Creating a global leadership team ready to thrive through change
When a multinational fintech organisation faced significant restructuring, its senior leaders needed more than a standard development programme. They needed a tailored, globally consistent approach that would build trust, strengthen leadership capability, and equip the team to lead through uncertainty.
ASCEND+ partnered with the organisation’s HR leadership team to design a bespoke, multi-layered programme combining EQ-i assessments, 1:1 coaching, leadership workshops, and in-person sessions across global operational hubs.
The result was a transformed leadership culture, a stronger sense of trust, and a common language for leading through change. This case study explores how intentional leadership development helped a senior global team strengthen connection, align across regions, and lead with clarity through a significant period of organisational change.
How do you prepare a global leadership team to lead through major change?
Underpinning global growth through executive leadership development
As a multinational construction organisation continued to expand its international footprint, its senior leaders needed the skills, confidence, and commercial mindset to lead at a faster pace across a more complex global business.
ASCEND+ partnered with the organisation to redesign its executive development programme, building on an already respected internal initiative and repositioning it as a globally focused, commercially grounded leadership development experience.
Through a blend of residential workshops, coaching, group projects, leadership profiling, and practical skills development, the programme helps high-potential leaders deepen self-awareness, strengthen their global networks, and translate learning into meaningful action.
The result is a stronger pipeline of senior leadership talent, with participants progressing into significant roles across the world and supporting the organisation’s continued growth and long-term success.
How do you develop the leaders who will drive global growth?
Unlocking leadership potential and leaving a lasting global legacy
When a newly acquired healthcare business entered a period of major strategic change, its leadership team needed to realign quickly. With new senior leaders, a new strategy, and ambitious growth plans ahead, the organisation needed a development partner who could help the team build trust, strengthen cohesion, and lead with clarity.
ASCEND+ partnered with the business to design a bespoke leadership development programme focused on team dynamics, leadership behaviours, culture, and strategic alignment. Through individual coaching, strategic workshops, psychometric testing, and live observation of leadership behaviours, the programme helped the team unlock its potential and become a more united, high-performing leadership group.
What began as an initial programme evolved into a long-term partnership, expanding leadership development across the wider business year after year.
The result was a stronger, more innovative leadership culture, a successful strategic transition, and a legacy of talent that continued to grow across the global organisation.
How do you unite a leadership team around a new strategic direction?