Executive coaching
One-to-one sessions for founders, MDs, and senior leaders who need a thinking partner outside their own organisation. Sessions run fortnightly over 12 weeks, with a clear development goal set in week one.
How we work
Four stages, no fluff
Most consulting engagements drag on because the scope keeps expanding. Ours don't. Here is what happens after your first call with us.
1
Diagnostic conversation
A 45-minute call where we ask uncomfortable questions about how decisions actually get made in your organisation. Not how the org chart says they should. We want to know where authority stalls, who gets bypassed, and what meetings exist only because someone is afraid to cancel them.
2
Structured observation
We spend two days inside your business. We sit in on leadership meetings, one-to-ones, and the daily interactions that reveal culture far more honestly than any survey. By the end of day two, we present a written brief with specific friction points and their root causes.
3
Targeted intervention
This is the work. Depending on what we found, it might be a six-week coaching programme for your senior managers, a redesign of your decision-making framework, or facilitated sessions to resolve a conflict that everyone pretends doesn't exist. We scope tightly and deliver on time.
4
Follow-through review
Sixty days after the intervention ends, we come back. We measure what changed, what didn't, and whether the new habits are sticking. If something slipped, we adjust. This review is included in every engagement fee.
What we do
Five things we are good at
We don't try to do everything. These are the problems we solve well.
Management development
Group programmes for new and mid-level managers. We cover delegation, giving difficult feedback, running meetings that produce decisions, and managing former peers. Cohorts of 6 to 10 people, delivered over eight weeks.
Team alignment
When a leadership team is pulling in different directions, growth stalls. We facilitate structured sessions that surface the real disagreements, then build a shared operating rhythm. Most teams need two full-day sessions, spaced a fortnight apart.
Organisational design
Reporting lines, role clarity, spans of control. When a company doubles in size, the structure that worked at 20 people breaks at 50. We redesign your org architecture so accountability is clear and information flows where it needs to go.
Succession planning
Founder-led businesses often hit a wall when the founder wants to step back but hasn't built a layer of leaders who can carry the weight. We map your critical roles, identify gaps, and build a 12-month development plan for your next generation of leaders.
Common questions
Before you call
Our diagnostic conversation is free. After that, a typical 12-week coaching engagement runs between £4,500 and £8,000 depending on scope. Team alignment and organisational design projects are priced per project after the observation phase. We always agree fees in writing before any paid work begins.
Yes. About a third of our clients are based elsewhere in the UK. The diagnostic call and coaching sessions work well over video. For observation days and facilitated sessions, we travel to your site. Travel costs within the UK are included in the project fee.
Most of our clients have between 30 and 300 employees. That is the range where leadership problems become structural rather than personal. Smaller companies often just need a good mentor. Larger ones tend to have internal L&D teams. The sweet spot is the mid-size organisation that has grown fast and needs its management capability to catch up.
We can usually schedule the diagnostic call within a week. Observation days depend on our current load but typically happen within two to three weeks of that call. If you have an urgent situation, such as a senior departure or a team in open conflict, tell us and we will prioritise.
We are small on purpose. Every engagement is led by a senior consultant, not handed off to a junior associate after the sales meeting. We also scope tightly: we would rather do one thing well than sell you a twelve-month retainer you don't need. And we include the follow-through review at no extra cost, because change that doesn't stick is a waste of your money.
Let's talk about what's not working
The diagnostic call is 45 minutes, free, and confidential. If we are not the right fit, we will tell you. Fill in the form or reach us directly.
718 West View, Durgan-under-Greenholt-O'Connell, Northern Ireland, HT4 7JI, United Kingdom