About PROfound Leadership
We make leadership practical, human-centred, and empowering.
At PROfound Leadership, we’re on a mission to build capability and confidence in people, teams, and organisations - one meaningful session at a time.
🏆Bringing award-winning leadership services to you.
PROfound Leadership is an award-winning Melbourne-based business with a proven track record of empowering individuals and teams across Australia and internationally.
We deliver practical, engaging group training sessions, one-on-one coaching programs, and accessible eLearning courses that build confidence, leadership capability, and real-world results.
From impactful workshops and leadership programs to inspiring keynotes and strategy facilitation, our offerings are designed to meet diverse learning needs - always with a focus on simplicity, empowerment, and meaningful growth.
❗Denotion.
PROfound stands for any simple yet impactful distinctions, strategies, beliefs, skills, or tools that enhance professional life, workforce, or organisation.
Our commitment is to assist clients become aware, understand, and implement these distinctions for sustainable growth and success.
At PROfound Leadership, we’re on a mission to build capability and confidence in people, teams, and organisations—one meaningful session at a time.
Award-winning
Melbourne Business Network Awards
LEADERSHIP AWARD
WINNER
PROfound Leadership
Asia Pacific Learning Impact Award
L&D PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Finalist
PROfound Leadership
Asia Pacific Learning Impact Award
LEARNING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Finalist
Martin Probst
Wyndham Business Awards
SERVICE MICRO
Finalist
PROfound Leadership
HR Tech Outlook
TOP 10 LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Training/Coaching Companies in APAC
PROfound Leadership
Asia Pacific Learning Impact Award
LEARNING SOLUTION OF THE YEAR (EXTERNAL)
Finalist
PROfound Leadership
Australian Learning Impact Award
LEARNING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Martin Probst
Australian Learning Impact Award
LEARNING PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
Runner-up
PROfound Leadership
Wyndham Business Awards
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SMALL
Finalist
PROfound Leadership
Who you will connect with
Martin Probst
CEO - Chief Education Officer
Find out more about Martin
Martin is an esteemed #1 International Bestselling author and renowned leadership expert who holds the prestigious title of ‘Learning Professional of the Year’ from the Australian Learning Impact Awards 2019. As the founder of PROfound Leadership, winner of the 2023 MBN Leadership award and listed among the 'Top 10 Leadership Development Training/Coaching Companies' in the Asia Pacific region, Martin brings 25+ years of global experience in human-centred leadership.
Martin’s endeavour to make a lasting impact in the Learning & Development space has seen him travelling the world, studying the field of self-development and human potential. He understands what it means to work in pressured environments and the importance of becoming the best at what you do. His background and experience working with a wide variety of cultures and range of industries include:
Education | Hospitality | Procurement | Retail | Finance | Compliance | IT | Marketing
Martin is a passionate and approachable facilitator and teaches strategies and concepts that are easy to learn and apply. Through this, he encourages students to fully engage in the learning journey and explore diverse perspectives collaboratively. His mission to maximise human potential and achieve peak performance in a supportive environment have led to:
- Working in different industries on 6 continents for 35+ years
- Certified 'Everything DiSC Practitioner', Certified 'Learning and Virtual Facilitator', and certified in other modalities
- Designing and delivering 450+ workshops and speaking engagements
- Teaching over 10 years in formal education
- Facilitating over 1,100 hours of one-on-one coaching sessions
- Authoring 8 Australian and international books, audio books and leadership journal
- Serving as an adviser and member on various committees & boards
Awards
2023 Melbourne Business Network Awards
Winner Leadership Award
2022 Wyndham Business Awards
Service Micro Finalist
2022 Asia Pacific Learning Impact Awards
Finalist L&D Provider of the Year
2020 Top 10 Leadership Development
Training/Coaching Companies in APAC
2019 Australian Learning Impact Awards
2019 Wyndham Business Awards
Finalist Professional Services Small
Today, Martin continues to inspire and guide individuals, teams, and organisations in Australia and around the world on human-centred leadership paths. Renowned for his skill in guiding diverse clientele toward their full potential, he employs simple-yet-profound and solution-based leadership strategies to empower them in successfully overcoming challenges in today’s busy and ever-changing ecosystem.
Please connect with Martin on LinkedIn and if you have any questions, please feel free to send him an email.
Gerda Probst
CEO - Chief Efficiency Officer
Find out more about Gerda
A founding member of PROfound Leadership, Gerda is renowned for seeing opportunities everywhere, and is constantly joining the dots between our services and our clients, her number one priority.
