1-2-1 or small group coaching for: leadership coaching, panel / presentation skills, and media training; creativity workshops; pitch coaching and ‘Executive Shine’ workshops; bespoke coaching.
We collaborate with companies at many different stages of corporate growth and our clients range from startups and scaleups to global organisations, key industry bodies and technology incubators, in the UK and around the world.
We know that effective and consistent leadership, and purposeful organisational culture are all critical to the success of any growth or transformation journey. That’s why our coaching is designed to empower ambitious leaders and their senior management teams.
Our coaching and training capabilities cover several areas. We hone speaker, panel hosting and participation skills; help sharpen presentation and delivery skills; we bring and instil creativity to help clients communicate with confidence, whether that is to an audience, 1-2-1, or with the media.
The below offers a sample of our skills development modules. And if you cannot find what you are looking for here, please talk to us and we can tailor a bespoke programme for your needs.
The Executive Coaching programme consists of a series of regular 1-2-1 sessions designed for senior executives and rising leaders, to help them define their goals and intentions; help them operate at the top of their game and/or take the next step in their career or life journeys.
The coaching is designed to assist in articulating the executive’s goals and shape a well-considered roadmap designed to achieve these goals, while holding the executive to account by reviewing progress in each session.
Throughout the sessions, your coach will:
The underpinning philosophy is to help leaders become happy, fulfilled and successful, on a sustainable basis – to help them be brilliant at what they do, enjoy the ride and importantly in today’s world: not burn out.
Executive Shine is a series of workshops designed to help senior and rising executives improve their communication skills and build confidence in various business scenarios, from pitches, panels and presentations to boardrooms, sales meetings and phone calls.
Open to any size of group, Executive Shine will:
These 90-minute workshops are proven to be hugely beneficial, inspirational and motivational. They are engaging, fun, bonding and impactful; perfect for any offsite or group activity.
Leadership can’t be taught in a day, let alone in a single workshop. Nor does any fast-growth business have the time to spare to send its executives on a 2-3 day training course.
However, a critical part of achieving successful growth is the development of a committed, enlightened leadership team, aligned and strong in its abilities to drive growth and a culture of success throughout the organisation.
This five-part boot camp is a series of workshops designed for any growing business seeking to inspire, develop and grow its leadership team, offering a structure that is easy for the business to accommodate.
Beyond the content, the intention will be to structure the bootcamp as a means to create a strong peer group dynamic as they navigate this shared experience together.
The Leadership Bootcamp will:
Leadership is daily work. It is an ongoing process of self-development. It’s about knowing ourselves, commanding self-mastery from a position of confidence (with appropriate humility) and embracing daily curiosity.
We are proud mentors for a number of accelerator programmes and have supported many initiatives over the years, including: Accenture’s Fintech Innovation Lab, the Investment Association’s Engine Programme; Startup Bootcamp’s cyber security cohort; London’s Cylon cyber security lab; SWIFT’s Innotribe Scheme; Entiq’s Cognicity (smart city) schemes and their Fin4Fem programme; Plexal’s Plexiglass Scheme; and, Athemis’s Founder initiative.
For Accelerators specifically, we have developed full day workshops and 1-2-1 coaching sessions with early stage firms that are either applying for, or have already been selected to take part in, a sector specific innovation lab.
Our bespoke workshops bring together expert coaches to work with cohort members, help them refine their messaging and deliver a confident, concise, influential and effective pitch to potential partners and investors.
To find out more about our decade-long work with Accenture’s Fintech Innovation Lab, London, read our short case study here.
Our latest collaboration with the Investment Association’s Engine accelerator programme is summarised here.
In building your and your company’s media presence, one critical success factor is you – how good and effective are you as a spokesperson or commentator? It takes more finesse than simply pumping out your key corporate messages.
In this workshop, we focus on how to be an excellent media spokesperson.
We will:
This is a half-day workshop for a maximum of four delegates, a blend of teaching and experiential learning with time to practise interviews, receive personalised feedback, critiques and group learning.
The best and most creative ideas often hide in plain sight. If we want to find more original ideas, we need to change the way we look for them.
This workshop is designed to shift thinking and drive energy. It is highly intentional, impactful, interactive and fun.
The workshop will:
The feedback from participants has been impressive, both in terms of how people start to look for and create ideas, and how they bond as a team and encourage creativity in each other.
Senior and rising executives are often required to speak publicly, anywhere from stages to board rooms, often without receiving appropriate training. This course will teach them how to improve their stage presence and be a great speaker, panellist and or panel chair.
The course will help executives become more effective spokespeople by delivering crisp and clear messages that land with audiences.
Participants will:
We coach using a model that is proven to be highly effective and has been adopted by many senior executives, helping them to transform their presentations.
This course is a half-day session with up to four participants, incorporating teaching, 1-2-1 feedback and group coaching.
Read more about ‘How to Shine on Any Stage’ in this blog from our CEO Julia Streets.
