What I do

I specialise in working with fast-growth companies that find themselves in one of these two situations (usually both).

1. You need to hire a lot of people, and you know you aren’t exceptional at it

Maybe you’ve raised a big round. Maybe you’re dealing with endless churn or worried you have a lot of “B” players. Or maybe you’re just struggling to attract talent in a competitive market.

2. You have a lot of first-time managers in leadership roles

Maybe things were moving so fast you had to put people you trusted into management roles. Maybe you were scared of losing high-performers so you promoted them. Or maybe it all just kind of happened and that was fine when you were small but now it’s starting to show and you’re not sure what to do.

Do any of these sound familiar? It’s okay I’ve been there.

And it was because I had “been there”, that I began designing a solution. I knew that if my managers couldn’t attract and hire exceptional talent, and if they also couldn’t engage and develop that talent… then eventually things would start to break. I’d maybe grow but I’d struggle to scale and eventually culture and performance would take a turn for the worse.

Lo and behold, my very own practical management training programme.

Two modules, delivered back to back or separately.

Hiring, 2 days (in-person, max 8 per cohort)

If you want a high performing team it starts from knowing who you need to hire and how you assess. It’s also all the in-between like how to design a job description, how to outreach, how to sell a company, how to probe in an interview and make the right call, how to run a reference and make an offer. Over the two days I share my 20 years of best practice.

We also dive deep into understanding the roles you are (or will be) hiring for, and as a group we practise, role play and demonstrate, so that you walk away knowing how to interview like a pro.
But knowledge only goes so far. We follow up the training with 1-1 support where I partner with participants in either real-life interviews or role plays. With demonstrations, shadowing and feedback, I make sure your team cements the skills needed to hire exceptional talent.

Leading, 3 days (in-person, max 8 per cohort)

Any training provider that promises to train people in how to be a good manager is lying. Being a good manager requires you to spend several years applying different tactics (making some mistakes and some wins) and learning from there.

I jump straight to teaching those tactics.

We cover things like when/how to use different leadership styles, how to give feedback, how to embed rituals, how to win over those above and below, how to tackle different situations, how to use your body and voice, how to problem solve, how to say things, how to run a 1-1.

The 3 days are filled with stories, discussion, demonstrations, role plays, and most importantly – practical tactics you can use the moment you walk out the room.

I then follow up the training with some 1-1 coaching, where I work with your managers and embed the tactics into their working week.

There isn’t a magic switch. Your managers won’t become amazing managers overnight. But I absolutely guarantee that they will have a whole new set of tools that they can apply right away, and if they do that, they’ll definitely be better managers and time can be great managers.

So is this yet another management training course that’s being offered on the market? We’ve tried some before…

Yes and no. It is another management training course but I’d like to think it’s not the same. Traditional training courses are fluffy, theory-based, boring, and often led by people who have no real battle scars or stories to tell. I’m not a trainer. I’ve worked as a manager in fast-growth companies and I’m teaching tools I’ve used myself and taught my teams. I don’t waste time, I jump straight to teaching the useful bits in an engaging and interactive way. Contact me to learn more 🙂

“That was the best management training I’ve had – especially the link between theory and your ACTUAL practical experience – it was a game changer. I got more from these days than I have in my whole career to date”.