Who we work with
For over 15 years, we‘ve had the privilege of working with organisations of all shapes and sizes in the private and public sectors – from multinational companies to sporting bodies and international charities, from schools to start-ups.
Despite being vastly different in what they do, they have all had one thing in common: they value their people and they get that leadership is crucial to making change and improvements, not only in their own organisations, but in the wider world.
As an organisation, we’ve made a conscious decision not to narrow our focus to a particular sector or industry. We believe that would limit both our potential and that of our clients to make positive changes happen, not just within their organisations, but far beyond them.
That’s why an important part of how we try to make a difference is by connecting and inspiring organisations to share their knowledge and experience to benefit each other. Good leadership and good practice shouldn’t be siloed by sector. We think that good leadership should reverberate, resulting in unexpected and delightful interactions and opportunities to make a difference.
Discover more about our work with:
Schools
Whether you need to avoid going into Special Measures, or want to take your school from Good to Outstanding or beyond, our Evolve leadership development programme can help to create an authentic and unified school culture in which high morale and creativity exist alongside accountability, attainment and outstanding results.
Businesses
As well as equipping your leaders with the insight and skills to bring out the best in their teams, change and transition is where we excel.
But what if your company and its leaders could see uncertainty as a space for opportunity, and change as a fuel for creativity? With markets, technologies and industry standards changing faster now than at any point in history, the most successful organisations are those that can change quickly themselves. Essentially it’s how these organisations approach change and uncertainty, rather than their technology or their ability to adapt, that make them successful.
Through our coaching we support senior executives and senior leadership teams to lead organisations that are up to the challenge of constant change. This often demands drastic changes to thinking and culture. Leaders need to be open to possibility and creativity. They need to feel comfortable moving without a clearly mapped route towards what may be a fuzzy destination, and they need to make their teams feel comfortable with this too. They also need to empower their teams to play a part in the change,
This approach has helped us to support organisations across sectors to change and improve their performance.
Central to what we do is:
- help leaders identify and develop their own authentic leadership style
- spark creative (‘disruptive’) thinking within teams and organisations to alter perspectives and allow for bold approaches to challenge and change
- create a culture where people are more open to possibility and view change and uncertainty as opportunities
- equip individuals and teams with the skills to have challenging and courageous conversations in a way that prevents conflicts, increases trust, and moves people and situations forward.
Organisations we’ve worked with include Prudential, CBRE, Barclays, EMI Music, The Riverside Company, Leathwaite, PartnerRe, East Hampshire District Council, the NHS, The Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, Clore Social Leadership, Practical Action, as well as a number of educational trusts and schools across the UK.
Charities
You already share our belief in the power of people to make a difference, or you wouldn’t be working in this sector. Our work with charities to develop good leadership is all aimed at doing just that – helping people to understand the power they have to make a difference and providing them with the skills to inspire and empower others to do the same. This work has given us some of our most rewarding and enlightening moments.
We firmly believe that the results of good leadership trickle throughout an organisation, beyond its four walls, and even beyond its projects.
Jill is a director of Emerging Leaders, a charity that works to bring leadership development and all its inherent benefits to grassroots communities in African countries. She understands the constraints and challenges that charities and community projects face and never ceases to be amazed and excited by the work they do.