"Learning organizations are organizations where people continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together."

Creating the conditions where positive change in behaviour can flourish and the introduction of coaching as a dominant style of managing and leading has been shown to be the most effective and sustainable approach to effect change and promote a supportive healthy working environment.

Building the capability and capacity of our people is a priority to meet and manage the new demands of today’s and tomorrow’s world.

There’s now a refocus and need for even more creative thinking and innovation to bring together different ways of managing, leading and of course behaving. This can be achieved by creating a common language, framework and frame of reference for building skills that will bring significant tangible business benefits.

Understanding our people and how to bring out the best in them is a necessary skill and this is most effective when using a coaching style of managing and leading. This new currency sets the benchmark for new ways of working with each other.

Embracing a coaching mind-set and coaching skill set will establish new habits that bring out the best in everyone and will become the ‘thread’ that runs through every aspect of the business and through the people who work there as they bring the values of the business to life.