Coaching Leaders

Rodney Barber provides high-trust coaching to leaders working in complex public and place-based systems. His work focuses on helping leaders make better decisions for better outcomes by strengthening the quality of decision-making within real political, institutional, and community contexts.

All engagements draw on Rodney’s Better Decisions Better Outcomes (BDBO) framework and his experience working with councils, communities, and developing-country governments.

Suburb-Level Coaching to Adopt the ACoRN Model

This offering supports suburb leaders to adopt and embed the ACoRN Model as a practical approach to strengthening community resilience and public value at the local level.

The ACoRN Model emerged from applying key stages of Rodney’s Better Decisions Better Outcomes (BDBO) framework at a suburb level, working alongside local leaders to identify the most practical public-value solution for building resilience in their community.

Nature of the engagement

· Short-term, high-trust coaching (not facilitation)

· Focused on leadership judgement, system alignment, and local ownership

· Designed to complement (not replace) community-led implementation

Investment

· 1 day per week for 2 months

· $500 per day

· $4,000 per engagement

Funding

· Potentially funded by local councils or partner agencies

District-Level Coaching to Establish or Apply BDBO

(Councils, Mayors’ Offices, Senior Executives, Regional Partnerships)

Option 1: Short-Term Coaching to Establish BDBO

This engagement supports senior leaders to establish the application of the 5-stage BDBO framework within their existing public value decision-making system, aligned to Long-Term Planning (LTP) processes commencing mid-2026.

Nature of the engagement

· Short-term, high-trust coaching

· Focused on improving confidence and clarity in decision-making

· Not facilitation, training, or report-writing

Investment

· 1 day per week for 2 months

· $1,500 per day

· $12,000 per engagement

Option 2: Medium-Term Coaching to Apply BDBO

This option supports leaders to apply the full 5-stage BDBO framework to a real place-based decision agenda, embedded within their public value decision-making system and Long-Term Planning (LTP) processes.

Nature of the engagement

· Medium-term, high-trust coaching

· Focused on real decisions, trade-offs, and implementation learning

· Builds internal leadership capability and confidence

· Not facilitation, training, or report-writing

Investment

· 1 day per week for 5 months

· $1,500 per day

· $50,000 per engagement

How Rodney Works with Leaders

RBA works with leaders who are willing to face complexity honestly, make difficult trade-offs transparently, and lead for outcomes that communities can see, trust, and live with.

This work is relational, decision-focused, and grounded in public value rather than short-term optimisation.