From insight to
sustainable change.
THE TAKEOFF MODEL
TAKEOFF is our practical, evidence-informed method for helping leaders understand what is affecting their capacity, make targeted changes, and turn those changes into sustainable leadership practice.
The seven takeoff drivers
Seven foundations of sustainable performance.
TAKEOFF looks at the factors that shape a leader’s capacity — from stress, sleep and movement to nutrition, purpose and everyday habits. Rather than treating them in isolation, we look at how they work together and where change will make the greatest difference.
Be intentional about how you lead.
T
TURN OFF AUTOPILOT
A
ADDRESS YOUR STRESS
Manage stress before it manages you.
K
KNOW YOUR WHY
Reconnect with what drives you.
E
EAT YOURSELF HEALTHY
Fuel your energy, focus and long-term health.
O
OVERHAUL YOUR MOVEMENT
Build strength, energy and resilience.
F
FIX YOUR SLEEP
Protect your most powerful performance tool.
Commit to the journey and stay the course through change.
F
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT
A DIFFERENT STARTING POINT
Most corporate wellbeing starts with the employee.
We start with leadership.
A leader's health influences their energy, judgement, emotional regulation, resilience and capacity to engage other people.
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Those effects don't stop with the leader. How leaders show up shapes the environment in which everyone else works and performs.
When leaders are healthier, they have more capacity to lead well.
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And how leaders lead, shapes how others work, feel and perform.
THE PERFORMANCE CONNECTION
Leadership health doesn't stay with the leader.
It influences a leader's capacity, how they behave, and the environment they create around them.
01
LEADER HEALTH
Sleep · stress · recovery
movement · nutrition
02
LEADER CAPACITY
Energy · focus · resilience · emotional regulation
03
LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOUR
Judgement · presence · clarity · listening
04
TEAM
ENVIRONMENT
Trust · workload · collaboration · psychological safety
05
PEOPLE
Health · engagement ·
retention
06
ORGANISATION
Safety · quality · productivity · performance
DIRECT LEADERSHIP INFLUENCE
WIDER ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTS
The further we move through the connection, the more other factors influence the outcome. That's why we measure rather than assume.
Health is a key part of how leadership works.
HEALTH CENTRIC LEADERSHIP
Health Centric Leadership is an approach to leadership development that treats a leader's health as part of their capacity to lead.
It brings together the behaviours that sustain physical and mental capacity with the leadership practices that shape how people experience work.
The aim isn't to create “healthier executives” as an end in itself. It's to build leaders who can sustain the energy, judgement, resilience and presence their roles demand — while creating healthier conditions for the people they lead.
It's not a wellbeing programme
It's leadership development with health built in.
It's not about perfect health
It's about building and protecting the capacity to lead.
It's not based on assumptions
We measure what changes.
HOW WE WORK
We don't start with a program.
We start with what's happening now.
Every leadership team is different. So we establish a baseline, identify where health is affecting leadership capacity, focus on what matters most, and measure what changes.
01
MEASURE
Understand
the starting point
Leader health. Capacity. Leadership behaviours. The pressures and patterns shaping performance.
02
IMPROVE
Focus where
it matters
Targeted development, practical experiments and behaviour change — built around the realities of the leaders and the organisation.
03
PROVE
Measure
what changes
Track shifts in health, capacity and leadership behaviour — and what changes more widely in the organisation.
a practical process for real change
Understand where you are now.
PULSE
PRIORITISE
Identify what will have the biggest impact.
EXPERIMENT
FLIGHT PLAN
Try practical changes that fit your reality.
OBSERVE
Notice what's working and what's not.
ADAPT
Adapt based on evidence and experience.
Turn progress into a sustainable leadership practice.
From insight to
practical change.
THE TAKEOFF MODEL™
TAKEOFF is the model behind how we work. It helps us understand where a leader is now, identify what matters most, test practical changes in real life, and learn from what happens.
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The process is iterative rather than prescriptive. We measure, adapt and build on what works — for the leader and for the organisation.
