Working together, shaping solutions to achieve the performance you need.
Strategy
Is your business ready to reach new heights?
Leading a business that thrives in the long term requires more than just ambition – it demands strategic clarity, innovation and a focus on sustainability. Your strategy should deliver measurable results whilst building a strong foundation for future success.
Our Expertise:
| Strategy Alignment | Strategy deployment and integration | |
|---|---|---|
 Business Strategy | • Aligning your strategy to your purpose, vision and values ensures that your strategy becomes a ‘playbook’ that everyone in the organisation can understand and align with. • We will work with you to ensure that you are clear on your markets, customer segments, routes to competitive advantage, and have a targeted client offering. | • Once defined, we will support you to align your resources, investments, structures and behaviours to ensure a successful deployment. • The final piece of the puzzle is integration. How is your strategy integrated into the daily rhythms of your business? How does the work that your people do every day incrementally move you towards the achievement of your strategy? |
 People Strategy | • Often the people strategy is created in isolation from the business it should be there to enable. • We will support you to develop a strategy that focuses on the key aspects of people enablement to deliver your business plans and goals. | • Once developed, we will work with you to deploy the strategy across all parts of your people landscape. From attracting and hiring the right talent, to development, career progression and managing performance. • Your people strategy should be agile and adaptive to ensure that you are continuing to develop and provide an employee value proposition that attracts and encourages the right performance and behaviours for business success. We will support you to integrate the people strategy into the people processes across your business. |
We will work with you to ensure that your strategy goes beyond a document discussed around the leadership table and becomes a living, breathing plan that your entire business has ownership for delivering.
If you’re thinking that your business or people strategy could use some focused re-engineering then please get in touch.
Structure
Is your organisation truly structured for success?
In our fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, organisational agility is no longer a luxury – it’s a necessity. Our organisational design services can help your company unlock its full potential by aligning structure, processes, and people with your strategic goals. Organisations often face challenges such as inefficiencies, misaligned roles, and unclear reporting structures. These issues can slow down decision-making, hinder innovation, and affect employee engagement.
With an optimised design, you can create a resilient organisation that adapts seamlessly to change and delivers exceptional results.
Our Expertise:
| Strategic Alignment | Success begins with a clear connection between your organisational structure and your overarching vision. We work with you to ensure that every element of your business is aligned with your growth plans and long-term strategy. By linking structure to vision, we create a framework that drives focus, accountability, and measurable outcomes. |
| Role Clarity and Decision-making | A high performing organisation needs everyone to be clear on their role and transparent decision making processes. We help you define the purpose and value of every role in your organisation. This includes the areas of ownership and accountability, the subtleties of interdependence and points of collaboration. |
| People process optimisation | In any structural re-design one of the main targets is efficiency. We will help you speed up communication, eliminate bottlenecks and increase pace. By achieving this efficiency we will open up ways for your people to focus on innovation and delivering added value. |
| Cultural alignment | Your strategy, structure, and culture must work in harmony to drive success. We’ll ensure your organisational culture supports your strategic priorities and is embedded into your daily operations. Aligning these critical elements enables sustainable performance and builds a solid foundation for your future. |
If you’re looking at your business and it’s a little sluggish, a little disorganised and not quite firing on all cylinders please get in touch.
Culture
Is your culture a strategic enabler that unleashes the potential of your organisation?
In recent years it has become universally recognised that corporate culture is a critical lever in driving and achieving success.
Organisations that are able to align their strategy with their culture and talent will enhance performance and minimise risk. However, many organisations do not take the time to measure and track the development of their culture and assess how it is impacting on their results.
Organisational culture is the shared beliefs, values, attitudes, norms and behaviours that exist within the organisation. These can be very powerful drivers of success and they can also be the reason why some many initiatives and strategies do not achieve the desired results.
We will work with you to develop a culture map for your organisation and then establish the parts of this map that are helping you navigate your way forwards and the parts that may be causing you to lose your way.
Our Expertise:
Organisational culture assessment and transformation.
| Discover | We conduct in-depth, comprehensive assessments to gather multiple data points which will help us uncover the strengths, challenges and opportunities within your current culture. |
| Define | From there we work with you to clearly articulate the factors that will form the framework and infrastructure of your evolved culture that align your organisational values to your purpose, strategy and goals. |
| Develop | We will then develop the initiatives, interventions and structural changes that will be implemented to begin the shift towards the desired culture. |
| Deliver | Once these have been defined, we engage with your organisation at all levels to ensure a smooth and successful transition from ‘initiative’ to embedded ways of working. This is the point where many culture transformation initiatives fail. True culture transformation is not a series of workshops or leader led town halls. If you want to evolve your culture it has to be woven into the core operating rhythm of your business. |
The secret to sustaining culture change is consistency. The culture of your business is basically just a series of habits. To evolve your organisations culture we need to ‘re-wire’ your habits.
