Following the recent Higgs Review, the newly revised Combined Code recommends that boards undertake a formal and rigorous evaluation of their own performance and that of their committees. As noted by the Code, ‘the use of an external third party to conduct the evaluation will bring objectivity to the process’ and at our custom-designed Executive Development programmes can help organisations to meet these new standards.

Is your business facing any of these challenges?
	Rapid Growth
	Acquisition
	Merger
	Change of ownership
	Change in senior management
	New senior management team
	Restructuring
	Change of strategic direction
	Economic pressures
	Start-up maturing into established business
Executive Development can help your organisation to…
	Develop the fresh thinking required for re-evaluation and action
	Improve quality and speed of decision-making
	Implement change more effectively
	Be an ‘agile’ company able to react quickly to changing demands
	Manage sustainable growth
	Create/maintain good corporate governance
Successful Interventions include:
	Research: We identify the issues and facts through a range of tools such as profiling individuals within teams, culture profiling organisations, 360° profiles, staff relationship surveys, discussion groups and client research and interviews against set criteria.
	Playback: We play our findings back to the individual/group/organisation through a variety of methods eg gap analysis (what are the risks?), one-to-ones, overviews mapped to business needs, presentations, workshops, a comprehensive report detailing strengths/weaknesses and issues.
	Catalyst for Change: We facilitate various ‘Catalysts for Change’ interventions such as Executive Team Development Programmes, Workforce Development Programmes for driving through change, Individual Coaching, bespoke events built around issues raised from research, Business Games, Setting up Challenges, as well as a range of team- development activities based on land or water.
Benefits
	Stronger Executive Team
	Executive acting with more power and efficiency as an individual and as a group
	All members pulling in the same direction
	Devolution of operations to the appropriate level
	Constructive data on which to base business decisions
	Clear strategy with executive buy in to deliver.