Paula Broadbent Consulting
Through my career I've built experience as an organisational consultant, executive coach, Associate Fellow, facilitator and personal development specialist.
I bring this all together to equip senior leaders to make real change. To shift how they see, lead, and organise, to take clear ownership and bring their strategy into action with confidence.
This work has greatest impact at times of strategic reflection and renewal - when organisations are decoding or shaping strategy, tackling turnarounds, or leaders are stepping into senior roles.
My approach is rooted in what works, honed through years of experimentation and learning.
Leadership and organisational growth follow the same pattern: it’s not only about adding skills, but also about evolving how leaders and organisations think, sense complexity, and adapt. This evolution is vital for executing strategy and succeeding in senior roles.
Together, we will harness these elements to achieve your greater impact and fulfilment in your new role. Let’s embark on your leadership journey and create your unique success story.
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Bridging Leadership, Strategy and Human Impact
You may know me from years of working with brilliant colleagues and clients under various guises, as an Associate in Business Schools and within Strategy and Leadership Consultancies. I continue to engage in those spaces, and this site is dedicated to my own strategic leadership practice.
Over the last year, I’ve been making a purposeful shift, distilling many years of experience and insight into practical, accessible systems that leaders can use themselves.
About This Shift
This approach is different because it’s not about adding more programmes or initiatives. It’s about changing how leaders see, lead, and organise, so they can clear longstanding blockages and unlock real, lasting change quickly.
At the core of my work is the understanding that organisational health depends fundamentally on alignment; throughout the organisation, but most powerfully from the top down.Â
Leadership behaviours and decisions cast shadows that shape culture, performance and outcomes throughout the organisation.
It can be challenging for senior leaders to fully see the impact they’re creating. The good news is that because these leaders cast such long shadows, adjusting their approach can create an equal and opposite positive impact. Often frustrated by a lack of productivity and performance, they hold the power to unlock change, and it really is in their hands.
By exposing shadows of dysfunction that limit productivity and delivery, we enable organisations to unlock work that truly matters.
I'm not alone in this mission.Â
Paula Broadbent Consulting equips executives and senior leaders to turn strategy into action. We align structure, systems, culture, and people to deliver impact. Alongside a trusted network of associates with 20+ years’ experience, we bring deep cross-industry expertise.
We work with organisations driven by a clear, compelling purpose, dedicated to making a positive difference. Our goal is to create meaningful work that connects people to something bigger than themselves.Â
Our mission is to create workplaces where people and organisations maximise impact by pausing to redefine success and clearing obstacles through precise diagnosis and practical solutions. By equipping senior leaders with the curiosity, courage, and authority to challenge entrenched ways of working, we equip organisations to make a meaningful, positive difference in the world.
This work begins with those prepared to examine how they, and their top teams, shape the organisation.
Consultancy
What's critical for effective change is to have clarity on the situation you face. What worked brilliantly for others may not be relevant for you.
Understanding organisational and individual context is critical.
We bring many years of cross-sector experience as well as practical tools to clarify your organisation, its strategic direction, what this means for its operational approach and how it needs to organise itself and its people to be successful.Â
Recent work has included:
- Board Effectiveness and Governance Reviews, enhancing strategic clarity.
- Organisational Shadows Diagnostics™, targeting systemic dysfunctions.
- System, Structure and Business Approach Consulting, aligning design with goals.
- Strategy Cascades™, translating strategy into operational action
- Succession Planning, Fit to Role Assessments and Talent Development, preparing leaders for higher impact.
Coaching
Our coaching approach is rooted in finding what works for each individual in their different contexts.Â
Its a collaborative process that helps people solve problems and improve their performance.
We have coaching programmes that work. And its not one size fits all.
It is based on the coachee's leadership stage and organisational context in which they work. It's also focused on their unique personality and experience in relation to this context.
Our coaching approach is particularly powerful when leaders are transitioning into bigger roles.
Its works very well alongside senior exec succession planning in preparation for role.
It also has a strong impact at the point of transitioning into role, whether from inside or outside the organisation. Â
- Transitions Coaching, aligning new leaders with culture and strategy.
- Team and Executive Coaching, strengthening senior team performance.
Although my focus is shifting, I will continue to Programme Direct the acclaimed GMP at Cranfield Business School.
I plan to house a complimentary set of development resources on this site. A set of methods / practices that enable leaders to become responsive to situations rather than relying on your unconscious reaction patterns.
General Management Programme Link
The time I have spent with Paula will be something I always refer back to as it has given me a set of tools to unpick difficult situations through greater self-awareness.
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