Team Coaching Programmes And Interventions
Your organisation does not need another glossy workshop that fades by Monday. It needs leaders and teams who can communicate clearly, handle pressure and live the culture you are trying to build.
ACSIS designs practical, human first team coaching programmes for organisations across the UK. We draw on lived experience in military and public service, leadership under pressure and evidence informed coaching to help your people work better together in real time. Not just in theory.
The programmes below can stand alone or be combined into a tailored journey for your organisation. Leadership development, culture work, agile support, communication and keynote speaking can be woven into one joined up approach.
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What We Offer
These focus areas can be delivered as standalone interventions or combined into a longer term leadership and culture programme. Each is built around the real challenges your people are facing, not a generic one size fits all syllabus.
Workplace Team Coaching
The Starting Point
On paper your team is fine. Targets are mostly met, meetings happen, work gets done. Underneath, it feels harder than it should. Communication is clunky, responsibilities blur and unspoken tensions quietly drain energy and trust.
The Turning Point
A project slips, a key person burns out or feedback from staff or stakeholders makes it clear that the way people work together is limiting what is possible. You realise you do not just need another away day. You need the team to genuinely reset how they operate.
The Journey
Workplace team coaching focuses on what happens in the real work, not just what people say in a workshop. We observe patterns, hold honest conversations and help the team see themselves more clearly. Together we clarify purpose, surface tensions safely and agree new ways of working that everyone understands and owns.
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Clarifying shared purpose and priorities so everyone knows what matters most.
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Improving communication patterns within and across levels.
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Addressing unspoken tensions that quietly drain energy and trust.
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Building simple agreements about how you operate as a team day to day.
The Outcome
People talk to each other differently. Meetings become more focused. Problems and ideas surface earlier. The team feels more aligned and calmer, which shows up in smoother delivery and fewer fires to fight.
Culture Coaching
The Starting Point
You know culture matters, but it can be hard to pin down. Officially, you have values and posters. In reality, there are side conversations, workarounds and habits that do not always match what you say you stand for.
The Turning Point
You notice recurring issues. Morale dips, turnover rises, complaints appear or good people quietly check out. You start to see that these are not isolated events. They are symptoms of how things really work when leaders are not in the room.
The Journey
Culture coaching starts with listening. We map the culture you actually have, without blame, through conversations, observation and simple diagnostics. Then we clarify the culture you need to deliver your mission in a sustainable way. Together we identify small, realistic shifts in behaviour, systems and leadership habits that will move you in that direction.
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Mapping the current culture in plain language, without judgement.
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Clarifying the culture you need to deliver your mission and strategy.
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Identifying small, realistic shifts in behaviour and systems.
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Supporting leaders to embody the culture they say they want.
The Outcome
Culture moves from something people complain about to something you can name and work on. Over time, staff feel a clearer sense of what is acceptable, what is encouraged and what will not be tolerated. Values show up in everyday choices, not just in slide decks.
Values Based Leadership
The Starting Point
Your organisation has values, and most leaders would say they care about them. Yet when pressure hits, decisions can feel reactive or inconsistent. People see gaps between what is written on the wall and what happens in practice.
The Turning Point
A difficult decision, crisis or public challenge exposes these gaps. Trust wobbles. You realise that without a stronger connection to values, leadership will keep defaulting to habit and short term fixes.
The Journey
Values based leadership work helps you reconnect decisions, behaviour and values. We support leaders to clarify their personal values, understand the organisation’s stated values and explore how both show up under pressure, not just on good days. We practise using values as a real time compass in conversations, feedback and trade offs.
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Clarifying personal and organisational values in practical terms.
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Exploring how values show up under pressure and in grey areas.
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Using values to guide decisions, feedback and difficult conversations.
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Aligning policies, processes and rituals with what you say you believe.
The Outcome
Leaders become more predictable in the best way. People know what they stand for and what to expect, especially when things are hard. This builds trust, speeds up decisions and reduces the number of surprises and mixed messages staff experience.
Communication And Influence
The Starting Point
Messages are sent, meetings happen, emails fly around, yet people still say they did not know, did not understand or did not feel heard. Difficult conversations are dodged or handled in ways that leave bruises.
The Turning Point
You see the cost. Confusion, duplicated work, growing frustration or conflict between teams. You realise that communication is not just about getting information out. It is about how people feel after they have heard from you.
The Journey
We help leaders and teams pay attention to both content and impact. Through coaching and practice, we work on everyday conversations, feedback, presentations and stakeholder interactions. People get to test different approaches in a safe space and receive honest, constructive reflection.
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Strengthening everyday communication skills for leaders and teams.
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Practising difficult conversations in a coached environment.
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Adjusting style for different audiences and stakeholders.
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Building influence that does not rely solely on rank or job title.
The Outcome
Conversations become clearer and more respectful. Conflict is dealt with sooner and with less collateral damage. Decisions move faster because people feel informed and included, even when they do not get the answer they hoped for.
Agile Coaching
The Starting Point
You want to work in a more agile way. Maybe you have tried stand ups, boards or sprints, but it feels like extra admin rather than genuine improvement. Teams are tired of new frameworks that come and go.
The Turning Point
It becomes obvious that simply copying agile ceremonies does not work. Delivery is still slow or chaotic, and tensions between teams and stakeholders remain. You know agility is about mindset and habits, not just tools.
