Build the leadership and culture
that makes them stay.
Finding exceptional talent is only half the challenge. The organisations that thrive through the energy transition are the ones that know how to keep them.
That means building the kind of leadership, culture, and environment where great people choose to stay, grow, and do their best work. This is where that work happens.
The Cost of Getting It Wrong
Losing a senior renewable energy hire doesn't just feel painful. It is painful, financially.
When you factor in recruitment fees, lost productivity, management time, and the 28 weeks it typically takes a new hire to reach full effectiveness, replacing a £100,000 employee conservatively costs your business between £50,000 and £100,000.
That's before you account for the impact on team morale, project momentum, and the institutional knowledge that walked out the door.
Most of that cost is preventable. Not through better recruitment alone, but through the leadership and culture that makes the right people want to stay.
£50k–£100k
Conservative cost of replacing a £100k hire
28 weeks
Average time for a new hire to reach full effectiveness
#1 reason
People leave managers, not companies
What is Leadership and Culture Consulting?
Most retention problems are not recruitment problems. They are leadership and culture problems in disguise. High performers leave managers, not companies. They leave environments where their potential is not recognised, where decisions feel opaque, and where the culture does not match the values they were sold at interview.
This consulting work goes beneath the surface to identify and address the real patterns driving turnover, disengagement, and underperformance. It is practical, commercially grounded, and draws on deep sector experience in renewable energy combined with genuine expertise in human behaviour and organisational dynamics.
Four Principles That Guide the Work
Leadership Clarity
Ensuring the leaders in your organisation are operating with the self-awareness, presence and skills to bring out the best in the people around them.
Culture by Design
Moving from a culture that has happened by accident to one that has been intentionally built around your values, your mission, and the people you want to attract and retain.
Retention Strategy
Understanding why people really leave, and building the conditions, structures, and conversations that make your best people want to stay.
Organisational Alignment
Ensuring your leadership, your culture, and your talent strategy are all pulling in the same direction, so that growth does not come at the cost of cohesion.
Who This Is For
This work is designed for organisations and leaders in the renewable energy sector navigating the challenge of building teams that last.
Senior Leadership Teams
Renewable energy businesses scaling rapidly and noticing that culture and cohesion are not keeping pace with growth. CEOs, COOs, and Managing Directors who know their people are their greatest asset and want to invest in keeping them.
Founders and Scale-ups
Founders who have built something exceptional and are now navigating the transition from startup culture to something more intentional and sustainable. The culture that got you here will not necessarily get you to the next level.
HR and People Leaders
Heads of People and HR Directors in the energy sector looking for a specialist thinking partner who understands both the commercial realities of the industry and the human dynamics that drive performance and retention.
A word on how I work
I came to this work through two distinct but deeply connected careers spanning over 15 years.
The first eight years were spent building a specialism in renewable energy recruitment across solar, wind, BESS, and grid infrastructure. That included being appointed Country Manager for Germany, co-founding and selling Rebalance Germany, and placing hundreds of senior professionals across the DACH region and beyond.
The following eight years were spent in personal transformation and conscious leadership development, sitting with leaders, entrepreneurs, and coaches in some of the most honest conversations I have ever been part of.
That combination is rare. I understand the commercial pressures renewable energy businesses face because I have built and led within them. And I understand the human and cultural patterns that drive retention and performance because I have done that deeper work too.
Every engagement is tailored, confidential, and done properly, or not at all.
Is This Right for You?
This is for you if
- You are growing fast and starting to notice that culture and retention are becoming real business risks.
- You have lost good people recently and suspect the reasons go deeper than compensation.
- You want to build a leadership team and culture that becomes a genuine competitive advantage in attracting and keeping exceptional talent.
- You are looking for a thinking partner who understands the renewable energy sector and has real experience of building and leading teams within it.
- You are ready to look honestly at what is and is not working, and to do something meaningful about it.
This is not for you if
- You are looking for a generic HR consultancy or off-the-shelf culture programme.
- You want a quick fix without addressing the underlying leadership and culture patterns.
- You are not yet ready to involve your leadership team honestly in the process.
If you read the left column and felt something, that is enough. Book a discovery call.
Engagement Formats
Every engagement is tailored to the organisation. Below are the primary formats.
Leadership and Culture Discovery
1 x 90-minute session
£295
A focused diagnostic session to map the key leadership and culture challenges in your organisation and identify the highest leverage areas for change. The right starting point before committing to a longer engagement.
Book NowLeadership and Culture Sprint
6-week engagement
£2,400
A focused six week engagement designed to address a specific leadership or culture challenge. Includes an initial diagnostic, structured sessions with key stakeholders, and a clear set of recommendations and actions.
Book NowLeadership and Culture Partnership
3-month engagement
£5,500
A comprehensive three month partnership for organisations serious about building leadership and culture as a strategic advantage. Includes full diagnostic, ongoing advisory support, leadership sessions, and measurable outcomes agreed at the outset.
Book NowAll prices shown in GBP. Initial discovery calls are free and last 30 minutes. No obligation, just an honest conversation about where you are and what you need.
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