Alicia Lykos
An elite people and culture speaker.
Interactive simulations.
Live decision-making.
Not just passive listening.
Alicia Lykos runs executive decision labs where leaders learn by doing, working through real scenarios, diagnosing their own blind spots, and building frameworks to predict performance instead of reacting to it.
Alicia Lykos
NOT YOUR TYPICAL PEOPLE & CULTURE SPEAKER
Alicia Lykos is Founder of Red Wolf Group and a leading authority on predictive talent strategy.
Her approach is based on a simple premise: leaders learn best by doing, not listening.
In her executive decision labs, participants work through real decision-making scenarios. From hiring calls, team diagnostics to performance predictions, Alicia sessions confront exactly where participants' instincts lead them astray. Through immersive simulations, behavioral data, and commercial frameworks, Alicia shows leaders how to make high-stakes people decisions with confidence and clarity.
Unlike traditional speakers who talk about people strategy, Alicia puts you in situations where you have to apply it. The frameworks you leave with aren't theoretical, they're forged through experience.
Based in Sydney, Alicia works with CEO peer groups, executive teams, and private equity portfolio companies across Australia, New Zealand, and beyond.
The Problem
You've built a successful business by making evidence-based decisions. Except when it comes to people.
Your most expensive decisions
Hiring. Promotions. Team design. Leadership appointments.
These are your most expensive decisions and most CEOs are making them in the dark.
The cost? Hidden drag. Turnover. Underperformance. Plateau. Mis-hires that cascade into culture problems. Leadership teams that can't execute on strategy.
Alicia puts you in the driver's seat to experience why this happens and how to fix it.
Executive
Decision Labs
This is for growth-focused leaders who:
- Learn best by doing, not listening
- Get frustrated by theoretical frameworks that don't translate to real decisions
- Respect data over instinct
- Want to scale without the typical people problems
- Are tired of reacting to underperformance
- Are ready to be challenged
Our Difference
This Is Not a Keynote
Alicia doesn't deliver talks you sit through.
You're placed in real decision-making scenarios. Assessing candidates. Diagnosing team dynamics. Making hiring calls under pressure. You experience firsthand where your instincts fail you and then learn how to make these decisions with clarity and data.
The difference:
Participants are in the driver's seat. You're not listening to case studies. You're working through live situations, confronting your own blind spots, and building frameworks you'll use immediately.
Sessions are customized for:
CEO peer groups, executive leadership teams, private equity partners and operating executives, board retreats, and leadership forums.
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
This isn't observation. It's immersion.
You'll make decisions. Get immediate feedback. Experience the cost of getting it wrong. Learn the frameworks that help you get it right.
You'll be put in real situations:
Live hiring simulations where you assess candidates and make selection decisions, then see the predictive data that reveals what you missed
Team diagnostic exercises where you map your current team structure and identify hidden performance drag
Decision-making scenarios that expose the gap between how you think you evaluate talent and how you actually do it
Commercial cost modeling where you calculate the real P&L impact of common people decisions
Core Topics
Stop Guessing, Start Predicting
Work through real hiring and promotion scenarios. Learn to make high-stakes people decisions with the same rigor you apply to financial decisions.
The Hidden Cost of Gut-Feel Hiring
Experience why instinct-based hiring creates expensive problems. Build predictive frameworks through live case work.
Designing Teams That Can Actually Execute
Map your leadership team dynamics. Diagnose gaps. Design structures for performance, not politics.
From Reactive to Predictive
Work through scenarios that show you how to spot performance issues before they happen and make better decisions upfront.
Proven Track Record
Booking Information
Format
Interactive executive workshops customized to your group and objectives
Typical Duration
2 hour minimum, 4 hour up to full-day sessions (also available: multi-session programs)
Delivery
In-person
Best For
Groups of 12-20 senior leaders, or large groups up to 100
What People Say:
Speaking Workshops
Delivered
From stages to boardrooms, to company retreats.
Vistage Speaker
Rating
Consistently ranked among Australia’s leadership top speakers.
Industries
Impacted
From engineering and health to tech and professional services.
CEO's & Executive
participants
Interested in learning more and booking Alicia for your next event?
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Is Your Business Built on Confidence or Chance?
We only partner with organisations serious about putting people at the centre of their business strategy — and willing to do the work to be great, not just good. If that’s you, let's talk.