Give your best people a 'Second Look' before somebody else does.
Unlocking the leadership potential that's already in the business and finding the leaders nobody had thought to look for yet.
Matt Garman, Keynotes, Workshops, Mentoring
Who Matt works with
Business leaders, Aspiring leaders and any team that is focused on sustainable growth, leadership transition or preparing to exit.
Typical challenges
Most businesses say their people are their greatest asset but when opportunities present themselves, they go shopping for strangers. The external hire becomes an internal memo that quietly whispers 'We looked beyond you'. People stop offering ideas, their effort starts drying up, and then they just leave. This isn't a hiring problem, it's a business-wide problem. In its purest sense - it's the squandering of an asset you've already paid for.
What they get
A different way of thinking about people and their potential, because leadership is often hiding in plain sight. The First Look sees the formal CV, the qualifications and job titles. The Second Look explores the potential, and what people have actually done with their lives. You'll learn how to find the talent that's already on your payroll, back it and grow it. By using a method built on real life lessons, earned by growing and selling two of my own companies, and rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic.
The changes you'll see
You'll start looking for potential in your people in a completely different way. Your teams will become more confident, no longer waiting for permission to act or make decisions. And it shows commercially: decisions get made faster, your best people stay, and your next generation of leaders comes from within, at a fraction of the cost of external hires.
Keynotes
The Second Look helps leaders spot the potential already sitting inside their business, and gives them a practical way to act on it. Don't Lose the Map does the same for entrepreneurs building and growing their own companies. The keynote is the start. The transformation in the business is the point.
Speak To MattWorkshops
Leadership teams work through real challenges facing their business, using The Second Look to separate what's on the CV from what someone has actually proven about themselves. They leave with a clear action plan anchored to their commercial reality, not theory they forget by Friday.
Speak To MattMentoring
For leaders who want to go deeper and grow both personally and professionally. Typically 6 to 12 months, building leadership teams that can run, grow, and unlock leadership potential — including the leaders nobody had identified or even thought to look for yet.
Speak To MattThe Second Look
Most organisations are sitting on unlocked potential because everyone has a story to tell. The First Look is the CV, the qualifications, and previous job titles. The Second Look is everything behind the scenes - what someone has done with their life and the potential that has not yet made it onto paper. This method comes from growing and selling two companies, including a P/E backed exit, numerous endurance adventures, including rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. It's a practical tool leaders and their teams walk away with and use on Monday, not a theory they admire and forget.
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