build capacity for change 

ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY FOR CRITICAL GROWTH MOMENTS

OUR WORK

we help businesses create

enterprise value in change

Built by seasoned C-suite operators. Grounded in award-winning research. We partner with organisations in M&A, transformation and fast-scale growth to measure and manage the human risk others don’t see.

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LEADERSHIP ADVISORY

The Grounded Edge™

Grounded Edge delivers advisory and coaching built entirely around your context , helping you develop the clarity, alignment and capacity to drive change and sustain performance when it matters most.

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CHANGE FORESIGHT

R3 Index™

A predictive index that tells you where your business is headed, not where it's been. Built from 40 years of leading workplace psychology research, it maps present and future change capacity, so leadership can build an environment for success.

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WORKFORCE INTELLIGENCE

Sway Voicebox™

Agentic AI trained on your business context, capturing and analysing real employee insight with human back-testing, not a 1-to-5 scale score. Sway Voicebox turns what your people are saying into the live data leaders need to guide execution and course-correct before performance slows.

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  • “Sway has been our trusted partner through eighteen months of significant change—from ownership transition to preparing for major growth. They’ve helped our leadership team navigate the psychological challenges of M&A while keeping the organization stable — providing not just confidence in our growth strategy, but also early signals when we need to course-correct.”

    Ken Carroll, President

  • “Sway was an invaluable partner in our recent global leadership summit, which brought together 30 leaders from across our business. Their sessions, centred on uniting teams through a period of transformation, were highly effective and engaging. The team’s inclusive approach ensured that every participant felt empowered to contribute, helping us work through key communication challenges and develop new, collaborative ways of working. Their dedication to truly understanding our team allowed them to co-create a custom programme that was both impactful and fun, delivering real, lasting value.”

    Tamara Smith

    Chief People Officer

  • "Fit in beautifully, added genuine value to leaders and the whole team, and importantly, were so much fun to work with."

    Sue Baker, Partner

  • “Sway combines professional skill, executive leadership experience, and humanity to provide an exceptional service. They are smart, kind and don't shy away from hard conversations in a way that all executives need and can rely on. I couldn’t recommend Sway more highly for anyone looking for a world-class coaching or strategic support.”

    Elisha London, CEO & Founder

  • "Our session has been referenced so many times. It was brilliant.

    Sally Street, CPO

  • "Sway has a unique skillset that allows them to lead and guide teams strategically and practically."

    Josh Hallman, Director of Operations

  • "Combining strategic thinking with a keen understanding of what motivates people and creates a healthy culture, Sway comes alongside and coaches teams on how to address a myriad of challenging topics and move from just talking about it to making it a reality.”

    Todd Dean, COO

  • "The workshop format led me to discoveries and a path of thinking I hadn't accessed before. It was very effective."

    Lead Trainer, Calgary Medical

  • "Sway has the ability to navigate complex processes and translate those in digestible formats. An amazing feat. From the boardroom to our factory floor, Sway's unique skillset allowed them to guide our teams strategically and practically. I recommend them to anyone trying to grow their teams.”

    Josh Hallman, Director of Operations

OUR PARTNERS

Here’s a selection of the brands we’ve coached, advised and partnered with leaders at:

OUR RESEARCH & INSIGHTS

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Training Magazine • Jan 7, 2026

Unlearning Corporate Learning: What Elite Athletics Can Teach Us

A quick read on how “embodied learning” from elite sports—training in realistic, changing conditions—can help workplace learning stick and translate into real behavior on the job.

By Marina Mayer Read the article →
Being Well • Do Radio Podcast

Episode 21 – Olivia Griffiths

A conversation with Olivia Griffiths on the Being Well podcast with host Ian Lamming. Duration: ~59 min • Recorded on Feb 9, 2026. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

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LSE • Dissertations 2024–25

Adaptability, Voice and Psychological Contract Breach: A Thematic Analysis of Cultural Alignment in UK Consulting Firms

Dissertation examining how “adaptability” is experienced and contested in UK consultancies, using employee voice narratives and psychological contract breach as an analytic lens.

PDF • 93 pages Open / Download →
LSE • MSc Prize Winner 2022-23

How Movement Moves Us: Embodied Movement as a Mediator of Female Leadership Becoming

Prize-winning dissertation by Marina Mayer exploring movement and embodied leadership in organisational contexts. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}

PDF • LSE Open / Download →