We work consciously, using imagination, creativity and insight to help you find the right way forward, whatever your situation or context.

Our ethos and approach is underpinned by our core values.
 

Learning & Development

Much of our learning and development work is focused on developing leaders at all levels of an organisation. We are adult learning specialists and the programmes we design and deliver typically span over several months and involve self-assessment, residential programmes, virtual and/or face to face coaching, peer support, communities of practice, and often conclude with recognition in the form of certification. Although we are no strangers to the boardroom and working with executive teams, some of our most exciting work is on the frontline with everyday leaders delivering services or facilitating change at a community level. Whether in the C-suite, in a hospital setting in East London, a development organisation in South Asia or a community based organisation in East Africa, we can contextualise our approach and transform leadership capacity.
 

Coaching

Our coaching approach is typically on-the-job, and alongside you as ‘coachee’, helping you hold the mirror up to yourself. We specialise in executive coaching and coaching frontline staff, whether leaders, managers or technical specialists. Our style is to listen intently and ask powerful, constructive questions. Our method references Nancy Kline’s seminal work on the thinking environment, as well as Daniel Goleman’s work on emotional intelligence. We try not to be pigeon-holed though, so if you’re looking for a coach with lots of letters after their name we’re probably not right for you. We coach emerging leaders, particularly in healthcare settings, HR leaders and business leaders with strategic or operational responsibilities. We also work closely with a number of independent coaches – so if we’re not right for you we can make a recommendation. You can find some coaching resources over at the Coaching Story.
 

Facilitation

We have a unique track record in facilitating groups of all shapes and sizes, and particularly consortia and complex collaborations. Whether facilitating a meeting, an awayday or a retreat, strategy development, strategy implementation, re-organisations or re-structuring, we can support you. Facilitation is both an art and a science – successful facilitation is about the journey as well as the destination (or staging post)! We take a values based approach to facilitation, paying attention to the preparation work and seeking to strengthen the behaviours you want to nurture in your organisation or context. We are comfortable with technology (some would call us geeks) and can facilitate virtually and across time zones; equally we are comfortable with pens, paint and play dough, using walls and floors and our creative capacities. We use video and theatre when appropriate, and for particularly creative situations involving larger numbers of diverse individuals our ‘jamming sessions’ take inspiration from the great jazz musicians!
 

Consultancy

Where there is an opportunity to work on changing behaviours or strengthening capacities – as well as delivering your terms of reference and desired outcomes – then we happily apply our expertise to management consulting. We specialise in vision and strategy development, values, culture and engagement, strategic reviews, Human Resources Management, and organisation design and development. We’re definitely not ‘shiny consultants’, preferring instead to work in partnership with you to diagnose the issues you may have, consult on solutions and then provide technical oversight during implementation. A lot of our management consulting ends up crossing over into leadership development, coaching or facilitation, which is fine by us. It’s just a better way of doing consulting – properly aligned to our core values and facilitation expertise!
 

Beyond

A social business is an ethical business and we are fully committed to living our values…

Our fees are transparent, competitive and reflect our level of expertise. We will rarely be the cheapest consultants you engage but we are certainly not the most expensive. We pride ourselves on quality and value for money. Our fees mean we can make an honest living, be generous to those in need, and do our bit to bring about positive change. We pay our taxes in the UK where we are registered, or in the country they are due.

We re-invest the profit we generate back into the business to increase our capacity and impact, and each director is committed to an ongoing annual programme of professional learning, development and research.

In addition, each Director gives away more than 20 days every year, pro bono, to worthy causes. These include local, community based ventures and enterprises, as well as the Change CO.LAB development programme for leaders and an ongoing portfolio of pro bono coaching.

If you’d like to talk to us about how we can support your cause, then get in touch.

When you engage a Conscious Project consultant you are paying for quality, and you get a bespoke service, tailored to your needs and available resources. If you’re not happy with the service you’ve received, then talk to us and we’ll sort it out.

We are always looking for opportunities to change, develop and grow in partnership with others. We partner with many individuals, organisations and networks, including the Future Work Forum and the Coaching Story.

If you’d like to explore a partnership with us, get in touch.