational health expert Patrick Lencioni guided us through his fascinating diagnostic tool [The 6 Types of Working Genius.](https://www.workinggenius.com/) He says we all have something were good at, and they fall into the buckets of:

1. **Wonder** - you see potential.
  2.  **Invention** - you see ideas.
  3.  **Discernment** - you assess ideas.
  4.  **Galvanizing** - you rally others to act on ideas.
  5.  **Enablement** - you help to bring ideas to life.
  6.  **Tenacity** - you push ideas to completion.

Patrick is the bestselling author of _The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,_ and one of our most popular speakers.

In 2024 our Global Headline speakers will include none other than top-ranked Thinkers50 awardees **Professor Amy Edmondson** of Harvard and organisational psychologist **Adam Grant**.

**2023 - Masterclasses**

Our live and interactive masterclasses are a weekly feature of the Growth Faculty calendar. Below's the list of incredible speakers we featured in 2023, and click here to [see who's up next](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/?promoCode=Blog#liveevents)[.](https://growth.lightning.force.com/lightning/r/Blog_Post__c/a1d4G000004oYwKQAU/view)

Yamini Naidu  on [storytelling](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/howtodobusinessstorytelling)

Kylee Stone  on [purposeful leadership](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/purposefulleadership)

Barry OReilly  on [unlearning and behaviour change](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/unlearning)

Andrea Clarke  on [adapting to change](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/adaptabilityintheworkplace)

Mark Green  on [accountability](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/accountabilityproductivity)

Dorie Clark  on [strategic thinking techniques](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/dorieclarkstrategicthinking)

Aaron Dignan  on [new ways to work](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/newwaystowork)

Kaihan Krippendorf  on [ideas for innovation](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/kaihankrippendorffIDEASframework)

Kylie Lewis  on [courageous leadership](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/barrierstocourageouscultureBreneBrown)

Deborah Keep  on [impact players](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/traitsofhighperformingemployees)

Duncan Young  on [building your ideal day](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/wellbeingtips)

Holly Ransom  on [designing habits for success](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/successfulhabits)

Kylie Lewis  on [psychological safety](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/psychologicallysafeworkplaces)

Mark Pesce  on ChatGPT and AI chatbots [class \#1](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/aiforleaders) and [class \#2](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/gettingstartedchatGPT)

Michael Bungay Stanier  on [getting on with people at work](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/workplacerelationships)

Netta Jenkins  on [building an inclusive organisation](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/DEIframework)

Shannon Byrne Susko  on [strategic execution](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/stepsforsuccessfulgrowth)

Tiffani Bova  on [employee experience](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/employeeexperience)

Trudy Macdonald  on [team burnout](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/howtohelpburnoutatwork)

Jonny Camara - on [giving feedback](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/feedbackteamradicalcandor)

Sara Nanyakkara  on [building brave leaders](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/BreneBrownCourage)

Steve Martin  on [influence and persuasion at work](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/MasterclassonInfluenceatWork)

Kylee Stone  Emerging Leaders Program classes on [foundations of leadership](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/ELPfoundationsofleadership), [purpose in leadership](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/importanceofpurposeinleadership), [resilience](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/understandingresilience), [communication](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/communicationskillsforgreatleadership), and [strategic alignment](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/importanceofstrategicalignment)

John Spence  Senior Leadership Program classes on [people and talent](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/peopleatwork), [culture](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/winningorganisationalculture), [customer focus](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/customerfocuscustomerservice), and [execution and accountability](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/strategicplanforsuccess)

Claire Harrison  on [communication](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/communicationskills)

**2023  Our Top Books**

I really enjoy curating a premium selection of speakers and authors to feature in our [annual program](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/?promoCode=Blog#liveevents). Premium members receive to their door **eight personally-selected business books** per year, and can interact with the authors in our popular Author Access interviews.

Here are the titles I selected this year and I've mentioned two more to make it a [10 best business books list](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/bestbusinessbooks) for 2023. These exceptional books explore themes of finding your **potential** , changing your **habits** , leading with **empathy** , improving **self-awareness** , **capacity-building** , and **employee experience** , pushing through **obstacles** and dealing with **setbacks** , finding **meaning** , and understanding **Chat GPT**.

**2023  Our Most Watched Videos**

There are more than 400 great resources in our On Demand library with content added weekly. Weve also got more event highlights coming in 2024.

The top topics of interest were **leadership, people, strategy, inspiration** , and **execution**. Growth Faculty members favoured these 5 videos for their professional and personal development:

- Atomic Habits - James Clear Live \(1019 views\)

- [Influence at Work  Steve Martin ](https://library.growthfaculty.com/Play?pId=110b4db3-64af-4ef6-8b2f-a4a7f8c27142)\(905\)

- [Creating a Culture of Accountability  Mark Green](https://library.growthfaculty.com/Play?pId=3e33c14f-30b6-4302-be4a-0b11668bfa96) \(877\)

- [ How to Work with \(Almost\) Anyone  Michael Bungay Stanier](https://library.growthfaculty.com/Play?pId=f17caad5-4079-47cb-991a-cb041aaf35ea) \(848\)

- [Emerging Leaders Program - Session One: The Foundations of Great Leadership](https://library.growthfaculty.com/Play?pId=fb9dde4a-2c35-4723-949c-402b74c3a88b) \(789\)

**2023  Our Top 10 Most Popular Blogs**

Meanwhile, we had hundreds of thousands of views of our top 10 blog articles. Have you read any of our most popular articles yet?

