Research
Horizon37 continually and proactively invest in research in order to stay at the forefront of leadership coaching.
Our goal is to help entrepreneurs, executive teams, investors, mentors and board members to improve their performance during the scale-up phase, while also discovering which interventions make the most difference – so that we always deliver the most impactful and effective coaching possible.
Born or Made?
Can founders always lead scale-up businesses? How can we tell when the founder has what it takes to lead their radidly growing business?
With 50% of founders not making it past the three year mark as CEO, and an average UK business survival rate of just 41%, the statistics reflect the size of this leadership challenge.
We interviewed a cross section of current and former start up and scale up CEOs, investors, advisors, and those who interact with them to ask ‘Can founders lead scale up businesses?’. As coaches, we also asked what interventions make the most difference.
Can successful CEOs be ‘made’, and if so, how? – Read the full report here
Villains vs. Value
What really works on scale-up boards? Can “villains” be valuable board members?
Villains vs. Value provides a conceptual framework for directors to serve effectively on a growth business board, including the most effective behaviours and ways of thinking.
We ask provocative questions about ‘villainous’ board behaviour, and other significant behavioural styles – both good and bad – observed in general management.
A major finding from this research is that how members behave and contribute can make the biggest difference between value creation and value destruction (even if the right people are doing the right things to achieve the right purpose, boards can fail spectacularly). This research goes a step beyond defining how to behave, and helps members assess their motivations and mindsets to challenge their behaviours.
Which scale-up board archetype best describes you? – Read the full report here
Our recent articles
How to stay laser-focussed by handling distractions more powerfully
Do you ever end the day frustrated with the amount you have achieved, or irritated with yourself for wasting time on the wrong things? No matter how organised you are, we all face a constant stream of opportunities to shift focus away from our planned work. Whether you have a number of requests for your time, or it’s yourContinue reading “How to stay laser-focussed by handling distractions more powerfully”
Maximising the value of your mentor relationship
The leaders we coach often sit on both sides of the mentoring relationship. Part of our work is to ensure that leaders engage and leverage a network, and when they invest in mentoring, they maximise the value of the relationship. The more effective mentors seem to have a magical combination of relevant experience and wisdom and an ability toContinue reading “Maximising the value of your mentor relationship”
