ABOUT · PETE SHEPHERD
A periscope helps people see things they can't see.
Every program here is built to do exactly that. To help your leaders see things they can't.
What this is. What it isn't.
What this is.
A leadership development practice for real leaders. Through cohort programs, executive coaching, and the occasional keynote, the work helps leaders lead themselves, lead others and lead the future.
What it isn't.
A franchise. A content brand pretending to be a practice. A productised methodology. No certifications to sell. No army of associates. No "thought leadership funnel." Just real practice, focused on real skills, for real impact.
Companies served
More than 150, including Google, Westpac, Woolworths, Kraft Heinz, Toyota, Alfred Health, ResMed, the Australian Navy, and many others.
Leaders worked with
10,000+.
From around the world.
About Pete.
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Pete Shepherd is the founder of Human Periscope, a leadership development practice. He's worked with thousands of leaders across more than 150 organisations, including Google, Woolworths, Westpac, Kraft Heinz, Toyota, Alfred Health, and the Australian Navy.
Pete is the former Head Coach of Seth Godin's altMBA and a TEDx speaker (What if Imposter Syndrome is a Good Thing?). He co-hosts The Long and The Short Of It, a weekly leadership podcast with Jen Waldman, and writes the Noodle Scratchers blog.
His work centres on one idea: the most important leadership skills are the human ones.
He's also six-foot-seven. A literal human periscope. Get it?