At The Centre, we work with top teams, senior and middle managers. Using 3-way meetings with line managers and feedback processes we ensure coaching contracts meet business needs. Working across hierarchies within a business enables us to support the organisation to create systemic as well as individual change.

Working one to one enables individual development needs to be addressed. Coaching is a confidential process which is focussed on the individual client meeting agreed business goals and development needs.

"Thanks so much for the excellent session today – just what I needed – challenging and affirming"  Dean, higher Education

"Your patience has been incredible and I appreciate your firm but gentle approach. Thank you so much Sarah, for all that you have done " Senior Manager Housing Association

Board development days offer opportunities to improve effective governance, including the working relationship with the Executive Team. The Chair of the Board can benefit from one to one support, creating a safe space to explore the challenges of the role.

"We are very lucky to have just finished an away day facilitated by Sandra Meadows.

Change has almost been enforced on us over the last few years with the pandemic and cost of living crisis and the enormity of what we need to do has at moments felt like an ever-growing challenge.  However, we are beginning this journey much more confidently having been expertly guided into having the right conversations and asking the right questions. Moving forward we now have a team and board fully engaged in a process to become a much stronger and united organisation."

Kate Hall Executive Director Bath Festivals

Increasingly companies recognise that their people are key to keeping that competitive edge Talent development encompasses a variety of components such as training, career development, career management, and organisational development. Coaching and in-house leadership programmes enable businesses to tailor development to their unique opportunities and challenges.

These common changes involve many personal challenges for the individual manager, particularly if senior and accustomed to power. Our work explores the often hidden ambitions which people can mobilise for, the opportunities and challenges outside the organisation, the heritage which the manager leaves, and the effects on those left behind.

Bespoke leadership development progammes for organisations wanting to harness the potential of their managers are designed to meet unique business needs. We interweave core learning days, action learning and coaching to ensure that systemic and individual needs can both be met. We design 360 leadership profiling using existing leadership behaviours and competencies to enable managers to get live feedback on their strengths and development areas. 

Conflicts can develop in teams and between teams often through poor communication, ignoring emotional energy and lack of attention to managing differences. At The Centre we use mediation to bring together conflicted parties and provide them with a safe, respectful and enjoyable process which enables all parties to feel heard and enables a negotiated contract for  moving forward.

Action learning sets provide a powerful development intervention within a business, or cross a particular sector or cross-sector. As the name suggests, these facilitate learning from the experiences of others as well as opportunities to reflect and be challenged on your own behaviour and impact. Within an organisation, peer learning schemes can help to create and embed a shared vision and culture. Cross sector they enable organisational assumptions to be challenged and cross fertilisation of best practice to occur.