What does Growth Space help organisations with?

We support leaders, teams and organisations to create clarity, strengthen culture and improve how people work together. Our work spans strategy, leadership development, team coaching, off-sites and culture transformation — all tailored to your context and goals.

How is your approach different from other consultancies or facilitators?

We blend commercial insight with people-first facilitation. We take time to understand your culture and challenges, then design sessions that are warm, structured and practical. Every engagement leads to clear actions, shared decisions and real progress.

Do you work with organisations outside Bristol and the South West?

Yes. Although we’re based in Bristol, we work with clients across the UK and travel for off-sites, workshops and coaching. Many programmes blend in-person and online sessions depending on what works best for your team.

What types of organisations do you work with?

We work with scale-ups, SMEs, established corporates and non-profits. Our clients typically want stronger culture, clearer strategy, better collaboration, or more confident leadership — especially during periods of growth or change.

How do we know what type of support we need?

Most clients start with a short conversation about what's happening in the business. From there, we help identify the right blend of workshops, coaching, facilitation or longer-term support based on your people, goals and context.

Growth and change create pressure

Under pressure, leaders get pulled into delivery mode and firefighting. Purpose and direction begin to drift. Motivation drops. Silos appear.

We create space for leaders and teams to step back, reset strategy, shape culture and strengthen how they work together, so performance improves and organisations grow.

Organisations thrive when people feel connected, aligned and part of something they believe in.

Perhaps some of this feels familiar:

People are working hard, but not always pulling in the same direction.
Your sense of purpose feels unclear.
Strategy needs refreshing to reflect today’s market and what customers need now.
Growth or change has added layers of complexity.
Your leaders and managers are capable, but could be stronger and more joined up.
Standards vary across teams.
Your values are clear on paper, but not consistently lived day to day.

Culture & Strategy Facilitation | Team & Leadership Coaching

Direction becomes clearer and easier to communicate
Strategy moves from discussion to delivery
Priorities are agreed and owned
Leadership teams feel more cohesive and decisive
Values and behaviours become consistent
Managers lead with greater confidence
Teams work better together, and people are more motivated
Difficult conversations happen earlier
Growth feels achievable.

How Growth Space can help:

We work where strategy, culture and leadership meet because when they aren’t connected, growth becomes reactive and inconsistent

We help you to reconnect with your purpose, shape culture, reset your strategy, and build high-performing teams so you are ready for the next stage of growth. The impact is:

If you’re navigating growth, change or complexity and want to reset your strategy, culture or strengthen your team, let’s talk.

CONTACT US

How we help

We work at the intersection of strategy, culture and leadership.

Strategy & leadership off-sites or workshops

When leadership teams need clear direction and shared ownership.

We design and facilitate leadership strategy off-sites, away days and team workshops that help you.

Step back from delivery and gain perspective
Clarify strategic priorities and set direction
Make decisions together
Strengthen alignment and accountability
Turn strategy into practical next steps.

This is valuable during periods of growth, transformation, restructuring, merger, investment, or leadership transition, so that leadership teams leave with clarity, commitment, and momentum.

STRATEGY & DIRECTION

Culture & high-performing teams

Culture is how strategy shows up every day.

We help strengthen culture and build high-performing teams by helping you to:

Reconnect around purpose and values
Define the behaviours that drive performance
Strengthen trust, accountability and collaboration
Embed culture in everyday actions, meetings, communication and feedback
Align recruitment, onboarding and performance management with your values

This matters when growth, change or dispersed working has stretched connection and consistency.

CULTURE & HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS

Leadership coaching
& development

Strategy and culture require capable leaders.

We deliver leadership development programmes, executive coaching and systemic team coaching that:

Build confident, emotionally intelligent leaders
Strengthen senior leadership capability and presence
Equip managers to handle change, conflict and complexity
Improve communication, delegation and decision-making
Create lasting behavioural change that supports performance

We offer executive, leadership and team coaching as well as leadership development programmes.

LEADERSHIP COACHING & DEVELOPMENT

We are Growth Space

Human, Practical, Strategic.

We work in partnership with leaders and teams to reset strategy, strengthen culture, and build high-performing teams.

Led by Polly Robinson - facilitator, coach and leadership specialist with over 20 years’ experience working on strategy, brand and culture.

Polly’s background includes founding and leading SMEs, supporting growing businesses and not-for-profit organisations. She is fascinated by the connection between strategy and culture and the people who are at the centre of it.

Get in touch with Polly: polly@growth-space.co.uk

WHO WE ARE

Polly Robinson Growth Space Facilitator & Coach

Why work with us?

We help you connect your strategy with your culture and leadership to create workplaces where people thrive, and business grows.

Our work combines facilitation, executive coaching and leadership development to create the space leaders need to think clearly, strengthen relationships and move forward.

Tailored to your context
We take time to understand your strategy, commercial reality and culture so everything we design feels relevant and rooted in your reality.
Safe, honest space
Whether in a workshop or a coaching session, we create a safe space for people to speak openly. Tensions can be surfaced, assumptions tested, and difficult issues addressed constructively.
Balanced and inclusive
We ensure all voices are heard, that people can challenge each other, and that different perspectives are explored without conflict or avoidance.
Practical and commercially grounded
We connect culture, leadership and strategy to the realities of running an organisation or team - targets, performance, customers and growth. It’s not abstract or fluffy.
Tangible and actionable
Every session results in clear priorities, ownership and practical next steps.

Who we work with

We support leaders, founders, boards and teams navigating growth, change, or complexity at SMEs and fast-growth businesses.

People come to us at moments of growth, transition or reset, when the organisation has outgrown its current ways of working and leadership needs to catch up with ambition.

OUR WORK

“We all felt that there was real value in the discussion and discoveries, and like it was the beginning of something really great. You are an excellent facilitator and did a wonderful job of eking out meaning and keeping us on track when we strayed.”

Head of People & Culture, P–Three
"Not only have the leadership workshops been full of useful topics and discussion points but it’s forced us to all sit down together, come up with solutions and as a consequence improve our relationships and communication."

Co-Founder, Northern Rye
“Polly is a superb facilitator - warm and approachable but with enough firmness to keep a very dynamic session on track. She clearly has deep listening skills and can help uncover meaning and trends where they may otherwise go unnoticed. I highly reccomend Polly for any facilitation needs, specifically in the workplace values space - she is brilliant.”

Head of People and Culture, Two Tribes
"Over 5 months of coaching with Polly, I can’t quite believe the impact and difference it has had in this short space of time. Her supportive and empowering approach has truly transformed my professional journey, making me a more confident and capable leader. Her insightful guidance has equipped me with essential skills to face challenges head-on and get out of my comfort zone to stretch me through a period of growth. I would recommend to anyone seeking out a coach, particularly if you have imposter syndrome or going in to your first leadership role.”

Head of People & Culture, Wahaca
"The best team day I’ve ever done. This will stay with me for a long time. I learned more about my colleagues in one afternoon than in months. The challenge was genuinely brilliant – clever, creative and totally relevant to our work. We got so much out of it.”

Team member, Vitis Regulatory
"Coaching with Polly has been genuinely transformative. She helped me find my voice, be more confident, composed, and assertive. I’ve sharpened my leadership skills in ways I didn’t expect. That shift alone has been a game-changer for my team. Polly also helped me clarify my core values, which now guide how I lead. Most of all, I feel equipped and have a leadership toolkit I can reach for anytime I need it, and that sense of preparedness is incredibly empowering. I’m deeply grateful for Polly’s insight, patience, and the practical support she’s given me."

Senior Leader, tes