Why most meetings fail and the Thinking Environment that changes everything

Senior leaders don’t lack ideas.
They lack the conditions for high-quality thinking.

That’s why meetings:

• drift or circle
• consume senior time
• produce partial alignment but little movement

This programme shows what’s missing — and how Senior Leaders change it.

• clearer, faster decision-making
• fewer unproductive meetings
• better use of senior time
• more ownership without forcing consensus
• a repeatable method you can use immediately

This is not facilitation training.
It’s a leadership method for how thinking actually happens.

• C-suite and executive leaders
• senior leaders one level below the executive team
• leaders who chair meetings, lead teams, or influence strategy

If you care about results and recognise the cost of poor thinking, this is designed for you

Programme structure

📅 10 February | In person | Manchester| 1400 - 1800

Outcome: meetings that generate clarity, not noise.

📅 17 February | Later the same afternoon, following the Senior Leaders Peer Support Forum

If you attend the Forum, you will already have experienced this method at senior-leader depth.

This session explains the principles behind the problem-smashing process.

Outcome: learn how to apply it intentionally with senior teams.

A short break is built in between sessions, with access to the hotel’s co-working and café space.

Preferential pricing available for coaching clients and members of the Peer Support Forum.

• In person at King Street Townhouse Hotel
• Small group (maximum 10 participants)
• Practical, grounded, commercially relevant

This is a working space — not a presentation or a panel.

See Agenda sections below for more content detail.

Info: You will:

understand why most meetings unintentionally limit thinking

experience what changes when attention is structured differently

learn practical tools for 1-to-1s, senior meetings, and key conversations

Outcome: meetings that generate clarity, not noise.

Info: If you attend the Forum, you will already have experienced this method in action.

This session is in person and:

explains the principles behind the problem-smashing process

shows how to apply it intentionally with senior teams

supports a structured, person-centred approach to real organisational challenges

A short break is built in between sessions, with access to the hotel’s co-working and café space.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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