If you’re thinking it might be time to get focused on the impact your culture is having on your success then please get in touch.
Change
Are you confident about the success of your next significant change programme?
In today’s dynamic and ever-changing environment, adapting and evolving effectively is essential to every organisation’s success. If you’re not moving forward, you’re moving backwards. There is no standing still in today’s business climate. We partner with you to guide your organisation through change with confidence and clarity.
Whether you’re undergoing a complete business transformation, implementing new systems, or adapting to market shifts, our change management consultancy ensures that your people, processes, and goals align for sustainable success.
Our Expertise:
Strategy Development: Every successful change begins with a clear plan. We work with your leadership team to develop a customised change management strategy that aligns with your organisational goals. From assessing readiness to defining measurable outcomes, we provide a roadmap to navigate change efficiently and effectively.
Leadership Coaching: Change starts at the top. We equip leaders with the tools and skills to drive change with confidence. Through one-on-one coaching and workshops, we help leaders communicate vision, inspire their teams, and address resistance constructively.
Engagement and Communication: The success of any change initiative depends on employee buy-in. We design and implement communication strategies that keep your team informed, motivated, and involved throughout the transition. By fostering transparency and trust, we ensure that everyone is on the same page.
Skill Development: New processes and systems often require new skills. Our tailored training programs ensure that your team is equipped to embrace change with confidence. We provide practical, hands-on learning experiences to help employees adapt and thrive.
Resistance Management: Resistance to change is natural, but it doesn’t have to derail progress. We identify sources of resistance and address them through targeted interventions, including conflict resolution, active listening sessions, and team-building exercises that foster collaboration and alignment.
Sustainability: The journey doesn’t end once the change is implemented. We provide ongoing support to ensure new processes, systems, and mindsets are fully embedded in your organisation. This includes follow-up sessions, feedback loops, and continuous improvement strategies to sustain momentum.
If you’re about to embark on your next change programme and don’t want to be one of the 70% that fail then please get in touch.
Executive Success
Is your next senior hire critical to the continued success of your business?
Hiring a senior leader is one of the most critical (and expensive) decisions a business can make. The right hire has the potential to drive innovation, strengthen your team, and lead your organisation toward success. But, even the best candidates need the right tools, support, and guidance to integrate seamlessly, align with your culture, and deliver results quickly. That’s where we come in.
We help businesses not only identify the ideal senior hire but also ensure their successful onboarding and integration. We will partner with you and your recruitment company to build an end-to-end executive hiring and onboarding plan which will help your new executive hit the ground running and start adding value from day one.
Our Expertise:
Cultural Alignment and Fit Assessment: Finding the right experience and expertise is just one piece of the puzzle. We help ensure your new senior hire aligns with your organisation’s values, culture, and vision. Through in-depth assessments (including a range of psychometric options), we identify potential synergies and prepare strategies to address any challenges before they arise.
Strategic Onboarding Plans: A successful onboarding process sets the foundation for high performance. We design tailored onboarding programs that go beyond the basics, ensuring your senior hire quickly understands your business’s goals, operations, and team dynamics. This approach accelerates their adjustment period and empowers them to lead effectively from the start.
Leadership Integration Coaching: The transition into a senior role can be challenging. We offer personalised coaching for your new hire, focusing on leadership, team-building, and communication strategies to help them build credibility and trust with their new team and across your organisation.
Performance Acceleration: We work closely with your senior hire to establish clear priorities, define measurable goals, and create a plan to deliver results quickly. Our process ensures they remain focused on the areas that drive the most value for your business, helping you see a return on your investment in the shortest possible time.
Stakeholder Alignment Support: Strong alignment with key stakeholders is crucial for a senior hire’s success. We facilitate conversations and workshops that ensure your new leader, their team, and organisational leadership are aligned on expectations, goals, and strategies for success.
If you’re about to embark on your next senior hire and you want to make sure that you get this one right, please get in touch.
Capability
Do you know the strategic capabilities required now and, in the future, to stay competitive?
In today’s competitive landscape, understanding and optimising your organisation’s strategic capabilities is essential for sustained success. We specialise in helping businesses identify the key capabilities that drive consistent performance, unlock untapped potential, and create a clear path to growth. Whether you’re aiming to strengthen your competitive edge, innovate more effectively, or build resilience, we provide the clarity and guidance you need to thrive.
We work with you to uncover and refine the strategic capabilities that matter most to your business. By aligning your strengths with your goals, we help you build a roadmap to long-term success, empowering your team and organisation to perform at their best in a rapidly changing world.
