A strong start to the year
Q1 has been full-on in the best way. Award wins. New launches. Brilliant new clients. A book in progress.
Here’s what we’ve been up to, and what we’re building next.
We won a Learning Award
We’re proud to have won Best Management Development Programme at the Learning Awards 2025, in partnership with Keyloop.
It’s a big nod to what happens when you ditch box-ticking and focus on what actually shifts behaviour: mindset, practical tools, and leadership capability that sticks.
Thanks to the Keyloop team for being bold, brilliant partners, and to our own crew for making it land.
Ready to Go: launched and live
Not every business has time to start from scratch. That’s why we launched Ready to Go: over 30 high-impact management development topics, designed and ready to roll.
Built to:
Tackle real leadership challenges
Equip managers with tools they’ll actually use
Shift mindset, not just knowledge
Topics include feedback, coaching, psychological safety, career conversations and more.
Top 20: Great Place to Work UK
We’ve never been interested in being the biggest, just the best at what we do, with people we respect, doing work that matters.
Being named one of the Top 20 UK Best Workplaces™ in 2025 backs that up. We’ve built a team that cares, delivers, and genuinely enjoys the work.
Thanks to the whole Elev-8 crew and the clients who make it all possible.
The Great Manager Revolution (and one of our favourite tools)
We’ve been exploring why great managers are becoming the real performance differentiator (and how development needs to evolve to keep up)!
Read the Great Manager Revolution
Also: Carl’s shared one of our favourite mindset tools in this short video:
E + R = O
Event + Response = Outcome. A simple idea that changes the way people lead.
Looking ahead
New clients: Sainsbury’s and NSG
Excited to be partnering with two brilliant organisations already doing great things — more to come.
We’re writing a book
It’s happening. Practical tools, lessons from the field, and the thinking behind what really makes learning stick.
Coming in September 2025.
Final word
Whether it’s supporting your managers, helping leaders grow, or challenging old ideas that no longer work — that’s where we’re focused.
If something here struck a chord, let’s talk.
