Coaching & Workshops

Named for the problem, not the topic.

22 workshops and coaching programmes, each built around something HR actually brings us. No generic leadership curriculum, no acronyms, and every session run by the senior person you met. Half a day in most cases, on site or virtual.

Stepping Into Management

The first promotion, and the things nobody explains before it.

New Managers Workshop

I promoted my best technician and now I have a worse technician and a bad manager.

New Managers Workshop →

Managing Former Peers

She got the job over her friends and now nobody tells her anything.

Managing Former Peers →

Delegation and Letting Go

He is working every weekend because he will not hand anything over.

Delegation and Letting Go →

Difficult Conversations

The ones managers put off until they become expensive.

Performance Conversations

Nobody said a word for two years and now we want to fire him.

Performance Conversations →

Feedback That Lands

Our feedback culture is everyone being nice until the annual review.

Feedback That Lands →

Negotiation Workshop

Our managers cave on every counteroffer.

Negotiation Workshop →

Teams That Are Not Working

When the problem is the group rather than any one person.

When Two People Will Not Work Together

I am spending half my week refereeing two adults.

When Two People Will Not Work Together →

Getting People to Speak Up

Silence in the meeting, then the real conversation in the parking lot.

Getting People to Speak Up →

New Team Kickoff

We reorganised in March and they still act like three separate teams.

New Team Kickoff →

Leaders In Transition

New seat, new scope, or a change they have to carry.

New-Leader Assimilation

Our new VP is ninety days in and still an outsider.

New-Leader Assimilation →

Leading Through Change

We announced the new structure and everyone quietly checked out.

Leading Through Change →

Leading Other Leaders

He was great running a team and is drowning running four managers.

Leading Other Leaders →

Keeping Your People

The conversations that decide whether someone stays.

Leadership Coaching

Senior one-to-one support for the managers your teams depend on.

Leadership Coaching →

Stay Interviews

We find out why people leave at the exit interview, which is too late.

Stay Interviews →

Career Conversations

Every good person asks what is next for me and managers freeze.

Career Conversations →

Recognition Without the Cringe

Our recognition programme is a gift card and everyone knows it.

Recognition Without the Cringe →

Retention & Flight Risk

Which of your people are closest to leaving, and what would keep them.

Retention & Flight Risk →

Fractional People Advisor

Senior HR judgment on call, without hiring for it.

Fractional People Advisor →

Getting The Work Done

Execution problems that look like people problems.

Expectations and Accountability

Everyone is busy and nothing is finished.

Expectations and Accountability →

Managing a Distributed Team

Half the plant is on site and half are remote and it shows.

Managing a Distributed Team →

Coaching Skills for Managers

My managers solve everything themselves and nobody grows.

Coaching Skills for Managers →

Structured Interview Training

Every manager interviews differently and we hire on gut feel.

Structured Interview Training →

Not sure which one

Describe what is happening and we will tell you.

Most people arrive with a situation rather than a workshop title. Tell us what is going on and we will say which of these fits, or that none of them do.

Tell us what is going on