The clue’s in the name. We exist to raise the skills and performance of leaders. We specialise in coaching and developing strategy for organisations, teams and individuals in the private, public and third sectors.

Rise above it

HOW TO OUT-PERFORM?

Better people. Better ideas. Better ways of doing things.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

By listening harder. By thinking bigger. By showing how. By doing more.

RISE ABOVE

Leadership coaching and strategy for organisations, brands and individuals. Delivered personally or online.

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We help you rise

COACHING

We understand that you are unique, that’s why our executive coaching and mentoring programmes are bespoke. We develop the appropriate style to suit the individual.

We identify clear goals and shape the right methodology for each person.

We track progress, explore changing needs and provide ongoing mentoring services and support to improve performance in real life situations.

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STRATEGY

Strategy is THE plan of business. It should point to where a company is headed and map the route. But in the whirlwind of change strategy must be revisited and re-thought regularly.

We work with leadership teams to refresh their ideas in ways that will be valued by the market and by every part of the organisation.

We get businesses on-trend and on the money.

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DELIVERY

Acting decisively in uncertain times separates leaders from followers.

The most effective leaders make sense of ambiguity by providing strategic clarity and bringing out the best in the people around them. They make few decisions themselves and coach their teams to success. We call this leading from the side, and it is at the heart of our coaching and mentoring to improve delivery.

We look to the future with clients to explore the behaviours that will achieve goals and drive sustainable success. Then we help to embed the behaviours as new habits.

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How was Churchill shaped by other leaders? (with David Reynolds, Emeritus Professor of International History at University of Cambridge)

Most of us think of Churchill as the uniquely-gifted warrior-leader who led the nation to victory in the Second World War. He is the role-model for courageous leadership, pugnacious negotiation and brilliant communication. He is the archetypal big picture strategist.

Winston Churchill was all these things, and more. However, in his new book Mirrors of Greatness historian David Reynolds, our leading expert on the two world wars and the Cold War, seeks to paint a more personal, nuanced portrait of Churchill in relation to other leaders by showing how he mirrored them, and they him. Explaining how Churchill was shaped, David discusses the key roles played by wartime allies Stalin and Roosevelt, political rivals Chamberlain and Attlee, enemies Hitler, Mussolini and Gandhi, and his influential leader-wife Clementine.

Leadership-lessons from a great leader in his context.

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PAUL GIBSON Co-founder
Coaching & Delivery Partner
SEAN MOORE Co-founder
Coaching & Strategy Partner

Who we partner

  • Global & national brands
  • Local & owner-run businesses
NHS
cocacola
ford
gsk
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harrods
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loreal
prudential
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AR
Blues
TTR

What they say

“LISTENED HARDER AND ARRIVED AT BETTER ANSWERS THAN ANYBODY ELSE”
Pete Tyler, Managing Directors
Neilson Active Holidays

“HELPED US NAVIGATE COMPLEXITY”
Sarah Howe, Chief Marketing Officer
BUPA

“RAISED OUR THINKING GAME”
Mark Allen, CEO
Dairy Crest

“TRANSFORMED OUR BUSINESS ON MANY
FRONTS”

Stuart MacFarlane Zone President Europe
AB In-Bev

“LIFTED EXPECTATIONS, WIDENED
PERSPECTIVES AND DIDN’T MAKE US FEEL
LIKE NUMPTIES”

Simon Hodgson Chief Executive Forestry
England

Start rising now

Try our free Chemistry Test

Three free partner-days to explore any issue you have.

The bigger and stickier the better.

Our Chemistry test works like this. We have one-to one meetings to explore your problem or aspiration.

We dig into data and shape ideas. We ask questions and form conclusions. All working with you.

After this we will either want to work together or we won’t.