From frustration, fear and friction to delivering on your ambitious plans with clarity, cohesion and confidence.
CEOs and Senior Leaders experiencing growth, merger or disruption, hire me to support their team through the change. We work through obstacles preventing them working well together and align them to achieve their goals.
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She didn’t arrive with an off-the-shelf solution. Her approach wasn’t about delivering a programme to us, it was about building something with us.
Leadership Alignment
When the stakes are high, you need your people rowing the boat in the same direction.
I work with CEOs and their leadership teams to find out what’s causing organisational issues, co-design and implement solutions, and embed the change.
New CEO
You’ve just taken on a new CEO role. The stakes are high and it’s a bigger remit than you’re used to.
Merger or integration
You’re in a merger, bringing two businesses together, and you need them to gel. You need some glue.
Rapid growth
You’re experiencing growing pains. Past around 60 people, leading by instinct and good intentions stops being enough.
You might also be facing
- Organisational transformation
- Leadership transitions
- Culture change
- Strategy implementation
What changes when you align your leaders
Faster decisions
“It’s going to make us go faster.” A senior leader, to their CEO
Clearer accountability
People clear on what the organisation is trying to achieve.
Stronger alignment
Everyone rowing the boat in the same direction.
Sustained execution
Empowered to get on with it, and engaged in delivering the strategy.
Where to start
I recommend starting with a Leadership Alignment Discovery
Over 4 to 8 weeks, I work with you and your leadership team to uncover where there are particular hotspots and obstacles to your people working effectively together. Confidential interviews, an organisation-wide survey and a review of your people and culture documents lead to clear recommendations for what to do next.
The framework
The Cohesion Continuum™
A practical model I developed through my work with leadership teams. It maps four observable operating states, so a CEO can diagnose where their team sits today and move toward a more cohesive, aligned way of operating.
Fragmented
Leadership behaviour is inconsistent. Decisions vary by leader. Teams operate in silos. Execution is reactive and difficult to sustain.
Functional
Basic coordination exists. Leaders align when required, but consistency is not embedded. Execution relies heavily on individual effort.
Coherent
Shared expectations are clear. Leadership behaviour is more consistent. Decisions follow common principles. Execution becomes scalable.
Cohesive
Leaders operate as a true team. Alignment is embedded in how the organisation runs. Decisions are fast and consistent. Execution is focused and sustained.
Supporting services
Four ways to strengthen how your leaders and teams operate.
- 1:1 Executive CoachingIf you feel you could do with an ongoing sounding board, or one of your senior leaders could do with further support, I offer executive coaching. This is particularly useful for CEOs new to their role, or senior leaders who’ve taken on a larger remit.
- Team Values Alignment ProgrammeFor leadership teams where their values are on the wall, but not playing out in the behaviours and ways people work together. It’s time for a reset.
- Team Cohesion ProgrammeFor teams where clashing personalities and ways of working are getting in the way.
- Keynote SpeakingFor conferences and offsites where you want people to leave with something they'll actually use on Monday.
About me
You’re a newly appointed CEO wrestling with the disruption and complexity from major change. Stakes are high, pressure’s on, all eyes are on you to deliver.
I support CEOs through this organisational change, and I see the same issues arise time and time again.
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