Work With Me

More humanity.
Less PowerPoint.

Senior advisory work for leaders and organisations where the gap between what is declared and what is actually operating has become too costly to ignore.

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How I work

I stopped doing interviews two years ago.

Not because I became too grand for them. Because I finally named what was actually happening in them — and what I named was the interview trap.

A potential client asks me for an exploratory chat. I arrive genuinely interested. They describe their problem — teams pulling in different directions, change initiatives stalling, communication breaking down. I listen intently. I ask good questions. I start to see the pattern. And then — because I am a professional who cares about the work and wants to demonstrate my aptitude for the work I begin to share what I am are seeing.

An hour later they thank me warmly and say they will be in touch.

That is consulting therapy. The leader gets an idea for a fix. The engagement never materialises. And the real problem — whatever was actually driving the dysfunction remains unnamed and ultimately unsolved.

So I changed the frame. Every conversation I have now is designed for one thing: locating the root cause and deciding together whether a structured intervention is the right response.

Read the full article: Why I Don't Do Interviews Anymore →

How we can work together

Three ways in. One direction.

Flagship offer

The Human Alignment Diagnostic

A two-week senior engagement. We gain access to your whole organisation, surface what is actually driving behaviour, and deliver a Situation Appraisal with options. Then we co-design the solution together.

For CEOs, MDs, and executive teams ready for the honest conversation.

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Individual work

Coaching

One-to-one coaching for leaders working with values conflicts, decision-making under pressure, and the gap between who they want to be and how they are showing up.

Uses the ECHO framework and Inner Coach methodology from The Hidden Gap.

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Team work

Workshops & Facilitation

Facilitated sessions for leadership teams and organisations exploring values, behaviour and culture. From 90-minute introductions to full-day team alignment sessions.

Available as standalone sessions or as part of the Human Alignment Diagnostic.

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For HR leaders

Give HR the language leadership will finally act on.

HR has been naming the culture problem for years. The Human Alignment Diagnostic gives you the framework, the evidence, and the business case to make leadership see it as the operational problem it actually is.

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The first step

Book a Diagnostic Conversation

Not an interview. Not an exploratory chat. A focused 30-minute conversation designed to locate where the gap is sitting in your organisation — and whether a structured intervention is the right response.

No pitch. No proposal. If this isn't the right intervention for you — I will tell you that too.

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Or email iam@markbuchan.co.uk directly.