practical workshops

aimed at your business thinking, writing & doing

thinking about strategy creatively

We don’t know who invented the first hot air balloon, but whoever it was had time to think.

Our practical workshop helps fire up ideas to find fresh ways to plot business trajectory. Focusing on unique strengths & opportunities we’ll help your plans soar above the crowds...

management & leadership skills

Good managers are able to ensure optimum performance every time, even from the most reticent members of their team. While the best leaders are clear visionaries who inspire their teams? So how do they do it?

We’ll help your managers and leaders to shine in their vital roles, building their skills & motivated teams in the process…

graduate induction programmes

We have bags of experience of developing & delivering lively, practical & popular induction programmes. Since 2009 we’ve loved working across Europe with hundreds of bright sparks from Generations Y to Z.

Speaking of which, there’s talk of a forthcoming award. Watch this space...

train the trainer

If you’re reading this page it’s because, like us, you believe that brilliant coaching and training have the power to transform.

Like your training facilitators, we’re not interested in going through the motions, rather in giving & getting the best from ourselves as well as those we train to train...

refresh your business writing

If your inbox feels littered with documents that rival the enigma code, it may be time to parachute us in for writing support.

Poor professional writing is bad for business and reputations. We’ll help you to think like a psychologist & write like a journalist - so you feel more confident that your writing does the job …

create engaging presentations

Call an amnesty on bullet points & we’ll help you avoid being wounded through dense, dull or downright incomprehensible presentations.

Walking through clear steps, explore how to create memorable presentations that are as inspiring to listen to as they are easy to navigate & appreciate...

write brilliant copy

We all know that presenting the facts in a logical order doesn’t cut it any more - that’s if it ever really did!

Understanding what gets binned or clicked is vital business information. Our insider know-how will help sharpen your writing pencils to deliver great copy, riveting speeches or persuasive pitches, proposals or press releases …

pain free Professional reports

The first challenge for professional report writers is to get their documents read. The second & third, that key recommendations will be understood & acted upon.

Blow the dust off report-writing protocols that haven’t seen the light of day so that your company’s reports are always clear, clean & effective… 

five steps to great negotiations

We’ll help your people tackle their most challenging scenarios & find practical win-wins every time.

And if the negotiation process, tactics or gambits used by others feels shrouded in mystery, we’ve helped hundreds of people feel more confident about how to move things forward when thing gets sticky…

how to be your most influential

Can your business really afford not to invest in your potential influence? Amplifying the potential benefits or threats of doing or not doing something, are just two techniques that encourage people to buy. 

Why wouldn’t you want your teams to understand the practicalities of boosting their unique influence & powers of persuasion? … 

personal impact

We encourage stocktaking, as well as stocking up on easy ways to shape personal professional impact - taking the lid off the more subtle ways that business impressions are made.

At the heart of our work, one key principle - to give people more options around asserting their value & potential.…

public speaking & presenting

Excellent presentation skills are vital to any business - in our experience they’re absent from far too many. 

Get shot of wooden delivery styles & help your people be their most credible, clear & engaging online or face-to-face.

Expect challenge, personalised support & confidence boosting practice…