Lead Tough Change Without Getting Eaten Alive
What we do
We help organisations to resolve complex delivery challenges and build the capability to prevent them happening again.
How it works
Most consulting models force you to choose between two extremes: Done For You - fast, expert delivery or Done With You - strong capability building.
At 12bearsecrets you get the best of both worlds in 3 steps:
1. Lead & Resolve (Done for You)
We take the lead in resolving your 'live' issue - conflict, misalignment, stalling delivery, governance breakdown. You get immediate clarity and progress.
2. Explain & Unpack
We walk your team through what was done, why it worked, and how to apply the same principles
3. Practice & Build Capability (Done with You)
We run structured, safe sessions where your team practices the skills need to handle similar situations in the future.
Make Achieving Tough Goals more Predictable, Profitable and Personally Sustainable
Why this Works
You get results first (we 'turn off the tap' on your issue)
You and your team receive a deep dive on what was done, why and how
You and your team practice the skills to build capability for real situations, in a safe but realistic environment
Cross-functional understanding, capability and toolsets improve
Typical outcomes
You save significant money on change and operational costs
You realise more benefits from change (an extra 20% on Business Case is typical)
Conflicts reduce
Governance is clarified
Delivery is accelerated
Teams get back on track
Personal, team and organization capability is uplifted (e.g. adaptability)
Productivity improvements are embedded through use of a few easy to use tools
What are you grappling with?
- Delivery is Slowing
- Key Teams are in Conflict
- Change Adoption is too low or too slow
- Cross-functional collaboration is breaking down
- Decisions are taking too long to make
- Technical standards are blocking Delivery
- Risk & Compliance activities are slowing progress
- Your programme feels off track - but you don't know why
Who We Work With
Leaders and teams facing complex change who want to operate smarter, adapt faster, and deliver greater impact, including:
- CEO and COO teams
- Regulated environments
- Large scale transformation programmes
- Cross-functional delivery teams
- PMO, finance, risk and standerds functions
- Emerging talent seeking smarter ways to lead themselves and influence others
If these values matter to you, we'll work well together
Economy of Effort — achieving big goals without sacrificing wellbeing
Holistic Ambition — building capability that goes beyond what’s measured today
Personally Sustainable Impact — making more impact more easily, right now and longer term
Lead Through Crisis without Getting Eaten Alive
Why 12 Bear Secrets?
When it comes to coming through crisis, humans can learn a lot from bears:
- we grow and adapt our mindset and toolset to the challenges we face;
- we're high-impact; transforming the 'territory' we're in;
- we generate side-effects from our efforts, which help or harm others;
- we value economy of effort;
- we have clear rules of engagement (even if we forget that sometimes);
- we hate losing!
- we must be able to 'feed': to fuel ourselves for today, tomorrow and what lies ahead;
- we have huge ability to nurture and fuel others;
- we often carry scars;
- we're survivors!
We leverage many of these realities through the 12bearsecrets TM leadership system
