Case study: Proactis

Proactis: developing a leadership team to turn strategy into results

Client: Proactis, a private equity-backed SaaS business

Work: Six-month leadership development programme for senior leaders, starting in December 2025

Conditions in focus: Clarity, Courage and Culture

The challenge

Following its acquisition, Proactis went through a significant period of change. The first priority was restructuring the organisation, strengthening the leadership team and making sure the right people were in the right roles for the next phase of growth.

With that foundation in place, the CEO wanted to invest in the senior leaders themselves, so that they could operate more effectively, work better together and help turn the strategy into results.

What we did

We designed and delivered a leadership development programme for Proactis’s senior leaders, built around the realities of a PE-backed business:

• Grounded in real experience. Our facilitators brought the material to life through their own experience of leading organisations and teams in complex, high-pressure environments, combined with practical frameworks and tools the leaders could use straight away.
• Built for PE realities. The programme focused on making important decisions with imperfect information, competing priorities and real time pressure, rather than generic leadership models.
• Balanced the personal and the organisational. It combined personal leadership development with organisational effectiveness, challenging the team’s thinking and improving the quality of their conversations.
• Adapted as it went. We listened to the group and adjusted the programme as it progressed. By the final session, it had become a facilitated problem-solving workshop, with the leadership team working through genuine business challenges and opportunities together.

The result

The programme delivered far more than leadership training. It strengthened relationships across the leadership team, improved alignment around the business’s priorities and gave the team practical tools to execute more effectively as Proactis continues its growth.

What the client said

One of the things that differentiated this programme from others I’ve experienced was the quality and credibility of the facilitators. They didn’t simply teach leadership theory; they brought the material to life through real experiences of leading organisations and teams in complex, high-pressure environments.

Andrew Reardon, CEO, Proactis

The result was far more than a leadership training programme. It strengthened relationships across the leadership team, improved alignment around our priorities and gave us practical tools to help us execute more effectively as we continue our growth journey.

Andrew Reardon, CEO, Proactis

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