Derek Percival

Challenge what you've been taught to believe, including everything I say.


I’ve run over 2000 development sessions. The ones that worked all had the same moment: someone stopped defending their view of themselves and actually looked.

I help people see themselves from self-acceptance, not self-criticism. That’s where agency starts. I guide people and teams to the point of insight, then get out of the way. The insight has to be theirs to mean anything.

As a facilitator, speaker and coach, I hold the space so people can say the true thing without paying for it.

You can grow beyond your self-imposed limits. Not by learning another model. By looking directly at yourself and at how you show up with other people.

I work across Australia and overseas. I’m still learning in every situation.