About this Event
Why Most Meetings Fail — and the Thinking Environment That Changes Everything
Why this matters
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.
What you’ll gain
- 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.
Who this is for
- 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
Part 1 — Creating the Conditions for Clear Thinking
📅 10 February | In person | Manchester| 1400 - 1800
Outcome: meetings that generate clarity, not noise.
Part 2 — Problem-Smashing: How This Works in Practice|In person|1500 - 1730
📅 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.
How this works
- 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.
Agenda
🕑: 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Creating the conditions for clear thinking 10 February. In person.
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.
Untitled agenda
🕑: 03:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Problem-Smashing: How This Works in Practice. 17 February - after the Forum.
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.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
King Street Townhouse Hotel, 10 Booth Street, Manchester, United Kingdom
GBP 350.00 to GBP 800.00
