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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

In 2017 Gareth Southgate asked Jon Coomber as the Chief of Staff at Commando Training Centre Royal Marines to deliver a developmental package for the England Football Team. The aim of the package was to help transform the underachieving team into a high performance team through instilling self and group awareness, generating trust and understanding,…

Mission Mindset was asked to assist ASOS in establishing a leadership culture. Working with the ASOS people team Mission Mindset delivered a series of events to define leading at ASOS and then instil these leadership attributes across the organisation. The first of these events was a 3 day residential for the executive team run from…