Author: Jon
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Go South West
Go South West, part of the Go Ahead Group, traces its origins back to 1872 but in 2020 it was facing its biggest rate of change since the combustion engine and the 1980s privatisation. With a doubled post-merger workforce, Covid- affected staff and customers and the Government’s first ever National Bus Strategy, it faced digitisation, net-zero…
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Peak Scientific
As a supplier to the analytical instrument industry, Peak Scientific has experienced rapid growth cross all continents. Headquartered near Glasgow, Scotland, the business now has 700 people and has trading entities in 20 countries. Peak engaged Mission Mindset to help lead and support them in a process of organisational change to prepare them for the…
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Elite Leadership Programme
6 Part Elite Leadership Programme In 2020, Mission Mindset launched an Introduction to Elite Leadership programme for C-suites, delivering it virtually over 6 hour-long sessions. Our first client was Dashboard, an emerging, forward leaning pipeline-technology company, with whom we explored the 5 priority elements of leadership in High Performing Teams in order to accelerate their…
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Heroes of Telemark
On the evening of February 27, 1943, nine Norwegian Commandos infiltrated the German-held Vemork hydroelectric plant just outside of Rjukan, Norway. Their mission was to destroy the water pipes in the basement. Although these Commandos did not know the significance of their sabotage at the time, they later learned that their mission played a part…
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Between a rock and a hard place as a leader?
Take inspiration from Slim One of our leadership heroes is an exceptional WW2 Army Officer, Field Marshall Slim, who simply claimed ‘leadership is just plain you’. His actions, however, describe his powerful leadership style… Slim led the ‘Forgotten Army’, attacked relentlessly by Malaria and the enemy, while British commanders demanded Slim’s mission succeed. Despite the…
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Comfortable with Uncomfortable
Comfortable with Uncomfortable Change is a constant, so for leaders, what’s the use of a basic change model? Because when your normal pace of adaptation is outstripped by a changing situation, you’re in a perilous place and a team looks to its leader for answers- and you won’t have nearly enough. By simply highlighting what’s…
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Liberty Global Leadership Retreat – Florida Jan 2020
Beware ‘Leader’s legs’ Mission Mindset delivered an experiential leadership and teamwork event for the top 120 leaders of Liberty Global. The programme begun as the sun rose over the Florida coastline. During this memorable event we were reminded of a phenomenon familiar from the Commando leadership training world- ‘Leaders Legs’. During a physical task a…
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Deloitte
Deloitte UK Financial Advisory asked Mission Mindset to deliver a 3 day residential programme for the executive team of senior partners. The aims were to improve personal awareness, group awareness and collaboration/cooperation in order to help develop mutual understanding and support across all areas of the business The programme was run from Bovey Castle on…
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Swiss Re
In June 2018 70 members of Swiss Re Globals flew from around the world to immerse themselves in the Royal Marines culture at Commando Training Centre in Devon. Jon and Alex led a programme to improve team performance specifically leadership, teaming, communications and resilience. The following excellent blog was written by Jing Lang. Five…