Gerda has a unique ability to mix practicality with creativity by drawing from her vast experience in finance, hospitality, banking, administration and being a mother of 2. Her 30+ years in the workforce has seen her combine her passion for travel with earning a living, and successfully completing a Diploma in Business and Certificate lV in Business Administration.
Today, Gerda is PROfound Leadership’s Chief Efficiency Officer and makes sure things don’t explode. She is responsible for policies and procedures, marketing, website design and maintenance, finances and budgeting, events, information technology, and any other administration tasks that arise.
Gerda’s passion for superior quality reflects in everything we do, so each experience with us smoothens your path to becoming a confident, fulfilled and authentic leader. Gerda is very thankful for her ability to use her administration skills to empower organisations, teams and individuals to succeed in an ever-changing environment, and thus influence their future and generations to come.
Please connect with Gerda on LinkedIn, and if you have any questions, please contact her via email or 1300 936 313.
Awards
2023 Melbourne Business Network Awards
WINNER Leadership Award
2022 Asia Pacific Learning Impact Awards
Finalist L&D Provider of the Year
2022 Wyndham Business Awards
Service Micro Finalist
2020 Top 10 Leadership Development
Training/Coaching Companies in APAC
2020 Asia Pacific Learning Impact Awards
Finalist Learning Solution of the Year (External)
2019 Australian Learning Impact Awards
Runner-Up Learning Provider of the Year
2019 Wyndham Business Awards
Professional Services Small Finalist
“One of the best profound leaders indeed.”
What we do best
One-On-One Coaching
ACTIVATE YOUR POTENTIAL
Group Training
DEVELOP YOUR TEAM
Speaking Engagements
MAKE YOUR EVENT A SUCCESS
Online Courses
SELF-PACED & FLEXIBLE
Coach to Facilitator
ALL YOUR TEMPLATES & TOOLS
Leadership Resources
BOOKS, DOWNLOADS AND MORE
Purpose, Vision, Mission & Values
PURPOSE
Our purpose is to set the global standard for sustainable, human-centered leadership excellence.
VISION
At PROfound Leadership, our vision is simple yet profound: to empower individuals, teams, and organisations with human-centered leadership that builds greater confidence, enables smarter decisions, and drives better outcomes.
MISSION
Our mission is to deliver tailored, impactful leadership development that unlocks potential and drives collective success.
CORE VALUES - LEADER
Our values guide everything we do at PROfound Leadership.
L
LIFE-LONG LEARNING
Commitment to continuous improvement and growth.
E
EMPOWERMENT
Enabling individuals, teams, and organisations to grow and excel.
A
ADAPTABILITY
Embracing change and catering to diverse needs.
D
DEDICATION
Ensuring clients reach goals and achieve sustainable success.
E
EXCELLENCE
Delivering ‘wow’ through world class leadership solutions and with everything we do.
R
RESULTS
Focusing on client transformation and positive impact.
The PROfound Leadership Learning Approach
When you become a PROfound Leadership client, you will experience a tailored approach to all services we provide.
Everything we deliver is designed to accelerate your workforce's ability to achieve better outcomes and reap results from confident leadership.
Our programs set themselves apart from other similar, off-the-shelf training solutions. The coaching sessions, workshop facilitations, leadership programs, keynote speeches and video tutorials are not hypothetical case studies, but much rather based on real situations that our clients are faced with, and always include a solution-based approach to enhance learner engagement and to positively impact business results and learner satisfaction.
GREATER CONFIDENCE
Learning & Developing
SMARTER CHOICES
Applying New Learnings
BETTER OUTCOMES
Reaping Results
Methodology
Our learning and development solutions are based on the PROfound Leadership Methodology, developed after extensive research of client needs and analysing prevailing skill gaps in education and the workforce.
This innovative, learner-led method covers 360 degrees of human-centred leadership and serves as a compass for clients to overcome their challenges and move forward through six areas of development:
- Identity & Relationships - Who
- Values, Beliefs & Purpose - Why
- Competency - How
- Environment - Where
- Structure & Planning - When
- Behaviours & Action - What
Led by the client’s identified learning needs, the six components are addressed either in the order they appear in the methodology or in a slightly different chronology as required. Our approach is to tailor the program to the client for maximum engagement, satisfaction and business outcomes, which calls for flexibility and innovative delivery design.
Implementation Strategy
For the implementation of learnings, we developed and designed the LEADER Learning Methodology, a 6-step process that provides the clients with a clear strategy and succinct guidance.
This LEADER step sequence maximises outcomes not only during the Learning & Development session itself, but participants can successfully transfer their learnings into the workplace by a post-training review of the workbook and through follow-up session options if selected.
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