Real outcomes, in real organisations.

From the UK Government's flagship Project Leadership Programme to a decade of partnership with Shell. Selected work from across our practice.

Building 2,000 senior project leaders for UK Government.

A ten-year delivery partnership with Cranfield University and PA Consulting on the Cabinet Office's flagship Project Leadership Programme, one of the largest project leadership programmes in the UK.

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Project Leadership Programme

Delivery partner alongside Cranfield University and PA Consulting on the UK Government's flagship leadership programme. Over 2,000 senior leaders graduated since 2015.

We built Shell's global PM competence system.

Shell Project Academy

A bespoke version of our online competence system, supporting Shell's global community of more than 4,000 project professionals. Launched globally in 2018.

Shell's PMs reach APM accreditation without rewriting their evidence.

Shell — APM Accreditation

A bespoke route to APM Chartership for Shell's global PMs, without rewriting their portfolios.

Tailored career pathways for the National Trust's project community.

Strategic PM Capability Partner

Career pathway development across multiple project management levels, plus a bespoke project sponsor competency framework.

From skills assessment to APM-accredited leadership programme

Capability Assessment & Leadership

Skills assessment of a 40-strong projects community, followed by an APM-accredited six-day Project Leadership Programme.

APM Chartership Fast Track

Four cohorts at 90%+ success, plus Licence to Operate assessor training.

Over 500 senior PMs trained and mentored to APM Chartered status

Building the Chartered Standard

From building the original Chartered Project Professional standard with the APM, to mentoring more than 500 senior PMs to Chartered status.

An online competence system for 2,500 staff across 13 job families

Costain — Competence at Scale

Competence system for 2,500 staff across 13 job families, with bespoke behavioural and technical frameworks for each.

A pilot so successful Heathrow rolled it out to 250 PM staff.

PPM Community Skills Assessment

Pilot scheme so successful Heathrow rolled it out to all 250 PM staff. 140 independent 1-2-1 reviews and a full training needs analysis.

A new competence system for TfL, designed and launched in five months

Competence System in 5 Months

Won the tender against established players. Designed, tested and launched within five months, with no system downtime since.

PPM Skills Assessment

Engaged the PM community, role-profiled against APM, trained line managers as assessors and delivered an independent capability report. All in four months.