Elsbeth’s work with our senior team was key for us in clarifying our role and refining our strategy, whilst going into a significant period of growth and change. As a result of Elsbeth’s facilitation, we were brought together and created the foundation for much better discussions - and much clearer decisions. This was made possible by the process, the experience and the skill that Elsbeth brings – and she brings it every time.”
Graham Budd
COO of Arm Holdings and Chair of Arm UK’s Senior Leadership Team

Elsbeth’s work with our senior team was key for us in clarifying our role and refining our strategy, whilst going into a significant period of growth and change. As a result of Elsbeth’s facilitation, we were brought together and created the foundation for much better discussions - and much clearer decisions. This was made possible by the process, the experience and the skill that Elsbeth brings – and she brings it every time.”
Eliot Forster
then CEO of Immunocore; now CEO of F-star Therapeutics

We worked with SystemShift to kick off our new senior team. We all knew each other already, but taking the time to put the right foundations in place was critical. Elsbeth advised us on the process & led us through the steps. Her deep understanding of us, both individually & as a business, meant we couldn’t have worked with anyone else to get the results we needed in the timescales we had.”
Sam Harrison
Managing Director of QBE’s European Insurance Operations

Elsbeth’s work significantly contributed to the clarification both of the strategic direction for my function at DB and the culture we needed to create in order to deliver it.  The frameworks drove us to clearly articulate our commercial objectives and the necessary decisions we had to make to achieve them.  As I have progressed into more senior roles, the proven efficacy of these frameworks and ideas has led me to use them time and time again.
Alex Wilson
Global Head of Liquidity Management, Investment Bank Treasurer and Treasurer for UK & Ireland at Deutsche Bank

Advisers need to be credible in order to advise. I remember wondering whether someone with little background in our sector could become a strategic adviser to us. Elsbeth devoted real time to understanding our business and how it made money, and gradually developed a point of view about how we could be even more successful. Perhaps because of her past experience as an equity analyst, Elsbeth has an uncanny knack of knowing what to ask, when to listen, when to push and where the holes are. That’s a powerful combination that challenges and supports you in equal measure. The decisions we made as a result of this strategy process, and her advice, laid the foundations for Oxford’s next stage of growth. I have since brought Elsbeth into help other companies on whose Boards I have sat. She has always added value and delivered what we needed.
Jonathan Flint
then CEO of Oxford Instruments

We worked with SystemShift to facilitate our final strategy ahead of our sale. It was a critical time when we really needed to be clear on the arenas we wanted to be in and our real differentiators. SystemShift’s experienced facilitation and wise counsel enabled us to clarify our arenas and differentiators, as well as the sequencing of choices we needed to make to deliver them
Janet Kosloff
Co-Founder and former CEO of InCrowd Inc.

Elsbeth and her team know us incredibly well. This means they don’t just “teach” us what they think we need – though that’s important and they do that brilliantly.  But they can also coach and advise us on how to put the learning into practice. That’s added real and immediate value to how we work with each other and with our clients.
Gideon Moore
Firmwide Managing Partner

Elsbeth led a year-long leadership programme aimed at accelerating the growth of high potential individuals at the Director/Managing Director level. The programme provided me with an opportunity to learn more about leadership, strategy, change and innovation. The skills, tools and knowledge gained on the programme helped me improve my ability to lead others and the organisation. None of that would have been possible without Elsbeth. Her energy, intellect, passion and engaging manner were exceptional. She balanced academic knowledge with practical examples, and helped me to think through and plan complex business scenarios to deliver tangible client benefits.
Jon Doyle
Managing Director; Chief of Staff, Barclays Legal and formerly COO, Corporate Banking Product

Elsbeth has been an outstanding teacher, facilitator, coach and trusted advisor to me, and the entire leadership team of 70+ partners at Baringa, for the last 18 months.  I have never worked with an outsider in quite the same way – she absorbed the Baringa culture, identified our leadership development needs and established trust across the entire Partnership almost instantly.  That means that the frameworks and tools we explored really fit us – both our strategy and our culture – and that means we’ve been using the language and the frameworks from the Programme back in the real world right from the start.  It’s now just part of how we think and what we do.  I’ve heard lots of my fellow Partners say that this was the single best leadership development programme they’ve ever been on – and the teaching and coaching is definitely world-class.  But for me, the test is what difference has it made not just to individuals, but to the firm.  The fact is the SystemShift programme helped us accelerate our leadership development and change our firm in exactly the way we wanted.
Adrian Bettridge
Managing Partner