Leadership · Strategy · Performance

Sharper judgement.
Unflinching execution.
Results over rhetoric. The measured advantage.

We work with boards, leaders, founders and elite athletes who are driven by purpose, fuelled by curiosity and genuinely willing to get uncomfortable in pursuit of personal and organisational excellence. Rather than expecting theory and idealism to land, this work is 100% actionable and measured - Today.

Program Performance - Anonymous all participant polls pre & post
+13% Leadership capability improvement across key traits. Average for all program partners FY26
8.7 1:1 coaching score /10. Average across all participant companies FY26
8.2 Group program value vs. other Leadership programs attended
100% Request program continuation after 1:1 Phase 1 FY26

"They thrive when reputation is on the line, and when the cost is real."

What We Do

Our programs

Leadership Coaching

An action-oriented program that drives immediate personal and professional returns. We meet leaders where they are and accelerate the cognition, actions and disciplines needed to thrive, unblock and grow enduring new Leadership muscle. Balancing a combination of trust, filterless exploration and helpful data, this 3-month 'always on' program requires some bravery and pays dividends immediately.

Executives · Entrepreneurs

Board Advisory

M&P explicitly delivers value for boards at the intersection of technology and human transformation - enabling them to achieve clarity so that innovation and strategy turn into disciplined and measurable impact. With forming and revitalising boards, we drive a clear understanding and definition of their exact role, mode and contribution in a structured and management aligned approach.

Governance · Strategy

Growth Strategy

Turning ambition into execution - sharpening positioning, GTM and commercial planning so that our partners win greater share of customer hearts, minds and wallets. We embrace the realities of change avoidance, psychosocial factors and post-pandemic workplace power dynamics to execute growth with precision.

GTM · Brand

AI Enhancement

We embrace and integrate AI in program design and measurement, and coach its application in high-performance Leadership to enhance judgement and embed decision-making at scale. This allows us to focus where it doesn't - challenging self-deception and ego before they become action and strategy.

Speed · Decision-Making
Kerry McCabe presenting at Mediaweek

"Our clients don't need another advisor. They need a battle-tested, independent partner to go with them into the tension, cut to the truth, and hold them accountable to themselves."

Kerry McCabe

McCabe & Partners
Our Approach

Leaders don't lack information.
They lack clarity when decisions become personal.

We thrive where truth prevails over politeness, clarity over jargon and momentum over perfection.

Sitting with our partners inside the decisions - cutting through noise, ego and fear so they act with bravery, judgement and conviction. Not in hindsight. Not theoretically. In the moment it matters.

What that looks like

  • -Challenging self-deception before it becomes strategy
  • -Thoughts management as a Leadership superpower
  • -Separating instinct from ego
  • -Choosing the standards Leaders are willing to live with
  • -Turning insight into behaviour under pressure

This isn't motivational work. It's meta-cognition in action; disciplined thinking and acting under load.

The outcome? Leaders decide cleanly, act decisively, lead consistently - and win without losing themselves.

Because business is personal - McCabe & Partners
Program Results

Measurable results - every time.

What We Measure
FY26 Program Avg. Anon. All participating companies at 6-month point
Leadership dimensions tracked and reported across every M&P engagement - pre, during and post.
Strengths clarity
+14%
Strengths deployment
+13%
Leadership confidence
+18%
Accountability culture
+12%
Difficult conversations
+15%
Mindset clarity
+10%
M&P
Managing Partner

Kerry McCabe

Kerry McCabe - Managing Partner

Kerry McCabe is a commercially astute and emotionally literate leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, communication and human psyche.

With an international leadership background in media, marketing, technology and sport, Kerry is known for his ability to cut through noise and put himself and his team on the hook - not the clock. He believes strongly in truth over politeness and momentum over perfection.

Kerry's drive to shift behaviour and redesign systems for impact extends beyond the boardroom. He is the Founder of UnLtd - the AUNZ media and marketing industry social impact organisation which has distributed $400m+ in grants and services to improve the lives of at-risk young people.

Kerry serves as Chair of Lifeline International, supporting 40 member organisations across 30 countries toward the bold vision that by 2050, every global citizen has access to effective crisis support.

McCabe & Partners
What Our Partners Say
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Programs that make values, behaviours and culture relatable, tangible and performance enhancing.

Michael Green
Head of Tenant Representation AUNZ
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Action orientated coaching and exec. training that's highly accountable - there's nowhere to hide.

Hayden Baker
Head of Property & Casualty AUNZ
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Personalised coaching and actionable training that drives immediate behavioural and business improvements.

Mikaela Lancaster
Managing Director
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Effortlessly facilitates challenging group strategy work.

Mark Evans
Pro-Vice Chancellor (Enterprise)
Public Company Partners

Trusted by leading organisations

2026 Public Company Partners - Spotify, JLL, CHUBB, Nine, TPG Telecom, eftpos, ep&t global

2026 Public Company Partners

Ready to think more clearly
and act more boldly?

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