2027 Leadership Tour
A national conversation about what happens when too much responsibility, decision-making and organisational dependency sits with too few people — and what organisations and communities can do about it.
Throughout 2027, Ultimate Marks will travel through Australian regions engaging with chambers of commerce, councils, communities, businesses, schools and leadership networks.
Regional visits can combine public or network conversations with paid briefings, school engagements, Leadership Load Diagnostics, organisational reviews and advisory work.
The route is being shaped now.
An expression of interest does not commit you to an engagement.
Why go regional?
The organisations that hold communities together often depend heavily on a small number of experienced, trusted and committed people.
That may be an owner who still approves everything, a council executive carrying relationships and context that have never transferred, a principal or deputy who has become the point of escalation for almost every difficult issue, or a community leader holding together coordination that nobody formally owns.
These people are valuable. The risk begins when the organisation cannot function normally without them.
The 2027 Leadership Tour is designed to bring that conversation into the places where it is happening.
Who should be involved?
The Tour is intentionally broad because concentrated responsibility and dependency show up differently across different parts of a community.
Bring local businesses together around owner dependency, leadership capacity, growth, decision bottlenecks and continuity.
Member briefings · business breakfasts · regional forums · facilitated conversations
Discuss a network engagement →Explore leadership conditions affecting organisational continuity, regional capability, shared responsibility and community delivery.
Executive briefings · leadership conversations · facilitated forums · organisational work
Discuss an organisational engagement →Examine where responsibility, authority, escalation and dependency are creating friction or concentrating pressure.
Diagnostics · Snapshots · Organisational Pressure Reviews · briefings · advisory
Explore organisational pathways →Explore how leadership responsibility moves through schools — from policy and authority to escalation, staff leadership and student leadership.
Executive conversations · staff briefings · Policy to Practice · student leadership
Explore school pathways →Bring together people who can see recurring leadership and dependency patterns across multiple local organisations.
Community conversations · regional panels · leadership forums · local partnerships
Discuss a regional partnership →A regional visit
One region may create several useful conversations across several days. One organisation does not need to fund an entire regional visit.
A strong regional cluster can make it worthwhile to slow down, stay longer and do more meaningful work.
2027 route planning
The itinerary is deliberately not being locked too early. Expressions of interest, local convening capacity and confirmed engagements will help determine sequencing, timing and how long Ultimate Marks spends in each region.
Starting point
Early regional anchor
Early-2027 opportunity
Northbound route forming
Southern route forming
Later regional leg
These are the regions currently informing early planning, not the limits of the 2027 Tour. Interest from anywhere in Australia can help shape the route.
Express Interest From Your Region →Confirmed engagements, regional partnerships and clusters of interest will determine the sequence, dates and where the Tour stays long enough to do meaningful work.
Help Shape the RouteTwo ways to get involved
Help bring the Tour to your region
For chambers, councils, communities, businesses, schools and networks that believe their region should be part of the Tour.
This helps shape the route. It is not a booking or a paid commitment.
Express Regional InterestHave something specific in mind?
If you already want to discuss a briefing, event, organisational engagement, school visit or partnership, you do not need to complete the general Tour EOI first.
You do not need to wait for your region to be confirmed. A confirmed engagement can help shape the route.
Discuss an EngagementListening along the way
Ultimate Marks examines Leadership Load: the structural pressure created when decisions, responsibility, escalation, context or dependency repeatedly concentrate around too few people.
Regional conversations may inform field observations, interviews, Leadership Under Load content and future research questions. Where themes or research are published, Ultimate Marks will distinguish clearly between field observations, organisational work and structured research.
Direct answers
It is an Ultimate Marks national regional-engagement campaign bringing practical conversations about leadership pressure, organisational dependency and shared responsibility into Australian communities during 2027.
No. The route is being shaped around regional expressions of interest, local convening opportunities, schools, networks and confirmed commercial engagements.
Chambers of commerce, councils, community organisations, businesses, schools, associations, networks and individuals can submit an expression of interest.
No. An expression of interest simply helps Ultimate Marks understand where useful regional conversations may exist. It does not create a booking or paid commitment.
Yes. Organisations can separately discuss briefings, Leadership Load Diagnostics, organisational Snapshots or Reviews, school engagements, speaking and advisory work during a regional Tour window.
Regional demand, useful local partnerships, opportunities to convene people and confirmed work will help determine whether a region is a short stop or a longer working cluster.
The route is forming
If you think there is a useful Leadership Under Load conversation to have in your region, tell us. Regional interest will help shape where the Tour goes — and where it stays long enough to do meaningful work.