Working with Business & Industry

Effective and enterprising leadership is critical to business success and yet it’s often not that systematically developed.

We can change that for your organisation, and in so doing, get the best out of your people.

Developing as a leader is related to becoming a wiser human being and that’s an important aspect of my work.

Transforming Business & Industry

Peter Drucker said, “If you want to understand organisations, try changing them.” Well, I’ve worked a great deal on changing organisations and aspects of them.

I have worked with over 180 companies in business and industry, delivering a range of transformational projects, frequently with multiple engagements over many years.

Bringing in external assistance can accelerate the pace of change and growth in your organisation through the introduction of new ideas and some accountability for making progress, provided the help is delivered in a supportive and compassionate fashion.

Maintaining “psychological safety” is a key part of my approach. In fact, I have a reputation for “bringing a calm to things” – creating the circumstances in which people can think and communicate more effectively.

Some of the outcomes or resources you may be looking for are:

  • A trusted advisor
  • Development of your senior team
  • Help with leadership development more generally
  • Strategy development and implementation
  • Culture change
  • Help with succession
  • Solutions to development needs of team members, such as Strategic Leadership, Stepping Up to Leadership, and Professional Relationship Skills and Influence
  • Facilitation of large group events
  • Resolution of disharmony and conflict within your leadership team
  • Help with some other complex, possibly unusual leadership issue

To discuss what an engagement could do for you and your organisation in business and industry, please book a call or complete the form below and we will get back to you promptly:

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Testimonials

“Able to interpret what’s required, take board level responsibility and make it happen without needing further input, whilst coming forward with options when appropriate. The only one around with the skills to make this happen.”

Craig Lockhart, Managing Director, Babcock, Marine Division

“Not just leadership – strategy understanding and working on the business”

Dr Ken Sutherland, President, Canon Medical Research Europe, Edinburgh

“Extremely thought-provoking and conscience-prodding. David really underscores the results that can flow from true values-based leadership.”

Amanda McMillan, Chief Executive Officer, AGS Airports Limited

“David provides the means to inject fairness and respect into the workplace and create environments where leaders help people to relate to each other, customers, and their work, to progressively increase their competence and capability, and also to enjoy the level of autonomy needed to produce fulfilment and great results.”

Jim Mather, Chairman, Gael Ltd

“It’s important for others to understand, one of the reasons this has worked so well is that you listen, understand the problem and help us do our work.”

Commodore Chris Hockley RN, Commander Naval Base Clyde

FAQs

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What’s different about the support you provide?

It’s informed by a highly-developed expertise in human development and interaction combined with the knowledge and experience of an operational career. That combination makes a radical difference in the appropriate circumstances. It’s simply more powerful than the alternatives.

Won’t you just tell us what we already know?

I have a comprehensive set of expertise in leadership and organisation development. It’s very unlikely you have all of that at your disposal already, especially because some of that expertise is original contributions to the field. Getting your organisation to talk to itself well is part of the approach though.

How do you charge for an engagement?

In whatever way works best for you. We can use an agreed day rate applied to hours recorded or use a retainer arrangement in which an agreed minimum amount of support is provided for a fixed monthly fee. If the scope of work is clear enough, we can also agree a fixed fee in advance. Generally, we invoice monthly for work done in the month.