FOR ORGANISATIONS . EDGE DYNAMICS
Your best people thrive on pressure. Keep them thriving.
Edge Dynamics help leaders and teams in high-pressure organisations stay at their best when the pressure is on.
Together, we find where the pressure sits build what your people need to meet it, and measure the difference.
Does any of this sound familiar?
New business keeps landing.
And yet…
The same few names are on every pitch.
Every diary is full.
And yet…
There’s no time to do the work that matters.
Your leadership team is bigger than ever.
And yet…
Decisions still default to the top.
Projects are planned to the hour.
And yet…
Firefighting is how the business runs.
Rising stars are promoted fast.
And yet…
They are left to figure it out alone.
Your best people say yes to everything.
And yet…
They quietly disengage or hand in their notice.
You invest in more learning and development.
And yet…
Behaviours stay the same, especially when the pressure is on.
The numbers look good. But something is not quite adding up.
The hidden cost of performance.
Every business has them. The people you turn to when it matters. They hold the client, rescue the pitch, cover the gap and stay late without being asked.
From the outside, it looks like success and commitment, so it gets praised and promoted.
But on the inside, many of them are working consistently beyond their edge.
Over time, it costs them their energy, their clarity and the parts of life that sit outside work. And it costs the business too: in judgement, in decisions, in the relationships your work depends on. By the time it shows up in engagement scores or a resignation letter, it has been building for months.
The pressure that once brought out their best has quietly taken over. And because they keep delivering, no one notices, often not even them.
Most leadership development adds new skills on top. This work builds the human skills underneath.
Ways to work together.
Each option stands alone and every one is measured.
FOR ONE LEADER OR SEVERAL
1
Most leaders can tell you they are under pressure. Very few can tell you exactly where it comes from, or which parts are theirs to change. The Pressure Map shows them, in under two hours of their time.
A confidential pressure survey
Each pressure point mapped and sorted: yours to change, yours to influence, or not yours to control
A one-to-one conversation to talk it through
A personal pressure map that stays with the leader
Clear priorities for where to focus first
The Pressure Map
£695 + VAT
per leader
£595 + VAT
per leader, for six or more at once
£1,750 + VAT
two-hour team session, added on
FOR YOUR LEADERS
2
Leaders who stay at their best when the pressure is on, and the evidence to show it. Over four to six months, six to sixteen of your leaders work through their own pressure points together, with one-to-one support to make the change stick.
A personal Pressure Map for each leader
Working through each pressure point and reframing your relationship to it
Building the skills to steady yourself and recalibrate when it counts
A personal action plan, with one-to-one sessions to keep it moving
Accountability from the group, all the way through
Measured at the start and the end, with an impact report
Edge Dynamics
£2,250 + VAT
per leader, for six to nine
£1,950 + VAT
per leader, for ten to sixteen
FOR A TEAM
3
For a team that delivers, and is paying for it. Together we find where the pressure sits, decide what the team can take more control of, and coach the team through the change over three or six months.
Investigative one-to-ones with each team member
A team diagnostic and collective Pressure Map
A half-day share back to agree areas of priority
Team action plans to put in place
Team coaching sessions: three over three months, six over six
Measured at the start and the end, with an impact report
Edge Dynamics for Teams
£10,500 + VAT
three months coaching
£16,500 + VAT
six months coaching
FOR AN OFFSITE, AWAY DAY OR EVENT
4
A talk opens the conversation with your people. A workshop takes one topic, such as working well under pressure, deep enough to use the next day.
Talk or keynote, 45 to 60 minutes
Workshop: two hours, half a day or a full day
Shaped to your team in a call beforehand
Talks and Workshops
£1,750 + VAT
talk or keynote
£2,500 + VAT
two-hour workshop
£4,000 + VAT
half day workshop
£7,500 + VAT
full day workshop
Three ways in.
ONE TO ONE
The Leader's Edge
Coaching for senior people stepping into more, or already carrying a great deal. Three or six months, shaped around the real decisions in front of you.
From £1,800 + VAT
IN A GROUP
Find Your Edge
Coaching for senior people stepping into more, or already carrying a great deal. Three or six months, shaped around the real decisions in front of you.
From £1,200 + VAT
FOR YOUR ORGANISATION
Edge Dynamics
Coaching for senior people stepping into more, or already carrying a great deal. Three or six months, shaped around the real decisions in front of you.
From £1,850 + VAT
How the work unfolds.
Know
See where you are, what is being asked of you, and whether you are still choosing.
01
Regulate
Steady the stress response in the moment, so judgement stays available when it counts.
02
Calibrate
Build the thinking, emotional and relational skills that widen your edge.
03
Embed
Practise in real conditions until the new way becomes your way.
04
I have lived at The Edge. And I have fallen off it, more than once.
I trained as a biochemist, then spent twenty years in healthcare communications, growing a practice from £2m to £10m and sitting on a UK board.
I loved the pressure. Chasing the wins, working harder and longer was my answer to everything, until, one day there were never going to be enough hours to give.
What I learned on the other side is that much of the pressure was never mine to control. Some conditions were simply impossible, and no amount of effort would change them. But some of it was mine, and I had stopped noticing which was which. Now I help others see that line clearly, and keep their choice in the part that is theirs, so that success feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
In their words.
“I was struggling to find my voice and the senior presence my new role required. Through coaching, I realised others saw me very differently from how I saw myself, and the pressure I put on myself was holding me back. Working with Catherine, I learned to choose how I show up. I now lead with the presence my role asks of me.
Associate Director of Patient Advocacy, Global Pharma Company
I approached the programme with a healthy degree of scepticism, having participated in numerous leadership and development programmes throughout my career. However, I found the experience incredibly insightful and genuinely impactful. It has helped me think differently about my leadership and focus on creating value for both myself and the people around me.
Client Director, Precision AQ
Catherine took me and my team on a journey that was eye-opening and surprisingly fun. It wasn’t just another team exercise; it was an experience that changed how we see ourselves and each other. We aligned on what really matters and learned how to work together in a way that feels more open, honest and effective.
CEO, Voluntary Support North Surrey
The pressure will keep coming. Keep the choice yours.
Start with two minutes on the Pressure Matrix, or a conversation about what is being asked of you right now.