Case Studies
These are real engagements, anonymised where clients prefer it. They range from a single flagship programme to global mandates spanning sixty countries, and from first-line managers to boards. Each one describes the brief, what we did, and what changed as a result. Filter by sector, seniority, region or service to find the situations most like yours.
The pilot that answered its own question
A young, fast-growing investment manager wanted proof before it committed. Acuity Coaching built a deliberately lean four-hour pilot - no set-up…
Client: A rapidly scaling alternative investment manager, growing quickly in both headcount and complexity, with no formal leadership development anywhere in the business.
Region: UK, US
Seniority: C-Suite, High-potential talent
Region: UK, US
Seniority: C-Suite, High-potential talent
A Sprint built around the constraints
A Fortune 500 US insurer needed a cost-conscious, high-impact intervention for 26 high-potentials spread right across the country - face to face, on…
Client: A Fortune 500 US insurance organisation, introduced by an existing Acuity Coaching client.
Region: US
Seniority: High-potential talent
Region: US
Seniority: High-potential talent
Building a coaching capability of their own
A different side of Acuity Coaching’s work: engaged as a strategic partner rather than an external coaching supplier, helping a global veterinary…
Client: A global leader in veterinary diagnostics and software, with over 11,000 employees worldwide.
Region: Global, Europe, APAC, US
Seniority: First-line manager, Senior Manager, Executive, Board, C-Suite, High-potential talent
Region: Global, Europe, APAC, US
Seniority: First-line manager, Senior Manager, Executive, Board, C-Suite, High-potential talent
A global managed service, built at deal speed
As a private-equity-backed buyout carved the business out of its parent, coaching had to be available wherever the transition demanded it. From first…
Client: A global provider of financial markets data, software and infrastructure, with multi-billion-dollar revenues and more than 18,000 employees.
Region: Global, UK, APAC
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive, C-Suite
Region: Global, UK, APAC
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive, C-Suite
Building the executive pipeline
A single coaching assignment with a regional Chairman and CEO grew into Maximising Your Potential - a compact, replicable 12-week programme delivered…
Client: One of the world’s leading music and entertainment companies, with multi-billion-dollar global revenues.
Region: Global, UK, Europe, US
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive
Region: Global, UK, Europe, US
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive
From three Asian markets to a global mandate
What began as filling coaching gaps in Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong became an exclusive global mandate running from the wider MD population up through…
Client: A FTSE 100-listed international banking group operating in more than 60 countries.
Region: Global, UK, Middle East, APAC, US
Seniority: Executive, Board, C-Suite
Region: Global, UK, Middle East, APAC, US
Seniority: Executive, Board, C-Suite
A single managed service, launched in eight weeks
Fifteen suppliers and thirty-five coaches were consolidated into one quality-assured managed service over an eight-week window that included the…
Client: One of the UK's largest financial services groups - life insurance, pensions, investments and asset management across the UK, the US and continental Europe.
Region: UK, Europe, US
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive, Board, C-Suite
Region: UK, Europe, US
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive, Board, C-Suite
A service so good, leaders chose it
The brief was unusual: build managed governance while preserving choice - a service so attractive that senior leaders would adopt it voluntarily…
Client: One of the world's largest enterprise software and cloud companies, operating in more than 175 countries.
Region: Global, Europe, Middle East, APAC, US
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive, C-Suite
Region: Global, Europe, Middle East, APAC, US
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive, C-Suite
Delivered in three languages, where others could not
A flagship women's development programme the previous supplier could not deliver - because it had to run in English, French and Turkish, across 17…
Client: A global leader in customer experience and business transformation services, with a workforce of several hundred thousand people.
Region: UK, Europe, Middle East
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive
Region: UK, Europe, Middle East
Seniority: Senior Manager, Executive
Built with the client, from concept to evaluation
The brief was for a partner, not a product: a brand-new programme to develop high-potential first-line managers from problem-solvers into leaders of…
Client: A leading global insurance organisation operating across dozens of countries - here, its Asia Pacific business.
Region: APAC
Seniority: First-line manager
Region: APAC
Seniority: First-line manager