Our Expertise:
Strategic Capability Assessment: What makes your business tick? We conduct an in-depth analysis of your organisation to identify its most critical capabilities. From operational strengths to leadership effectiveness and market differentiation, we pinpoint the areas that drive value and those that need development.
Capability Mapping and Prioritisation: Not all capabilities are created equal. We help you map and prioritise the strategic capabilities that have the greatest impact on performance and growth. By focusing on what truly matters, we enable you to allocate resources effectively and achieve results faster.
Performance Optimisation: Once we’ve identified your core capabilities, we work with you to optimise their performance. This includes refining processes, improving team collaboration, and leveraging technology and tools that enhance efficiency and productivity.
Unlocking Growth Potential: Every business has untapped potential. We uncover hidden opportunities within your organisation and provide actionable strategies to unlock them.
If you’re wondering how you can leverage the capabilities in your business to achieve greater success then please get in touch.
Development
Are your leaders and teams in need of some focused development to perform at their best?
Leadership Development
Most leadership development is a waste of time and money.
Controversial statement… possibly, but let’s explain why.
75% of organisations do not believe their leadership development programmes deliver high value for the company. Companies spend 25% of their annual training budgets (approximately $89Billion) on leadership development but apparently up to 82% of new leaders could be defined as ‘accidental managers’ with little-to-no formal training.
The vast majority of leadership development is programmatic in nature with groups of unconnected leaders being ‘sheep-dipped’ through a bewildering plethora of models and tools on how to think like a leader, how to work like a leader and how to behave like a leader. By the time these programmes are finished the leader is left barely grasping onto a bulging, branded folder full of concepts, theories, models and tools that they are now left to work out which one works, in what context and at what time.
We don’t do that. Our approach to Leadership development is entirely tailored to the needs of the leaders in your business, right now.
We do this by working with you to understand the why and what.
Why do your leaders need developed?
Why right now?
What do they need developing in?
What skills and behaviours do they need to develop to successfully lead in your business today and for tomorrow?
Our Expertise:
| Discover | Our first step is to look closely at what your business is trying to achieve, why it is trying to achieve it and the role your leaders play in its success. |
| Define | We will then work with you to define the gaps in current leadership competence and assess whether these are gaps that should/could be filled by organisational practices or whether there are specific learning needs. |
| Develop | We will partner with you to develop the interventions required to build the leadership capabilities needed and ensure that these are laser focused on tangible business metrics. In this way, we can ensure that any time or money committed to leadership learning has an almost instant impact on business performance. |
| Deliver | Through a network of highly skilled consultants we will deliver the right learning, in the right way and at the right time to ensure there is limited disruption to the operating rhythm of the business. |
We don’t run ‘sheep-dip’ leadership programmes. There are loads of companies out there that can have your leaders building towers out of marshmallows and spaghetti or trying to work out one end of a Maslow pyramid from another.
If you’re looking to build true leadership competence that aligns directly to the needs of your organisation then please get in touch.
Team Development
Like our approach to leadership development, our approach to team development is a little different.
We’re not interested in trust games, Lego building or ‘away days’.
We want to support you to truly build higher performing teams.
The effectiveness of your teams is a critical enabler in delivering your strategy.
Your executive and leadership teams are responsible for collaborating effectively to get all of their shared expertise, experience and intellect successfully aimed at designing, delivering and enabling your business strategy.
Your functional teams are responsible for interpreting this strategy and collaborating with other functions to develop and deliver the tactical plans that will move that strategy from words on the page to investments, decisions and actions.
And your front-line operational teams are responsible for working as a cohesive unit to provide an amazing product and service to your customers creating brand loyalty, repeat business and achieving revenue.
Why would you leave the effectiveness of those teams to chance?
| Phase One | Do the individuals in the team have the knowledge, skills, experience and approach to be a high performing member of the team? |
| Phase Two | Do the dynamics at play within the team set it up for success? Is the environment within the team conducive to everyone giving their best? Is the focus within the team on the right deliverables and objects? Are the team’s ways of working and measurements aligned to their goals and finally does the team collaborate successfully to ensure that it is more than the sum of its parts? |
| Phase Three | We will look at the environment that surrounds the team. Many team development initiatives stop at phase 2. They miss the fact that this wonderfully high performing and effective team now needs to operate within the structures, culture and expectations of a wider organisation. As we work through the first 2 phases, we will begin to focus on how this team slots in to the wider organisation. How must it engage its stakeholders. Where are the interdependencies that may lead to success or failure. |
Ultimately a team is only truly successful if it can play its part as a cog within the wider machine of the organisation.
So, if you think that your teams could be higher performing and you want to move beyond a ‘fun day out’ then please get in touch.
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