1\. [Our favourite quotes from Atomic Habits by James Clear](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/topquotesatomichabits)

2\. [6 Types of Working Genius: New leadership tool from Patrick Lencioni](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/6typesofworkinggenius)

3\. [15 mantras for winning like the All Blacks at Team Culture: James Kerr's Legacy](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/summaryLegacyAllBlacksJamesKerrbook)

4\. [Good to Great: The key traits of Jim Collins Level 5 Leadership](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/levelfiveleadership)

5\. [Our Favourite Quotes From Malala Yousafzai](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/favouritequotesfrommalala)

6\. [Pat Lencionis Team Building Activities To Grow Stronger Organisations](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/teambuilding)

7\. [Bren Brown Top Tip: Assume Others Are Doing The Best They Can](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/BrenBrowntoptipassumeothersaredoingthebesttheycan)

8\. [Overview: Patrick Lencioni  4 Pillars Of High Performing Cultures](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/thoughtleaderpatricklencioni)

9\. [Our Favourite Adam Grant Quotes For Leaders - Both Short & Longer](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/adamgrantquotes)

10\. [10 Ideas for Getting 1% Better Every Day With Atomic Habits](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/blog/get1percentbetteratomichabits)

**2024  Whats Ahead**

Can we top 2023 in 2024? We plan to give it a red-hot go, kicking off with some of the worlds most respected thinkers.

**January -**[ **Amy Edmonson**](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RloiEAC) ****

The worlds \#1 ranked management thinker on the Thinkers50 list is Harvard professor **Amy Edmondson** and weve got her booked In January 2024 for a free live virtual event\!

Edmondson has just won the Financial Times and Schroders **Business Book of the Year** with her new book _Right Kind of Wrong,_ described by the judges as a highly readable and relevant book, with important lessons for leaders and managers everywhere. Dont miss [our interview](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RloiEAC) with Amy.

**February **[ **Adam Grant LIVE**](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000R00ZEAS) **and**[ **Adam Grant LIVESTREAM**](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RA9XEAW)

With 30 million views on his TED talks, chart-topping podcasts WorkLife and ReThinking, and a new book out _Hidden Potential,_ organisational psychologist Adam Grant is hot property right now, and were very proud to be hosting his **first Australian tour**.

Ranked \#2 on the Thinkers50 list, Adam Grant will be live on stage for half day workshops in [Melbourne on 20 February](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000R00ZEAS#location-a059g000004z1QJAAY) and [Sydney on 22 February](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000R00ZEAS#location-a059g000004z1QIAAY). Early bird ticket pricing ends December 15. Make sure youre part of this exciting event.

**February **[ **Emerging Leaders Program**](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RcNwEAK) **\(5 modules\)**

Run successfully in 2023, this is a freshened up live virtual program on the foundations of leadership led by executive coach **Kylee Stone** , a descendant of the stolen generation of the Wakka Wakka and Kulluli nations.

Kylee is a warm and passionate speaker who emphasises the importance of values and purpose, resilience, strategic alignment, and communication. Make sure your high potentials and A players are booked into this engaging and interactive program.

**March **[ **Andrew McAfee**](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RoStEAK)

Get up to date with our free live virtual event with **Andrew McAfee** , a Principal Research Scientist at MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founder of MITs Initiative on the Digital Economy.

The _New York Times_ bestselling authors new book is _The Geek Way,_ showing us that being geeky is a new and innovative way to see the world. Learn for yourself by [joining us](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RoStEAK)\!

**October **[ **Jim Collins**](https://www.thegrowthfaculty.com/event.php?eventId=a1J9g000000RqnEEAS)

For the second time, Jim Collins presents a full-day workshop LIVE in Chicago, U.S.

Bring your team, join an exclusive group of executive leaders, highly motivated to implement the time-tested, research based, practical framework of Good to Great and Jims full body of work.

Events are added regularly, so keep up to date by [downloading our program.](https://thegrowthfaculty-my.sharepoint.com/personal/christine_growthfaculty_com/Documents/See%20who's%20up%20next.)

Finally, we will also reveal our **exciting new website** to be launched early 2024. Stay tuned for more details and features to get more out of your [Growth Faculty membership](https://join.thegrowthfaculty.com/#plans).

**Office closed dates**

So, as we look towards the New Year one thing is clearwe all need a relaxing holiday so were ready to absorb all the professional and personal learnings coming our way in 2024\!

Our office will be closed from Wednesday, December 21, 2023, and reopen on Monday, January 8, 2024. Until then, from myself and all the team, have a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

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Thank you 2023! Growth Faculty's Amazing Year in Review

A quick look back on our 20th year building the Growth Faculty community

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