Why Most Leadership Training Fails

Leadership training is big business. UK companies spend billions every year developing their managers. Yet, if you ask staff on the ground, the results often feel underwhelming. Why? Because traditional leadership training often fails to change behaviour in a meaningful, lasting way. In sectors like engineering, manufacturing, and infrastructure, where deadlines are tight and safety-critical, […]

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The True Cost of Hidden People Blockers

In engineering and infrastructure, success depends not just on technical excellence, designs, materials or project scheduling – but critically on people, how they work together, how they think, and how culture enables (or blocks) performance. What often goes unseen are the hidden people blockers – behaviours, beliefs, communication breakdowns, and organisational habits that quietly sap […]

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6 months in the Harrison Network

Elizabeth joined the Harrison Network in April this year. It’s been a whirlwind six months, with her delivering a range of projects from culture change to coaching, for clients large and small, within Cumbria and beyond and to multiple career stages. Read about her journey and reflections on what being part of the Harrison Network […]

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