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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’l

l 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.

08/05/2026

Most organisations don’t have a culture problem.
They have a behaviour problem.

An example: You can print your values, brand them, laminate them, and stick them on every wall in the building (including the back of toilet doors!). But if the day‑to‑day behaviours amongst your people don't align with the stated values, that’s when a 'say–do' gap can kick in.

People follow by example.

Culture is built (and behaviours are observed) in the small, unglamorous moments:
➡️ how decisions get made under pressure
➡️ what leaders tolerate when things get busy
➡️ who gets promoted, and why
➡️ how people speak to each other when the meeting ends

If you want a culture that actually works, start by looking at the behaviours you reward, ignore, or excuse.

That’s where the truth is - and where the change starts.

05/05/2026

📢 A week today we’ll be at the BECBC Solutions Showcase at Energus - a brilliant day for sparking ideas, finding practical support, and connecting with people who understand the realities of running and growing businesses in Cumbria.

It’s FREE to attend (and open to non‑members too) - you just need to register. Link in the comments ⤵️

If you’re looking for fresh thinking, useful conversations, or a clearer view of what Professional Services support is available locally, it’s a great place to start. The Showcase always delivers a mix of insight, collaboration and genuinely practical takeaways.

We’ll be exhibiting (so pop by for a chat!) and Lucy will also be running a workshop on building teams that actually work - a hands‑on session for leaders who want fewer crossed wires, stronger relationships and better day‑to‑day performance.

Hope to see you there! ☕

🤝 Meet suppliers. Discover solutions. Make useful connections.

30/04/2026

At Harrison Network, we’re big believers in helping people do more of what energises them, because when people feel strong, confident and clear, performance follows.

That’s why we offer Strengthscope® as one part of our support for organisations, teams and leaders.

Strengthscope® is a strengths‑based assessment with British Psychological Society registered test status. It’s a robust, practical way to understand what gives people energy, where they perform at their best, and how to reduce the risks that get in the way.

Insights you gain from a Strengthscope® session include:
✅Giving you awareness of your strengths: what gives you the most energy and what drains you
✅Showing you potential performance risks based on your strengths
✅Helping you to make a choice, every day, on how to use your strengths most effectively to reach your goals
✅Enabling you to understand your leadership habits and so bring out your best leadership behaviour (StrengthscopeLeader only)

The impact of these is real:
➡️ Teams collaborate better
➡️ Leaders communicate with more authenticity
➡️ People feel more confident, motivated and engaged
➡️ Organisations make better decisions about talent, development and change

One area we’re especially excited about is the use of Strengthscope during recruitment.

Strengthscope® gives hiring managers a clearer view of whether the day‑to‑day work will genuinely energise a candidate - not just whether they can do the job, but whether they’ll actually thrive in it. It’s a more inclusive, strengths‑based way to hire, and it creates a better experience for candidates too.

If you’re curious about how Strengthscope® could support your people, your culture or your hiring decisions, we’d love to talk and find the right approach for you:
📧 [email protected]

28/04/2026

Career Transitions - Unsure about a promotion or new role? Coaching can make all the difference.

Stepping into a new role, taking on more responsibility, or navigating a promotion can feel exciting… and unsettling. The good news is: you don’t have to figure it out alone.

When confidence grows, so does your ability to:
- Communicate with clarity
- Make decisions with conviction
- Navigate change with resilience

If you’re gearing up for:
➡️ A career or role transition
➡️ A step into leadership
➡️ A shift that demands new behaviours or influence...
…coaching can help you move forward with purpose rather than pressure.

Curious about how coaching could support your next chapter? Let’s explore it together:
📩 [email protected]

Have you experienced the impact of coaching during a role change? Your reflections might be exactly what someone else needs to hear.

14/04/2026

How effective are your meetings? Are you noticing some of this happening in your teams...

➡️ Conversations going round in circles
➡️ Priorities not landing
➡️ Actions not happening
➡️ People avoiding the real issues
➡️ Decisions dragging (or not being made at all)
➡️ Teams talking 'at' each other, not 'with' each other
➡️ Everyone leaving the room with different versions of the truth

Facilitation brings the clarity, structure and neutrality that teams need to move forward with confidence.

