Our approach
What we believe
We believe that the dynamic of conventional ‘leadership teams’ — where ideas and directives are monopolised by a few, dominant personalities — works against success.
Our approach encourages an alternative culture of ‘teams of leaders’ — where every individual member understands the strengths and weaknesses of every other — freeing the flow of ideas and actions.
How we work
Working with us is a vigorous, exhilarating and sometimes uncomfortable experience. We question your received ideas, ask you to try the unexpected and encourage you to widen your perspectives. We’ll use real-world scenarios to stress test how everyone is responding, learning and growing.
We devise and facilitate practical, work-oriented workshops around your specific needs and context.
Who we work with
We work with people who recognise what we call ‘motivated discontent.’ They are company board, executive committee and senior management team members who have become aware of the gap between potential and performance.
They may have been disappointed by other approaches to team development and coaching and are looking for the kind of enlightenment and breakthrough that comes with a serious commitment to budget and time.
Our clients are medium to large privately-owned companies,
with 50+ people. These can include well-funded startups, pre-IPO businesses on their 2nd or 3rd round of funding and family businesses.
Our ethos
We want to do the very best for our clients, our people, the community we work in — and the communities our work impacts. We commit to being transparent, accountable and to balance profit with purpose. We choose to work with organisations that share our belief that it’s crucial to be good corporate citizens.
Others may offer business or scientific approaches, but to every client relationship, we bring a unique combination of science, knowledge and experience.
Science
Social psychology, neuroscience and behavioural science.
Behavioural science: We predict and diagnose human behaviours.
Social psychology: We explore how groups/teams are organised, how they interact and how they change.
Neuroscience: We explore recent, relevant discoveries and bring our knowledge about the human brain to raise well-being, inclusivity and performance.
Knowledge
Business know-how and academic research-based expertise.
Academic understanding of critical psychological factors and neuroscientific mechanisms governing groups and individuals.
Up to date knowledge and engagement with the latest in business and organisational thinking.
Experience
Multi-sector, board level experience.
Directing and managing national and international organisations from SME to multinational scope and scale.
Challenges have included periods of intense change and even existential crises.
What people say about Actinium
“Diligent, accurate and perceptive, Actinium’s work resulted in a clear, well-structured result. Their presentation style led to robust and challenging discussions that drove to the core of our issues. I have no hesitation in recommending them for work involving complexity, volatility and novelty.”
Chris Brooks, Group CEO
FoundOcean
“Actinium’s briefing was bang on target and has provided us all with plenty to think about. It was a real privilege to listen to an accomplished practitioner who can bring a subject to life.”
Colonel Stephen Hall
Royal College of Defence Studies
We’ll help you tune your top teams
We devise and facilitate work-oriented senior team coaching interventions and workshops around your specific needs and context. Get in touch, so we can understand how to help you.