The client's flagship top-talent and diversity programme had already run for two years, created to grow the confidence and capability of women across the organisation and accelerate their progression to senior levels. To take it forward, the EMEA Learning and Leadership Development team needed coaching delivered in English, French and Turkish - something the previous supplier could not provide. The cohort: 31 senior leaders across 17 countries, each coached in their own language, in cohorts that shared a single coach throughout.

Within the tender window we presented a panel matched precisely to the client's languages and locations - coaches based across the UK, France, Switzerland and Turkey - alongside a clear table of proven women-in-leadership content: executive presence, confidence and voice, influence and authentic leadership. The client could see at a glance that the programme could run in their languages, with material aligned to their cultural pillars and minimal set-up. A solution, not a sales pitch, won the work.

A six-month, coaching-led virtual programme built around continuity: four 1:1 sessions, four group sessions and four to six workshops per participant, with one coach per cohort so trust carries through every format, and every coaching objective mapped to the client's own values framework. At the interim review, with the programme around two-thirds delivered, attendance stood at almost 99% across a senior, time-pressured cohort, with participants cascading learning to their own teams. Both client and coaches are keen to continue.