Grow Your Vision
C-Suite and Executive Education
EXE-1001
High-Performance Teams and Organisational Culture
The programme that most consistently produces immediate organisational action. The executive team effectiveness diagnostic — completed before the programme by each participant's direct reports and peers — delivers feedback of an honesty and specificity unavailable in any other format. The culture design workshop on day two, in which participants draft a genuine culture change intervention for their organisation with faculty support, is the programme most frequently described by participants as having changed the direction of their organisation. A bespoke team version — in which the whole C-suite attends together — is the most powerful organisational intervention in the portfolio.
In Demand
For COOs, CTOs, CDOs, CIOs, and senior leaders with accountability for digital transformation. This programme covers digital strategy, technology investment governance, legacy modernisation, and the human dimensions of leading large-scale digital change. Not a technology course — a leadership course for executives who must govern and accelerate technology-enabled transformation.
Modules
1: The Science of High-Performance Teams — What the Evidence Actually Shows |
2: Executive Team Effectiveness — Diagnosing and Transforming Your Top Team |
3: Organisational Culture — Definition, Measurement and Intentional Design |
4: Culture Change at Scale — How to Shift a Culture Without Destroying It |
5: Talent Strategy — Attraction, Development and Retention at the Highest Level |
6: Succession Planning and Leadership Pipeline Development |
7: Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging as Performance Drivers |
8: Employee Experience, Engagement and Productivity in the Hybrid Era |
9: Organisational Health Diagnostics and Performance Intervention |
10: People Analytics — Using Data to Drive Culture and Performance Decisions
Who attends
CEOs, COOs, and CHROs with enterprise-wide people and culture accountability; C-suite executives leading major cultural transformation programmes; Founders and entrepreneur-CEOs building organisational culture deliberately; People and Talent Directors preparing for CHRO or CPO roles; Board members with people, remuneration or culture committee responsibility.
Programme Content
High-performance team research (Google Project Aristotle, Harvard Team Effectiveness research); Psychological safety as a performance driver; Executive team diagnostic methodologies; Team dysfunction identification and intervention; Culture definition frameworks (Edgar Schein, Barrett Values Centre, Competing Values Framework); Culture measurement tools and organisational health surveys; Culture change programme design and sequencing; Talent acquisition strategy and employer brand; High-potential identification and development frameworks; Succession planning methodology and depth assessment; Leadership pipeline design; Neurodiversity, inclusion and belonging evidence base; Employee Net Promoter Score and engagement metrics; People analytics platforms and use cases; HR function transformation for the AI era
how to apply
Apply online with CV and a 300-word description of the culture or people performance challenge most relevant to your current leadership. Applications reviewed within 5 working days. Cohort limited to 16. Bespoke version available for leadership teams — particularly powerful when the whole executive team attends together.
what you will learn
Diagnose and transform the effectiveness of your executive and senior leadership teams; Design and execute intentional organisational culture change at scale; Build talent and succession strategies that create genuine competitive advantage; Create the conditions for psychological safety and high-performance behaviours throughout the organisation; Use people analytics to make data-driven culture and talent decisions; Lead diversity, inclusion and belonging as performance imperatives, not compliance obligations; Build and retain the leadership pipeline that your organisation needs for the next decade
How you will learn
Four-day residential intensive with fellow C-suite people and culture leaders; Faculty of organisational psychologists, culture change practitioners, people analytics specialists, and former CHROs; Executive team effectiveness diagnostic completed pre-programme with day-one debrief; Culture design workshop — participants draft a culture change intervention for their own organisation; Succession planning methodology workshop; People analytics demonstration and interpretation session; One-to-one culture and team coaching session; Peer advisory sessions on live culture and people challenges
Faqs
Q: Is this an HR programme?
A: No — it is a strategic executive programme for leaders who are accountable for organisational performance, culture, and talent at the highest level. CHROs and CPOs are welcome, but so are CEOs, COOs, and CFOs. |
Q: Can the whole executive team attend together?
A: Yes — and this is strongly recommended. The bespoke team version is the most powerful format. |
Q: Is the executive team diagnostic really anonymous?
A: Yes — responses are aggregated and no individual response is identifiable. |
Q: Is accommodation included?
A: Yes — four nights and all meals. |
Q: How is this different from an HR or OD conference?
A: This is a residential, cohort-based executive programme with substantial coaching and live organisational work. It is the opposite of a conference.
Certificate of Achievement — High-Performance Teams and Organisational Culture | Accredited by: CPD Certification Service | Code: EXE-1001-2026