Built For This?
You have built something that matters. You do not want to F* up what comes next.
When the pressure is highWhen the game has changedWhen the next decisions matter
The Alchemists creates the private space to step back, see clearly, form the decision you trust and act deliberately.
A confidential first conversation with Alan about the decision or consequential moment that matters now.
You may recognise this.
The business has outgrown the way it used to operate. The next move matters. The team is capable, yet too much still comes back to you. The mission is clear in words and less clear in daily decisions. The options are many, certainty is limited and the consequences are real.
This is not a lack of effort. It is the moment when space to think becomes a performance requirement.
What greater performance looks like
Your five-year mission is happening in the business. The right people are in the right roles. Leadership is shared. Progress is visible. The business no longer depends on you carrying it alone.
Bring the decision into the room.
The first step is a confidential conversation with Alan about the decision, transition or consequential moment in front of you.
If there is a fit, the first piece of work is an Active Time Out: protected space to clarify the real objective, test assumptions and form a decision you trust.
From there, the work deepens only as the moment requires, privately through Alchemists 1:1, with your senior leadership team through SLT Active Time Outs, or across the business through The Alchemists INside.
Clarity : Decision : Action
A confidential first conversation with Alan.
When the work needs to go deeper
Alchemists 1:1 - Decision Partnership
An ongoing private partnership as consequential decisions move from clarity into action.
SLT Active Time Outs
Protected space for the senior leadership team to think together, form shared decisions, strengthen ownership and align action.
The Alchemists INside
Embedded performance consultancy connecting mission, strategy, people, culture and disciplined action across the business.
What needed to change.
Bring two merging organisations together around one identity and direction.
“The work helped me become more confident and instinctive in my decisions.”
What changed: Confidence and instinct in decision-making.
What happened next: When Real Time Systems and 4Sol merged, Patrick worked with Alan through The Alchemists INside, bringing people from both organisations together regularly to define Novosco’s shared identity, Core DNA and Jim Collins flywheel. The business later achieved a successful exit.
Engagements: The Alchemists Circle · Alchemists 1:1 · The Alchemists INside
Take the vision out of the CEO’s head and align a rapidly expanding leadership team.
“Alchemists INside has allowed us to discuss these important issues and develop our understanding of how we retain talent.”
What changed: Shared understanding of how the business retains talent.
What happened next: Grew a talented team, at senior leadership level and throughout the organisation.
Engagements: The Alchemists Circle · Alchemists 1:1 · The Alchemists INside
Make clearer and braver decisions through transition and into what came next.
“The work helped me make clearer and slightly braver decisions about my business.”
What changed: Clearer and braver decisions about the business.
What happened next: Achieved her mission of moving on from her business, leaving it in the capable hands of the acquirer, and is now building The Better Way into a commercial success.
Engagements: The Alchemists Circle · Alchemists 1:1 · The Alchemists INside
Find a clear way forward at a consequential crossroads.
“At a time of change, when you are at the crossroads of a tough decision, it is invaluable to have the wealth of knowledge and experience to call upon so the way forward becomes clear. Alan has helped challenge some of my issues with my own business through robust testing and coaching in one-to-one sessions. He facilitates the thinking so that everyone gets the best out of each other.”
What changed: Clarity at the crossroads of a tough decision through robust private challenge.
Engagements: The Alchemists Circle · Alchemists 1:1 · The Alchemists INside
Alan creates the private space in which leaders can hear their own thinking, challenge assumptions and own what comes next.
Alan brings a commercial life spent leading and growing businesses, a long study of performance psychology and the Inner Game, and years of disciplined work alongside leaders in transition.
He is non-directive. He listens deeply, challenges carefully and stays unattached to what your answer should be, so the decision and the accountability stay where they belong.
Looking for The Alchemists Circle?
The Alchemists Circle is the separate confidential peer-membership business for leaders who want an ongoing Personal Board with trusted peers.
When the next decision really matters, speak to Alan before you make it.
Start a private conversation about the decision, transition or leadership moment that matters now.