The program got into the depth of the science behind leadership and learning with dynamic facilitators – with practical, impactful actions that participants could do inbetween. We have heard delightful stories from the cohort, who made great strides in just three or four sessions. They’ve quickly identified their leadership challenge, made and executed a game plan with their coach and are seeing real- time results. We are delighted to be recognised by Brandon Hall for the truly powerful results we’ve achieved, in partnership with MindGym.

We are delighted that MindGym’s innovative program in partnership with Burberry has been recognised by the prestigious Brandon Hall Excellence Awards.

It’s a tremendous honour to be recognised for MindGym and ParentGym’s contributions to business and the community. No entrepreneur has it easy, but I had it a lot easier thanks to the remarkable talent and commitment of my co-founder Sebastian Bailey and my wife Joanne Cash, MindGym’s Chair who Chaired MindGym for almost a decade and led us through the IPO. Above all, my thanks go to the clients who were willing to be pioneers and the thousands of exceptional people who have been part of MindGym’s dedicated global team over the last two decades.

For society’s most pressing challenges, from polarisation to productivity, loneliness to mental illness, discrimination to disillusion, behavioural science is the active ingredient in any lasting cure. It is MindGym’s job to turn this theory into practice by equipping millions of people all over the world with the practical psychological tools and wherewithal to use their minds more effectively, so they get more out of life and give more to others. I am thrilled to accept this honour on behalf of MindGym and ParentGym, for the part we play to help make the world a better place.

Leadership was always challenging, but in the context of the pandemic, hybrid working, The Great Resignation and with a recession looming, it's become a gruellingly tough job. When even your boss is thinking about quitting, that means it's time to rethink how we are upskilling our leaders, in a completely different world than the one we knew at the start of 2020.

Tensions are necessary to build organisational momentum. A bicycle without tension is a lump of metal on the ground. A company without tensions is equally useless. The foundation of effective leadership development is the recognition that tensions are the force that drives organisations forward. We need to cherish and lean into tensions rather than believe they should, or can, be resolved.

Today’s leaders face a perfect storm of headwinds, but the future looks bright for the few that manage to win the war for talent, innovate to thrive in a hybrid landscape, and deliver growth in the face of an impending recession. Mastering these hard-to-teach leadership skills is the critical first step to success.

“In a world that is short on time, rapidly changing, and increasingly outcome-focused, the most popular coaching models, which are patient, episodic and relationship-focused, are struggling to deliver. Today’s business leaders and CHROs need an approach that is fast, goal-focused, performance-orientated, and which delivers observable, measurable behaviour change. “That’s what we’ve created with Performa. We’ve already seen great success with an early beta roll-out, and we look forward to working with clients worldwide to drive rapid cultural and commercial transformation using Performa.”

“Lots of coaching out there falls into the ‘feel-good category’. It looks good, it makes us feel good, it may even help some people make changes – but it’s what we call a ‘specious’ solution: it’s unlikely to work with the majority of people. The key differentiator is a solid, evidence-based methodology that equips the majority of participants with the tools they need to turn intention into action.”