Upskill your team to transform your organisation.
As well as helping you develop and implement practical strategy, we can upskill your team, empowering them to have real impact and create growth.
Strategy development
Training design & delivery
Leadership Development
Facilitation & other services
Strategy Development
We offer expert-led strategy development services designed to help organisations at every stage of their strategic journey. From interactive workshops that kickstart your strategic thinking – ideal for leadership Away Days – to independent strategy reviews and the collaborative development of new, future-ready strategies, our support is flexible and scalable.
For organisations looking to build internal capability, we also deliver an award-winning, CMI-recognised strategy course to upskill your team with the skills to create and implement effective, long-term strategies. On the course, students learn how to apply our proven five-stage approach, which is described in detail in our best-selling book The Quick Guide to Effective Strategy.
To get a feel for how we approach the development of strategy, why not have a quick look at Craig Lawrence’s recent best selling book The Quick Guide to Effective Strategy or watch one of our short strategy films (5 – 8 mins) using the buttons below.
Training and education to upskill your team
When we design and develop courses, we follow the Defence Systems Approach to Training (DSAT). This was developed as ‘best practice’ by the UK Ministry of Defence and meets the requirements of the International Quality Management System (ISO 9001).
This ensures that as well as being cost effective, our training and education solutions meet the highest international standards, which probably explains why in 2023, 2024 and 2025 our ‘Developing and Implementing Effective Strategy’ received national awards for training excellence and why in May 2025 it was formally recognised by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), with the CMI accreditation team describing it as: ‘A robust and well-designed programme.’ The target audience for this course is middle & senior level management, board members/charity trustees and strategy development teams.
To get a feel for the sorts of courses and programmes we can deliver, why not have a quick look at our multi award winning three to five day ‘Developing and Implementing Effective Strategy’ course, which was recently recognised by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), using the link below. This course, which is designed to upskill your team, creates organisational capability by teaching delegates how to lead the development of practical strategy.
Upskill your team with leadership development
Our leadership development services include presentations and seminars that explore the attributes, attitudes and actions (the 3As) of effective strategic leaders. These stimulate self-reflection, prompting senior executives to think about how they might improve their own leadership capability. Our course facilitators are both highly qualified and very experienced. Their success is down to their core belief that all facilitated learning interventions should be fully inclusive and encourage the open and wide ranging discussion necessary to promote inner reflection, heightened cultural awareness and understanding of alternative perspectives. Underpinning their approach is the belief that interventions should always be about the student, not the facilitator. Contact us to find out more.
Other Services
In addition to the strategy, leadership and course development services outlined above, we offer the following additional services (all of which can be delivered on-line if required):
- Exercise Design and Delivery: support with the design and delivery of strategic exercises to develop executives’ leadership skills and strategy-making expertise.
- Mentoring: mentoring of senior executives during strategic exercises designed to develop their leadership and strategy-making skills.
- Conference Facilitation: chairing and facilitation of panel discussions, Q&A sessions and VIP speaker interviews.
- Seminar Facilitation: facilitation of student/executive seminar discussions on subjects determined by the client.
- Peer Review: peer review of papers and journal articles on leadership, strategy and course design.
- Media Projects: military advice and guidance during the scoping, development and production of media projects (such as documentaries, reality TV shows etc).
What our clients say
‘A very enjoyable and thought provoking three days. I liked that we did move at pace…The draft strategy is exceedingly useful…I was singing your praises to a CEO of another charity this week for the work you have done with us.’ CEO of national charity
‘Thank you again for all your support – we have now achieved several of the outcomes in the vision (target was by Dec 2027) and are on track to achieve the main one.’ Senior Executive, research institute‘
‘Craig was an approachable, engaging and inclusive facilitator, and brought out a full range of ideas from each member of the team by creating a collaborative and relaxed atmosphere. I would fully recommend him to any business seeking strategic clarity.’ Department Head, international recruitment company
‘A really productive session…you have been hugely helpful in sharpening our thinking about our future direction of travel – we’re in a good place to move forward.’ Executive Director, international bank
‘Really enjoyable couple of days and great fun to spend with the team. Craig was fantastic and got everyone thinking. It was rewarding to come up with a strategy that everyone has fed into and a great opportunity to hear everyone’s honest reflections on what we do well and what we do less well. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought and would certainly recommend it to my contacts.’ Executive Director, international recruitment company
‘I really enjoyed the strategy days…The atmosphere was definitely one where everyone could contribute and all ideas were listened to.’ Account Director, international recruitment company
An excellent course. I appreciate the strong process which was delivered by excellent professionals. The process delivered, provides an excellent system to develop a strategic plan/strategy. Government official, Cayman Islands
Excellent course – great presentations and information supplied. Great teamworking by all – shows that various departments can come together and produce results. Government official, Cayman Islands
Some of our clients
Our clients include commercial businesses (both in the UK and overseas), government departments (UK and overseas), charities, international banks, the armed forces, universities and other institutes. The logos below give an idea of the range of organisations we have helped (there are lots more but many are covered by NDAs and won’t let us display their logos).