The Journey
Our agile coaching is human first, jargon light. We start with your context and constraints. We help teams and leaders understand the principles behind agile ways of working, then design simple practices that fit your reality. We coach in real time around prioritisation, feedback loops and learning from work rather than from theory alone.
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Supporting teams to adopt agile practices that fit their context.
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Coaching leaders and product owners to prioritise effectively.
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Helping teams run better retrospectives, stand ups and planning sessions.
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Reducing friction between delivery teams and the wider organisation.
The Outcome
Workflows become clearer. Teams deliver in smaller, more meaningful increments. Feedback is used earlier. People feel less like they are chasing processes and more like the processes are supporting them to deliver real value.
Lead Self. Lead Others
The Starting Point
Leaders are promoted for technical skill, reliability or time served. They suddenly find themselves responsible for people, but rarely get space to understand their own patterns, triggers and needs. They keep pushing, but cracks start to show.
The Turning Point
A team issue, piece of feedback or personal burnout scare makes it clear that leading on empty is not sustainable. Leaders start to see that their behaviour and state directly affect everyone around them.
The Journey
Lead Self. Lead Others programmes start with the leader as a human being, not just a role. We use coaching, reflection and simple tools to build self awareness and healthier routines. Leaders then practise applying this awareness to how they communicate, make decisions and support their teams.
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Building self awareness around strengths, blind spots and triggers.
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Understanding how behaviour impacts the people you lead.
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Developing routines that support focus, energy and decision making.
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Modelling boundaries and resilience that give teams permission to do the same.
The Outcome
Leaders become steadier, more honest and more effective. Teams feel the difference in tone, clarity and support. This is particularly powerful for new managers, technical experts stepping into leadership and military leaders moving into civilian or mixed environments.
Resilient Leadership
The Starting Point
Pressure is constant. Targets, crises, staff shortages, public scrutiny. Leaders often feel they must absorb everything and keep going. Recovery is minimal and the pace starts to feel relentless.
The Turning Point
Signs of strain appear. Short tempers, poorer decisions, illness, increased absence or rising turnover. Leaders may notice they are using unhelpful coping mechanisms or simply feel numb. It becomes clear that this way of leading is not sustainable.
The Journey
Resilient leadership work helps leaders notice and respond to their own stress patterns instead of ignoring them. We draw on lived experience of leading under pressure and evidence informed tools for nervous system regulation. Leaders learn to reset in the moment, recover after intense periods and lead by example.
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Understanding individual stress patterns and early warning signs.
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Learning practical tools to reset in the moment and after crises.
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Leading with steadiness instead of panic, avoidance or withdrawal.
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Supporting teams through high tempo periods without losing them.
The Outcome
Leaders still face pressure, but they are less consumed by it. They make better decisions, communicate more clearly and create environments where staff can give their best without burning out at the same rate.
Leading Through Change
The Starting Point
Your organisation is changing. New structures, systems, strategies or services. Plans look good in slide decks, yet on the ground people are anxious, resistant or exhausted. Rumours travel faster than official messages.
The Turning Point
You notice that treating change as a purely technical project is backfiring. Staff disengage, middle managers feel stuck in the middle and important details are missed. You recognise that change is also an emotional journey.
The Journey
We help leaders understand and work with the human side of change. Through coaching, design sessions and facilitated conversations, we support you to communicate honestly, involve people appropriately and hold uncertainty without pretending to have all the answers.
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Helping leaders understand the emotional impact of change and transition.
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Planning communication and engagement that feels honest, not spin.
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Supporting managers who are caught between strategy and frontline.
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Giving teams space to process what they are losing as well as gaining.
The Outcome
Change still has bumps, but there is less shock and less unnecessary damage to trust. People feel more informed, more involved and more respected, which makes implementation smoother and more sustainable.
Leadership Development And Keynote Speaking
The Starting Point
You want to invest in your leaders and teams, but you are wary of talks that sound impressive on the day and vanish by Monday. You need sessions that connect to real experience and start conversations that continue after the room empties.
The Turning Point
Perhaps you have had a previous speaker or training that landed flat, or feedback from staff shows a hunger for something more honest and practical. You want input that recognises the realities of pressure, constraint and uncertainty that your people actually live with.
The Outcome
People leave sessions feeling seen, challenged and equipped, not just entertained. The language and ideas from the room start to show up in day to day conversations, decisions and behaviours, which is where real change happens.
The Journey
Our leadership development sessions and keynotes draw on lived experience of military service, public service and coaching. We blend story and strategy, using real examples to explore resilience, leadership under pressure and life after service. Talks can stand alone or link into coaching and smaller group work so they become part of a wider development journey.
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Keynotes on resilience, leadership under pressure and life after service.
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Interactive leadership sessions for away days or in house programmes.
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Integrating lived experience stories with practical tools and frameworks.
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Offering follow up clinics or small group coaching to embed learning.
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Ready To Support Your Leaders And Teams
If you know your people are under pressure and you want to support them in a way that goes beyond tick box training, ACSIS can help. Whether you need team coaching, culture support, agile coaching, leadership development or a keynote that starts honest conversations, we will design a programme that fits your reality.
Bring us the challenges you are facing. We will bring clarity, courage and connection so your leaders and teams can do their best work without burning themselves out.