The Harrison Network

Name: The Harrison Network
Address: Keswick, GB
Telephone: +441768800244

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Harrison Network develops the people and teams that industry needs for tomorrow, today. We transform business and project performance through people.

We believe that given the right organisational culture, people and teams will thrive and do awesome things. We all need thriving workplaces to collaborate, innovate and perform. Harrison Network helps your people and teams improve relationships and change how they think, act and lead, in order to cultivate awesome cultures. We are leading the way in relationship development in major projects. We’ll help equip and inspire you and your teams to think, act and lead with heart and purpose. We’ll help you develop the strong relationships and mindsets you’ll need as you step up to solve the complex challenges of our future. We do this through learning, coaching and facilitation including areas such as entrepreneurial thinking, psychological safety, effective collaboration and coaching. Soft skills for tough jobs.

08/10/2026

💭 If you were joining your own organisation tomorrow, what would frustrate you most within the first month?

It's a question we often ask leaders.

The answers are rarely about strategy. They're usually things that have become normal:

➡️ Too many approvals
➡️ Unclear ownership
➡️ Competing priorities
➡️ Poor communication between teams
➡️ Meetings that achieve very little

Over time, leaders and team members become accustomed to these frustrations because they work around them every day.

New starters don't. And neither do customers.

Sometimes the greatest opportunity for improvement isn't doing something new. It's removing what no longer serves the organisation.

❓What would your answer be?

06/10/2026

Where would your organisation sit on this scale?
..Not where you'd like it to be.
Not where the annual survey says it is.
Not where the leadership team believes it is.
Where it ACTUALLY is....

🐟 Are leadership behaviours unintentionally creating a culture others are forced to work around?
🍎 Are a few Rotten Apples creating pockets of negativity that nobody is prepared to address?
🐷 Stuck putting Lipstick on a Pig, investing in initiatives and workshops without tackling the root causes?
🍏 A Good Apple organisation that's performing well but knows sustained high performance requires continual attention to culture?
🌳 Or are you genuinely building Flourishing Trees, where people know what's expected, leaders model the right behaviours and teams consistently perform at their best?

The uncomfortable truth? Most culture issues aren't mysterious.

People already know what's helping.
People already know what's getting in the way.

The challenge is having the conversations that turn insight into action.

If you'd like an honest conversation about where your organisation sits on the scale, and what's needed to move it forward, let's talk.

📩 Drop us a message.

24/09/2026

𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 isn’t about finding someone to tell a senior leader what to do.

It’s about having the time and challenge to think properly about the decisions, relationships and behaviours that affect performance.

👉 The difficult conversation.
👉 The stakeholder relationship that isn’t working.
👉 The change that needs people to behave differently.
👉 The decision that feels less clear the closer you get to it.

And the coach matters.

The right coach for a newly appointed director may be very different from the right coach for an experienced executive leading major change - or working in a complex, tightly regulated environment.

That’s why at Harrison Network, we don't simply sell one named coach.

We get clear on the leader, the organisational context and the challenge. Then Lucy Harrison and our trusted senior network allow us to recommend a coach with the right experience, style and level of challenge. A chemistry conversation helps both sides decide whether the fit feels right before the work begins.

The coaching itself stays practical: real decisions, real conversations and leadership behaviour that has to work back in the organisation - not theory for theory’s sake.

If you’re considering coaching for yourself - or choosing it for a senior leader - start with what the role actually needs.

The coach comes next.

22/09/2026

🎯 Just because you can measure it doesn't mean you've improved it.

Engineers are brilliant at measuring things.... They'll track it, trend it, benchmark it and put it on a dashboard.

And don't get me wrong, measurement matters.

Most organisations aren't short of data:

📊 Dashboards. Reports. Surveys. Metrics.

Insight is valuable, but data alone doesn't create change.

The challenge usually isn't understanding the problem. It's doing something about it.

That's where the real work happens.

Performance changes when people build new skills, have better conversations, make better decisions and strengthen everyday behaviours.

If you've got plenty of insight but aren't seeing the change you'd hoped for, we'd love to help.

📩 Drop us a message to explore how we help you turn understanding into action.

📸 AI generated image - expect inconsistencies... 🤣

16/09/2026

🪄Honest Answers with Lucy & Heather #1

There's no shortage of leadership advice out there, so we thought we'd do something a little different. We'll share a question each week and give an honest answer from either Lucy or Heather.

This week's question:

What's a genuine leadership strength that might become a weakness when overused/overplayed?

🛠️ Heather:
"Problem solving. Whilst it's a really important element of leadership, the risk is of stepping in too quickly. I'm speaking from personal experience here as I'm a proper problem solver 😂..... My instinct is often to help by finding an answer. The trouble is, if I'm always solving the problem, the other person doesn't get the chance to learn, stretch and grow (and my workload gets bigger!).
And on the flip side of that - sometimes people don't want a solution from me at all. They just want someone to properly listen while they work it through themselves."

