For some time now we've been supporting top British Sailor Phil Sharp.   Phil is one of Britain’s most successful offshore sailors and claimed victory in the 2006 edition of the notorious Route du Rhum solo transat race.  At his first attempt he finished the Solitaire du Figaro in 2011 as the highest Brit in the history of the race.

Phil's current focus is an entry in the Ocean Masters World Championship , the pinnacle of which is the legendary Vendée Globe. This is the only non-stop, single-handed race around the planet. Known as the Everest of Sailing, it is one of the world’s greatest challenges.   To date no British sailor has won it and having worked and sailed with Phil for a number of years we and our project partners  know he's capable of doing just this.

We're involved for two good reasons:

1. We'll be using the campaign to understand many of the topics close to our and our clients hearts including  emotional and physical resilience,  focus, self leadership and project management.  We'll working closely alongside the project team to bring insight to you from the campaign that will benefit your organisation.  
   
2. A core project aim and differentiator is that the race yacht will be the first vessel to circumnavigate the planet non-stop on Zero Emissions.  She'll do so by using cutting edge fuel cell and renewable energy.  We're excited about being part of something genuinely new and unique

Current partners include Imperial College London,  Southampton University, National Composites Centre and Grantham Institute of Climate Change.  If you'd be interested in learning more and supporting the project then please see the project website here and do get in touch.

Our friends at Mission Performance will be running an open workshop for HR and L&D professionals on Thursday 2nd July at Marble Arch London.  The focus of the session is comms skills for leaders and the session will be delivered by professional actors and theatre directors.   For more information or to reserve a place please see below and for further details please e mail Rob, Chris and the team here [email protected]

Great sign this morning in our local coffee shop!  

Changes can seem pretty messy because we have so many conflicting thoughts, feelings and urges going on in us at the same time.  Jim Ewing of Executive Arts talks of the three voices of change:  Ending,  ReInvention and Realisation.   If you're facing change at an organisational, team or individual (and we all are on a daily basis) and would be interested in exploring how tools like this can help then please get in touch by clicking here...