We help partnership and leadership teams within professional services firms to adapt, change and improve the way they work together to achieve their strategic goals.
DROP US AN EMAILWe deliver key insight reports, which illuminate what’s working well and what’s not working so well in how partnership and leadership teams work together, and where appropriate deliver tailored interventions which build the skills, capabilities and relationships within those teams.
Our belief is that great firms stay curious enough to ask questions of themselves and have the confidence to listen with open minds to the stories which emerge.
We work with curiosity and humility - we never come to preach or offer formulaic solutions, we come with a desire to shine a light and humbly share our observations and insights to act as a catalyst for deeper conversation, action and change.
What makes our firm meaningfully different?
Are we fit for the changes ahead?
Is our espoused culture the same as the experienced culture of our employees?
Are we working effectively as a leadership team?
Where are our collective strengths and development opportunities?
How well do we live our values and treat each other?
Where should we spend our limited L & D resources?
How should we best support the partnership /leadership team?
How engaged are our employees?
How have you found working with Bowland?
What distinguishes Bowland?
How did you find working with Bowland?
Brendan and John first met as students at Lancaster University in 1987, living on campus at Bowland College (So, that's how they came by the name of the business, I hear you cry!), and were studying Maths and Physics respectively when they weren't doing all the other nonsensical stuff students do.
Heading off into the world in different directions, Brendan establishing his early career at HSBC and John at GEC Marconi, they crossed paths at the odd reunion and wedding party, before finally connecting again in 2001, just as Brendan had co-founded Bowland Solutions as a boutique software house and consultancy business with another Lancaster Alumni, Eric Stauffer.
John was working with leadership teams as a facilitator at the time, and both quickly saw an opportunity to create bespoke 360 degree feedback software and supporting services, which would help such teams develop themselves individually and as a whole group.
Bowland Solutions quickly gathered momentum working with a range of large scale organisations such as Virgin Retail, JCB, Revlon, Renault and Sky, before establishing a leading presence within Professional Services sectors, most notably legal.
As their tailored software expanded into the wider scope of Performance Management, Brendan and John continued to build their consulting experience and expertise; specifically working very closely with senior leadership teams and law firm partnerships in providing them with one-to-one 360 feedback debriefs, coaching support, key insights reports and analysis, and facilitating leadership team development and firm-wide change.
With a reputation for being pragmatic, business focused, and never taking themselves too seriously, Brendan and John help firms and organisations stay curious, generate insights and design interventions that create sustainable change in their business; and when they're not doing that, Brendan cycles and John runs, a lot.