When organisations, teams, and individuals reach out to me for support, they often have a wealth of knowledge about their challenges - after all, they've been grappling with these issues for years. Yet sometimes this familiarity breeds blind spots - assumptions about systems, workflows, and people that hinder progress and stifle creativity.
That's where I come in.
Through collaboration with you, your team, and your entire organisation, I offer a fresh perspective that uncovers hidden insights and sparks transformative change. While I bring a toolkit filled with tricks and theories honed over the years, the real magic happens when I can help you see the actions needed to create positive change. We'll unlock new possibilities and pave the way for you to work towards tangible improvements.
Ongoing support
My typical organisational involvement starts with me meeting the senior leadership team and CEO or equivalent. If I don't have their buy-in, changes on the shop floor will soon fizzle out. I then talk to the rest of the organisation and partake in meetings. I ask questions and clarify underlying assumptions and motivations. There may be times when I present ideas or tools, but usually I am inside the group rather than in front of it. After the initial months of regular engagement, I usually turn down the frequency of attendance - a monthly board meeting or catch up with a team or leader is sufficient, coupled with the knowledge that I am always available should issues arise.
Crisis management
I am sometimes asked to engage with a specific issue, be it staff- or process-focused. Here, I will again try to cast the net a little wider in order to situate the issue in its surrounding narratives and systems. The team may be in crisis, and the work may well be with the team, but the team is also defined by its surroundings. Sometimes the work happens before the crisis - my work with Airbus and EU's Frontex, for example, is about preparation and finding group and individual resources that can be brought to bear in potential future crises.
Executive coaching
I work with CEOs, senior officers and cultural leaders in order to try to tease out what it is that really makes them tick, what they look away from and why they avoid it, and where the possibilities are. This work is similar to my psychotherapeutic work with individual clients, only more focused.
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