Inspire the Future of Your Organisation with the Systemic Growth Leadership Studio for Communications and PR industry Collaborators

Exploring and inspiring new kinds of creative and entrepreneurial leadership for leaders who want to move beyond the gridlocks of transformative times

In partnership with

PR and Communications Industry

Market Disruption, Economic and Political Uncertainty, AI….

….time to explore and create growth opportunities and new relationships in the crucible of challenging times.

The Systemic Growth Studio enables you to work on your business, in a collaborative peer network, and develop your thinking on the future of our business.

Why join the Systemic Growth Studio?

  • An Exclusive Peer Network: It’s lonely at the top, and tough times mean tough calls. Join an elite cohort of PR and communications leaders facing similar challenges and ready to co-create an inspiring environment to create the future - considering how the industry can move “out of stuck” and the opportunities ahead.

  • Systemic Change Approach: Revolutionise your business with cutting-edge systemic and social leadership principles, which inspire new ways of working and collaborating, that move beyond competition to help all boats to rise together.

  • Hear from diverse experts and share your expertise: advisory and reflective sessions, learn from other sectors and specialisms with cross-sector expert-inputs, including innovation, business growth, change, technology, policy, legal and finance as well as Comms sector analysts.

  • Focused Time to Accelerate Growth: 6 days of facilitated events over 6 months.

  • Personalized Value Creation: Address your specific business challenges and work with a systemic coach to reflect on how you develop your leadership role and take new inspiration into your business as you travel this journey.

  • Resilience, Empowerment & Capability Building for the Journey: Enhance your personal resilience and drive business impact, understand how to curate and lead change as a journey which empowers your teams to new heights and breadths of potential.

The Systemic Growth Studio Experience

6 days of facilitated sessions, online and face to face, focused on business issues within the PR and Communications industry. Plus build your peer community between sessions and access online learning and tools to address your growth challenges.

Collaborative group sessions with your industry peers

  • Group formation and contracting. Exploring industry context and challenges. Developing industry scenarios.

  • Systemic analysis of the industry and identification of group challenges.

  • What’s getting in our way? Exploring gridlocks and barriers to change and growth.

  • Releasing our collective “Social Energy” for the benefit of all and creating sustainable businesses.

  • Identifying growth initiatives and business innovations.

  • Growth planning and action learning.

  • Piloting and prototyping growth initiatives.

  • Sharing and reviewing results and impact.

  • Embedding change and storytelling for customers, employees and shareholders.

  • Reviewing, celebrating and deciding “where next”.

Plus Expert-Led Masterclasses throughout the Experience

Plus Cross-Sector Explorations to visit and meet other industry leaders.

And Social Events to strengthen the human connections in your peer network.

The Systemic Growth Studio advantage

  • Blended learning and collaboration

    Building energy and maintaining momentum through a combination of online group sessions and face to face events at the RSA in London, together with offline work between sessions.

  • Continuous networking and learning

    Membership of the Systemic Growth Studio includes access to the Social Energy Community and Academy with private online spaces for personal and group reflection between sessions plus online learning content.

  • Recommended growth coaching

    It is highly recommended that participants also take advantage of the personal coaching package of 3 coaching sessions, to enhance and embed the personal learning and impact.

Outcomes that matter

Re-energising yourself and your organisation by taking the space and time to reflect, analyse and plan

Become part of a close-knit cross-industry group of peers to share experiences, knowledge and opportunities

Creation of organisation-specific action plans and value propositions to enhance and enable growth

Take the learning back into your organisations to enhance capabilities for leadership and growth

Meet the Systemic Growth Studio Team

  • Nigel Russell

    STUDIO LEADER

    Organisational transformation expert

    Xenergie, Capgemini, BAE, PA, Teneo

  • Lorna McDowell

    GROWTH LEADER

    Systemic Coach and Change Leader

    Xenergie, Omnicom

  • Ruth Allchurch

    STUDIO DESIGNER AND INDUSTRY LEADER

    PR Leadership

    ex-CEO Ketchum, WE Communications, Cirkle

  • David Gallagher

    Founder of Folgate Advisors

    PR and Comms Leadership

    Ex-Omnicom President

Invest in your future

Market price £12,000 + VAT.

As a connection of the Folgate Advisors network, secure your place in this transformative experience with our early-bird launch offer of just £10,000 +VAT until 30th April

  • 10 days of group sessions in the Systemic Growth Studio including content sessions from industry experts

  • Accelerate your growth with a tailored growth plan for your own personal and organisation development in 2025

  • Participate in co-creation work with industry peers between sessions on the issues facing the Communications and PR industry

  • Access to the private online community to strengthen your peer network

  • Access to additional online learning and toolkits

  • Practical actions and tools to take back into your organisation

Payment Options

Monthly payment

6 x £1,666 + VAT

Or

Up-front payment

Additional 10% discount

£9,000 + VAT

  • 3 x coaching / consultation sessions with a systemic coach from Xenergie

  • Deep dive into business and leadership challenges with a focus on finding practical solutions

  • Create the time and space to be reflective and re-energise yourself

Elevate your journey with our optional coaching package for an additional £3,000 + VAT

Join us for the free taster session.

Apply now to secure your place and we will get straight back to you.