LEADERSHIP  |  CULTURE  |  ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A stronger workplace starts with seeing the whole story.

The people. The pressures. The patterns that kept repeating.

We help leaders and organizations understand what’s happening, and find a way forward that serves your people and your business.


Every workplace has a story. Let's understand yours.

A different conversation can bring a different possibility into view.

PERHAPS THIS FEELS FAMILIAR

You care about your people. You also need things to change.

The same concerns come back in meetings. A conversation keeps getting put off. Good people are working hard, but expectations, decisions, and responsibilities still feel unclear.

Often, there’s more going on than the first explanation suggests. We make room to look closer, with curiosity, honesty, and respect for the realities of your business.

We start with the situation you’re living.
Then we work out what would actually help.
THE HUMAN STORY. THE PRACTICAL WORK.

People and performance belong in the same conversation.

What people experience at work shapes how they communicate, make decisions, take responsibility, and serve others.

We listen to those experiences, examine the information available, and connect the patterns. Together, we turn that understanding into a clear story of what’s happening, and practical choices about what comes next.

The ABOVE Leadership Framework

A shared way forward.

When a situation feels tangled, ABOVE gives us somewhere to begin: notice what’s happening, open the view, take responsibility, try a useful action, and learn together.

A continuing journey,
not a finish line.

01 / See clearly

Awareness

What is actually happening, and what is it stirring up in me?

Notice the facts, the patterns, your own response, and the difference between intention and impact.

WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Support shaped around 
what’s actually happening.

One leader. A team. A wider organizational challenge. We bring the right mix of learning, reflection, and practical support to the work in front of you.

Make sense of the pattern. Find something useful to do next.

Leadership development

Build capability for the moments that ask more of a leader: giving feedback, delegating, navigating change, and creating clear expectations.
Training · Education · Facilitated learning

Organizational & culture consulting

Understand the patterns shaping your workplace, explore the gap between intention and experience, and agree changes that support people and the work.
Listening · Leadership alignment · Working practices

Leadership coaching & mentoring

A thoughtful space to work through decisions, relationships, and your impact, with support to carry that learning into the way you lead.
Perspective · Reflection · Supported practice

Learning & practical tools

Courses, guided activities, books, and resources that give people something to notice, reflect on, and try in their everyday work.
Education · Activities · Resources
THE PEOPLE BESIDE YOU

We care about this work,
and the people living it.

Rita brings professional coaching and leadership education. Dave brings more than two decades of hands-on leadership across hospitality, retail, and sales. Together, we connect reflection and real-world practice.
Rita Curtis
Founder | Director of Education
PCC · Master’s in Leadership & Management
Dave Sprouse
Director of Organizational Development
Leadership mentor, educator & coach
EVERY JOURNEY BEGINS SOMEWHERE

You don't have to have
it all figured out.

Bring the question, the challenge, or the change you want to make. We’ll listen, explore what matters, and find a useful place to begin.
A real conversation. A thoughtful next step.

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