Programme
It can get lonely at the top, but it doesn’t have to.
No amount of communication can make a strong leading team unless there’s a meaningful connection between the individuals of which it comprises.
This is not a set of away days.
It is a full-year, insight-led leadership development programme that equips boards and leadership teams to lead with clarity, confidence and cohesion.
The programme begins with a diagnostic phase: structured interviews, assessment tools and leadership research that reveal the truths most teams avoid – misalignments, interpersonal tensions, blind spots and untapped strengths.
From this, we design a tailored development pathway.
What follows is a mix of high-impact group workshops, one-to-one coaching and facilitated dialogue that strengthens judgment, deepens trust and reshapes how the board functions – individually and collectively.
This is how top 1% boards are built: with facts, feedback and a shared language.
How you benefit
- Diagnostic insight that reveals how your board really works and where it does not
- Increased self-awareness, often for the first time in years, for senior leaders
- A bespoke roadmap shaped around the board’s real needs, patterns and blind spots
- 1:1 coaching and live interventions that resolve hidden tensions and fast-track meaningful change
- A more connected, credible and confident board, seen and felt across the organisation
Participant Profile
World-class leadership starts at the top.
Bring your board up to top 1% standards and the rest will follow.
Coach to the Board is a powerful engagement and collaboration programme that identifies how to maximise individual and group talent while building trust, productivity and strategic impact for senior leaders.
This programme is for:
- Finance Directors and HR leads who know their board or executive team could do more, but do not want to be the one to say it
- CEOs or Chairs seeking a connected team with greater strategic collaboration at the top
- Boards and senior leadership teams who are operationally strong but culturally misaligned or politically strained
- Leaders who want to increase influence upward, connect downward and be seen as a visible leadership force inside the business
Course Outcome
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A board that aligns behind a strategic agenda and operates with visible purpose
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Stronger influence with the CEO and executive layer, regardless of history or personality
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Richer dialogue, healthier challenge and faster decision-making
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A leadership team that’s no longer seen as disconnected or out of reach
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Trusted leadership that drives business confidence at every level
Testimonials
Nis supported our change and performance enhancement programme with the Board and Senior Management. I can’t recommend her highly enough for the impact she brought to our business culture, with her infectious attitude and straight talking style, which was embraced across the business at all levels.
Luke Haggett, Group Finance Director
Before we engaged in the Coach to the Board programme, our board was focused on managing debt and operational concerns. We weren’t truly leading the business, we were managing it. We needed to elevate our thinking, align as a team, and develop a shared vision for the future. The challenge was clear: how do we move from the day-to-day grind to strategic, future-proof leadership that drives sustainable success?
This programme was intense and unapologetically direct, but exactly what we needed. It pushed us to confront both our individual and collective strengths and weaknesses as board members. We learned more about ourselves – and each other – than we ever expected on the journey, leading to a deeper level of trust and collaboration. The process forced us to ask tough questions about where we were headed and what kind of leadership was needed to get us there.
The results speak for themselves.
We are now a board with clear purpose, aligned on our strategic priorities, and truly leading the business with vision and confidence. Our decision-making has become sharper, our team dynamics stronger, and we have a clear roadmap for the company’s future. We have short-term wins and we’re building long-term value for the next generation. If you’re ready to shift from managing to truly leading your business, this programme will take you there.
Helen Young, Managing Director
I attended a series of workshops with my fellow board members over a period of several months back in 2017-18. The sessions facilitated open and honest dialogue, and at times dialogue which would otherwise not have surfaced. This created a much clearer understanding of each persons views, enabling us to understand how we could better collaborate whilst being mindful of softer emotive factors, but also allowed each member of the forum to truly express themselves. Nis allowed it to flow, but also ensured it was purposeful, following a broad direction of travel, and each event was far from dry and boring, moreover, was entertaining and engaging all of the time.
Nis is super personable. She gets to know the person as an the individual, and all these years later, still keeps in touch.
Craig Malloy, Group Finance Director
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