➡️ Over to you. What's a genuine leadership strength that you've seen become less effective when overused/overplayed?

11/09/2026

Career Transitions – It’s not just the new role that’s hard… it’s everything that comes with it.

People talk a lot about promotions as if they’re purely positive. A step up. A win. A sign you’re doing well.

But the bit people don’t talk about is the messy middle - the reality of stepping up and suddenly leading the people you used to sit next to...
➡️ That shift from being 'one of the team' to 'the person who I now report to'.
➡️ The awkwardness of 'managing your mates'.
➡️ The pressure to get it right when you’re still figuring it out yourself.
➡️ The inner fear that you're supposed to already know how to lead… even though no one actually teaches you.

That transition can feel exciting and uncomfortable at the same time. That’s exactly where coaching makes a difference.

Coaching helps you:
☑️ Build confidence in your new identity as a leader
☑️ Navigate the shift in relationships without losing trust
☑️ Communicate clearly when expectations change
☑️ Stay grounded when the pressure ramps up
☑️ Develop the behaviours that help you lead 'your way', not someone else’s

If you’re stepping into a new role - or preparing for one - you don’t have to do the hard parts alone.

💬 Curious how coaching could support you through that transition? Let’s talk: 📩 [email protected]

❓Have you ever been promoted and suddenly found yourself managing friends or former peers? Your experiences might help someone else feel less alone. Please feel free to share your experiences in the comments below ⤵️

08/09/2026

Pressure doesn't create behaviour. It reveals it.

When the pressure is on, people rarely rise to the level of their intentions. They fall back on the habits, skills and decision-making processes they've developed over the years.

That's why organisations don't need more theories about leadership. They need leaders who can make clear, timely decisions when the stakes are real.

The most effective teams don't wait until they're under pressure to build that capability though....

✔️ They invest in it beforehand.
✔️ They create clarity around decision-making.
✔️ They strengthen accountability.
✔️ They develop the confidence to act without unnecessary hesitation or escalation.

Because good decisions under pressure are rarely a matter of luck. They're the result of practice, structure and support.

If you're looking to strengthen leadership capability and decision-making across your organisation, we'd love to share what we've learned from working with teams in complex environments where decisions carry real consequences.

📩 Get in touch to discuss how we can help your leaders and teams build the capability to perform when it matters most:

📧 [email protected]
☎️ 01768 800244

02/09/2026

Coaching in real life isn’t glamorous.
It’s not about “unlocking potential” or fluffy inspirational quotes.

It’s more like:
“Okay… what did you *actually* want to say in that meeting?”
“Why did you apologise for having an opinion?”
“What were you really trying to get across before you softened it?”
“Let’s run that sentence again - this time say it the way you meant it..."

It’s messy. It’s human.
And it’s where the real shifts happen.

Most breakthroughs don’t arrive with fireworks.
They arrive the moment someone finally says the thing they’ve been avoiding.

That’s when everything changes.

If any of this feels familiar - if you’re navigating change, stepping up, or just trying to find your voice - talk to us.

A short conversation can make things feel a lot less heavy, and a lot more doable.
📩 [email protected]

25/08/2026

Culture surveys, diagnostics and behavioural tools all have their place.

They can reveal valuable insights about what's happening in a team, a leadership group or an organisation.

But insight only matters when it leads to change.

Too often, organisations invest time and energy gathering data, identifying themes and producing reports, only to find themselves facing the same challenges months later.

Why?

Because awareness alone doesn't change behaviour.

Performance doesn't improve when you know more. It improves when you do differently.

That's where we focus our efforts.

Helping leaders and teams translate insight into practical, confident, everyday actions that improve performance, strengthen collaboration and create lasting change.

Knowing what's happening is important. Creating the capability to respond effectively is what delivers results.

If your organisation has identified the challenges but is still working out how to turn insight into meaningful action, we'd be delighted to have a conversation.

Get in touch to find out how we can help you bridge the gap between understanding and implementation.
📩 [email protected]

20/08/2026

If you want a thriving culture, stop treating recognition like a 'nice to have'.

Recent data from two reports paints the same picture, whichever way you look at it:
😕 52% of employees regularly feel unrecognised,
😕 Only 25% feel genuinely appreciated,
🌟 And when appreciation is present, people are 12x more likely to find work meaningful and 56x more likely to feel connected to company values.

These gaps shows up directly in the morale, productivity and motivation of your team.

But the standout insight for me is this:
📢 51% of employees say recognition from their **line manager** has the biggest impact on how they feel at work.

Not a campaign. Not a platform.
A simple human interaction - free, immediate, and far more powerful.

This is exactly where our work sits.

We help you and your managers build the confidence, language and habits to recognise people well - consistently, personally, and in ways that feel authentic, while also closing the say–do gap so recognition becomes a daily behaviour/habit, not an initiative.

If you want your managers to be the people who shape 'how it feels to work here', and to feel supported while doing it, let’s talk ⤵️

📧 [email protected]

(Full reports linked in the comments.)

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