👉 If any of this feels familiar, let’s talk about what facilitation could unlock for you.
📧 [email protected]
📞 01768 800244

09/04/2026

Facilitation isn’t about 'running a meeting'. It’s about creating the space for people to think well together.

Facilitation done well helps teams:
☑️ Make better decisions, faster
☑️ Develop a clear, consistent message
☑️ Work through complex or sensitive issues
☑️ Build alignment and shared understanding
☑️ Ensure every voice is heard - not just the loud ones

When the stakes are high, neutrality and structure really matter. That’s where our experienced facilitators can really make the difference for you.

👉 Curious whether facilitation could help your team right now? Let’s have a conversation 📞 01768 800244

07/04/2026

UK business leaders are navigating a level of complexity that simply didn’t exist five years ago - and the data shows it’s taking a real toll.

According to new research from Alliance Manchester Business School (report linked below), 73% 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 2020, driven by AI, regulation, economic instability and shifting workforce expectations.
Many are feeling the strain: 67% 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤‑𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 40% 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, and 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 as the landscape evolves.

At the same time, organisations are scrambling to respond - investing in tech, restructuring teams, improving collaboration, but 31% 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 '𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠' 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲.

That gap matters.

Navigating complexity without capability is where change fatigue, stalled transformation and cultural drift happens.

Our take on this? This report reinforces what we see every day:
- Change isn’t slowing
- Leaders are stretched very thin
- Without clarity, support and practical tools, even the best strategies struggle to take hold.

Sustainable organisational change isn’t about more initiatives, it’s about 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 with the 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 and 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 to navigate uncertainty well.

A couple of questions for you...
❓𝘋𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸?
❓𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵?

If any of this resonates, this is exactly the space we work in. We help organisations cut through noise, build leadership capability, and create the conditions where change actually sticks - operationally, behaviourally and in the day‑to‑day reality of work.

We'd be very happy to explore what that could look like for your team, please contact us on 📧 [email protected]

02/04/2026

Most organisations have values. Very few have values that actually shape behaviour. If yours aren’t driving decisions, culture, or accountability, they’re not values - they’re decorations.

Here’s what separates the Useful from the Useless:
https://theharrisonnetwork.co.uk/are-your-values-adding-value/

If you want help to turn your values into something people actually use, drop us a line at [email protected]

(AI Generated Image - no business was harmed in the making of this image 😉)

31/03/2026

We asked a simple question: What gets in the way of real behavioural change at work?

Every single vote pointed to the same thing: 'Culture and old habits'. That won’t surprise anyone who’s tried to shift ways of working - people don’t resist change itself, they resist the unwritten rules, the 'that's not how we do stuff round here', and the hidden pressures that pull everyone back to the old familiar.

When those habits stay the same, the best ideas don't make it past the bait-room, performance and productivity drop, engagement fades, and teams end up just feeling frustrated rather than energised.

The impact is real:
😣 New ways of working don’t stick
😣 Say–do gaps widen
😣 People lose confidence in 'the change'
😣 Time and effort are wasted

If we want change to last, we have to shift the habits, signals and everyday behaviours that shape how work actually gets done.

If this resonates and you’d like to explore how to make change stick in your organisation, get in touch - we’d love to talk 📧 [email protected]

17/03/2026

One question every leader should sit with - not occasionally, but 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲:

“If my actions and behaviour today became the norm for my team, would performance rise or fall?”

The truth is uncomfortable:
☑️ Teams don’t respond to your 'intentions'.
☑️ They respond to your 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭.

I heard a story last weekend about a leader who regularly says to their team, “We’ll let the grown‑ups make the decision.”
They probably think it’s light‑hearted - well, hopefully (🤞) that’s what they think, and it isn’t coming from genuine malice or a desire to belittle. But 'light-hearted' isn't how it lands with the team.

To the team, it feels patronising and dismissive. A pokey reminder of who has the power and who doesn’t.

And here’s the real kicker for that Leader:
That one phrase - repeated often enough - will shape that culture far faster than any leadership framework or values statement on the wall.

Self‑awareness isn’t a soft skill.
It’s a 𝐇𝐔𝐆𝐄 performance lever.
It’s the difference between a team that speaks up and a team that shuts down.

So the question stands:
If everyone behaved the way you did today, would your team be better for it?

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